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Leyton Orient v Reading : League One match betting preview, prediction and odds

Sat 17th Jan, 15:00 BST, Matchroom Stadium, London

We’ve League One action to enjoy on Saturday afternoon, as Richard Wellens and his Leyton Orient side host Leam Richardson’s Reading at the Matchroom Stadium. For every League One preview, KickOff dives into the stats for seventeen major betting markets. Important stats, including head-to-head results, are then given alongside odds.


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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

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L Orient
39%
--
Draw
25%
--
Reading
36%
--
Draw 1-1
12%
--
L Orient 2-1
9%
--
L Orient 1-0
8%
--
Reading 2-1
8%
--
Reading 1-0
8%
--
L Orient 2-0
6%
--
Draw 2-2
6%
--
Draw 0-0
6%
--
Reading 2-0
6%
--
L Orient 3-1
4%
--
Reading 3-1
4%
--
L Orient 3-0
3%
--
L Orient 3-2
3%
--
Reading 3-2
3%
--
Reading 3-0
3%
--
Over 2.5 Goals
54%
--
Under 2.5 Goals
46%
--
Home 1st Goal
49%
--
Away 1st Goal
48%
--
No 1st Goal
3%
--
BTTS - Yes
58%
--
BTTS - No
42%
--
BTTS - Home Win
20%
--
BTTS - Draw
19%
--
BTTS - Away Win
19%
--
Home/draw
64%
--
Away/draw
61%
--
Home/away
75%
--
Over 1.5 Goals
78%
--
Under 1.5 Goals
22%
--
Over 3.5 Goals
32%
--
Under 3.5 Goals
68%
--
Over 4.5 Goals
16%
--
Under 4.5 Goals
84%
--
Over 5.5 Goals
7%
--
Under 5.5 Goals
93%
--
Over 0.5 Goals
94%
--
Under 0.5 Goals
6%
--
Home DNB
56%
--
Away DNB
54%
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L Orient win to nil
19%
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Reading win to nil
18%
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Win / draw / win League One table

L Orient have played 24 matches so far this season and are in 20th position in the league.

Performance against teams above them in the league

20 of those games have come against teams above them in the table. They have lost 11 games, drawn 4 and won 5. L Orient have conceded 38 goals, scored 24, failed to score in 4 matches and kept 3 clean sheets.

Home league performance

L Orient have played 12 games at home, winning 5, drawing 4 and losing 3 fixtures. They have scored 19 goals, conceded 14 goals, kept 3 clean sheets and failed to score 1 time in home league games.

Reading lay in 9th place on 35 points in the League One league table having played 24 matches.

Performance against teams below them in the league

They have played 15 games against teams below them in the table, winning 6, drawing 6 and losing 3 games. They have scored 24 goals and kept 4 clean sheets against lower placed opposition. Reading have conceded 16 goals and scored in every game.

Away league performance

Reading have played 11 away games, winning 2, drawing 5 and losing 4 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
L Orient
Reading
Results by League Table
TEAM PLD W D L GD PTS HOME AWAY HOME AWAY
1
Cardiff2416351851 
Jan 10
l
 
