About Match
2 points and 9 places separate them: Reading U21 15th with 3, Stoke City U21 24th with 1. The last five rounds place Reading U21 11th in the league for form — higher than their 15th in the standings. In league terms the two rates read 2/2 for Reading U21 and 1/1.5 for Stoke City U21 (scored/conceded per game); the competition average is 2.05. A win here leaves Reading U21 on 6 points and up to 1st, other results permitting.
Stoke City U21 have gone 5 games without a win.
4 previous meetings sit in the GioScore records — Reading U21 3, draws 0, Stoke City U21 1, at 4 goals per meeting. Goals tend to flow: 75% of the meetings produced three or more.
The venue is Hogwood Park Training Ground in Finchampstead, with room for 24,161 spectators.




