Reading v Newcastle Betting Preview – Championship 7th March 8.00pm
Newcastle’s title credentials have really been put to the test over the last week or so having had to face Brighton and Huddersfield (second and third in the league respectively), but neither of them could stop the Magpies from winning. Now Newcastle have a firm grip at the top of the table and even though they face another tough away day at Reading, their form will have given backers plenty of confidence. Reading are in a solid position to bank a play off spot, but with recent back to back defeats against Brighton and Huddersfield it would be a surprise if they took a win on home soil over the high flying Magpies.
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Reading v Newcastle Betting Tips
Reading are the next ones tasked with trying to stop Newcastle’s march towards the Championship title. Reading are well in the mix themselves in the Championship play off race and they start this game in fifth place. However, their output has dropped to just the two wins in their last six league matches but they are carrying the kind of home form that suggest that they are going to be in with a chance of snatching something out of this. Reading have posted a W12 D4 L2 record on home soil this season and are currently on a five match unbeaten streak in the Championship at home with a W4 D1 record. So they do carry some threat and they have suffered just the one loss in their last eleven home games in the second tier. Reading lost heavily by a 4-1 scoreline at St James Park earlier in the season and both teams to score in the game at Betfair is a price of 4/5. That has happened in each of the last four between these two.
Over 2.5 goals at Betfair in this one is a price of even money and a decent bit of value because the last three between these at Reading have gone over the goal line. Reading have gone W2 D1 L1 at home in their last four against the Magpies. But Newcastle have won some big games recently out on the road and Reading do have the worst defensive record of the top six sides in the Championship heading into the next round of action. Yann Kermorgant is an 11/4 option for the Royals in the Betfair anytime goalscorer market. A Reading 2-1 correct score is running at a price of 12/1 while a Newcastle 2-1 option is at a price of 15/2. That scoreline has a bit of a trend as it has appeared in two of the last four between them and in two of the last four between them at Reading.
The Magpies, after such a successful run of games have really taken full control of the Championship title race now. They have taken wins at Brighton and at Huddersfield in their last two games, both promotion contenders like Newcastle are, and they have earned a five point cushion to sit with now at the top of the table. So they still have to face yet another tough game in this sequence of matches, but they have gone unbeaten in their last ten but it hasn’t all been easy because they have taken just one clean sheet in their last five played now, so Reading will get their chances. Newcastle are W4 D1 in their last five away games in the Championship and are in good form and they have scored at least two goals in four of those five games. In the Betfair First Goalscorer market, Dwight Gayle is a 10/3 price with Daryl Murphy and Aleksandar Mitrovic at 15/8 in the anytime goalscorer market. Will the Magpies impress again out on the road?
Reading v Newcastle Betting Odds
Reading 13/5, Draw 12/5, Newcastle 21/20
Reading v Newcastle Predictions
The Magpies have been getting it done. Those are big wins that they have posted on the road at Brighton and Huddersfield recently and this trip therefore to Reading won’t be particularly daunting. So Rafa Benitez’s men have more than proved themselves and they are worth backing to continue their streak. They are value in the match outright to just back to collect the three points and it may be worth backing both teams to score too.
