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

Tue 17th Mar, 19:45 BST, Pirelli Stadium, Burton upon Trent

Burton Albion and Reading take on one another at the Pirelli Stadium on Tuesday evening, with both Gary Bowyer and Leam Richardson seeking a win in the League One. League One stats are the foundation of the predictions you'll find below, with head to head (H2H) history included too. It's all on this page, with data visualisations and odds from the UK's biggest bookmakers available for seventeen major betting markets using the tabs.

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Predictions	Bet365	Coral
Burton 37%	-	-
Draw 25%	-	-
Reading 39%	-	-
Draw 1-1 12%	-	-
Reading 2-1 9%	-	-
Burton 2-1 8%	-	-
Reading 1-0 8%	-	-
Burton 1-0 8%	-	-
Draw 2-2 6%	-	-
Reading 2-0 6%	-	-
Burton 2-0 6%	-	-
Draw 0-0 6%	-	-
Reading 3-1 4%	-	-
Burton 3-1 4%	-	-
Reading 3-2 3%	-	-
Reading 3-0 3%	-	-
Burton 3-2 3%	-	-
Burton 3-0 3%	-	-
Over 2.5 Goals 55%	-	-
Under 2.5 Goals 45%	-	-
Home 1st Goal 48%	-	-
Away 1st Goal 49%	-	-
No 1st Goal 3%	-	-
BTTS - Yes 58%	-	-
BTTS - No 42%	-	-
BTTS - Home Win 19%	-	-
BTTS - Draw 19%	-	-
BTTS - Away Win 20%	-	-
Home/draw 61%	-	-
Away/draw 63%	-	-
Home/away 75%	-	-
Over 1.5 Goals 78%	-	-
Under 1.5 Goals 22%	-	-
Over 3.5 Goals 33%	-	-
Under 3.5 Goals 67%	-	-
Over 4.5 Goals 17%	-	-
Under 4.5 Goals 83%	-	-
Over 5.5 Goals 7%	-	-
Under 5.5 Goals 93%	-	-
Over 0.5 Goals 94%	-	-
Under 0.5 Goals 6%	-	-
Home DNB 54%	-	-
Away DNB 56%	-	-
Burton win to nil 18%	-	-
Reading win to nil 19%	-	-

Win / draw / win League One table

Burton have played 35 matches so far this season and are in 17th position in the league.

Performance against teams above them in the league

24 of those games have come against teams above them in the table. They have lost 11 games, drawn 6 and won 7. Burton have conceded 35 goals, scored 26, failed to score in 9 matches and kept 6 clean sheets.

Home league performance

Burton have played 17 games at home, winning 7, drawing 3 and losing 7 fixtures. They have scored 21 goals, conceded 22 goals, kept 6 clean sheets and failed to score 8 times in home league games.

Reading lay in 8th place on 51 points in the League One league table having played 34 matches.

Performance against teams below them in the league

They have played 23 games against teams below them in the table, winning 10, drawing 8 and losing 5 games. They have scored 38 goals and kept 6 clean sheets against lower placed opposition. Reading have conceded 28 goals and scored in every game.

Away league performance

Reading have played 16 away games, winning 4, drawing 6 and losing 6 games. They have scored an average of 1.5 goals per away game and conceded an average 1.5 goals per away game.

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	Burton Reading
Results by League Table

