In this week 23 match on the 16th of December, Birmingham City will host Reading at St. Andrew’s Stadium in a clash of the Championship. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy and cold day, with daytime temperatures of only -1 degrees, so hopefuly the match makes up for the weather. In their last match, Birmingham City recorded a 0-0 scoreless draw against Blackpool. Maxime Colin scored the first goal for Birmingham City in the %Minute minute of the %HalfNumber half’s stoppage time, and that single goal was all that was necessary as neither team could manage any more scoring . Birmingham City is looking for direction having 4 win and 2 losses in their last 10 matches, while reading is fresh off their 1-0 shutout win against Coventry City. Amadou Salif Mbengue struck first for Reading in the 57th minute on a feed from Tom McIntyre, and with that single goal the scoring was complete. Neither team could manage anything else In the end, Coventry City was frustrated by Reading’s defence and couldn’t put any tallies on the board. Reading ended the match with the shutout victory. They’re hoping to improve on their recent performance, having lost 6 of their last 10.
This will be the first match for these two teams against eachother this season. Last season Reading won the head to head battle with 2 wins.
Reading is having problems scoring lately. Their top scorers, Lucas João and Ryan Longman each only have 1 goal in their last five. Birmingham City’s most prolific scorer has been Scott Hogan. He has netted 2 goals over the last five matches.