4-3A
Apr 18
l
 
2-1F
2
Lincoln2514651448 
w
 
1-0F
Apr 11
Apr 6
l
 
2-0A
3
Bradford241374946 
w
 
2-1A
Mar 7
Feb 28
l
 
2-0A
4
Huddersfield2511681139 
Apr 6
l
 
3-0A
l
 
0-2A
Apr 3
5
Bolton241095939 
d
 
1-1F
Jan 24
Feb 17
d
 
1-1A
6
Stockport241167339 
d
 
2-2A
Feb 7
w
 
1-0F
d
 
1-1A
7
Stevenage221075837 
l
 
2-3F
-
w
 
1-0F
Mar 21
8
Luton241059435 
d
 
1-1F
l
 
3-0A
w
 
3-2F
Mar 7
9
Reading24987435 
Jan 17
l
 
2-1A
-
-
10
Wycombe25898433 
Mar 21
l
 
4-1A
Feb 14
d
 
2-2A
11
Mansfield23959332 
Feb 14
l
 
4-1A
d
 
1-1A
Jan 10
12
Peterborough2410212-332 
Mar 14
l
 
1-0A
l
 
1-2A
d
 
1-1F
13
AFC Wim249411-631 
l
 
1-3F
Mar 17
l
 
1-2A
Feb 7
14
Exeter249312230 
w
 
2-1A
Mar 28
Jan 27
d
 
1-1F
15
Wigan24798-130 
w
 
2-0F
Apr 3
Mar 28
-
16
Plymouth259313-730 
Feb 17
w
 
0-1F
Mar 14
w
 
1-4F
17
Barnsley21858029 
Feb 28
l
 
3-2A
Jan 24
l
 
3-2A
18
Blackpool258512-629 
d
 
1-1F
Apr 25
May 2
w
 
0-3F
19
Northampton248511-629 
l
 
0-1A
Feb 21
w
 
1-0F
Jan 31
20
L Orient248412-628 
-
-
w
 
2-1F
Jan 17
21
Burton247611-1127 
May 2
w
 
0-4F
w
 
2-0F
Mar 17
22
Rotherham246612-1324 
Apr 18
l
 
1-0A
d
 
1-1A
Apr 25
23
Doncaster246513-1723 
w
 
4-0F
Jan 27
d
 
1-1A
Apr 11
24
Port Vale234613-1318 
Jan 31
w
 
2-3A
w
 
1-0F
Feb 21
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Win / draw / win form
L Orient 16TH
20 league games
Home
Overall
Goals: Scored
32
Conceded
25
Games: Scored
18 / 20
Conceded
14 / 20
Clean sheets
6 / 20
Failed to score
2 / 20
Won
9
Draw
6
Lost
5
HOME FORM Win / Draw / Win
L Orient1 - 3AFC Wim
L Orient2 - 1Bradford
L Orient1 - 1Luton
L Orient1 - 1Blackpool
L Orient2 - 1Exeter
L Orient1 - 0Lincoln
L Orient4 - 0Doncaster
L Orient2 - 3Stevenage
L Orient1 - 1Bolton
L Orient0 - 1Northampton
L Orient2 - 2Stockport
L Orient2 - 0Wigan
L Orient2 - 2Stockport
L Orient1 - 0Wycombe
L Orient4 - 3Barnsley
L Orient0 - 0Wigan
L Orient1 - 0Stevenage
L Orient1 - 2Northampton
L Orient1 - 2Charlton
L Orient3 - 2Lincoln
Goals: Scored
30
Conceded
36
Games: Scored
16 / 20
Conceded
17 / 20
Clean sheets
3 / 20
Failed to score
4 / 20
Won
6
D
3
Lost
11
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
HL Orient1 - 3AFC Wim
AL Orient0 - 3Luton
AL Orient0 - 1Peterborough
HL Orient2 - 1Bradford
AL Orient2 - 3Barnsley
HL Orient1 - 1Luton
AL Orient4 - 0Burton
HL Orient1 - 1Blackpool
HL Orient2 - 1Exeter
AL Orient1 - 4Wycombe
HL Orient1 - 0Lincoln
AL Orient0 - 1Rotherham
HL Orient4 - 0Doncaster
AL Orient3 - 4Cardiff
HL Orient2 - 3Stevenage
AL Orient1 - 2Reading
HL Orient1 - 1Bolton
AL Orient3 - 2Port Vale
HL Orient0 - 1Northampton
AL Orient1 - 4Mansfield
Reading 10TH
20 league games
Away
Overall
Goals: Scored
31
Conceded
26
Games: Scored
15 / 20
Conceded
16 / 20
Clean sheets
4 / 20
Failed to score
5 / 20
Won
6
Draw
8
Lost
6
AWAY FORM Win / Draw / Win
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
Mansfield1 - 5Reading
Northampton0 - 0Reading
Shrewsbury1 - 3Reading
Blackpool3 - 0Reading
Crawley1 - 1Reading
Wigan1 - 2Reading
Huddersfield0 - 0Reading
Burton3 - 2Reading
Goals: Scored
30
Conceded
21
Games: Scored
19 / 20
Conceded
14 / 20
Clean sheets
6 / 20
Failed to score
1 / 20
Won
9
Draw
7
L
4
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
HReading1 - 0Stockport
HReading2 - 0Burton
AReading1 - 1Peterborough
AReading4 - 1Plymouth
HReading3 - 2Luton
AReading0 - 2Bradford
HReading1 - 2Peterborough
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
Win / draw / win head to head (H2H)
League games at L Orient since 2023
L Orient
Reading
Goals: Scored
4
1
Games: Scored
2 / 2
1 / 2
Clean sheets
1 / 2
0 / 2
LNO
2
FIXTURE HISTORY AT L Orient
L Orient2 - 0
L Orient2 - 1
League games at Reading since 2024
Reading
L Orient
Goals: Scored
3
3
Games: Scored
2 / 3
3 / 3
Clean sheets
0 / 3
1 / 3
LNO
1
D
1
RDG
1
FIXTURE HISTORY AT Reading
Reading2 - 1
0 - 1L Orient
Draw1 - 1Draw
Goal Statistics
L Orient 16th Reading 10th
Kickoff prediction
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1.5
goals
1.4
goals
Scoring probability
Scoring probability
0
23%
1
34%
2
25%
3
12%
4+
There is a 77% probability that L Orient will score 1 or more goals
0
25%
1
35%
2
24%
3
11%
4+
There is a 60% probability that Reading will score no more than 1 goal
 