	TEAM	PLD	W	D	L	GD	PTS	HOME	AWAY	HOME	AWAY
1	Cardiff	34	22	6	6	32	72	d 2-2F	w 0-1F	Apr 18	l 2-1F
2	Lincoln	34	21	8	5	32	71	l 0-1A	l 2-1A	Apr 6	l 2-0A
3	Bolton	35	16	13	6	16	61	w 3-0F	l 2-1A	d 1-1F	d 1-1A
4	Bradford	34	17	7	10	5	58	Mar 21	w 1-2F	w 2-1A	l 2-0A
5	Stockport	34	16	8	10	4	56	w 3-0F	l 2-1F	w 1-0F	d 1-1A
6	Wycombe	35	14	11	10	14	53	d 0-00-0	l 3-0A	w 3-2F	d 2-2A
7	Huddersfield	35	15	7	13	9	52	w 3-1F	d 0-00-0	l 0-2A	Apr 3
8	Reading	34	13	12	9	6	51	Mar 17	l 2-0A	-	-
9	Stevenage	33	14	9	10	2	51	Mar 7	d 2-2F	w 1-0F	Mar 21
10	Luton	34	13	8	13	2	47	l 0-3A	d 1-1A	w 3-2F	Mar 7
11	Peterborough	35	14	4	17	1	46	l 0-1A	Apr 18	l 1-2A	d 1-1F
12	Plymouth	34	14	4	16	-1	46	l 0-4A	l 3-0A	Mar 14	w 1-4F
13	Barnsley	32	12	8	12	-1	44	Apr 3	l 3-2F	d 2-2F	l 3-2A
14	AFC Wim	33	12	7	14	-7	43	Apr 11	w 0-1F	l 1-2A	l 3-2A
15	Exeter	34	11	9	14	-1	42	Apr 25	d 1-1F	d 2-2A	d 1-1F
16	Mansfield	33	10	11	12	2	41	w 2-1F	Apr 6	d 1-1A	Mar 10
17	Burton	35	10	10	15	-11	40	-	-	w 2-0F	Mar 17
18	Doncaster	33	11	6	16	-19	39	l 1-2A	d 1-1A	d 1-1A	Apr 11
19	Wigan	33	9	10	14	-11	37	l 0-2A	l 1-0A	Mar 28	w 1-2F
20	Blackpool	34	10	7	17	-14	37	w 1-0F	Mar 28	May 2	w 0-3F
21	L Orient	33	10	6	17	-12	36	l 0-4A	May 2	w 2-1F	l 3-1A
22	Rotherham	34	9	8	17	-14	35	w 1-0F	d 2-2F	d 1-1A	Apr 25
23	Northampton	35	9	8	18	-16	35	w 5-1F	Mar 14	w 1-0F	w 0-2F
24	Port Vale	32	6	9	17	-18	27	d 0-00-0	d 2-2A	w 1-0F	d 1-1F

	Promotion
	Promotion Play Off
	Relegation

Win / draw / win form

Home

Overall

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

12 / 20

Conceded

14 / 20

Clean sheets

6 / 20

Failed to score

8 / 20

Won

Lost

HOME FORM Win / Draw / Win
Burton	3 - 0	Stockport
Burton	1 - 0	Rotherham
Burton	1 - 2	Doncaster
Burton	2 - 2	Cardiff
Burton	3 - 1	Huddersfield
Burton	0 - 2	Wigan
Burton	5 - 1	Northampton
Burton	0 - 0	Wycombe
Burton	0 - 4	L Orient
Burton	1 - 0	Blackpool
Burton	0 - 1	Peterborough
Burton	3 - 0	Bolton
Burton	0 - 4	Plymouth
Burton	0 - 1	Lincoln
Burton	0 - 3	Luton
Burton	0 - 0	Port Vale
Burton	2 - 1	Mansfield
Burton	1 - 1	Wigan
Burton	2 - 1	Cambridge
Burton	1 - 2	Birmingham

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

13 / 20

Conceded

16 / 20

Clean sheets

4 / 20

Failed to score

7 / 20

Won

Draw

Lost

OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
A	Burton	0 - 3	Wycombe
H	Burton	3 - 0	Stockport
A	Burton	1 - 1	Luton
H	Burton	1 - 0	Rotherham
A	Burton	2 - 2	Port Vale
H	Burton	1 - 2	Doncaster
H	Burton	2 - 2	Cardiff
A	Burton	1 - 2	Bolton
A	Burton	1 - 2	Lincoln
H	Burton	3 - 1	Huddersfield
A	Burton	0 - 3	Plymouth
A	Burton	0 - 2	Reading
H	Burton	0 - 2	Wigan
H	Burton	5 - 1	Northampton
A	Burton	2 - 2	Stevenage
H	Burton	0 - 0	Wycombe
A	Burton	0 - 1	Wigan
H	Burton	0 - 4	L Orient
H	Burton	1 - 0	Blackpool
A	Burton	2 - 1	Bradford

Away

Overall

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

17 / 20

Conceded

16 / 20

Clean sheets

4 / 20

Failed to score

3 / 20

Won

Draw

Lost

AWAY FORM Win / Draw / Win
Port Vale	1 - 1	Reading
Wigan	1 - 2	Reading
AFC Wim	3 - 2	Reading
Northampton	0 - 2	Reading
L Orient	3 - 1	Reading
Peterborough	1 - 1	Reading
Plymouth	1 - 4	Reading
Bradford	2 - 0	Reading
Blackpool	0 - 3	Reading
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

