Reading FC League Table: As It Stood
20 August 2018
| Championship Table at: 20 August 2018 | ||||||||||||||
| Pl | HW | HD | HL | HF | HA | AW | AD | AL | AF | AA | GD | POINTS | ||
| 1 | Middlesbro | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | +6 | 10 |
| 2 | Leeds | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | +7 | 9 |
| 3 | West Brom | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 4 | +6 | 7 |
| 4 | Brentford | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | +6 | 7 |
| 5 | Aston Villa | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | +3 | 7 |
| 6 | Bolton | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | +2 | 7 |
| 7 | Swansea | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | +2 | 7 |
| 8 | Nottm Forest | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | +1 | 6 |
| 9 | Sheff Utd | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | -2 | 6 |
| 10 | Millwall | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 5 |
| 11 | Blackburn | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | +1 | 5 |
| 12 | Wigan | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 4 |
| 13 | Preston | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| 14 | Derby | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | -3 | 3 |
| 15 | Rotherham | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 7 | -5 | 3 |
| 16 | Ipswich | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 2 |
| 17 | Birmingham | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 2 |
| 18 | Stoke | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | -2 | 2 |
| 19 | Bristol C | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | -2 | 2 |
| 20 | Norwich | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | -2 | 1 |
| 21 | Sheff Wed | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | -3 | 1 |
| 22 | Hull | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -3 | 1 |
| 23 | READING | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -3 | 0 |
| 24 | QPR | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 8 | -8 | 0 |