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Blackpool v Reading : League One match betting preview, prediction and odds

Sat 29th Nov, 12:30 BST, Bloomfield Road, Blackpool

Blackpool are in League One action on Saturday lunch time, as Ian Ross Evatt looks to get one over on Leam Richardson and his Reading side at the Bloomfield Road. Analysing both sides' last 20 League One matches, as well as trends within the competition and the betting market, to generate our match predictions. All the statistics, including head to heads (H2H), are shown below, alongside odds.


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Win / Draw / Win
Over / Under 1.5 Goals
Over / Under 2.5 Goals
Over / Under 3.5 Goals
Win To Nil
Both Teams To Score
Correct Score
Both Teams To Score & Result
Double Chance
Half Time / Full Time
Over / Under 0.5 Goals
Over / Under 4.5 Goals
Over / Under 5.5 Goals
Draw No Bet
Team To Score First

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Blackpool
44%
--
Draw
24%
--
Reading
31%
--
Draw 1-1
11%
--
Blackpool 2-1
9%
--
Blackpool 1-0
9%
--
Reading 2-1
7%
--
Reading 1-0
7%
--
Blackpool 2-0
7%
--
Draw 2-2
6%
--
Draw 0-0
5%
--
Blackpool 3-1
5%
--
Reading 2-0
5%
--
Blackpool 3-0
4%
--
Reading 3-1
3%
--
Blackpool 3-2
3%
--
Reading 3-2
3%
--
Reading 3-0
2%
--
Over 2.5 Goals
56%
--
Under 2.5 Goals
44%
--
Home 1st Goal
51%
--
Away 1st Goal
46%
--
No 1st Goal
3%
--
BTTS - Yes
59%
--
BTTS - No
41%
--
BTTS - Home Win
23%
--
BTTS - Draw
19%
--
BTTS - Away Win
17%
--
Home/draw
69%
--
Away/draw
56%
--
Home/away
76%
--
Over 1.5 Goals
79%
--
Under 1.5 Goals
21%
--
Over 3.5 Goals
34%
--
Under 3.5 Goals
66%
--
Over 4.5 Goals
18%
--
Under 4.5 Goals
82%
--
Over 5.5 Goals
8%
--
Under 5.5 Goals
92%
--
Over 0.5 Goals
95%
--
Under 0.5 Goals
5%
--
Home DNB
61%
--
Away DNB
48%
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Blackpool win to nil
21%
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Reading win to nil
15%
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Win / draw / win League One table

Blackpool have played 16 matches so far this season and are in 21st position in the league.

Performance against teams above them in the league

14 of those games have come against teams above them in the table. They have lost 8 games, drawn 3 and won 3. Blackpool have conceded 22 goals, scored 14, failed to score in 6 matches and kept 1 clean sheet.

Home league performance

Blackpool have played 8 games at home, winning 3, drawing 3 and losing 2 fixtures. They have scored 13 goals, conceded 12 goals, kept 1 clean sheet and failed to score 1 time in home league games.

Reading lay in 18th place on 18 points in the League One league table having played 15 matches. Reading are unbeaten in 3 games against teams below them in the league and kept 1 clean sheet out of 3 games. Reading are having a poor run against away teams, having not won a match so far this season. They have also not scored in 1 of those game.

Performance against teams below them in the league

They have played 3 games against teams below them in the table, winning 1, drawing 2 and losing 0 games. They have scored 3 goals and kept 1 clean sheet against lower placed opposition. Reading have conceded 2 goals and scored in every game.

Away league performance

Reading have played 7 away games, winning 0, drawing 4 and losing 3 games. They have scored an average of 1.1 goals per away game and conceded an average 1.7 goals per away game.

Won
Draw
Lost
Blackpool
Reading
Results by League Table
TEAM PLD W D L GD PTS HOME AWAY HOME AWAY
1
Lincoln16844528 
Dec 13
Feb 28
Apr 6
l
 
2-0A
2
Stockport15843528 
Jan 27
l
 
1-0A
Jan 4
d
 
1-1A
3
Bradford15762627 
Jan 4
l
 
1-0A
Feb 28
Dec 13
4
Bolton15753826 
d
 
1-1F
Feb 21
Feb 17
d
 
1-1A
5
Cardiff14824826 
w
 
3-1F
Mar 21
Apr 18
l
 
2-1F
6
Stevenage13823726 
l
 
2-3F
Apr 6
w
 
1-0F
Mar 21
7
AFC Wim15816-125 
l
 
0-2A
Jan 10
l
 
1-2A
Feb 7
8
Luton15726323 
d
 
2-2F
Jan 31
Dec 18
Mar 7
9
Mansfield15645522 
Feb 17
l
 
2-0A
d
 
1-1A
Jan 10
10
Huddersfield14716222 
w
 
3-2A
Feb 7
l
 
0-2A
Apr 3
11
Rotherham16646022 
Dec 29
Dec 10
Nov 22
Apr 25
12
Burton16646-322 
Mar 28
l
 
