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

Sat 18th Oct, 15:00 BST, Cardiff City Stadium, Cardiff

Allan Dybczak takes his Reading side to the Cardiff City Stadium in the League One on Saturday afternoon, with Brian Priske's Cardiff City the opponent. We have custom-designed stats for every major market, from team to score first to full time result, including form and historical head-to-head data. Predictions are calculated from these, and the odds come straight from the UK's biggest bookmakers.


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Win To Nil
Both Teams To Score
Correct Score
Both Teams To Score & Result
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Half Time / Full Time
Over / Under 0.5 Goals
Over / Under 4.5 Goals
Over / Under 5.5 Goals
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Cardiff
51%
--
Draw
23%
--
Reading
26%
--
Draw 1-1
11%
--
Cardiff 2-1
10%
--
Cardiff 1-0
8%
--
Cardiff 2-0
8%
--
Reading 2-1
7%
--
Draw 2-2
6%
--
Cardiff 3-1
6%
--
Reading 1-0
6%
--
Cardiff 3-0
5%
--
Draw 0-0
5%
--
Cardiff 3-2
4%
--
Reading 2-0
4%
--
Reading 3-1
3%
--
Cardiff 4-1
3%
--
Reading 3-2
3%
--
Over 2.5 Goals
60%
--
Under 2.5 Goals
40%
--
Home 1st Goal
53%
--
Away 1st Goal
45%
--
No 1st Goal
3%
--
BTTS - Yes
60%
--
BTTS - No
40%
--
BTTS - Home Win
27%
--
BTTS - Draw
18%
--
BTTS - Away Win
15%
--
Home/draw
74%
--
Away/draw
49%
--
Home/away
77%
--
Over 1.5 Goals
81%
--
Under 1.5 Goals
19%
--
Over 3.5 Goals
37%
--
Under 3.5 Goals
63%
--
Over 4.5 Goals
20%
--
Under 4.5 Goals
80%
--
Over 5.5 Goals
9%
--
Under 5.5 Goals
91%
--
Over 0.5 Goals
95%
--
Under 0.5 Goals
5%
--
Home DNB
67%
--
Away DNB
42%
--
Cardiff win to nil
24%
--
Reading win to nil
12%
--
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Win / draw / win League One table

Cardiff have played 11 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 10 games against teams below in the table, having won 7, drawn 2 and lost 1 match. They have kept 6 clean sheets and have failed to score in 2 fixtures. Cardiff have outscored their opponents by 19 goals to 11 goals.

Home League Performance

Cardiff have played 6 games at home winning 4, drawing 0 and losing 2 games. They have scored 14 goals, kept 2 clean sheets and conceded 8 goals at home.

Reading are in 19th position in the League One on 10 points having played 10 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

2 of those games have been losing matches. They have conceded 9 goals and kept no clean sheets. They have scored 6 goals in total and failed to score in 1 fixture.

Performance against teams above them in the league

9 games have come against teams above them in the table. They have lost 4 games, drawn 3 and won 2. Reading have conceded 13 goals, scored 9, failed to score in 2 fixtures and have kept 1 clean sheet.

Won
Draw
Lost
Cardiff
Reading
Results by League Table
TEAM PLD W D L GD PTS HOME AWAY HOME AWAY
1
Stevenage10811925 
Dec 29
Dec 9
Nov 6
Mar 21
2
Bradford11731724 
l
 
1-3A
Jan 17
Feb 28
Dec 13
3
Cardiff117221023 
-
-
Apr 18
Oct 18
4
Lincoln11632721 
Mar 7
Dec 20
Apr 6
l
 
2-0A
5
AFC Wim11704421 
Feb 17
w
 
0-1F
l
 
1-2A
Feb 7
6
Huddersfield11614419 
Nov 15
Mar 28
l
 
0-2A
Apr 3
7
Stockport11542319 
Jan 24
d
 
1-1A
Jan 4
d
 
1-1A
8
Barnsley10523217 
Jan 27
Oct 11
Jan 24
l
 
3-2A
9
Bolton11452517 
Apr 11
Oct 25
Feb 17
d
 
1-1A
10
Doncaster11524-117 
Dec 13
Feb 28
Oct 25
Apr 11
11
Luton11515116 
Feb 14
w
 
