Wolves v Reading Betting Preview – Championship 13th March 7.45pm
Champions leaders Wolves are really feeling the pressure at the moment as they have seen their lead at the top get whittled away. Cardiff are now just the three points behind them in the standings and so Wolves, with just one win in five played now, have to come up with a response. Reading are on a winless stretch so may offer the home side a decent chance at getting maximum points.
Wolves News and Form
Wolves are looking shaky at the moment at the top of the table. From having held such a commanding lead things are falling apart a bit having won only one of their last five games played (D2 L2). The two defeats suffered in that run were away from home and they are unbeaten in their last three league home games, winning two of those since a defeat at Molineux against Notts Forest in January. Wolves have a mighty fine home record of W12 D3 L2 for the term and there has been 35 goals form them in their 17 home games and they average just over two per game. Defensively they have conceded under a goal per game on average and even with their recent slips, Wolves to win to nil at bet365 is at 21/20 odds with bet365. Wolves do have a clean sheet in almost half of their home games this season and they have shipped 73% of their home goals in the second half of matches. Wolves have opened the scoring in all but three home fixtures in the Championship and this is pretty much just going to be a show of character for them.
Reading News and Form
Reading are not offering much form at the moment. Their last league win was on January 20th and are D4 L3 in their seven games since then. They haven’t been on the road for a while as their last four league games have been at home. They have taken just a W1 D2 L4 record in their last seven games away from the Madejski so they are not likely to be a huge threat to Wolves. The Royals have failed to earn a clean sheet in any of their last nine games now home and away and have shipped one goal at least in each of their last three on the road. They have managed to net in each of their last three games away from home through, averaging 1.25 goals per game on their travels. Defensively they have just been in a mess with a clean sheet earned in just 18% of their away games. Of the goals that they have scored away from home so far 81% of them have been after the half time break. Reading have scored in 71% of their away matches.
Wolves v Reading Head to Head
Wolves are the ones with the form in the head to head against Reading. After a 2-0 win out at the Madejski Stadium over them earlier this season, Wolves are now W3 D1 L1 in their last five league contests against the Royals. Wolves have taken a clean sheet in four of their last five games against Reading.
Wolves v Reading Betting Odds*
Wolves 2/5, Draw 15/4, Reading 9/1* (Betting Odds taken at 8:01 p.m. on March 12th, 2018)
Wolves v Reading Predictions
Wolves are blowing their lines at the moment but should be strong enough on home soil to snap their slump and get a win on the board against the non-threatening Royals. Home win to nil.
