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Huddersfield Town v Reading : League One match betting preview, prediction and odds

Fri 3rd Apr, 15:00 BST, John Smith's Stadium, Huddersfield

the John Smith's Stadium is the stage on Friday afternoon, as Liam Manning's Huddersfield Town host Leam Richardson's Reading in the League One. Below there are predictions for 17 markets, supporting statistics including head to heads (H2Hs), and odds from the UK's biggest bookmakers. Access it all using the tabs below.


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Huddersfield
49%
--
Draw
24%
--
Reading
27%
--
Draw 1-1
12%
--
Huddersfield 1-0
10%
--
Huddersfield 2-1
10%
--
Huddersfield 2-0
8%
--
Reading 1-0
7%
--
Reading 2-1
7%
--
Draw 0-0
6%
--
Draw 2-2
6%
--
Huddersfield 3-1
5%
--
Huddersfield 3-0
5%
--
Reading 2-0
4%
--
Huddersfield 3-2
3%
--
Reading 3-1
3%
--
Huddersfield 4-1
2%
--
Reading 3-2
2%
--
Over 2.5 Goals
53%
--
Under 2.5 Goals
47%
--
Home 1st Goal
52%
--
Away 1st Goal
44%
--
No 1st Goal
4%
--
BTTS - Yes
55%
--
BTTS - No
45%
--
BTTS - Home Win
23%
--
BTTS - Draw
18%
--
BTTS - Away Win
14%
--
Home/draw
73%
--
Away/draw
51%
--
Home/away
76%
--
Over 1.5 Goals
77%
--
Under 1.5 Goals
23%
--
Over 3.5 Goals
31%
--
Under 3.5 Goals
69%
--
Over 4.5 Goals
15%
--
Under 4.5 Goals
85%
--
Over 5.5 Goals
7%
--
Under 5.5 Goals
93%
--
Over 0.5 Goals
94%
--
Under 0.5 Goals
6%
--
Home DNB
66%
--
Away DNB
44%
--
Huddersfield win to nil
25%
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Reading win to nil
13%
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Win / draw / win League One table

Huddersfield have played 39 matches so far this season and are in 9th position in the league.

Performance against teams above them in the league

13 of those games have come against teams above them in the table. They have lost 7 games, drawn 2 and won 4. Huddersfield have conceded 19 goals, scored 16, failed to score in 2 matches and kept 3 clean sheets.

Home league performance

Huddersfield have played 19 games at home, winning 11, drawing 6 and losing 2 fixtures. They have scored 36 goals, conceded 18 goals, kept 9 clean sheets and failed to score 1 time in home league games.

Reading lay in 8th place on 58 points in the League One league table having played 39 matches.

Performance against teams below them in the league

They have played 27 games against teams below them in the table, winning 11, drawing 9 and losing 7 games. They have scored 43 goals and kept 5 clean sheets against lower placed opposition. Reading have conceded 37 goals and have failed to score in 2 matches.

Away league performance

Reading have played 20 away games, winning 6, drawing 6 and losing 8 games. They have scored an average of 1.5 goals per away game and conceded an average 1.5 goals per away game.

Won
Draw
Lost
Huddersfield
Reading
Results by League Table
TEAM PLD W D L GD PTS HOME AWAY HOME AWAY
1
Lincoln3925954084 
d
 
