Birmingham City will host Reading at St Andrew's on Friday in another round of EFL Championship football.

Birmingham will head into this game following a series of inconsistent performances. Their last goalless result against Blackpool meant that their winless streak extends to 3 games in a row, showing how poor they have been so far. Birmingham sit in 14th place in the league table with only 29 points to show for their efforts, 5 points away from the drop zone and they won't be too confident going into this game. Going into this game, Birmingham have remained winless at home in their last 2 games, losing once with one ending in a draw.

Reading on the other hand will head into this game on a 2-game winning streak. They sit comfortably in the upper half of the table at 8th position with 32 points to show for their efforts. They are only 4 points away from 3rd place Blackburn Rovers, and they will be looking to extend their position. On the attack, Reading have been firing as they have found the back of the net a total of 24 times so far. What an decent goal scoring record.

Looking at key records going into this game has shown that the Visitors have the upper hand here. Reading have won the last 2 games in this fixture and will be looking to extend that. Birmingham on the other hand remain without a clean sheet in their last 6 games in this fixture, and that will be a cause for concern. They are on a three-game winless run and have won just two of their last eight games. They are also winless in their last three home games and could greatly struggle here. We are backing the visitors, Reading to do enough to avoid a defeat here by securing a victory or by earning a hard fought draw by the end of the game.

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伯明翰城将于周五在圣安德鲁主场迎战雷丁队，这是另一轮EFL足球锦标赛。

在经历了一系列不稳定的表现后，伯明翰将在这场比赛中脱颖而出。他们上一场对布莱克浦的零进球意味着他们已经连续3场比赛没有赢球了，这表明他们到目前为止的表现有多糟糕。伯明翰在积分榜上排名第14位，只有29分可以证明他们的努力，距离降级区还有5分，他们在这场比赛中不会太有信心。在这场比赛中，伯明翰在过去的两场比赛中在主场保持一胜一负，其中一场以平局告终。

另一方面，雷丁将以两连胜进入本场比赛。他们以32分的成绩稳居榜单上半部分，排在第8位。他们距离排名第三的布莱克本只有4分，他们将寻求扩大他们的位置。在进攻中，雷丁一直火力全开，到目前为止他们总共有24次破门。多好的进球记录啊。

从本场比赛的关键记录来看，客队在这方面占了上风。雷丁在这场比赛中已经赢了两场比赛，他们希望能继续赢下去。另一方面，伯明翰在过去的6场比赛中没有零封对手，这将是一个值得关注的问题。他们已经连续三场比赛未胜，最近八场比赛只赢了两场。他们在最近的三场主场比赛中一场未胜，在这里可能会非常艰难。我们支持客队雷丁，在比赛结束前取得一场胜利或取得一场艰难的平局来避免失败。