Opta Stats: Stoke v Reading

 

Having hauled themselves out of the relegation zone, Reading take their recovery to mid-table Stoke.

 

Stoke have scored the highest proportion of goals in the opening 15 minutes of matches of any team in the top division this season (25%). You can get odds of 5.1 that the first goal will be scored in 0-10 minutes and 5.6 that it will be scored between 11-20 minutes.

 

Reading have scored the highest proportion of goals in the final 15 minutes of games (41%) and the most in total in that period (13). Reading are 2.6 to be the last team to score.

 

Adam Le Fondre has scored five goals in his last four Premier League appearances, all off the substitutes bench. Le Fondre is 8.8 to score the last goal.

 

Stoke City have won just one of their last 10 Premier League matches (W1 D5 L4). You can lay a Stoke win at 1.96.

 

The Potters have mustered fewer shots on target this season than any other team in the top flight (75). A Reading clean sheet can bet backed at 4.0.

 

Reading have won four and lost none of the last seven meetings with Stoke City in all competitions (excl. penalty shootouts). Reading are 4.6 to win.

 

Stoke have committed more fouls than any other team in the Premier League and earned the joint-most cards (49 yellows, two reds) along with Aston Villa. The Potters are 2.02 to win the bookings match bet.

 

The Royals have allowed their opponents more shots on target against them than any other team in the top-flight (145). Stoke are 1.24 to score a goal.

 

Following a run of seven straight defeats, Reading have lost just one of their last seven Premier League matches (W4 D2 L1). You can lay Reading at 1.78 to be relegated.

 

Stoke have scored the highest percentage of goals from set pieces in the top flight this season (58%). Peter Crouch is 5.9 to be first goalscorer.

 

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