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

Sat 13th Dec, 15:00 BST, Northern Commercials Stadium, Bradford

Leam Richardson leads his Reading team to the Northern Commercials Stadium in the League One on Saturday afternoon, with Graham Alexander's Bradford City the opponent. League One stats are the foundation of the predictions you'll find below, with head to head (H2H) records included too. You can view it all, with infographics and odds from the UK's biggest bookmakers available for seventeen major betting markets via the tabs.

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Predictions	Bet365	Coral
Bradford 51%	-	-
Draw 24%	-	-
Reading 24%	-	-
Draw 1-1 11%	-	-
Bradford 1-0 11%	-	-
Bradford 2-1 10%	-	-
Bradford 2-0 9%	-	-
Reading 1-0 7%	-	-
Draw 0-0 6%	-	-
Reading 2-1 6%	-	-
Bradford 3-1 5%	-	-
Draw 2-2 5%	-	-
Bradford 3-0 5%	-	-
Reading 2-0 4%	-	-
Bradford 3-2 3%	-	-
Bradford 4-1 2%	-	-
Reading 3-1 2%	-	-
Bradford 4-0 2%	-	-
Over 2.5 Goals 52%	-	-
Under 2.5 Goals 48%	-	-
Home 1st Goal 53%	-	-
Away 1st Goal 43%	-	-
No 1st Goal 4%	-	-
BTTS - Yes 54%	-	-
BTTS - No 46%	-	-
BTTS - Home Win 24%	-	-
BTTS - Draw 18%	-	-
BTTS - Away Win 12%	-	-
Home/draw 76%	-	-
Away/draw 49%	-	-
Home/away 76%	-	-
Over 1.5 Goals 76%	-	-
Under 1.5 Goals 24%	-	-
Over 3.5 Goals 30%	-	-
Under 3.5 Goals 70%	-	-
Over 4.5 Goals 15%	-	-
Under 4.5 Goals 85%	-	-
Over 5.5 Goals 6%	-	-
Under 5.5 Goals 94%	-	-
Over 0.5 Goals 94%	-	-
Under 0.5 Goals 6%	-	-
Home DNB 68%	-	-
Away DNB 41%	-	-
Bradford win to nil 28%	-	-
Reading win to nil 12%	-	-

Win / draw / win League One table

Bradford have played 16 matches so far this season and lay in 3rd place in the League One league table.

Performance against teams below them in the league

They have played 14 games against teams below in the table, having won 6, drawn 6 and lost 2 matches. They have kept 4 clean sheets and have failed to score in 3 fixtures. Bradford have outscored their opponents by 24 goals to 17 goals.

Home League Performance

Bradford have played 8 games at home winning 5, drawing 2 and losing 1 game. They have scored 14 goals, kept 2 clean sheets and conceded 9 goals at home.

Reading are in 18th position in the League One on 19 points having played 16 matches so far this season. 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.

Away League Performance

3 of those games have been losing matches. They have conceded 12 goals and kept no clean sheets. They have scored 8 goals in total and failed to score in 1 fixture.

Performance against teams above them in the league

13 games have come against teams above them in the table. They have lost 5 games, drawn 5 and won 3. Reading have conceded 18 goals, scored 14, failed to score in 2 fixtures and have kept 2 clean sheets.

BTTS yes BTTS no BTTS yes BTTS no Won Draw Lost Won Draw Lost Won Draw Lost Won Draw Lost Won Draw Lost Won Draw Lost Won Draw Lost Over 0.5 Under 0.5 Over 1.5 Under 1.5 Over 2.5 Under 2.5 Over 3.5 Under 3.5 Over 4.5 Under 4.5 Over 5.5 Under 5.5 For 0-0 Against Won Draw Lost	Bradford Reading
Results by League Table

