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Reading vs Wycombe Wanderers Live Stream, Predictions
The League One game at The Select Car Leasing Stadium on Saturday will see hosts Reading do battle with opponents Wycombe Wanderers.
Scroll down for all of our predictions, poll and stats for the Reading v Wycombe Wanderers game - plus the latest betting odds.
๐ Form Guide
Reading
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Reading will be looking for another win after the 1-3 League One triumph against Carlisle United.
For Reading, the goals were scored by Sam Smith (17') and Harvey Knibbs (36', 57'). Jon Mellish (71') scored for Carlisle United.
Fixtures with Reading have often been lively encounters recently with a lot of goalmouth action being a real hallmark. Over their past 6 games alone, a grand total of 20 goals have gone in for both sides combined (at an average of 3.33 goals per game) with 11 of them belonging to Reading.
Wycombe Wanderers
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After a losing effort in their last game against Barnsley in League One competition, Wycombe Wanderers and their travelling supporters will be hoping that they can get a better result in this one.
For Wycombe Wanderers, goals were scored by Dale Taylor (16') and Kieran Sadlier (52'). Sam Cosgrove (45'), Donovan Pines (56'), Corey O'Keeffe (65') and Conor Grant (72') scored for Barnsley.
In the course of their six previous matches, Matt Bloomfield's Wycombe Wanderers have found the net 6 times thus earning them the goals per game average of 1.
Heading into this contest, Wycombe Wanderers have not won away from home in their last 2 matches in the league.
๐ค๐ค Head to head
A glance at their most recent head-to-head meetings dating back to 22/09/2001 shows that Reading have won 4 of these & Wycombe Wanderers 1, with the number of drawn games standing at 1.
11 goals were shared by the two clubs throughout the course of those matches, with 8 for The Royals and 3 coming from The Blues. That is an average goals per game value of 1.83.
The previous league clash between these clubs was League One match day 19 on 25/11/2023 when it finished Wycombe Wanderers 1-2 Reading.
The match was refereed by Craig Hicks.
๐ฐ Team News: Reading
Sam Hutchinson (Knee injury) and Dom Ballard (Patellar tendon rupture) are unavailable for Reading manager Rubรฉn Sellรฉs.
๐๏ธ Team News: Wycombe Wanderers
Wycombe Wanderers manager Matt Bloomfield has to choose a team with limited availability. Nigel Lonwijk (Torn muscle fiber), Chris Forino (unknown injury) and Brandon Hanlan (Cruciate ligament injury) are names that wonโt be on the team sheet.
โจ Prediction
We feel that over the course of the game, Wycombe Wanderers will have to perform well to be putting a goal past this Reading outfit who we think will be able to grind out a win.
Therefore, we predict a hard-fought 1-0 winning score for Reading at the end of the 90.
Weโre expecting it to be that close.
Our expert partners are tipping over 1.5 goals for this match. Check out their VIP predictions here.
Peter Guest, 14:02 09/03/2024
๐๏ธ Team Focus:
Reading
Formed: 1871
Stadium: The Select Car Leasing Stadium (24,161)
Captain: Andy Yiadom
Chairman: Dai Yongge and Dai Xiuli
Manager: Rubรฉn Sellรฉs
Competitions: League One position 15
โญ Key Player: Femi Azeez
Regularly taking to the field in the Right Wing position, Femi Azeez was born in England. After making a first senior appearance for Reading in the 2020 - 2021 season, the gifted Forward has accumulated 6 league goals in this League One 2023 - 2024 season so far in a total of 36 appearances.
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36 | 22 | 10 | 4 | 29 | 76 | WWWDW |
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36 | 21 | 7 | 8 | 24 | 70 | WLLWD |
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36 | 21 | 6 | 9 | 30 | 69 | WWLLW |
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35 | 19 | 10 | 6 | 25 | 67 | DWWWD |
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35 | 19 | 8 | 8 | 25 | 65 | LLWWW |
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35 | 17 | 9 | 9 | 14 | 60 | LLWWD |
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36 | 16 | 9 | 11 | 12 | 57 | WDDLL |
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36 | 16 | 8 | 12 | 15 | 56 | LWWLW |
9 |
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36 | 15 | 9 | 12 | 0 | 54 | WLWWL |
10 |
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36 | 13 | 13 | 10 | 8 | 52 | DWWWD |
11 |
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35 | 14 | 7 | 14 | -1 | 49 | LWLWW |
12 |
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36 | 14 | 7 | 15 | -7 | 49 | WDWDL |
13 |
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36 | 15 | 7 | 14 | 4 | 44 | LWDWL |
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37 | 9 | 14 | 14 | -2 | 41 | DDWDW |
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35 | 10 | 11 | 14 | -3 | 41 | LDLWL |
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36 | 11 | 7 | 18 | -23 | 40 | WLLDL |
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36 | 12 | 9 | 15 | -4 | 39 | DLWLW |
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35 | 10 | 9 | 16 | -15 | 39 | WWLLD |
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35 | 10 | 8 | 17 | -13 | 38 | WLLLL |
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36 | 11 | 5 | 20 | -25 | 38 | DLWLL |
21 |
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35 | 9 | 7 | 19 | -19 | 34 | WDLDL |
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34 | 8 | 8 | 18 | -23 | 32 | LLLDL |
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36 | 7 | 10 | 19 | -20 | 31 | DLDDW |
24 |
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35 | 5 | 8 | 22 | -31 | 23 | LLLWL |
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Goals scored | 1.6 |
Goals conceded | 1.1 |
Time first goal scored | 39 |
Time first goal conceded | 27 |
Yellow cards | 2 |
Red cards | 0.1 |
Subs used | 4.6 |
Biggest victory | 5-1 |
Biggest defeat | 3-1 |
Goals scored | 1.1 |
Goals conceded | 1.4 |
Time first goal scored | 45 |
Time first goal conceded | 59 |
Yellow cards | 2 |
Red cards | 0.1 |
Subs used | 3.9 |
Biggest victory | 4-1 |
Biggest defeat | 3-0 |
Sam Smith | 11 |
Harvey Knibbs | 10 |
Femi Azeez | 7 |
Lewis Wing | 6 |
Kelvin Ehibhatiomhan | 4 |
Luke Leahy | 8 |
Dale Taylor | 5 |
Joe Low | 4 |
Sam Vokes | 4 |
Garath McCleary | 3 |
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