1-0A
Jan 1
Mar 17
13
Barnsley13634221 
w
 
1-0F
Jan 17
Jan 24
l
 
3-2A
14
Wycombe16556520 
d
 
1-1F
Apr 18
Feb 14
d
 
2-2A
15
Northampton15627-220 
Jan 24
l
 
1-0A
w
 
1-0F
Jan 31
16
L Orient16628-420 
Apr 25
Nov 22
w
 
2-1F
Jan 17
17
Wigan15465-118 
Mar 7
Dec 20
Mar 28
-
18
Reading15465-318 
Nov 29
May 2
-
-
19
Doncaster16538-818 
Dec 26
Mar 14
d
 
1-1A
Apr 11
20
Exeter16529-117 
Apr 3
l
 
4-1A
Jan 27
d
 
1-1F
21
Blackpool16439-815 
-
-
May 2
Nov 29
22
Port Vale16358-814 
Mar 17
Jan 1
w
 
1-0F
Feb 21
23
Peterborough14419-713 
Apr 11
w
 
1-2F
Dec 9
Dec 29
24
Plymouth154110-1013 
Feb 14
l
 
1-0A
Mar 14
Dec 26
Promotion
Promotion Play Off
Relegation
Win / draw / win form
7
Reading have not won in 7 consecutive away league games
Blackpool 21ST
20 league games
Home
Overall
Goals: Scored
34
Conceded
27
Games: Scored
16 / 20
Conceded
16 / 20
Clean sheets
4 / 20
Failed to score
4 / 20
Won
8
Draw
7
Lost
5
HOME FORM Win / Draw / Win
Blackpool3 - 1Cardiff
Blackpool1 - 1Wycombe
Blackpool0 - 2AFC Wim
Blackpool2 - 2Luton
Blackpool1 - 0Barnsley
Blackpool1 - 1Bolton
Blackpool3 - 2Huddersfield
Blackpool2 - 3Stevenage
Blackpool4 - 1Bristol R
Blackpool0 - 2Birmingham
Blackpool1 - 2Wrexham
Blackpool3 - 0Reading
Blackpool2 - 1Bolton
Blackpool1 - 2L Orient
Blackpool2 - 1Cambridge
Blackpool0 - 0Peterborough
Blackpool3 - 1Crawley
Blackpool3 - 3Mansfield
Blackpool0 - 0Rotherham
Blackpool2 - 2Charlton
Goals: Scored
22
Conceded
30
Games: Scored
12 / 20
Conceded
19 / 20
Clean sheets
1 / 20
Failed to score
8 / 20
Won
5
D
4
Lost
11
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
ABlackpool0 - 1Burton
HBlackpool3 - 1Cardiff
ABlackpool2 - 1Peterborough
HBlackpool1 - 1Wycombe
ABlackpool0 - 1Stockport
HBlackpool0 - 2AFC Wim
HBlackpool2 - 2Luton
ABlackpool0 - 1Bradford
HBlackpool1 - 0Barnsley
ABlackpool0 - 1Northampton
HBlackpool1 - 1Bolton
ABlackpool0 - 1Plymouth
ABlackpool0 - 2Mansfield
HBlackpool3 - 2Huddersfield
ABlackpool1 - 4Exeter
HBlackpool2 - 3Stevenage
HBlackpool4 - 1Bristol R
HBlackpool0 - 2Birmingham
ABlackpool1 - 1Wigan
HBlackpool1 - 2Wrexham
Reading 18TH
20 league games
Away
7
Overall
Goals: Scored
26
Conceded
27
Games: Scored
13 / 20
Conceded
16 / 20
Clean sheets
4 / 20
Failed to score
7 / 20
Won
5
Draw
8
Lost
7
AWAY FORM Win / Draw / Win
Cardiff2 - 1Reading
Exeter1 - 1Reading
Stockport1 - 1Reading
Barnsley3 - 2Reading
Wycombe2 - 2Reading
Bolton1 - 1Reading
Lincoln2 - 0Reading
Bristol R0 - 2Reading
Mansfield1 - 5Reading
Northampton0 - 0Reading
Shrewsbury1 - 3Reading
Blackpool3 - 0Reading
Crawley1 - 1Reading
Wigan1 - 2Reading
Huddersfield0 - 0Reading
Burton3 - 2Reading
L Orient2 - 0Reading
Charlton0 - 0Reading
Cambridge1 - 3Reading
Lincoln2 - 0Reading
Goals: Scored
25
Conceded
25
Games: Scored
16 / 20
Conceded
15 / 20
Clean sheets
5 / 20
Failed to score
4 / 20
Won
6
Draw
7
Lost
7
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
HReading1 - 0Stevenage
HReading1 - 1Doncaster
HReading1 - 0Northampton
AReading1 - 2Cardiff
AReading1 - 1Exeter
HReading1 - 1Mansfield
AReading1 - 1Stockport
HReading2 - 1L Orient
AReading2 - 3Barnsley
HReading1 - 0Port Vale
AReading2 - 2Wycombe
AReading1 - 1Bolton
HReading1 - 2AFC Wim
HReading0 - 2Huddersfield
AReading0 - 2Lincoln
HReading2 - 4Barnsley
AReading2 - 0Bristol R
AReading5 - 1Mansfield
HReading0 - 1Lincoln
AReading0 - 0Northampton
Win / draw / win head to head (H2H)
4
Blackpool have beaten Reading in 4 consecutive home league meetings
9
Blackpool have not lost to Reading in 9 consecutive home league meetings
League games at Blackpool since 2009
Blackpool
Reading
Goals: Scored
19
5
Games: Scored
9 / 9
4 / 9
Clean sheets
5 / 9
0 / 9
BLP
7
D
2
FIXTURE HISTORY AT Blackpool
Blackpool3 - 0
Blackpool4 - 1
Blackpool1 - 0
Blackpool4 - 1
Draw1 - 1Draw
Blackpool1 - 0
Blackpool1 - 0
Blackpool2 - 0
Draw2 - 2Draw
League games at Reading since 2008
Reading
Blackpool
Goals: Scored
22
12
Games: Scored
8 / 9
7 / 9
Clean sheets
2 / 9
1 / 9
BLP
2
RDG
7
FIXTURE HISTORY AT Reading
0 - 3Blackpool
Reading3 - 2
Reading3 - 1
2 - 3Blackpool
Reading3 - 0
Reading5 - 1
Reading3 - 1
Reading2 - 1
Reading1 - 0
Goal Statistics

