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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

Reading are away on Saturday afternoon, as manager Leam Richardson takes his team to visit Bradford City and Graham Alexander at the Northern Commercials Stadium in the League One. In this preview you'll find the best odds for 17 different markets, alongside supporting data that changes as you explore. Our predictions run off 20-game form, so all stats are shown for each side's last 20 too. Home vs away and overall records can be viewed, while you'll also find head to head (H2H) history towards the bottom of the page.


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Best Tip: Over 1.5 goals

The statistics suggest there isn't an obvious winner for this clash, but good reason to think Bradford and Reading will find the net twice at least between them. That has been the case when they've gone head-to-head in the past, and neither Graham Alexander or Leam Richardson has suffered the frustration of many 0-0s recently either. The bookies are predicting over 1.5 goals too, with top odds of 1.29 equating to about a 76% probability.

In-Play
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
If you’re looking for a winner in this match, we think Bradford are the most likely. Our predictive algorithm gives them a 48% chance of victory, and the bookies have them at a best price of 1.85.

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Predictions Add Bet365 Coral
Bradford
48%
17/20-
Draw
25%
12/5-
Reading
27%
29/10-
Draw 1-1
12%
11/2-
Bradford 1-0
10%
6/1-
Bradford 2-1
9%
15/2-
Bradford 2-0
8%
8/1-
Reading 1-0
7%
10/1-
Reading 2-1
7%
12/1-
Draw 0-0
7%
9/1-
Draw 2-2
5%
14/1-
Bradford 3-1
5%
14/1-
Bradford 3-0
4%
16/1-
Reading 2-0
4%
20/1-
Bradford 3-2
3%
25/1-
Reading 3-1
3%
33/1-
Reading 3-2
2%
40/1-
Bradford 4-1
2%
33/1-
Over 2.5 Goals
51%
19/20-
Under 2.5 Goals
49%
17/20-
Home 1st Goal
52%
4/6-
Away 1st Goal
44%
7/5-
No 1st Goal
4%
9/1-
BTTS - Yes
54%
4/5-
BTTS - No
46%
19/20-
BTTS - Home Win
22%
3/1-
BTTS - Draw
18%
15/4-
BTTS - Away Win
13%
13/2-
Home/draw
73%
1/4-
Away/draw
52%
10/11-
Home/away
75%
3/10-
Over 1.5 Goals
76%
2/7-
Under 1.5 Goals
24%
5/2-
Over 3.5 Goals
29%
12/5-
Under 3.5 Goals
71%
3/10-
Over 4.5 Goals
14%
6/1-
Under 4.5 Goals
86%
1/10-
Over 5.5 Goals
6%
14/1-
Under 5.5 Goals
94%
1/33-
Over 0.5 Goals
94%
1/16-
Under 0.5 Goals
7%
9/1-
Home DNB
65%
2/5-
Away DNB
45%
7/4-
Bradford win to nil
25%
9/4-
Reading win to nil
14%
6/1-
Bradford / Bradford
28%
2/1-
Bradford / Reading
2%
33/1-
Bradford / Draw
6%
12/1-
Draw / Bradford
17%
4/1-
Draw / Reading
10%
15/2-
Draw / Draw
15%
9/2-
Reading / Bradford
4%
22/1-
Reading / Reading
13%
11/2-
Reading / Draw
6%
14/1-
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Win / draw / win League One table

Bradford have played 18 matches so far this season and lay in 2nd place in the League One league table.

Performance against teams below them in the league

They have played 17 games against teams below in the table, having won 8, drawn 7 and lost 2 matches. They have kept 6 clean sheets and have failed to score in 3 fixtures. Bradford have outscored their opponents by 26 goals to 20 goals.

Home League Performance

Bradford have played 9 games at home winning 6, drawing 2 and losing 1 game. They have scored 15 goals, kept 3 clean sheets and conceded 9 goals at home.

Reading are in 17th position in the League One on 22 points having played 17 matches so far this season.

Away League Performance

3 of those games have been losing matches. They have conceded 12 goals and kept 1 clean sheet. They have scored 11 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.

