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Biscuit Analytic retweeted
📊📉📈 League tables lie.
Here’s how the Premier League & EFL are looking in terms of the underlying data as we head into the international break
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Lowest % of backwards passes played in the division as per OPTA analyst after 4 matches, you'll never sing that.
#ReadingFC
This is the clearest visual identifier that how we play has shifted from central play to wide play.
Look how few touches are around and in the D on Wednesday compared to last season vs in the channels outside the box.
#ReadingFC's touches vs Mansfield last season and this season
look at how many more touches inside the box we had on Weds!
2025/26: 10/16 shots were from outside the area
2026/27: 3/20 shots were from outside the area
First time hitting 5-0 in a home league match for 16 years since we beat Sheffield Wednesday in Feb 2010. Rasiak & Kebe both getting two each that day!
#ReadingFC
Biscuit Analytic retweeted
On this day in 1920 Reading played their first ever game in the Football League, winning 1-0 at Newport thanks to a goal from the great Joe Bailey #readingfc
Over a decade since we’ve watched Reading win in the first league game of the season under Jaap Stam. A 1-0 win against Preston with John Swift scoring.
That is ultra depressing.
(No, I don’t count the Covid season which was essentially a friendly match when we beat Derby)
This one sounds like it’s rumbling on still. Would be a great backup for Marriott, but not sure if Chelsea would want more game time for him
Biscuit Analytic retweeted
Amadou Mbengue is set to be a major loss for Reading if his proposed move to Watford goes through, with his searing pace on the cover, and accelerations from central defence an invaluable commodity.
Mbengue also ranks well for long passes from defence, averaging more per match than defensive partner Bindon. Should the Royals be eyeing a similar profile, #BAFC's Godwin-Malife also ranks very well for accelerations from defence.
#WatfordFC #ReadingFC
Biscuit Analytic retweeted
Winger mate, have a look at the highlights - offers pretty much everything we're missing
Also the highest rated player across the whole of PL2 (Fotmob) which I've only just seen
youtube.com/watch?v=1IHA55Rc…
Just found this from last July, depressing to read back on how obvious it was after just 2 friendlies where the issues lay and then we all sat and watched 10 months of it.
Whilst interested about what free agents we might sign, has anyone got youth players in PL2 from this season who we should be looking at on loan for next season?
A few names to me that strike out would be Mhueka from Chelsea (striker & captain with 25 goals in 33 apps).
He may be in high demand this summer I feel at only 18.
Jack Fletcher (AM) from Man Utd would be also interesting, and potentially Oriola (LW) from Brighton.
Any other names who you know of? #ReadingFC
In my latest hard hitting (basic excel table) piece of analysis looking at Reading shots this season.
In a big surprise piece of analysis, when you have more shots, or more shots on target, you end up scoring more points per game.
#ReadingFC
Cc @leamrico just in case anyone in the data analysis team hadn’t pointed this out just yet.
#ReadingFC
Biscuit Analytic retweeted
Being serious on this, it’s clear the player who leaked information hasn’t revealed himself to the rest of the squad. That’s surely going to create distrust or at least suspicion. That’s not a good environment
Biscuit Analytic retweeted
Don't know if this is now old news, but 20 minute highlights of every #ReadingFC Premier League game available now in the PL Archive Just watched us beat Liverpool 3-1, the good old days.
premierleague.com/en/video/4…
The last Reading win in Yorkshire?
Hull away in November 2022.
We’ve gone almost the full World Cup cycle with zero wins in a county we seem to have at least 5 games a year in, which is quite incredible.
