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The Bees to beat the Royals in the big Championship clash

Reading vs Brentford - 10/02/2021

The Bees to beat the Royals in the big Championship clash
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Last season it was a case of so near yet so far for Brentford in their search for promotion to the Premier League. This season the Bees are back in the hunt and looking in good shape, as they prepare for a trip to Reading on Wednesday night.

Brentford may be dreaming of promotion to the English top-flight, but so are the home team who are enjoying a stellar season in the Championship. Despite a strong campaign, it seems the Royal’s may have to earn promotion through the play-offs.

Veljko Paunovic’s team are fourth in the table, six points behind Wednesday night’s opponents, who occupy second place. A win over the visitors could prove massive in the race for automatic promotion this season.

The home side is unbeaten in their last seven league outings. However, they have drawn two of their last three league games, which has hindered their ascent into the top-two of late.

Reading have been in strong form of late on home soil too, winning their last three league home matches in the Championship.

The visitors have the chance to move to the top of the table with a victory in this clash. Thomas Frank’s team are currently a point behind league leaders Norwich and this is their game in hand on the Canaries.

The Bees head into this potentially massive clash on the back of a 20-game unbeaten run in the second tier. They have also won seven of their previous eight matches in the Championship.

The visitors have based their promotion campaign on superior firepower, as Brentford are the top goalscorers in the second tier, having scored 52 goals this season. Summer signing Ivan Toney has been in superb form, scoring 22 goals in 27 league matches.

Forebet predicts that Brentford will be the ones to continue their good form by recording a victory in a high-scoring encounter.

Home team
Away team
Probability %
1X2
Pred
Correct score
Avg. goals
Weather conditions
Coef.
Score
Live
coef.
CH
273438
2
1 - 3
3.09
-3°
2.10
3.75 3.34 2.10 -1 -1 1
FT
1 - 3(1 - 1)
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Championship Regular Season
OVERALL TABLE PTS GP W D L +/-
1
Leicester City 97 46 31 4 11 48
2
Ipswich Town 96 46 28 12 6 35
3
Leeds United 90 46 27 9 10 38
4
Southampton 87 46 26 9 11 24
5
West Bromwich 75 46 21 12 13 23
6
Norwich City 73 46 21 10 15 15
7
Hull City 70 46 19 13 14 8
8
Middlesbrough 69 46 20 9 17 9
9
Coventry City 64 46 17 13 16 11
10
Preston North End 63 46 18 9 19 -11
11
Bristol City 62 46 17 11 18 2
12
Cardiff City 62 46 19 5 22 -17
13
Millwall 59 46 16 11 19 -10
14
Swansea City 57 46 15 12 19 -6
15
Watford 56 46 13 17 16 0
16
Sunderland 56 46 16 8 22 -2
17
Stoke City 56 46 15 11 20 -11
18
QPR 56 46 15 11 20 -11
19
Blackburn Rovers 53 46 14 11 21 -14
20
Sheffield Wednesday 53 46 15 8 23 -24
21
Plymouth Argyle 51 46 13 12 21 -11
22
Birmingham City 50 46 13 11 22 -15
23
Huddersfield 45 46 9 18 19 -29
24
Rotherham 27 46 5 12 29 -52

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