2-2F
d
 
1-1F
Apr 6
l
 
2-0A
2
Cardiff3923883277 
Apr 14
l
 
3-2A
Apr 18
l
 
2-1F
3
Bolton39171571666 
l
 
1-2F
Apr 18
d
 
1-1F
d
 
1-1A
4
Bradford3919812565 
w
 
1-0F
l
 
3-1A
w
 
2-1A
l
 
2-0A
5
Stevenage3817912360 
w
 
1-0F
l
 
1-0A
w
 
1-0F
l
 
1-0A
6
Stockport3717911360 
l
 
1-2A
l
 
1-0A
w
 
1-0F
d
 
1-1A
7
Plymouth3918516659 
w
 
3-1F
l
 
3-1F
d
 
2-2F
w
 
1-4F
8
Reading39151311658 
Apr 3
w
 
0-2F
-
-
9
Huddersfield3916914857 
-
-
l
 
0-2A
Apr 3
10
Wycombe391511131256 
Apr 11
l
 
3-0A
w
 
3-2F
d
 
2-2A
11
Luton39151014355 
w
 
1-0F
l
 
2-1A
w
 
3-2F
w
 
2-3F
12
Peterborough3815518550 
w
 
3-2A
w
 
2-3F
l
 
1-2A
d
 
1-1F
13
Barnsley37131113-150 
w
 
2-1A
l
 
3-1A
d
 
2-2F
l
 
3-2A
14
AFC Wim3814816-650 
d
 
3-3A
May 2
l
 
1-2A
l
 
3-2A
15
Mansfield37121312649 
Apr 25
w
 
1-3F
d
 
1-1A
l
 
1-0A
16
L Orient3814618-748 
w
 
3-0F
Apr 6
w
 
2-1F
l
 
3-1A
17
Doncaster3813817-1847 
w
 
2-0F
l
 
1-0A
d
 
1-1A
Apr 11
18
Burton39121017-1046 
d
 
0-00-0
l
 
3-1A
w
 
2-0F
w
 
1-2A
19
Wigan38111215-1045 
d
 
1-1F
l
 
1-0A
Mar 28
w
 
1-2F
20
Exeter3911919-1042 
d
 
2-2F
w
 
0-1F
d
 
2-2A
d
 
1-1F
21
Blackpool3911919-1742 
d
 
2-2A
l
 
3-2F
May 2
w
 
0-3F
22
Rotherham389920-2336 
w
 
1-0F
w
 
1-3F
d
 
1-1A
Apr 25
23
Northampton399822-2335 
w
 
2-0F
d
 
1-1A
w
 
1-0F
w
 
0-2F
24
Port Vale3671019-2031 
w
 
5-0F
d
 
0-00-0
w
 
1-0F
d
 
1-1F
Promotion
Promotion Play Off
Promotion Play Off
Relegation
Win / draw / win form
12
Huddersfield have not lost in 12 consecutive home league games
Huddersfield 9TH
20 league games
Home
12
Overall
Goals: Scored
37
Conceded
22
Games: Scored
19 / 20
Conceded
11 / 20
Clean sheets
9 / 20
Failed to score
1 / 20
Won
11
Draw
6
L
3
HOME FORM Win / Draw / Win
Huddersfield2 - 2Lincoln
Huddersfield1 - 0Rotherham
Huddersfield2 - 1Barnsley
Huddersfield2 - 2Blackpool
Huddersfield1 - 0Luton
Huddersfield1 - 0Bradford
Huddersfield2 - 2Exeter
Huddersfield2 - 0Northampton
Huddersfield5 - 0Port Vale
Huddersfield1 - 1Wigan
Huddersfield3 - 3AFC Wim
Huddersfield3 - 1Plymouth
Huddersfield1 - 2Bolton
Huddersfield1 - 2Stockport
Huddersfield0 - 0Burton
Huddersfield3 - 2Peterborough
Huddersfield1 - 0Stevenage
Huddersfield2 - 0Doncaster
Huddersfield3 - 0L Orient
Huddersfield1 - 4L Orient
Goals: Scored
28
Conceded
20
Games: Scored
15 / 20
Conceded
14 / 20
Clean sheets
6 / 20
Failed to score
5 / 20
Won
8
Draw
7
Lost
5
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
HHuddersfield2 - 2Lincoln
AHuddersfield0 - 0Port Vale
HHuddersfield1 - 0Rotherham
AHuddersfield0 - 1Wigan
HHuddersfield2 - 1Barnsley
AHuddersfield0 - 1Doncaster
AHuddersfield0 - 1Stevenage
HHuddersfield2 - 2Blackpool
AHuddersfield3 - 2Peterborough
HHuddersfield1 - 0Luton
HHuddersfield1 - 0Bradford
AHuddersfield1 - 3Burton
AHuddersfield0 - 1Stockport
HHuddersfield2 - 2Exeter
AHuddersfield1 - 1Lincoln
HHuddersfield2 - 0Northampton
HHuddersfield5 - 0Port Vale
AHuddersfield3 - 1Rotherham
HHuddersfield1 - 1Wigan
AHuddersfield1 - 1Northampton
Reading 8TH
20 league games
Away
Overall
Goals: Scored
31
Conceded
28
Games: Scored
17 / 20
Conceded
17 / 20
Clean sheets
3 / 20
Failed to score
3 / 20
Won
7
Draw
6
Lost
7
AWAY FORM Win / Draw / Win
Burton1 - 2Reading
Mansfield1 - 0Reading
Luton2 - 3Reading
Port Vale1 - 1Reading
Wigan1 - 2Reading
AFC Wim3 - 2Reading
Northampton0 - 2Reading
L Orient3 - 1Reading
Peterborough1 - 1Reading
Plymouth1 - 4Reading
Bradford2 - 0Reading
Blackpool0 - 3Reading
Cardiff2 - 1Reading
Exeter1 - 1Reading
Stockport1 - 1Reading
Barnsley3 - 2Reading
Wycombe2 - 2Reading
Bolton1 - 1Reading
Lincoln2 - 0Reading
Bristol R0 - 2Reading
Goals: Scored
36
Conceded
28
Games: Scored
18 / 20
Conceded
17 / 20
Clean sheets
3 / 20
Failed to score
2 / 20
Won
10
Draw
6
L
4
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
AReading2 - 1Burton
HReading2 - 2Plymouth
AReading0 - 1Mansfield
AReading3 - 2Luton
HReading2 - 1Bradford
AReading1 - 1Port Vale
HReading1 - 1Bolton
HReading3 - 2Wycombe
AReading2 - 1Wigan
AReading2 - 3AFC Wim
AReading2 - 0Northampton
HReading2 - 2Exeter
HReading2 - 2Barnsley
AReading1 - 3L Orient
HReading1 - 0Stockport
HReading2 - 0Burton
AReading1 - 1Peterborough
AReading4 - 1Plymouth
HReading3 - 2Luton
AReading0 - 2Bradford
Win / draw / win head to head (H2H)
3
Huddersfield have kept a clean sheet in 3 consecutive home league meetings with Reading
League games at Huddersfield since 1997
Huddersfield
Reading
Goals: Scored
15
6
Games: Scored
7 / 11
4 / 11
Clean sheets
7 / 11
4 / 11
HUD
6
D
2
RDG
3
FIXTURE HISTORY AT Huddersfield
Draw0 - 0Draw
Huddersfield2 - 0
Huddersfield4 - 0
1 - 2Reading
0 - 2Reading
Draw0 - 0Draw
Huddersfield1 - 0
Huddersfield3 - 1
Huddersfield3 - 0
0 - 1Reading
Huddersfield1 - 0
League games at Reading since 1998
Reading
Huddersfield
Goals: Scored
15
17
Games: Scored
8 / 11
9 / 11
Clean sheets
2 / 11
3 / 11
HUD
4
D
4
RDG
3
FIXTURE HISTORY AT Reading
0 - 2Huddersfield
Reading2 - 1
Reading3 - 1
3 - 4Huddersfield
Draw2 - 2Draw
Draw0 - 0Draw
Reading1 - 0
Draw2 - 2Draw
1 - 2Huddersfield
Draw1 - 1Draw
0 - 2Huddersfield
Goal Statistics

