Swansea v Reading predictions: free betting tips and where to watch

Free football tips, best bets and analysis for Swansea City v Reading in the Championship on Wednesday.

Where to watch

Sky Sports Football, 8pm Wednesday

Best bet

Swansea
1pt 6-5 Coral

Team news

Swansea
Morgan Gibbs-White (foot) is out long-term and Liam Cullen (Covid-19) misses out.

Reading
George Puscas (groin), Liam Moore (foot), Lewis Gibson (quad), Andy Yiadom, Felipe Araruna, Yakou Meite (all knee) and Omar Richards (hamstring) are sidelined but Lucas Joao (muscle strain) has a chance of being involved and Michael Olise (hamstring) could return to the starting line-up.

Match preview

Highflying Swansea have the best defensive record in the Championship with just 12 goals conceded and their rock-solid rearguard can lay the foundation for a victory over injury-hit Reading.

The Swans need a victory to make sure of finishing 2020 inside one of the automatic promotion slots and they will approach the match in a positive frame of mind after solid 2-0 successes at home to Barnsley and away to QPR.

Steve Cooper's side have not won three in a row this season but have a great chance to change that against the Royals, who have triumphed only once on their last six road trips.

Reading are hoping to involve top scorer Lucas Joao for the first time in three weeks but head coach Veljko Paunovic still has a lengthy injury list to contend with and may struggle to come up with a winning formula in Wales.

Key stat

Swansea are unbeaten in their last seven home fixtures.

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