(2018-2019: : W: 10 D: 17 L: 19 F: 49 A: 66 GD: -17 Points: 47)
Home Record: W: 8 D: 6 L: 9 F: 29 A: 31 (Division rank: 20th)
Away Record: W: 2 D: 11 L: 10 F: 20 A: 35 (Division rank: 19th)
Final League Position: 20th
Founded: 1871
Manager: Jose Gomes (since 23rd December 2018) - P:24 W:6 D:10 L:8
Address: Madejski Stadium, Bennet Road, Reading, Berkshire, RG2 0FL
Website: www.readingfc.co.uk
FootyMad site: www.reading-mad.co.uk
FA Cup: Third Round; Manchester United (Juan Mata pen 22, Romelu Lukaku 45) 2-0 Reading
League Cup: Second Round; Reading 0-2 Watford (Isaac Success 37, Quina 62)
Previous result: Birmingham 2-0.
Most Appearances: Andy Yiadom - 47
Top Scorer: Yakou Meite - 13
Most Yellow Cards: John Swift - 9
Most Red Cards: John O'Shea/Tyler Blackett/Leandro Bacuna - 1
Last Five League Positions: 20th (Championship), 20th (Championship), 3rd (Championship), 17th (Championship), 19th (Championship)
Head to Head Record
Barnsley Wins: 26
Draws: 19
Reading Wins: 29
Most Recent League Meetings
30/12/2017 Barnsley (Ethan Pinnock 90) 1-1 Reading (Yann Kermorgant 68) (Championship)
28/11/2017 Reading (David Edwards 20, Joey Van Den Berg 29, Jon Dadi Bodvarsson 88) 3-0 Barnsley (Championship)
Last Five Results v Barnsley: drew 1-1, won 3-0, drew 0-0, won 2-1, lost 3-1.
Meet in 2019-2020 on: Wednesday 11th December at Oakwell &Saturday 29th February at Madejski Stadium.
2019-2020
Up to 28th July 2019
Pre-Season Results
Reading 2–0 Southend United
United Gibraltar 0–10 Reading
Sevilla 2–1 Reading
Malaga B 0–0 Reading
Extremadura 0–1 Reading
Lincoln City 1–0 Reading
Granada 1–0 Reading
Reading 1–1 Birmingham City
Reading 4–2 Peterborough United
Reading 3-4 Chelsea
Odds to win the League: 66/1
Odds for Promotion: 18/1
Top Six Finish: 15/2
Odds for Relegation: 3/1
Summer 2019 Transfers: (Up to 28th July)
In:
⦁ Charlie Adam (from Stoke City)
⦁ Michael Morrison (from Birmingham City)
⦁ João Virgínia (from Everton - Loan)
⦁ Matt Miazga (from Chelsea - Loan)
Out:
⦁ Lewis Ward (to Exeter City)
⦁ Liam Kelly (to Feyenoord)
⦁ Jón Daði Böðvarsson (to Millwall)
⦁ Darren Sidoel (Released)
⦁ Vito Mannone (to Minnesota United - Loan)
⦁ Sone Aluko (to Beijing Renhe - Loan)
⦁ Marc McNulty (to Sunderland - Loan)