Fixture Release Day: Reading FC Face Sheffield Wednesday On Opening Day

Reading Football Club welcome Sheffield Wednesday on August 3rd to kick off the 2019/20 Championship campaign at Madesjki Stadium.

Noteworthy fixtures for the upcoming campaign include:

First away game: Hull City - August 10

Boxing Day: QPR - Home

New Year’s Day: Fulham - Away

Last Away game: Blackburn - April 25

Final game: Swansea - Home, May 2

The midweek away games include West Brom (August 21), QPR (October 22), Barnsley (December 11), Derby (March 17).

The Easter weekend sees Reading host Huddersfield on Good Friday, April 10, heading to Charlton for a 3pm kick-off on Easter Monday, April 13.

Some analysis of the perceived difficulty of the fixture list marks out a very tough start. Three of the first five games are away with recently-relegated Cardiff coming to Berkshire on the third matchday.

November, meanwhile, offers plenty of chance to pick up points. Reading play Millwall and Luton at home before a trip to Brentford, home game with Leeds, and away day at Wigan.

Likewise, the run-in appears at this stage to be of intermidate difficulty. The Royals go to Charlton and Blackburn in amongst home games against Middlesbrough and Swansea. Not guaranteed points, but not fearsome at this stage.

Full Reading Championship Fixtures 2019/20

August

Saturday, 3 - Sheffield Wednesday (h)
Saturday, 10 - Hull City (a)
Saturday, 17 - Cardiff City (h)
Wednesday, 21 - West Bromwich Albion (a)
Saturday, 24 - Huddersfield Town (a)
Saturday, 31 -Charlton Athletic (h)

September

Saturday, 14 - Middlesbrough (a)
Saturday, 21 - Blackburn Rovers (h)
Saturday, 28 - Swansea City (a)

October

Tuesday, 1 - Fulham (h)
Saturday, 5 - Bristol City (a)
Saturday, 19 - Preston North End (h)
Tuesday, 22 - Queens Park Rangers (a)
Saturday, 26 - Nottingham Forest (a)

November

Saturday, 2 - Millwall (h)
Saturday, 9 - Luton Town (h)
Saturday, 23 - Brentford (a)
Tuesday, 26 - Leeds United (h)
Saturday, 30 - Wigan Athletic (a)

December

Saturday, 7 - Birmingham City (h)
Wednesday, 11 - Barnsley (a)
Saturday, 14 - Stoke City (a)
Saturday, 21 - Derby County (h)
Thursday, 26 - Queens Park Rangers (h)
Sunday, 29 - Preston North End (a)

January

Wednesday, 1 - Fulham (a)
Saturday, 11 - Nottingham Forest (h)
Saturday, 18 -Millwall (a)
Saturday, 25 - Bristol City (h)

February

Saturday, 1 - Cardiff City (a)
Saturday, 8 - Hull City (h)
Wednesday, 12 -West Bromwich Albion (h)
Saturday, 15 - Sheffield Wednesday (a)
Saturday, 22 - Leeds United (a)
Wednesday, 26 - Wigan Athletic (h)
Saturday, 29 - Barnsley (h)

March

Saturday, 7 - Birmingham City (a)
Saturday, 14 - Stoke City (h)
Tuesday, 17 - Derby County (a)
Saturday, 21 - Brentford (h)

April

Saturday, 4 - Luton Town (a)
Friday, 10 - Huddersfield Town (h)
Monday, 13 - Charlton Athletic (a)
Saturday, 18 - Middlesbrough (h)
Saturday, 25 - Blackburn Rovers (a)

May

Saturday, 2 - Swansea City (h)