20 home / away league games
20 home / away league games
+12
L Orient have scored 12% more goals at home than predicted
+34
Reading have scored 34% more goals when away than predicted
1.6
average goals scored
1.6
average goals scored
1.3
conceded
1.3
conceded
 
Attack defence ratings
League One - 2025/2026 season
L Orient
PG (predicted goals)
Reading
1.5
1.4
Attack rating
LNO
RDG
1%
better
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Games scored19
20
Failed to score5
3
Scored first10
11
Goals scored35
31
Avg. goals scored1.5
1.3
Avg. shots per game8
9
Avg. shots per goal5
7
Conversion rate for19
15
Avg. XG for1.3
1.2
KickOff rating
+1%
Defence rating
LNO
RDG
16%
better
view stats
Games conceded19
18
Clean sheets5
5
Conceded first14
12
Goals conceded41
28
Avg. goals conceded1.7
1.2
Avg. shots/game conceded9
8
Avg. shots/goal conceded5
7
Conversion rate against19%
15%
Avg. XG against1.4
1.4
KickOff rating
+16%

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

L Orient League One squad statistics 2025/2026
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
211155
D HappeD BallardO O'NeillD Happe
PlayersAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
J Koroma FWD2332
2
-
O Beckles DEF22
2
-
D Happe DEF21
5
-
S Clare DEF21
4
-
T James DEF18
5
-
J Simpson DEF1811
4
-
J. Moorhouse MID181
-
T Bakinson MID1812
3
-
D Ballard FWD18112
-
A Connolly FWD1884
4
-
O O'Neill FWD1825
3
-
C Wellens MID1722
1
-
M Craig MID171
1
-
O Adaramola DEF15
2
1
I Mizouni MID154
3
1
D Mitchell MID15
2
-
T. Simkim GLK13
1
-
K. Cahill GLK111
1
-
D Jaiyesimi FWD81
-
A Lloyd FWD7
-
R Edmonds-Green DEF6
-
S Perkins FWD6
-
Z Obiero MID5
1
-
J White MID3
-
A Abdulai MID11
4
-
Reading League One squad statistics 2025/2026
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
24845
L WingL WingL WingD Kyerewaa
PlayersAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
C Savage MID2421
4
-
L Wing MID2484
2
-
K Doyle MID2332
2
-
D Kyerewaa MID2333
5
-
J Pereira GLK21
-
J Dorsett DEF211
2
-
K Ehibhatiomhan FWD203
4
-
K Abrefa DEF192
2
-
F Burns DEF17
3
-
M O’Mahony FWD16
1
-
D Williams DEF151
3
-
M Jacob DEF14
4
-
P O'Connor DEF14
2
-
A Yiadom DEF14
4
-
L Fraser MID141
-
J Marriott FWD1483
-
P Lane FWD1311
1
-
M Ritchie MID124
5
-
M Camará MID111
1
-
A. Ahmed DEF9
3
-
G. Garcia DEF91
1
-
B Elliott MID8
1
-
M Stickland DEF4
1
-
J Stevens GLK3
-
B Tuma FWD1
-