	TEAM	PLD	W	D	L	GD	PTS	HOME	AWAY	HOME	AWAY
1	Stevenage	15	9	3	3	8	30	Apr 11	d 1-1F	w 1-0F	Mar 21
2	Cardiff	15	9	2	4	10	29	Jan 17	w 1-3F	Apr 18	l 2-1F
3	Bradford	16	7	7	2	6	28	-	-	Feb 28	Dec 13
4	Lincoln	17	8	4	5	4	28	d 0-00-0	Jan 27	Apr 6	l 2-0A
5	Stockport	16	8	4	4	2	28	Feb 17	w 1-2A	Jan 4	d 1-1A
6	Bolton	16	7	6	3	8	27	Apr 25	d 0-00-0	Feb 17	d 1-1A
7	Luton	17	8	2	7	-1	26	w 2-1F	Feb 7	Dec 18	Mar 7
8	Huddersfield	16	8	1	7	3	25	w 3-1F	Jan 24	l 0-2A	Apr 3
9	AFC Wim	16	8	1	7	-2	25	w 3-2A	Feb 21	l 1-2A	Feb 7
10	Barnsley	14	7	3	4	7	24	d 2-2F	Apr 18	Jan 24	l 3-2A
11	Wycombe	17	6	5	6	6	23	w 2-1F	Apr 6	Feb 14	d 2-2A
12	Rotherham	17	6	5	6	0	23	Jan 10	d 2-2A	d 1-1A	Apr 25
13	Mansfield	16	6	4	6	3	22	Mar 17	Jan 1	d 1-1A	Jan 10
14	Burton	16	6	4	6	-3	22	l 1-2A	Mar 21	Jan 1	Mar 17
15	Wigan	16	5	6	5	0	21	Dec 26	Mar 14	Mar 28	-
16	L Orient	17	6	3	8	-4	21	Mar 7	Dec 20	w 2-1F	Jan 17
17	Northampton	16	6	2	8	-4	20	Apr 3	d 0-00-0	w 1-0F	Jan 31
18	Reading	16	4	7	5	-3	19	Dec 13	Feb 28	-	-
19	Doncaster	17	5	4	8	-8	19	Jan 31	l 3-1A	d 1-1A	Apr 11
20	Exeter	16	5	2	9	-1	17	Nov 29	May 2	Jan 27	d 1-1F
21	Peterborough	16	5	1	10	-5	16	Feb 14	d 1-1F	Dec 9	Dec 29
22	Blackpool	17	4	4	9	-8	16	w 1-0F	Jan 4	May 2	Nov 29
23	Plymouth	16	5	1	10	-9	16	Mar 28	Dec 6	Mar 14	Dec 26
24	Port Vale	17	3	5	9	-9	14	Dec 29	Dec 9	w 1-0F	Feb 21

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Win / draw / win form

Home

Overall

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

18 / 20

Conceded

10 / 20

Clean sheets

10 / 20

Failed to score

2 / 20

Won

HOME FORM Win / Draw / Win
Bradford	1 - 2	Burton
Bradford	0 - 0	Lincoln
Bradford	2 - 2	Barnsley
Bradford	1 - 0	Blackpool
Bradford	3 - 1	Huddersfield
Bradford	3 - 2	AFC Wim
Bradford	2 - 1	Luton
Bradford	2 - 1	Wycombe
Bradford	1 - 0	Fleetwood
Bradford	1 - 1	Notts C
Bradford	2 - 0	Crewe
Bradford	4 - 1	Colchester
Bradford	0 - 1	Tranmere
Bradford	3 - 0	Cheltenham
Bradford	2 - 0	MK Dons
Bradford	1 - 0	Accrington
Bradford	1 - 0	Harrogate
Bradford	1 - 0	Morecambe
Bradford	3 - 0	Walsall
Bradford	3 - 1	Grimsby

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

17 / 20

Conceded

15 / 20

Clean sheets

5 / 20

Failed to score

3 / 20

Won

Draw

OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
A	Bradford	0 - 0	Bolton
H	Bradford	1 - 2	Burton
H	Bradford	0 - 0	Lincoln
A	Bradford	1 - 1	Stevenage
H	Bradford	2 - 2	Barnsley
A	Bradford	2 - 2	Rotherham
H	Bradford	1 - 0	Blackpool
A	Bradford	3 - 1	Cardiff
H	Bradford	3 - 1	Huddersfield
A	Bradford	1 - 3	Doncaster
H	Bradford	3 - 2	AFC Wim
A	Bradford	1 - 1	Peterborough
A	Bradford	2 - 1	Stockport
H	Bradford	2 - 1	Luton
A	Bradford	0 - 0	Northampton
H	Bradford	2 - 1	Wycombe
H	Bradford	1 - 0	Fleetwood
A	Bradford	1 - 2	Doncaster
A	Bradford	3 - 3	Chesterfield
H	Bradford	1 - 1	Notts C

Away

Overall

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

13 / 20

Conceded

16 / 20

Clean sheets

4 / 20

Failed to score

7 / 20

Won

Draw

Lost

AWAY FORM Win / Draw / Win
Cardiff	2 - 1	Reading
Exeter	1 - 1	Reading
Stockport	1 - 1	Reading
Barnsley	3 - 2	Reading
Wycombe	2 - 2	Reading
Bolton	1 - 1	Reading
Lincoln	2 - 0	Reading
Bristol R	0 - 2	Reading
Mansfield	1 - 5	Reading
Northampton	0 - 0	Reading
Shrewsbury	1 - 3	Reading
Blackpool	3 - 0	Reading
Crawley	1 - 1	Reading
Wigan	1 - 2	Reading
Huddersfield	0 - 0	Reading
Burton	3 - 2	Reading
L Orient	2 - 0	Reading
Charlton	0 - 0	Reading
Cambridge	1 - 3	Reading
Lincoln	2 - 0	Reading

