Home team Petersburg United currently won 5 wins, 5 draws and 19 losses in 29 rounds of the league, accumulated 20 points to temporarily rank 22nd in the table, in the relegation zone they are only 2 points ahead of Derby County, 2 points behind Reading, but in the relegation zone near the several teams Petersburg is a relatively advantageous team, after all, there are still 1-2 games missing, if you can win this game will overtake Reading to escape from the relegation zone, and the next opponent is Derby County, then Petersburg's recent two games plus you are likely to affect the course of the season, The battle was full of war. The team has not been in good shape recently, with only two wins since January, all cup matches, and 13 league games without a win, the last time dating back to Last October. In terms of offensive and defensive data, the team is a typical relegation team, less and more losses, but the main reason for pulling points is that the team is not good at away games, 15 away games only got 1 win and 1 draw of 4 points, the average of less than 0.5 goals per game at the same time lost 42 goals, but the home results are good, and in the attack and defense of the data are also normal level play.
The visiting team Reading currently has 8 wins, 4 draws and 18 losses in 30 rounds of the league, and has temporarily ranked 21st in the table with 28 points, but has been deducted 6 points due to poor management, which also makes the team one of the favorite teams for relegation. This round against Reading is also not lacking in war, such as subsidies to take points from the away game will be overtaken by direct competitors and give the initiative to relegation. The recent situation is also not ideal, even worse than the home team, 8 consecutive defeats in all competitions, the last victory also needs to go back to last year. But compared to the home team, Reading's performance at home and away is relatively more balanced, especially in the conservative playing style on the road, which has reduced their attacking firepower a lot compared to the home team, but the defensive end has also conceded a lot less.
Combined with the current fundamentals of the two teams, the recent state is not good, but the war intention is very strong, and although Reading has fallen to the Championship for many years, but last year's ambition to rush overtake, and this year in order to retain hope still retain most of the main framework for them have added a lot of market image, while Petersburg as a promotion horse can still get subtle attitude support is not easy, plus Reading this campaign to face the main striker Hoylet, the main midfielder Egeria, The plight of the absence of the main defender Dane and many other players due to injury, may wish to look forward to the Petersburg United sitting and hoping to win to defend the dignity of the home stadium!