0-1F
Dec 18
Mar 7
12
Mansfield11434215 
Nov 29
May 2
d
 
1-1A
Jan 10
13
Northampton10424-114 
Apr 25
Nov 22
Oct 21
Jan 31
14
Wigan11344-113 
Jan 4
w
 
0-2F
Mar 28
Nov 15
15
Plymouth11416-313 
w
 
4-0F
Feb 21
Mar 14
Dec 26
16
Port Vale11335012 
Apr 3
d
 
0-00-0
w
 
1-0F
Feb 21
17
Exeter11407-112 
Dec 26
Mar 14
Jan 27
Oct 11
18
L Orient11326-611 
w
 
4-3F
Jan 10
w
 
2-1F
Jan 17
19
Reading10244-410 
Oct 18
Apr 18
-
-
20
Burton10235-89 
l
 
0-1A
Jan 31
Jan 1
Mar 17
21
Wycombe11236-29 
Mar 17
Jan 1
Feb 14
d
 
2-2A
22
Rotherham10226-68 
w
 
3-0F
Feb 7
Nov 22
Apr 25
23
Blackpool11227-98 
Mar 21
Nov 8
May 2
Nov 29
24
Peterborough11218-127 
w
 
2-1A
Apr 6
Dec 9
Dec 29
Promotion
Promotion Play Off
Relegation
Win / draw / win form
Cardiff 3RD
20 league games
Home
Overall
Goals: Scored
27
Conceded
23
Games: Scored
15 / 20
Conceded
15 / 20
Clean sheets
5 / 20
Failed to score
5 / 20
Won
7
Draw
6
Lost
7
HOME FORM Win / Draw / Win
Cardiff4 - 3L Orient
Cardiff0 - 1Burton
Cardiff1 - 3Bradford
Cardiff4 - 0Plymouth
Cardiff3 - 0Rotherham
Cardiff2 - 1Peterborough
Cardiff0 - 0West Brom
Cardiff1 - 1Oxford Utd
Cardiff0 - 1Stoke
Cardiff1 - 1Sheff Wed
Cardiff1 - 2Luton
Cardiff1 - 2Burnley
Cardiff1 - 0Hull
Cardiff1 - 1Bristol C
Cardiff2 - 1Derby
Cardiff3 - 0Swansea
Cardiff1 - 1Watford
Cardiff1 - 1Coventry
Cardiff0 - 2Sheff Utd
Cardiff0 - 2Preston
Goals: Scored
27
Conceded
21
Games: Scored
14 / 20
Conceded
12 / 20
Clean sheets
8 / 20
Failed to score
6 / 20
Won
8
Draw
7
Lost
5
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
HCardiff4 - 3L Orient
HCardiff0 - 1Burton
ACardiff2 - 0Wigan
HCardiff1 - 3Bradford
ACardiff1 - 1Stockport
HCardiff4 - 0Plymouth
ACardiff1 - 0Luton
ACardiff1 - 0AFC Wim
HCardiff3 - 0Rotherham
ACardiff0 - 0Port Vale
HCardiff2 - 1Peterborough
ACardiff2 - 4Norwich
HCardiff0 - 0West Brom
HCardiff1 - 1Oxford Utd
ACardiff0 - 2Sheff Utd
HCardiff0 - 1Stoke
ACardiff2 - 2Preston
ACardiff0 - 0QPR
HCardiff1 - 1Sheff Wed
ACardiff2 - 1Blackburn
Reading 19TH
20 league games
Away
Overall
Goals: Scored
27
Conceded
27
Games: Scored
13 / 20
Conceded
16 / 20
Clean sheets
4 / 20
Failed to score
7 / 20
Won
5
Draw
9
Lost
6
AWAY FORM Win / Draw / Win
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
Wycombe1 - 1Reading
Barnsley2 - 2Reading
Goals: Scored
28
Conceded
27
Games: Scored
15 / 20
Conceded
16 / 20
Clean sheets
4 / 20
Failed to score
5 / 20
Won
7
Draw
6
Lost
7
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
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
AReading3 - 1Shrewsbury
HReading1 - 0Wycombe
AReading0 - 3Blackpool
HReading3 - 1Peterborough
HReading1 - 1Stevenage
Win / draw / win head to head (H2H)
League games at Cardiff since 2004
Cardiff
Reading
Goals: Scored
20
22
Games: Scored
11 / 16
11 / 16
Clean sheets
5 / 16
5 / 16
CAR
5
D
5
RDG
6
FIXTURE HISTORY AT Cardiff
Cardiff1 - 0
0 - 1Reading
1 - 2Reading
Draw1 - 1Draw
Draw0 - 0Draw
0 - 1Reading
Cardiff2 - 0
Cardiff2 - 1
Cardiff3 - 1
0 - 3Reading
Draw2 - 2Draw
Draw0 - 0Draw
Draw2 - 2Draw
2 - 5Reading
Cardiff2 - 0
2 - 3Reading
League games at Reading since 2003
Reading
Cardiff
Goals: Scored
25
17
Games: Scored
14 / 16
14 / 16
Clean sheets
2 / 16
2 / 16
CAR
3
D
7
RDG
6
FIXTURE HISTORY AT Reading
Reading2 - 1
1 - 2Cardiff
Draw1 - 1Draw
Reading3 - 0
Draw2 - 2Draw
Reading2 - 1
Draw1 - 1Draw
Draw1 - 1Draw
1 - 2Cardiff
Draw0 - 0Draw
Draw1 - 1Draw
0 - 1Cardiff
Draw1 - 1Draw
Reading5 - 1
Reading2 - 1
Reading2 - 1
Goal Statistics
Cardiff 3rd Reading 19th
Kickoff prediction
Kickoff prediction
1.8
goals
1.3
goals
Scoring probability
Scoring probability
0
16%
1
29%
2
27%
3
16%
4+
11%
There is a 84% probability that Cardiff will score 1 or more goals
0
28%
1
36%
2
23%
3
9%
4+
There is a 64% probability that Reading will score no more than 1 goal
 
