Reading vs Bromley Prediction

Form heading into this one

Reading's overall sample across competitions shows ten wins from twenty matches, with 39 goals scored and only 18 conceded, a healthy return. There have been bumps, including a home defeat to Luton and a cup exit to Chelsea's under-21s, but also a big 5-1 win away at MK Dons and comfortable home wins over Mansfield and Blackpool.

Reading: 20 completed matches; Bromley: 20 completed matches.

Reading

20 matches

Win

50% 10 / 20

Draw

25% 5 / 20

Loss

25% 5 / 20

Scored

39

Conceded

19

Difference

+20

Bromley

20 matches

Win

15% 3 / 20

Draw

30% 6 / 20

Loss

55% 11 / 20

Scored

17

Conceded

49

Difference

-32

Bromley's record over the same run of twenty games reads four wins, five draws and eleven losses, with 49 goals conceded. Their league form specifically has been rough lately too, with back-to-back October losses against Leicester, Stockport and Mansfield, though they did pick up an away win at Barnsley in August.

Reading's defensive numbers look a lot tighter than Bromley's leaky ones.

Comparative Team Statistics: Reading vs Bromley

Only one meeting so far

These two have met just once this season, a 1-1 draw in the League Cup back in August at Bromley. That was a cup tie rather than a league match, so it doesn't tell us a great deal about how this next meeting might go.

League table tells its own story

Reading sit seventh in League One with 15 points from ten games, built on four wins and only three defeats. Bromley are down in 22nd, with just eight points from nine matches and five losses already on the board.

That's close to a full point per game of separation between the two sides this season.

Players to watch

Reading's J. Marriott has been their standout, with eight goals in just seven matches, while J. Brown has added three more. Kyreece Lisbie has also been busy creating chances, setting up four goals in that same span.

Reading:

Best scorers:

J. Marriott - 8

J. Brown - 3

Best assist providers:

Kyreece Lisbie - 4

Bromley:

Best scorers:

V. Adeboyejo - 4

Penalty cards:

M. Pinnock x 4

For Bromley, V. Adeboyejo leads their scoring with four goals in seven games, their main threat going forward. Defender M. Pinnock has picked up four yellow cards without a red in that run, worth bearing in mind for discipline.

What the numbers suggest for this one

Put the two samples side by side and Reading's attacking numbers look a lot healthier than Bromley's defensive ones, which have shipped 49 goals in twenty matches across competitions. Reading sit seventh in the table, Bromley down in 22nd, and that gap mirrors what the form figures show.

Bromley have picked up the odd decent result, like that away win at Barnsley, so they're not entirely without a response. But their away form generally, just four wins in twenty games across all competitions, hasn't offered much evidence they can trouble a side sitting comfortably in mid-table at home.