Reading FC League Table: As It Stood
12 December 2020
| Championship Table at: 12 December 2020 | ||||||||||||||
| Pl | HW | HD | HL | HF | HA | AW | AD | AL | AF | AA | GD | POINTS | ||
| 1 | Norwich City | 18 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 10 | 8 | 37 |
| 2 | AFC Bournemouth | 18 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 19 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 15 | 8 | 18 | 34 |
| 3 | Swansea City | 18 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 6 | 11 | 33 |
| 4 | Watford | 18 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 18 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 33 |
| 5 | READING | 18 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 12 | 7 | 33 |
| 6 | Brentford | 18 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 13 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 7 | 11 | 31 |
| 7 | Bristol City | 18 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 11 | 2 | 30 |
| 8 | Stoke City | 18 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 15 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 29 |
| 9 | Middlesbrough | 18 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 5 | 27 |
| 10 | Cardiff City | 18 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 26 |
| 11 | Luton Town | 18 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 10 | -3 | 26 |
| 12 | Blackburn Rovers | 18 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 17 | 12 | 10 | 25 |
| 13 | Barnsley | 18 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 14 | -2 | 25 |
| 14 | Huddersfield Town | 18 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 19 | -5 | 24 |
| 15 | Preston North End | 18 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 18 | 16 | -3 | 23 |
| 16 | Birmingham City | 18 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 5 | -2 | 22 |
| 17 | Millwall | 18 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 8 | -3 | 21 |
| 18 | Coventry City | 18 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 13 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 14 | -7 | 21 |
| 19 | Queens Park Rangers | 18 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 15 | -8 | 18 |
| 20 | Rotherham United | 18 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 15 | -8 | 16 |
| 21 | Nottingham Forest | 18 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 13 | -13 | 13 |
| 22 | Derby County | 18 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 9 | -14 | 13 |
| 23 | Wycombe Wanderers | 18 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 18 | -16 | 11 |
| 24 | Sheffield Wednesday | 18 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 12 | -9 | 9 |