The big picture

Burton Albion come in 15th on the ladder with 17 points; Reading are 6th on 22. Reading are the side higher up the table.

Form

Burton Albion have won three of their last five and most recently lost to Preston North End 1–2.

Reading have won zero of their last five and most recently lost to Huddersfield Town 0–2.

Head to head

These sides have met 4 times on our records since 2016: Burton Albion 1, Reading 3.

Last time out (2017-18), Reading won 3–1 at Pirelli Stadium.

Biggest margin between these two: Reading by 3 goals in 2016-17 (3–0).

Players to watch

For Burton Albion, watch Lloyd Dyer (0.2 goals a game, 2 assists in 2017-18) and Lucas Akins (0.1 goals a game, 6 assists in 2017-18).

For Reading, watch Tom Ince (0.3 goals a game, 5 assists in 2022-23) and Andy Carroll (0.3 goals a game, 1 assist in 2022-23).

At Pirelli Stadium

Burton Albion have won 3 of their last 20 at Pirelli Stadium.

What the numbers say

On the numbers this is too close to split.