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

19 / 20

Conceded

15 / 20

Clean sheets

5 / 20

Failed to score

1 / 20

Won

Draw

OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
H	Reading	2 - 1	Bradford
A	Reading	1 - 1	Port Vale
H	Reading	1 - 1	Bolton
H	Reading	3 - 2	Wycombe
A	Reading	2 - 1	Wigan
A	Reading	2 - 3	AFC Wim
A	Reading	2 - 0	Northampton
H	Reading	2 - 2	Exeter
H	Reading	2 - 2	Barnsley
A	Reading	1 - 3	L Orient
H	Reading	1 - 0	Stockport
H	Reading	2 - 0	Burton
A	Reading	1 - 1	Peterborough
A	Reading	4 - 1	Plymouth
H	Reading	3 - 2	Luton
A	Reading	0 - 2	Bradford
H	Reading	1 - 2	Peterborough
A	Reading	3 - 0	Blackpool
H	Reading	1 - 1	Rotherham
H	Reading	1 - 0	Stevenage

Win / draw / win head to head (H2H)

Burton

Reading

Goals: Scored

Games: Scored

4 / 4

Clean sheets

0 / 4

BAL

RDG

FIXTURE HISTORY AT Burton
Burton	3 - 2
Burton	3 - 2
	1 - 3	Reading
	2 - 4	Reading

Reading

Burton

Goals: Scored

Games: Scored

4 / 5

2 / 5

Clean sheets

3 / 5

1 / 5

BAL

RDG

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

Goal Statistics

Reading have been steady in front of goal of late, finding the net in 15 consecutive League One matches. Their PG of 1.5 against Burton Albion on Tuesday suggests that run is likely to continue.

	Burton 17th	Reading 8th
	Kickoff prediction
Kickoff prediction	1.4 goals	1.5 goals
	Scoring probability
Scoring probability	0 24% 1 34% 2 24% 3 12% 4+ There is a 76% probability that Burton will score 1 or more goals	0 23% 1 34% 2 25% 3 12% 4+ There is a 77% probability that Reading will score 1 or more goals

	20 home / away league games
20 home / away league games	=0 Burton’s goalscoring at home has been inline with predictions	+36 Reading have scored 36% more goals when away than predicted
	1.3 average goals scored	1.7 average goals scored
	1.3 conceded	1.3 conceded

Attack defence ratings
League One - 2025/2026 season

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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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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%

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

Burton League One squad statistics 2025/2026

Overall

Attack

Defence

Most starts	Most goals	Most assists	Most cards
33	12	6	7
K Lofthouse	J Beesley	K Lofthouse	U Godwin-Malife

Players	Appserances	goals	Assists	cards
K Lofthouse DEF	33	3	6	6 -
J Beesley FWD	33	12	5	3 -
J Armer DEF	29	2	1	3 -
K Chauke MID	29			2 -
B Collins GLK	28			3 -
T Shade FWD	28	8		1 -
A Hartridge DEF	27	1	1	2 -
U Godwin-Malife DEF	26	1	2	7 -
T Sibbick DEF	26			2 -
G Evans MID	25	1	2	5 -
F Tavares FWD	23	3	1	1 -
D Willis DEF	20		1	3 -
J McKiernan MID	20	1	1	4 -
J. Larsson FWD	19		2	-
T Vancooten DEF	16	1	1	4 -
C Webster MID	16	4	3	1 -
S Revan DEF	15		1	1 -
J Moon DEF	10			2 -
N. Akoto DEF	7			1 -
F Delap DEF	7			2 -
J. Newall FWD	7			-
J. Taroni DEF	6			-
J Amissah GLK	5			-
J Sraha DEF	3			-
K. Dudek GLK	1			-
J Hazlehurst MID	1			-

Most goals	Most shots on target	Most assists	Most big chances
12	32	6	7
J Beesley	T Shade	K Lofthouse	K Lofthouse

Players	goals	shots on	Assists	big chances
J Beesley FWD	12	24	5	7
T Shade FWD	8	32
C Webster MID	4	11	3	6
K Lofthouse DEF	3	9	6	7
F Tavares FWD	3	7	1
J Armer DEF	2	5	1	2
A Hartridge DEF	1	4	1	5
U Godwin-Malife DEF	1	3	2	3
G Evans MID	1	3	2	2
J McKiernan MID	1	4	1	1
T Vancooten DEF	1	5	1
K Chauke MID		1
T Sibbick DEF		4		2
D Willis DEF		2	1	4
J. Larsson FWD		3	2	3
S Revan DEF		1	1	7
J Moon DEF				2
N. Akoto DEF		1
F Delap DEF		1		1

