Reading is set for a trip to Vitality Stadium for a clash with AFC Bournemouth in the 38th game week of the EFL Championship. Match Day schedules for 15th March 2022 at 22:45 EAT.
AFC Bournemouth has been on top of their performances this season, they currently sit in the second place EFL Championship table with 65 points after 34 games. The team has 18 wins, eight draws and seven loses.
Bournemouth will want to continue from where they left off last time out with the 2-0 Championship win to beat Derby County. In that game, Bournemouth had 47% possession, 14 shots with eight of them on target and goals scored by Dominic Solanke (45′) and Jamal Lowe (90′). Derby County got eight shots with three of them on target.
Meanwhile, Reading is placed is placed in the 24th place with 29 points in the Championship, having won 10 games in total and lost 20 times, making a total of five draws. This means that the team has an advantage of five points, in the 38th round, with the Derby County team in the 22nd place. In their last five games they are on a three game losing streak following two wins.
Reading will be aiming to make amends here since suffering a 4-0 loss at the hands of Nottingham Forest in their last Championship game. In that game, Reading managed 39% possession seven shots with three of them on target. Nottingham Forest got 10 shots with five of them on target and goals by Keinan Davis (1′, 62′), Ryan Yates (75′) and Sam Surridge (80′).
Bournemouth vs Reading head to head
The Cherries have an excellent record playing against Reading having won six times out of the eight meetings since 2013. Reading has won once and one match ended in a draw.
- Reading 0-2 Bournemouth 30/10/21
- Reading 3-1 Bournemouth 29/01/21
- Bournemouth 4-2 Reading 21/11/20
- Reading 1-1 Bournemouth 29/07/16
- Reading 0-1 Bournemouth 14/04/15
Home
- Bournemouth 2-0 Derby County
- Bournemouth 1-1 Peterborough
- Preston 2-1 Bournemouth
- Bournemouth 2-1 Stoke
- Blackpool 1-2 Bournemouth
Away
- Nottingham 4-0 Reading
- Reading 0-1 Millwall
- Blackpool 4-1 Reading
- Reading 2-1 Birmingham
- Preston 2-3 Reading
AFC Bournemouth team news
Junior Stanislas and Kieffer Moore have been ruled out with injuries. Philip Billing and Adam Smith are also out serving suspension.
Reading team news
Karl Hein, Felipe Araruna, Abdul-Rahman Baba, Femi Azeez and Dejan Tetek make up a quintet of injury concerns for coach Ince.
Prediction and odds
Bournemouth is the second best team on paper, and they are unbeaten in their last two games while Reading lost in their last three league fixtures.
- AFC Bournemouth win
- Draw
- Goals over 2.5