Won
Draw
Lost
Bradford
Reading
Results by League Table
TEAM PLD W D L GD PTS HOME AWAY HOME AWAY
1
Cardiff1711241435 
Jan 17
w
 
1-3F
Apr 18
l
 
2-1F
2
Bradford18972834 
-
-
Feb 28
Dec 13
3
Stevenage16943831 
Apr 11
d
 
1-1F
w
 
1-0F
Mar 21
4
Lincoln18945531 
d
 
0-00-0
Jan 27
Apr 6
l
 
2-0A
5
Stockport17854229 
Feb 17
w
 
1-2A
Jan 4
d
 
1-1A
6
Bolton17773828 
Apr 25
d
 
0-00-0
Feb 17
d
 
1-1A
7
Luton18837-127 
w
 
2-1F
Feb 7
Dec 18
Mar 7
8
Huddersfield18828226 
w
 
3-1F
Jan 24
l
 
0-2A
Apr 3
9
AFC Wim17827-226 
w
 
3-2A
Feb 21
l
 
1-2A
Feb 7
10
Barnsley15744725 
d
 
2-2F
Apr 18
Jan 24
l
 
3-2A
11
Wigan18675125 
Dec 26
Mar 14
Mar 28
-
12
Wycombe18666624 
w
 
2-1F
Apr 6
Feb 14
d
 
2-2A
13
L Orient18738024 
Mar 7
Dec 20
w
 
2-1F
Jan 17
14
Rotherham18666024 
Jan 10
d
 
2-2A
d
 
1-1A
Apr 25
15
Northampton17728-123 
Apr 3
d
 
0-00-0
w
 
1-0F
Jan 31
16
Mansfield17647022 
Mar 17
Jan 1
d
 
1-1A
Jan 10
17
Reading17575022 
Dec 13
Feb 28
-
-
18
Doncaster18648-722 
Jan 31
l
 
3-1A
d
 
1-1A
Apr 11
19
Burton18648-822 
l
 
1-2A
Mar 21
Jan 1
Mar 17
20
Exeter175210-217 
w
 
1-0F
May 2
Jan 27
d
 
1-1F
21
Peterborough175111-616 
Feb 14
d
 
1-1F
Dec 9
Dec 29
22
Blackpool184410-1116 
w
 
1-0F
Jan 4
May 2
w
 
0-3F
23
Plymouth185112-1316 
Mar 28
w
 
0-1F
Mar 14
Dec 26
24
Port Vale183510-1014 
Dec 29
Dec 9
w
 
1-0F
Feb 21
Promotion
Promotion Play Off
Relegation
Win / draw / win form
Bradford 2ND
20 league games
Home
Overall
Goals: Scored
34
Conceded
12
Games: Scored
18 / 20
Conceded
9 / 20
Clean sheets
11 / 20
Failed to score
2 / 20
Won
15
D
3
L
2
HOME FORM Win / Draw / Win
Bradford1 - 0Exeter
Bradford1 - 2Burton
Bradford0 - 0Lincoln
Bradford2 - 2Barnsley
Bradford1 - 0Blackpool
Bradford3 - 1Huddersfield
Bradford3 - 2AFC Wim
Bradford2 - 1Luton
Bradford2 - 1Wycombe
Bradford1 - 0Fleetwood
Bradford1 - 1Notts C
Bradford2 - 0Crewe
Bradford4 - 1Colchester
Bradford0 - 1Tranmere
Bradford3 - 0Cheltenham
Bradford2 - 0MK Dons
Bradford1 - 0Accrington
Bradford1 - 0Harrogate
Bradford1 - 0Morecambe
Bradford3 - 0Walsall
Goals: Scored
28
Conceded
20
Games: Scored
17 / 20
Conceded
13 / 20
Clean sheets
7 / 20
Failed to score
3 / 20
Won
10
Draw
7
L
3
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
ABradford1 - 0Plymouth
HBradford1 - 0Exeter
ABradford0 - 0Bolton
HBradford1 - 2Burton
HBradford0 - 0Lincoln
ABradford1 - 1Stevenage
HBradford2 - 2Barnsley
ABradford2 - 2Rotherham
HBradford1 - 0Blackpool
ABradford3 - 1Cardiff
HBradford3 - 1Huddersfield
ABradford1 - 3Doncaster
HBradford3 - 2AFC Wim
ABradford1 - 1Peterborough
ABradford2 - 1Stockport
HBradford2 - 1Luton
ABradford0 - 0Northampton
HBradford2 - 1Wycombe
HBradford1 - 0Fleetwood
ABradford1 - 2Doncaster
Reading 17TH
20 league games
Away
Overall
Goals: Scored
29
Conceded
25
Games: Scored
14 / 20
Conceded
15 / 20
Clean sheets
5 / 20
Failed to score
6 / 20
Won
6
Draw
8
Lost
6
AWAY FORM Win / Draw / Win
Blackpool0 - 3Reading
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
Goals: Scored
29
Conceded
25
Games: Scored
18 / 20
Conceded
15 / 20
Clean sheets
5 / 20
Failed to score
2 / 20
Won
7
Draw
7
Lost
6
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
AReading3 - 0Blackpool
HReading1 - 1Rotherham
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
Win / draw / win head to head (H2H)
League games at Bradford since 1993
Bradford
Reading
Goals: Scored
11
7
Games: Scored
4 / 6
4 / 6
Clean sheets
2 / 6
2 / 6
BRD
3
D
1
RDG
2
FIXTURE HISTORY AT Bradford
Bradford2 - 1
0 - 1Reading
Bradford4 - 1
Draw0 - 0Draw
2 - 4Reading
Bradford3 - 0
League games at Reading since 1992
Reading
Bradford
Goals: Scored
5
7
Games: Scored
4 / 6
4 / 6
Clean sheets
2 / 6
2 / 6
BRD
1
D
4
RDG
1
FIXTURE HISTORY AT Reading
Draw2 - 2Draw
Reading1 - 0
0 - 3Bradford
Draw0 - 0Draw
Draw1 - 1Draw
Draw1 - 1Draw
Goal Statistics
Bradford 2nd Reading 17th
Kickoff prediction
Kickoff prediction
1.6
goals
1.1
goals
Scoring probability
Scoring probability
0
20%
1
32%
2
26%
3
14%
4+
8%
There is a 80% probability that Bradford will score 1 or more goals
0
32%
1
36%
2
21%
3
8%
4+
There is a 68% probability that Reading will score no more than 1 goal
 
