Match Report
39 points separated the sides: Derby County 2nd on 92, Reading 17th on 53. Recent form flatters Reading's table spot — 10th league-wide over the last five rounds while sitting 17th. Per game in the league, Derby County were scoring 1.7 and conceding 0.8, Reading 1.48 and 1.52, against a competition average of 1.29 goals per team per game.
The head-to-head ledger counts 27 games: 9 Derby County wins, 12 for Reading, 6 draws, at 2.96 goals per meeting. The host's record in this fixture is thin — 41% of meetings won. The fixture leans high-scoring: 67% of meetings brought at least three goals, and both sides scored in 63%.
Pride Park Stadium in Derby, capacity 33,597, hosted the game. Half-time and full-time told different stories: it was 0-0 at the break, before 3 more goals closed it at 2-1.