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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

We’ve League One action to enjoy on Tuesday evening, as Gary Bowyer and his Burton Albion side host Leam Richardson’s Reading at the Pirelli Stadium. You'll find stats supporting our top of below, but there are 16 other markets we're covering too. We aim to deliver as full a picture as possible, with League One performances and head-to-heads included, so that you're able to make the smartest bet choices. Finally, be sure to get the best odds from leading bookmakers.

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Predictions	Bet365	Coral
Burton 34%	-	-
Draw 24%	-	-
Reading 41%	-	-
Draw 1-1 11%	-	-
Reading 2-1 9%	-	-
Reading 1-0 8%	-	-
Burton 2-1 8%	-	-
Burton 1-0 7%	-	-
Reading 2-0 6%	-	-
Draw 2-2 6%	-	-
Draw 0-0 5%	-	-
Burton 2-0 5%	-	-
Reading 3-1 5%	-	-
Burton 3-1 4%	-	-
Reading 3-0 3%	-	-
Reading 3-2 3%	-	-
Burton 3-2 3%	-	-
Burton 3-0 2%	-	-
Over 2.5 Goals 57%	-	-
Under 2.5 Goals 43%	-	-
Home 1st Goal 47%	-	-
Away 1st Goal 49%	-	-
No 1st Goal 3%	-	-
BTTS - Yes 59%	-	-
BTTS - No 41%	-	-
BTTS - Home Win 18%	-	-
BTTS - Draw 19%	-	-
BTTS - Away Win 22%	-	-
Home/draw 59%	-	-
Away/draw 66%	-	-
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 51%	-	-
Away DNB 59%	-	-
Burton win to nil 16%	-	-
Reading win to nil 20%	-	-

Win / draw / win League One table

Burton have played 36 matches so far this season and are in 17th position in the league.

Performance against teams above them in the league

25 of those games have come against teams above them in the table. They have lost 12 games, drawn 6 and won 7. Burton have conceded 36 goals, scored 26, failed to score in 10 matches and kept 6 clean sheets.

Home league performance

Burton have played 18 games at home, winning 7, drawing 3 and losing 8 fixtures. They have scored 21 goals, conceded 23 goals, kept 6 clean sheets and failed to score 9 times in home league games.

Reading lay in 7th place on 54 points in the League One league table having played 35 matches.

Performance against teams below them in the league

They have played 26 games against teams below them in the table, winning 12, drawing 9 and losing 5 games. They have scored 46 goals and kept 6 clean sheets against lower placed opposition. Reading have conceded 34 goals and scored in every game.

Away league performance

Reading have played 17 away games, winning 5, drawing 6 and losing 6 games. They have scored an average of 1.6 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	Lincoln	35	22	8	5	34	74	l 0-1A	l 2-1A	Apr 6	l 2-0A
2	Cardiff	35	22	6	7	30	72	d 2-2F	w 0-1F	Apr 18	l 2-1F
3	Bolton	36	17	13	6	17	64	w 3-0F	l 2-1A	d 1-1F	d 1-1A
4	Bradford	35	18	7	10	6	61	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	Huddersfield	36	16	7	13	10	55	w 3-1F	d 0-00-0	l 0-2A	Apr 3
7	Reading	35	14	12	9	7	54	Mar 17	l 2-0A	-	-
8	Stevenage	34	15	9	10	3	54	l 0-1A	d 2-2F	w 1-0F	Mar 21
9	Wycombe	36	14	11	11	13	53	d 0-00-0	l 3-0A	w 3-2F	d 2-2A
10	Plymouth	35	15	4	16	0	49	l 0-4A	l 3-0A	Mar 14	w 1-4F
11	Luton	35	13	8	14	1	47	l 0-3A	d 1-1A	w 3-2F	w 2-3F
12	Barnsley	33	13	8	12	0	47	Apr 3	l 3-2F	d 2-2F	l 3-2A
13	Peterborough	35	14	4	17	1	46	l 0-1A	Apr 18	l 1-2A	d 1-1F
14	AFC Wim	34	13	7	14	-6	46	Apr 11	w 0-1F	l 1-2A	l 3-2A
15	Exeter	35	11	9	15	-2	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	36	10	10	16	-12	40	-	-	w 2-0F	Mar 17
18	Doncaster	34	11	6	17	-20	39	l 1-2A	d 1-1A	d 1-1A	Apr 11
19	Wigan	34	9	11	14	-11	38	l 0-2A	l 1-0A	Mar 28	w 1-2F
20	Blackpool	35	10	8	17	-14	38	w 1-0F	Mar 28	May 2	w 0-3F
21	L Orient	34	10	6	18	-13	36	l 0-4A	May 2	w 2-1F	l 3-1A
22	Rotherham	35	9	8	18	-15	35	w 1-0F	d 2-2F	d 1-1A	Apr 25
23	Northampton	36	9	8	19	-17	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

11 / 20

Conceded

14 / 20

Clean sheets

6 / 20

Failed to score

9 / 20

Won

Lost

HOME FORM Win / Draw / Win
Burton	0 - 1	Stevenage
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

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

12 / 20

Conceded

17 / 20

Clean sheets

3 / 20

Failed to score

8 / 20

Draw

Lost

OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
H	Burton	0 - 1	Stevenage
A	Burton	1 - 1	Exeter
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

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
Luton	2 - 3	Reading
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

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

19 / 20

Conceded

16 / 20

Clean sheets

4 / 20

Failed to score

1 / 20

Won

Draw

OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
A	Reading	3 - 2	Luton
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

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 reliable in front of goal of late, scoring in 16 consecutive League One outings. Their PG of 1.6 against Burton Albion on Tuesday suggests they're likely to extend that run.