Most passes	Most tackles	Most duels won
1032	60	322
A Hartridge	K Lofthouse	J Beesley

Players	passes	tackles	duels won
A Hartridge DEF	1032	47	147
B Collins GLK	932	2	16
U Godwin-Malife DEF	831	31	115
G Evans MID	800	29	97
K Chauke MID	748	49	120
T Sibbick DEF	722	46	97
J Armer DEF	717	42	117
J Beesley FWD	677	33	322
K Lofthouse DEF	628	60	232
T Vancooten DEF	561	20	91
C Webster MID	505	20	77
D Willis DEF	413	22	51
T Shade FWD	381	15	75
J McKiernan MID	276	26	80
S Revan DEF	232	30	77
J Moon DEF	221	7	27
F Delap DEF	194	4	31
J Amissah GLK	166	1	3
J. Larsson FWD	140	17	44
F Tavares FWD	102	5	20
N. Akoto DEF	45	9	12
K. Dudek GLK	37
J. Newall FWD	24	3	7
J. Taroni DEF	15	2	2
J Sraha DEF	15		4
J Hazlehurst MID	4

Reading League One squad statistics 2025/2026

Overall

Attack

Defence

Most starts	Most goals	Most assists	Most cards
34	16	9	8
L Wing	J Marriott	L Wing	C Savage

Players	Appserances	goals	Assists	cards
C Savage MID	34	2	4	8 -
L Wing MID	34	9	9	2 -
K Doyle MID	33	3	5	4 -
J Pereira GLK	31			-
J Dorsett DEF	30	2	1	4 -
K Ehibhatiomhan FWD	30	3		6 -
D Kyerewaa MID	26	3	3	5 -
F Burns DEF	24			3 -
P O'Connor DEF	24	2		7 -
L Fraser MID	23	1		-
J Marriott FWD	23	16	3	-
P Lane FWD	23	2	1	1 -
A Yiadom DEF	22			6 -
K Abrefa DEF	19		2	2 -
M Ritchie MID	18	1	4	5 -
D Williams DEF	17		1	4 -
M O’Mahony FWD	16			1 -
M Jacob DEF	14			4 -
M Camará MID	11	1		1 -
G. Garcia DEF	9	1		1 -
A. Ahmed DEF	9			3 -
B Elliott MID	8			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
16	29	9	11
J Marriott	J Marriott	L Wing	L Wing

Players	goals	shots on	Assists	big chances
J Marriott FWD	16	29	3	2
L Wing MID	9	21	9	11
K Doyle MID	3	9	5	8
K Ehibhatiomhan FWD	3	13		3
D Kyerewaa MID	3	8	3	3
C Savage MID	2	13	4	6
J Dorsett DEF	2	3	1	2
P O'Connor DEF	2	4
P Lane FWD	2	9	1	2
L Fraser MID	1	3
M Ritchie MID	1	3	4	1
M Camará MID	1	1
G. Garcia DEF	1	1
A Yiadom DEF		2
K Abrefa DEF		2	2
D Williams DEF		1	1	1
M O’Mahony FWD		3
M Jacob DEF		1		1
A. Ahmed DEF				1
B Elliott MID		2		1

Most passes	Most tackles	Most duels won
1912	68	200
L Wing	L Wing	P O'Connor

Players	passes	tackles	duels won
L Wing MID	1912	68	155
C Savage MID	1402	64	86
P O'Connor DEF	1251	31	200
J Pereira GLK	1228	2	30
J Dorsett DEF	962	40	130
F Burns DEF	787	33	109
D Williams DEF	771	25	92
K Doyle MID	593	40	110
D Kyerewaa MID	517	18	104
L Fraser MID	451	14	33
M Jacob DEF	418	14	62
K Abrefa DEF	397	35	65
A Yiadom DEF	365	26	66
P Lane FWD	305	13	40
K Ehibhatiomhan FWD	266	16	115
M Ritchie MID	257	7	28
J Marriott FWD	212	10	38
A. Ahmed DEF	206	14	35
B Elliott MID	189	13	37
M Stickland DEF	123	3	14
M Camará MID	89	4	21
J Stevens GLK	85		1
M O’Mahony FWD	59	6	36
G. Garcia DEF	44	2	12
B Tuma FWD	3		1