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

17 / 20

Conceded

16 / 20

Clean sheets

4 / 20

Failed to score

3 / 20

Won

Draw

Lost

OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
H	Reading	1 - 1	Rotherham
H	Reading	1 - 0	Stevenage
H	Reading	1 - 1	Doncaster
H	Reading	1 - 0	Northampton
A	Reading	1 - 2	Cardiff
A	Reading	1 - 1	Exeter
H	Reading	1 - 1	Mansfield
A	Reading	1 - 1	Stockport
H	Reading	2 - 1	L Orient
A	Reading	2 - 3	Barnsley
H	Reading	1 - 0	Port Vale
A	Reading	2 - 2	Wycombe
A	Reading	1 - 1	Bolton
H	Reading	1 - 2	AFC Wim
H	Reading	0 - 2	Huddersfield
A	Reading	0 - 2	Lincoln
H	Reading	2 - 4	Barnsley
A	Reading	2 - 0	Bristol R
A	Reading	5 - 1	Mansfield
H	Reading	0 - 1	Lincoln

Win / draw / win head to head (H2H)

Bradford

Reading

Goals: Scored

Games: Scored

4 / 6

Clean sheets

2 / 6

BRD

RDG

FIXTURE HISTORY AT Bradford
Bradford	2 - 1
	0 - 1	Reading
Bradford	4 - 1
Draw	0 - 0	Draw
	2 - 4	Reading
Bradford	3 - 0

Reading

Bradford

Goals: Scored

Games: Scored

4 / 6

Clean sheets

2 / 6

BRD

RDG

FIXTURE HISTORY AT Reading
Draw	2 - 2	Draw
Reading	1 - 0
	0 - 3	Bradford
Draw	0 - 0	Draw
Draw	1 - 1	Draw
Draw	1 - 1	Draw

Goal Statistics

Goals have been difficult to come by for Reading of late. It has been 8 League One matches since they last scored more than 1, and a PG of 1.1 suggests they'll have problems ending that run on Saturday afternoon against Bradford City.

	Bradford 3rd	Reading 18th
	Kickoff prediction
Kickoff prediction	1.7 goals	1.1 goals
	Scoring probability
Scoring probability	0 19% 1 31% 2 26% 3 15% 4+ 9% There is a 81% probability that Bradford will score 1 or more goals	0 34% 1 37% 2 20% 3 4+ There is a 71% probability that Reading will score no more than 1 goal

	20 home / away league games
20 home / away league games	+15 Bradford have scored 15% more goals at home than predicted	+15 Reading have scored 15% more goals when away than predicted
	1.8 average goals scored	1.3 average goals scored
	0.7 conceded	1.4 conceded

Attack defence ratings
League One - 2025/2026 season

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BRD

RDG

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Games scored	0		0
Failed to score	0		0
Scored first	0		0
Goals scored	0		0
Avg. goals scored	0		0
Avg. shots per game	0		0
Avg. shots per goal	0		0
Conversion rate for	0		0
Avg. XG for	0		0
KickOff rating		0%

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BRD

RDG

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Games conceded	0		0
Clean sheets	0		0
Conceded first	0		0
Goals conceded	0		0
Avg. goals conceded	0		0
Avg. shots/game conceded	0		0
Avg. shots/goal conceded	0		0
Conversion rate against	0%		0%
Avg. XG against	0		0
KickOff rating		0%

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

Bradford League One squad statistics 2025/2026

Overall

Attack

Defence

Most starts	Most goals	Most assists	Most cards
16	6	2	6
S Walker	B Pointon	J Neufville	M Power

Players	Appserances	goals	Assists	cards
S Walker GLK	16			-
I Touray DEF	16		1	3 -
J Neufville FWD	16	3	2	2 -
M Power MID	15		1	6 -
T Wright MID	14		1	3 -
A Sarcevic MID	14	5	2	1 -
W Swan FWD	14	4	2	2 -
T Leigh MID	13	1		2 -
B Pointon MID	12	6	1	4 -
J. Metcalfe MID	11			1 -
S Humphrys FWD	11	2	2	-
M Pennington DEF	10			3 -
A Pattison MID	10	1	1	-
J Wright DEF	9	1		2 -
C Kelly DEF	9			-
A Baldwin DEF	8			1 -
C Tilt DEF	7			3 -
A Cook FWD	7		1	-
N Byrne DEF	6	1		-
B Halliday DEF	5			-
T Mcintyre DEF	4			2 -
N Powell MID	4			-
G Lapslie MID	4		1	-
C Kavanagh FWD	4			1 -

Most goals	Most shots on target	Most assists	Most big chances
6	10	2	4
B Pointon	S Humphrys	J Neufville	J Neufville

