Two successive victories have taken Reading all the way up to eight position in the standings, as they have 32 points from 22 games.
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Reading will hope to continue their recent good run of form when they travel to Birmingham City in the EFL Championship. The match on Friday night will see two sides experiencing contrasting sets of results going against each other. Even though they are placed several positions apart in the standings, only three points separate them in the table. This could give the home side the much-needed push to go out and get all three points.
Two successive victories have taken Reading all the way up to eight position in the standings, as they have 32 points from 22 games. Those victories have come against Hull City and Coventry. On the other hand, Birmingham City are winless in their last three games. They suffered two draws and one defeat in that span. As a result, Birmingham have 29 points from 22 games to sit 14th in the table.
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There are not too many injury concerns these two sides have to deal with, hence both managers will have a big squad to choose from for this clash. Besides, the few players who have traveled with their national teams for the World Cup have more or less returned, thereby increasing their options to pick from. The injury situation of Reading defender Tom Holmes might be the only one to keep an eye on. It remains unlikely that he will be involved in this contest.
Birmingham City possible line-up: Ruddy, Sanderson, Roberts, Trusty, Bielik, Colin, Longelo, Bacuna, Mejbri, Deeney, Chong
Reading possible line-up: Lumley, Yiadom, McIntyre, Mbengue, Hendrick, Hoilett, Ince, Rahman, Fornah, Carroll, Meite
Birmingham City
| Opponents | Score |
| Blackpool | 0-0 |
| Sunderland | 1-2 (L) |
| Swansea | 2-2 |
| Stoke | 1-2 (W) |
| Millwall | 0-0 |
Reading
| Opponents | Score |
| Coventry | 1-0 (W) |
| Hull | 1-2 (W) |
| Watford | 2-0 (L) |
| Preston | 1-2 (L) |
| Luton | 0-0 |
| Last 5 matches (All competitions) | Result |
| Reading beat Birmingham City | 2-1 |
| Birmingham City lose to Reading | 1-2 |
| Birmingham City beat Reading | 2-1 |
| Reading lose to Birmingham City | 1-2 |
| Birmingham City lose to Reading | 1-3 |
The EFL Championship match between Birmingham City and Reading will take place at St. Andrew’s on Saturday at 1:30 am IST.
The live telecast of the match between Birmingham City and Reading can be seen on Sky Sports Football, Sky Sports Main Event, SKY GO Extra in the United Kingdom.
