Week 28 brings us a match on Jan 22nd where Reading will play host to Huddersfield Town in a meeting of these two extremely mismatched Championship teams. Weather on match day is looking like a cloudy and cold day, and temperatures reaching a maximum of only 1 degrees, so hopefuly the match makes up for the weather. Reading is fresh off their 1-2 loss against Middlesbrough. Andy Carroll struck first for Reading in the 68th minute, then Matt Crooks got the equalizer for Middlesbrough in the 84th minute on a feed from Marcus Tavernier Finally they completed the comback in the 95th minute on a goal by Matt Crooks to cap off a wild match. Reading looks to improve on their recent performance, having lost 5 of their last 10, while huddersfield Town sits at 7th place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 1-1 draw against Swansea City. Danel Sinani scored the first goal for Huddersfield Town in the 15th minute, then Flynn Downes tied it up for Swansea City in the 78th minute on a feed from Korey Smith earning Swansea City a comeback draw. Huddersfield Town is looking for direction having earned 16 points in their last 10 matches.
Huddersfield Town and Reading last played eachother at the The John Smith’s Stadium on Aug 28th. Huddersfield Town was victorious by a score of 4 to 0. Lewis O’Brien struck first for Huddersfield Town in the 39th minute on a feed from Sorba Thomas, then Matthew Pearson added another in the 51st minute In the end, Reading was frustrated by Huddersfield Town’s defence and couldn’t put any tallies on the board. Huddersfield Town ended the match with the shutout victory.
Huddersfield Town’s most prolific scorer has been Sorba Thomas. He has netted 2 goals over the last 5 matches. Junior Hoilett has been the most prolific scorer on Reading in the last 5 matches with two goals.