Players	goals	shots on	Assists	big chances
B Pointon MID	6	9	1	1
A Sarcevic MID	5	8	2	3
W Swan FWD	4	8	2	3
J Neufville FWD	3	6	2	4
S Humphrys FWD	2	10	2	2
T Leigh MID	1	1		3
A Pattison MID	1	5	1	4
J Wright DEF	1	3
N Byrne DEF	1	2
I Touray DEF		1	1	2
M Power MID		1	1	1
T Wright MID		2	1	1
J. Metcalfe MID				1
M Pennington DEF		2
C Kelly DEF				1
C Tilt DEF		2
A Cook FWD		3	1	2
N Powell MID				1
G Lapslie MID		1	1	1
C Kavanagh FWD		3		1

Most passes	Most tackles	Most duels won
713	44	100
M Power	I Touray	I Touray

Players	passes	tackles	duels won
M Power MID	713	35	68
I Touray DEF	598	44	100
S Walker GLK	415		7
J Neufville FWD	367	44	88
T Leigh MID	358	14	43
M Pennington DEF	317	9	51
A Sarcevic MID	286	19	67
T Wright MID	252	14	37
B Pointon MID	238	10	35
J Wright DEF	219	11	81
A Baldwin DEF	194	10	28
C Kelly DEF	193	5	32
C Tilt DEF	164	14	56
N Byrne DEF	158	8	34
J. Metcalfe MID	157	12	26
A Pattison MID	132	9	31
W Swan FWD	131	3	27
S Humphrys FWD	131	3	59
T Mcintyre DEF	101	3	24
A Cook FWD	60	2	35
G Lapslie MID	53	3	16
B Halliday DEF	46	2	6
C Kavanagh FWD	37	2	9
N Powell MID	27	2	13

Reading League One squad statistics 2025/2026

Overall

Attack

Defence

Most starts	Most goals	Most assists	Most cards
16	5	3	5
C Savage	J Marriott	L Wing	D Kyerewaa

Players	Appserances	goals	Assists	cards
C Savage MID	16	2	1	4 -
L Wing MID	16	3	3	1 -
K Doyle MID	15	1	1	1 -
D Kyerewaa MID	15	1	2	5 -
M Jacob DEF	14			4 -
J Pereira GLK	13			-
J Dorsett DEF	13			1 -
K Abrefa DEF	13		2	-
P Lane FWD	13	1	1	1 -
M O’Mahony FWD	13			1 -
K Ehibhatiomhan FWD	13	1		1 -
F Burns DEF	12			3 -
D Williams DEF	10			3 -
A. Ahmed DEF	8			3 -
M Ritchie MID	8		3	5 -
L Fraser MID	8	1		-
B Elliott MID	8			1 -
M Camará MID	8	1		1 -
J Marriott FWD	7	5	1	-
P O'Connor DEF	6			-
A Yiadom DEF	6			1 -
G. Garcia DEF	5	1		1 -
M Stickland DEF	4			1 -
J Stevens GLK	3			-
B Tuma FWD	1			-

Most goals	Most shots on target	Most assists	Most big chances
5	11	3	5
J Marriott	C Savage	L Wing	L Wing

Players	goals	shots on	Assists	big chances
J Marriott FWD	5	9	1	1
L Wing MID	3	10	3	5
C Savage MID	2	11	1	3
K Doyle MID	1	4	1	4
D Kyerewaa MID	1	4	2
P Lane FWD	1	7	1	1
K Ehibhatiomhan FWD	1	5		3
L Fraser MID	1	3
M Camará MID	1	1
G. Garcia DEF	1	1
M Jacob DEF		1		1
J Dorsett DEF		1		1
K Abrefa DEF		2	2
M O’Mahony FWD		3
D Williams DEF		1
A. Ahmed DEF				1
M Ritchie MID		2	3	1
B Elliott MID		2		1
P O'Connor DEF		1

Most passes	Most tackles	Most duels won
908	38	88
L Wing	L Wing	L Wing

Players	passes	tackles	duels won
L Wing MID	908	38	88
C Savage MID	747	31	42
F Burns DEF	567	23	75
J Pereira GLK	496	1	10
D Williams DEF	434	12	51
M Jacob DEF	418	14	62
K Abrefa DEF	302	23	45
P O'Connor DEF	295	4	57
J Dorsett DEF	289	7	33
D Kyerewaa MID	277	7	44
K Doyle MID	221	14	47
A. Ahmed DEF	206	14	35
P Lane FWD	192	9	29
B Elliott MID	189	13	37
K Ehibhatiomhan FWD	148	7	58
M Stickland DEF	123	3	14
M Ritchie MID	120	4	13
L Fraser MID	112	8	17
J Stevens GLK	85		1
J Marriott FWD	73	3	11
M Camará MID	72	4	18
A Yiadom DEF	53	4	14
M O’Mahony FWD	52	6	35
G. Garcia DEF	33	2	6
B Tuma FWD	3		1