	Burton 17th	Reading 7th
	Kickoff prediction
Kickoff prediction	1.4 goals	1.6 goals
	Scoring probability
Scoring probability	0 25% 1 35% 2 24% 3 11% 4+ There is a 60% probability that Burton will score no more than 1 goal	0 21% 1 33% 2 26% 3 13% 4+ 7% There is a 79% probability that Reading will score 1 or more goals

	20 home / away league games
20 home / away league games	-5 Burton’s goalscoring at home has been inline with predictions	+36 Reading have scored 36% more goals when away than predicted
	1.2 average goals scored	1.7 average goals scored
	1.3 conceded	1.4 conceded

Attack defence ratings
League One - 2025/2026 season

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RDG

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Games scored	22		32
Failed to score	14		3
Scored first	16		19
Goals scored	39		53
Avg. goals scored	1.1		1.5
Avg. shots per game	8		8
Avg. shots per goal	7		5
Conversion rate for	14		19
Avg. XG for	1.2		1.2
KickOff rating		+30%

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Games conceded	27		28
Clean sheets	9		7
Conceded first	17		16
Goals conceded	51		46
Avg. goals conceded	1.4		1.3
Avg. shots/game conceded	9		9
Avg. shots/goal conceded	6		7
Conversion rate against	16%		15%
Avg. XG against	1.4		1.4
KickOff rating		+1%

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
35	12	6	7
K Lofthouse	J Beesley	K Lofthouse	U Godwin-Malife

Players	Appserances	goals	Assists	cards
K Lofthouse DEF	35	3	6	6 -
J Beesley FWD	35	12	5	4 -
K Chauke MID	31			2 -
B Collins GLK	30			3 -
T Shade FWD	30	8		1 -
J Armer DEF	29	2	1	3 -
A Hartridge DEF	29	1	1	2 -
T Sibbick DEF	28			2 -
U Godwin-Malife DEF	28	2	2	7 -
G Evans MID	27	1	3	6 -
F Tavares FWD	24	3	1	1 -
J McKiernan MID	21	1	1	5 -
D Willis DEF	20		1	3 -
J. Larsson FWD	20		2	-
T Vancooten DEF	17	1	1	4 -
C Webster MID	16	4	3	1 -
S Revan DEF	15		1	1 -
J Moon DEF	11			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	34	6	8
J Beesley	T Shade	K Lofthouse	K Lofthouse

Players	goals	shots on	Assists	big chances
J Beesley FWD	12	26	5	7
T Shade FWD	8	34		1
C Webster MID	4	11	3	6
K Lofthouse DEF	3	9	6	8
F Tavares FWD	3	7	1
J Armer DEF	2	5	1	2
U Godwin-Malife DEF	2	4	2	3
A Hartridge DEF	1	4	1	5
G Evans MID	1	3	3	2
J McKiernan MID	1	3	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
1104	60	342
A Hartridge	K Lofthouse	J Beesley

Players	passes	tackles	duels won
A Hartridge DEF	1104	48	150
B Collins GLK	992	2	17
U Godwin-Malife DEF	903	33	124
G Evans MID	871	31	108
K Chauke MID	789	54	131
T Sibbick DEF	786	49	110
J Armer DEF	717	42	117
J Beesley FWD	704	34	342
K Lofthouse DEF	662	60	240
T Vancooten DEF	622	20	96
C Webster MID	505	20	77
T Shade FWD	419	15	79
D Willis DEF	413	22	51
J McKiernan MID	278	26	80
J Moon DEF	238	7	33
S Revan DEF	232	30	77
F Delap DEF	194	4	31
J Amissah GLK	166	1	3
J. Larsson FWD	152	17	45
F Tavares FWD	104	5	21
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
35	16	9	8
L Wing	J Marriott	L Wing	C Savage

Players	Appserances	goals	Assists	cards
C Savage MID	35	2	4	8 -
L Wing MID	35	9	9	2 -
K Doyle MID	34	3	5	4 -
J Pereira GLK	32			1 -
K Ehibhatiomhan FWD	31	6		6 -
J Dorsett DEF	30	2	1	4 -
D Kyerewaa MID	26	3	3	5 -
P O'Connor DEF	25	2		8 -
F Burns DEF	25			3 -
L Fraser MID	24	1		1 -
P Lane FWD	24	2	1	1 -
A Yiadom DEF	23			6 -
J Marriott FWD	23	16	3	-
K Abrefa DEF	19		2	2 -
M Ritchie MID	19	1	6	5 -
D Williams DEF	18		1	5 -
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 Ehibhatiomhan FWD	6	16		3
K Doyle MID	3	12	5	8
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	6	3
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
1977	71	204
L Wing	L Wing	P O'Connor

Players	passes	tackles	duels won
L Wing MID	1977	71	162
C Savage MID	1435	65	88
P O'Connor DEF	1297	31	204
J Pereira GLK	1260	2	31
J Dorsett DEF	962	40	130
D Williams DEF	814	26	97
F Burns DEF	787	34	110
K Doyle MID	610	40	115
D Kyerewaa MID	517	18	104
L Fraser MID	474	14	33
M Jacob DEF	418	14	62
K Abrefa DEF	397	37	67
A Yiadom DEF	381	29	71
P Lane FWD	308	13	41
K Ehibhatiomhan FWD	276	18	122
M Ritchie MID	264	7	29
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