In a mid week match on Mon Apr 18th, in week 43, Reading will host Swansea City at Select Car Leasing Stadium in a clash of the Championship. Weather on match day is looking like a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 10 degrees, a perfect day for football. In their last match, Reading recorded a 2-1 win against Sheffield United. Lucas João struck first for Reading in the 17th minute, then in the 90th minute, John Egan sent in a beautiful pass which was converted by Ndiaye. Reading is looking for direction having 4 win and 4 losses in their last 10 matches, while 14th placed Swansea City is fresh off their 1-1 draw against Barnsley. Claudio Gomes scored the first goal for Barnsley in the 54th minute, but Olivier Ntcham got the equalizer for Swansea City in the 64th minute squeezing out at least the one point for Swansea City. Swansea City should be reasonably happy with their recent performance, earning 19 points in their last 10 matches.
Reading and Swansea City last played eachother at the Swansea.com Stadium on Sat Nov 27th. Reading won by a score of 3 to 2. Jamie Paterson struck first for Swansea City in the 3rd minute on a feed from Korey Smith, then Ayotomiwa Dele-Bashiru tied it up for Reading in the 4th minute on a feed from John Swift Finally they completed the comback in the 50th minute on a goal by Danny Drinkwater to cap off a wild match.
Swansea City’s most prolific scorer has been Joel Piroe. The Dutch attacker has netted three goals over the last five matches. For Reading, their top scorers are Josh Laurent and Lucas João, each having 2 goals in their last 5 matches.