Huddersfield Town's fans will be hoping for goals on Friday afternoon, not least because Reading have conceded in each of their last 10 League One games. A PG of 1.7 for L. Manning's side suggests that run should continue.

Huddersfield 9th Reading 8th
Kickoff prediction
Kickoff prediction
1.7
goals
1.2
goals
Scoring probability
Scoring probability
0
19%
1
32%
2
26%
3
14%
4+
9%
There is a 81% probability that Huddersfield will score 1 or more goals
0
31%
1
36%
2
21%
3
8%
4+
There is a 67% probability that Reading will score no more than 1 goal
 
20 home / away league games
20 home / away league games
+12
Huddersfield have scored 12% more goals at home than predicted
+23
Reading have scored 23% more goals when away than predicted
1.9
average goals scored
1.6
average goals scored
1.1
conceded
1.4
conceded
 
Attack defence ratings
League One - 2025/2026 season
Huddersfield
PG (predicted goals)
Reading
1.7
1.2
Attack rating
HUD
RDG
10%
better
view stats
Games scored31
34
Failed to score7
4
Scored first20
20
Goals scored58
57
Avg. goals scored1.5
1.5
Avg. shots per game8
8
Avg. shots per goal6
5
Conversion rate for18
18
Avg. XG for1.4
1.2
KickOff rating
+10%
Defence rating
8%
better
HUD
RDG
view stats
Games conceded26
31
Clean sheets12
7
Conceded first16
18
Goals conceded48
50
Avg. goals conceded1.3
1.3
Avg. shots/game conceded8
9
Avg. shots/goal conceded6
7
Conversion rate against17%
15%
Avg. XG against1.1
1.4
KickOff rating
+8%

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

Huddersfield League One squad statistics 2025/2026
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
35768
R LedsonB SamoukovicM HarnessM Harness
PlayersAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
M Harness MID3636
8
-
R Ledson MID364
8
-
L Sörensen DEF3523
3
-
L Nicholls GLK29
3
-
A May FWD2953
2
2
L Gooch DEF2826
7
-
J Low DEF252
2
-
M Wallace DEF251
5
-
D Kasumu MID251
-
D Charles FWD2525
1
-
S Roughan DEF241
1
-
J Feeney DEF22
3
-
R Balker DEF211
1
-
B Samoukovic FWD1975
1
-
C. Ashia MID1633
4
-
C Humphreys MID131
2
-
B Mumba DEF122
1
-
M Miller MID112
-
W Alves MID101
-
M McGuane MID6
1
1
R Hardie FWD62
-
B Wales FWD5
1
-
J Whatmough DEF41
1
-
A Evans MID41
-
Reading League One squad statistics 2025/2026
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
3816118
L WingJ MarriottL WingC Savage
PlayersAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
L Wing MID38911
4
-
C Savage MID3824
8
-
K Doyle MID3745
4
-
J Pereira GLK35
1
-
K Ehibhatiomhan FWD347
6
-
J Dorsett DEF3121
4
-
P O'Connor DEF283
8
-
F Burns DEF27
4
-
A Yiadom DEF26
6
-
L Fraser MID261
1
-
D Kyerewaa MID2633
5
-
P Lane FWD2621
1
-
J Marriott FWD23163
-
M Ritchie MID2216
5
-
D Williams DEF201
5
-
K Abrefa DEF192
2
-
M O’Mahony FWD16
1
-
R Williams MID1421
-
R Nyambe DEF11
2
-
M Camará MID111
1
-
W Keane FWD92
-
B. Ward DEF8
1
-
B Elliott MID8
1
-
H Roberts DEF711
2
-
K Young FWD4
1
-
J Stevens GLK3
-
A Rinomhota MID1
-
B Tuma FWD1
-