20 home / away league games
20 home / away league games
-11
Cardiff have scored 11% fewer goals at home than predicted
+21
Reading have scored 21% more goals when away than predicted
1.4
average goals scored
1.4
average goals scored
1.2
conceded
1.4
conceded
 
Attack defence ratings
League One - 2025/2026 season
Cardiff
PG (predicted goals)
Reading
1.8
1.3
Attack rating
25%
better
CAR
RDG
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Games scored9
8
Failed to score2
2
Scored first6
2
Goals scored19
11
Avg. goals scored1.7
1.1
Avg. shots per game10
8
Avg. shots per goal6
7
Conversion rate for17
14
Avg. XG for1.7
0.9
KickOff rating
+25%
Defence rating
44%
better
CAR
RDG
view stats
Games conceded5
9
Clean sheets6
1
Conceded first4
8
Goals conceded9
15
Avg. goals conceded0.8
1.5
Avg. shots/game conceded8
9
Avg. shots/goal conceded10
6
Conversion rate against10%
16%
Avg. XG against1.2
1.4
KickOff rating
+44%

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

Cardiff League One squad statistics 2025/2026
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
11433
R ColwillY SalechR ColwillJ Bagan
PlayersAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
J Bagan DEF11
3
-
R Colwill MID1133
2
-
R Wintle MID1112
1
-
J Colwill MID11
2
-
Y Salech FWD1141
2
-
C Robinson FWD113
-
N Trott GLK10
-
W Fish DEF10
-
D. Lawlor DEF101
2
-
R. Kpakio DEF1011
3
-
C. Ashford MID1011
-
I Davies FWD102
-
C Willock FWD1023
2
-
D Turnbull MID93
-
C Chambers DEF6
1
-
P Ng DEF51
1
-
O Tanner FWD41
1
-
G Osho DEF3
1
-
O Kellyman MID3
-
T. Nyakuhwa FWD2
-
M. Turner GLK1
-
D. Mafico MID1
1
-
E King MID1
-
Reading League One squad statistics 2025/2026
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
10423
J PereiraJ MarriottL WingF Burns
PlayersAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
J Pereira GLK10
-
F Burns DEF10
3
-
M Jacob DEF10
3
-
D Kyerewaa MID1011
3
-
C Savage MID101
3
-
L Wing MID1022
1
-
K Doyle MID91
1
-
L Fraser MID81
-
P Lane FWD81
1
-
M O’Mahony FWD8
1
-
A. Ahmed DEF7
3
-
J Dorsett DEF7
-
K Abrefa DEF72
-
M Camará MID71
1
-
K Ehibhatiomhan FWD7
1
-
D Williams DEF6
2
-
B Elliott MID6
1
-
J Marriott FWD541
-
M Stickland DEF4
1
-
G. Garcia DEF41
1
-
M Ritchie MID32
2
-