Goals have been difficult to come by for Reading of late. It has been 7 League One games since they last scored more than 1, and a PG of 1.3 suggests they'll have problems ending that run on Saturday lunch time against Blackpool.

Blackpool 21st Reading 18th
Kickoff prediction
Kickoff prediction
1.6
goals
1.3
goals
Scoring probability
Scoring probability
0
20%
1
32%
2
26%
3
14%
4+
8%
There is a 80% probability that Blackpool will score 1 or more goals
0
27%
1
35%
2
23%
3
10%
4+
There is a 62% probability that Reading will score no more than 1 goal
 
20 home / away league games
20 home / away league games
+14
Blackpool have scored 14% more goals at home than predicted
+15
Reading have scored 15% more goals when away than predicted
1.7
average goals scored
1.3
average goals scored
1.4
conceded
1.4
conceded
 
Attack defence ratings
League One - 2025/2026 season
Blackpool
PG (predicted goals)
Reading
1.6
1.3
Attack rating
BLP
RDG
8%
better
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Games scored9
13
Failed to score6
2
Scored first7
6
Goals scored16
16
Avg. goals scored1
1.1
Avg. shots per game6
9
Avg. shots per goal6
8
Conversion rate for18
12
Avg. XG for0.8
1.1
KickOff rating
+8%
Defence rating
BLP
RDG
15%
better
view stats
Games conceded14
12
Clean sheets1
3
Conceded first8
9
Goals conceded23
19
Avg. goals conceded1.4
1.3
Avg. shots/game conceded10
8
Avg. shots/goal conceded7
7
Conversion rate against15%
15%
Avg. XG against1.5
1.3
KickOff rating
+15%

Blackpool v Reading League One lLine ups will show here when available.

Blackpool League One squad statistics 2025/2026
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
16436
O CaseyA FletcherJ BrownL Evans
PlayersAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
O Casey DEF161
2
-
J Brown MID1613
4
-
M Ihiekwe DEF15
2
-
E Hansson FWD151
-
C Hamilton FWD152
1
-
B Peacock-Farrell GLK14
-
A Fletcher FWD1442
3
-
H Coulson DEF13
1
-
L Evans MID1311
6
-
T Bloxham FWD1311
1
-
A Morgan MID11
2
-
A Lyons DEF10
-
G Honeyman MID1011
-
D Taylor FWD91
1
-
Z Ashworth DEF8
2
-
J Bowler MID82
2
-
D. Imray DEF6
1
-
F Horsfall DEF6
-
S Banks FWD61
-
N Ennis FWD63
1
F Ravizzoli GLK2
-
Reading League One squad statistics 2025/2026
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
15535
C SavageJ MarriottL WingD Kyerewaa
PlayersAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
D Kyerewaa MID1512
5
-
C Savage MID1511
4
-
L Wing MID1533
1
-
M Jacob DEF14
4
-
K Doyle MID1411
1
-
P Lane FWD1311
1
-
J Pereira GLK12
-
F Burns DEF12
3
-
J Dorsett DEF12
1
-
K Abrefa DEF122
-
M O’Mahony FWD12
1
-
K Ehibhatiomhan FWD121
1
-
D Williams DEF9
3
-
A. Ahmed DEF8
3
-
B Elliott MID8
1
-
L Fraser MID81
-
M Camará MID71
1
-
M Ritchie MID73
4
-
J Marriott FWD751
-
P O'Connor DEF5
-
A Yiadom DEF5
-
M Stickland DEF4
1
-
G. Garcia DEF41
1
-
J Stevens GLK3
-
B Tuma FWD1
-