Barnsley F.C. vs Reading F.C. Prediction 2 April 2021

The central pair of the thirty-ninth round of the Championship will be Barnsley and Reading - serious candidates for promotion.

With eight matches to go, Barnsley are fifth with 64 points and a 49:42 goal difference. In such a scenario, the Colliers will fall into the play-off zone. And over the past month, they delighted their own fans with victories over Birmingham (1:0), Bournemouth (3:2) and Wycombe (3:1), drew 0:0 with Derby, having lost 1:2 to Sheffield Wednesday.

Having earned 62 points with the statistics of scored-conceded goals of 52:41, Reading are sixth, but with the existing dynamics of the results, they risk dropping lower. Indeed, after successful confrontations with Blackburn (1:0) and Sheffield Wednesday (3:0), the Royals stumbled against Nottingham (1:1), Birmingham (1:2) and QPR (1:1).

The hosts are considered to be small favorites of this pair, which are located a little higher in the standings for good reason. We believe that with a good coincidence of circumstances, Reading will catch on to a draw, but nothing more than that.