Week 31 brings us a match on Feb 9th where Bristol City will play host to Reading in a meeting of these two Championship teams. Weather on match day is looking like a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 8 degrees, which will make playing unpleasant. Bristol City is fresh off their 1-3 loss against Blackpool. CJ Hamilton struck first for Blackpool in the 36th minute, then Gary Madine added another in the 39th minute on a feed from Kenneth Dougall. Bristol City is looking for direction having earned 11 points in their last 10 matches, while 21st placed Reading is fresh off their 0-4 loss against Queens Park Rangers. Lyndon Dykes struck first for Queens Park Rangers in the 13th minute, then Lyndon Dykes added another in the 35th minute on a feed from Albert Adomah In the end, Reading couldn’t muster any offence and Queens Park Rangers ran away with the shutout win. Reading looks to improve on their recent performance, having lost 7 of their last 10.
On Aug 17th, Reading hosted Bristol City in their last match together. Bristol City took the match by a score of 3 to 2. Andreas Weimann struck first for Bristol City in the 5th minute, then Chris Martin added another in the 14th minute on a feed from Cameron Pring.
Reading is having problems scoring lately. Their top scorers, Andy Carroll and Michael Morrison each only have 1 goal in their last 5. Both Antoine Semenyo and Chris Martin have been the hottest scorers for Bristol City in the last five each having scored 3 goals.