20 home / away league games
20 home / away league games
+8
Bradford’s goalscoring at home has been inline with predictions
+28
Reading have scored 28% more goals when away than predicted
1.7
average goals scored
1.5
average goals scored
0.6
conceded
1.3
conceded
 
Attack defence ratings
League One - 2025/2026 season
Bradford
PG (predicted goals)
Reading
1.6
1.1
Attack rating
7%
better
BRD
RDG
view stats
Games scored14
15
Failed to score3
2
Scored first9
7
Goals scored25
20
Avg. goals scored1.4
1.2
Avg. shots per game9
9
Avg. shots per goal6
8
Conversion rate for16
13
Avg. XG for1.5
1.1
KickOff rating
+7%
Defence rating
16%
better
BRD
RDG
view stats
Games conceded12
13
Clean sheets5
4
Conceded first5
10
Goals conceded18
20
Avg. goals conceded1
1.2
Avg. shots/game conceded9
8
Avg. shots/goal conceded9
7
Conversion rate against12%
14%
Avg. XG against1.2
1.3
KickOff rating
+16%

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

Bradford League One squad statistics 2025/2026
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
18627
S WalkerA SarcevicJ NeufvilleM Power
PlayersAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
S Walker GLK18
1
-
I Touray DEF181
3
-
J Neufville FWD1832
2
-
M Power MID172
7
-
T Wright MID161
3
-
A Sarcevic MID1662
1
-
W Swan FWD1642
2
-
J. Metcalfe MID13
2
-
B Pointon MID1361
5
-
T Leigh MID131
2
-
S Humphrys FWD1322
-
J Wright DEF112
2
-
A Pattison MID1111
-
C Kelly DEF10
-
M Pennington DEF10
3
-
A Baldwin DEF10
1
-
A Cook FWD81
-
N Byrne DEF71
-
C Tilt DEF7
3
-
B Halliday DEF6
1
-
T Mcintyre DEF6
2
-
N Powell MID4
-
G Lapslie MID41
-
C Kavanagh FWD4
1
-
Reading League One squad statistics 2025/2026
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
17535
C SavageJ MarriottL WingD Kyerewaa
PlayersAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
C Savage MID1721
4
-
L Wing MID1743
1
-
K Doyle MID1621
1
-
D Kyerewaa MID1613
5
-
J Pereira GLK14
-
M Jacob DEF14
4
-
J Dorsett DEF14
1
-
K Abrefa DEF142
-
K Ehibhatiomhan FWD141
1
-
P Lane FWD1311
1
-
M O’Mahony FWD13
1
-
F Burns DEF12
3
-
D Williams DEF11
3
-
A. Ahmed DEF8
3
-
L Fraser MID81
-
B Elliott MID8
1
-
M Camará MID81
1
-
M Ritchie MID83
5
-
P O'Connor DEF7
-
A Yiadom DEF7
1
-
J Marriott FWD751
-
G. Garcia DEF61
1
-
M Stickland DEF4
1
-
J Stevens GLK3
-
B Tuma FWD1
-