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

Matchroom Stadium, London

Reading are away from home on Saturday afternoon, as manager Leam Richardson takes his men to visit Leyton Orient and Richard Wellens at the Matchroom Stadium in the League One. Recent form, head-to-head statistics, predictions and the best odds are all shown below. Helping our users place smart bets is what we do best. Here we've gone for , but why not take a look and see if there's another bet you prefer?

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Leyton Orient's next match is v Bolton at 15:00 on Saturday 24th January
Reading's next match is v Barnsley at 15:00 on Saturday 24th January
The last English League One meeting between L Orient and Reading was on Saturday 17th January 2026
English League One
January 17th 2026
L Orient 3
1 Reading
 
D. Ballard 45'52' J. Marriott
D. Ballard 65'
D. Ballard 85'
 
LNO
RDG
Shots On
5
1
Shots Off
5
5
Corners
6
1
Possession
45%
55%
Fouls
13
17
Yellow/red cards
3/0
3/0
 
L OrientReading
 
T. James
J. Simpson
W. Forrester (D. Happe 85')
T. Bakinson
O. O'Neill
A. Matthews (A. Abdulai 58')
S. Clare (K. Casey 82')
K. Cahill
C. Wellens
T. Archibald
D. Ballardfootball iconfootball iconfootball icon
J. Pereira Castro
J. Dorsett
(P. Lane 84') F. Burns
(W. Keane 73') C. Savage
L. Wing
D. Kyerewaa
football iconJ. Marriott
P. O'Connor
A. Yiadom
(K. Ehibhaimha 73') K. Doyle
(L. Fraser 60') M. Ritchie

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Best Tip: Over 1.5 goals

We've made over 1.5 goals our tip on this match, meaning that the sides will score a minimum of 2 goals between them during 90 minutes. Both L Orient and Reading's current form stats suggest things will go that way, while their head-to-head (H2H) record is pointing in the same direction too. The bookies make it their favoured prediction in this market too, available at 1.29.

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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
If you’re looking for a winner in this match, we think L Orient are the most likely. Our predictive algorithm gives them a 39% chance of victory, and the bookies have them at a best price of 2.60.

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Predictions Add Bet365 Coral
L Orient
39%
17/101/1000
Draw
25%
5/2150/1
Reading
36%
29/201/50
Draw 1-1
12%
11/22/1
L Orient 2-1
9%
9/14/7
Reading 2-1
8%
17/219/5
L Orient 1-0
8%
17/212/5
Reading 1-0
8%
8/14/1
Draw 2-2
6%
12/14/1
L Orient 2-0
6%
14/119/5
Reading 2-0
6%
12/110/1
Draw 0-0
6%
10/114/5
L Orient 3-1
4%
20/11/3
Reading 3-1
4%
18/111/1
L Orient 3-2
3%
28/111/2
L Orient 3-0
3%
28/111/1
Reading 3-2
3%
25/122/1
Reading 3-0
3%
22/128/1
Over 2.5 Goals
55%
17/207/20
Under 2.5 Goals
45%
19/202/1
Home 1st Goal
49%
1/113/10
Away 1st Goal
48%
10/1111/8
No 1st Goal
3%
10/114/5
BTTS - Yes
58%
7/1017/20
BTTS - No
42%
21/2017/20
BTTS - Home Win
20%
4/11/1000
BTTS - Draw
19%
10/328/1
BTTS - Away Win
19%
15/490/1
Home/draw
64%
8/151/200
Away/draw
61%
4/945/1
Home/away
75%
2/71/1000
Over 1.5 Goals
78%
1/42/7
Under 1.5 Goals
22%
11/412/5
Over 3.5 Goals
33%
9/413/10
Under 3.5 Goals
67%
1/34/7
Over 4.5 Goals
17%
5/116/5
Under 4.5 Goals
83%
1/81/5
Over 5.5 Goals
7%
12/122/1
Under 5.5 Goals
93%
1/251/1000
Over 0.5 Goals
94%
1/202/9
Under 0.5 Goals
6%
10/114/5
Home DNB
56%
10/1110/11
Away DNB
54%
4/54/5
L Orient win to nil
19%
4/1-
Reading win to nil
17%
10/3-
L Orient / L Orient
19%
10/316/1
L Orient / Reading
4%
25/145/1
L Orient / Draw
7%
12/128/1
Draw / L Orient
13%
11/211/5
Draw / Reading
13%
5/19/4
Draw / Draw
15%
9/26/4
Reading / L Orient
3%
25/145/1
Reading / Reading
20%
3/114/1
Reading / Draw
7%
12/128/1
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Win / draw / win League One table

L Orient have played 25 matches so far this season and are in 18th position in the league.

Performance against teams above them in the league

19 of those games have come against teams above them in the table. They have lost 10 games, drawn 4 and won 5. L Orient have conceded 37 goals, scored 24, failed to score in 3 matches and kept 3 clean sheets.

Home league performance

L Orient have played 13 games at home, winning 5, drawing 5 and losing 3 fixtures. They have scored 20 goals, conceded 15 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
Cardiff2617451955 
d
 
1-1F
l
 
4-3A
Apr 18
l
 
2-1F
2
Lincoln2614751449 
w
 
1-0F
Apr 11
Apr 6
l
 
2-0A
3
Bradford251375846 
w
 
2-1A
Mar 7
Feb 28
l
 
2-0A
4
Stockport261367545 
d
 
2-2A
Feb 7
w
 
1-0F
d
 
1-1A
5
Bolton2711106843 
d
 
1-1F
Jan 24
Feb 17
d
 
1-1A
6
Huddersfield2711610839 
Apr 6
l
 
3-0A
l
 
0-2A
Apr 3
7
Luton261169539 
d
 
1-1F
l
 
3-0A
w
 
3-2F
Mar 7
8
Stevenage251087438 
l
 
2-3F
-
w
 
1-0F
Mar 21
9
Wycombe26998536 
Mar 21
l
 
4-1A
Feb 14
d
 
2-2A
10
Mansfield241059635 
Feb 14
l
 
4-1A
d
 
1-1A
-
11
Reading25988235 
w
 
3-1F
l
 
2-1A
-
-
12
Peterborough2611213-235 
Mar 14
l
 
1-0A
l
 
1-2A
d
 
1-1F
13
Exeter2510312533 
w
 
2-1A
Mar 28
Jan 27
d
 
1-1F
14
Plymouth2610313-633 
Feb 17
w
 
0-1F
Mar 14
w
 
1-4F
15
Barnsley22958132 
Feb 28
l
 
3-2A
Jan 24
l
 
3-2A
16
L Orient269512-432 
-
-
w
 
2-1F
l
 
3-1A
17
AFC Wim259412-731 
l
 
1-3F
Mar 17
l
 
1-2A
Feb 7
18
Wigan25799-230 
w
 
2-0F
Apr 3
Mar 28
-
19
Burton258611-930 
May 2
w
 
0-4F
w
 
2-0F
Mar 17
20
Blackpool268513-729 
d
 
1-1F
Apr 25
May 2
w
 
0-3F
21
Northampton258512-729 
l
 
0-1A
Feb 21
w
 
1-0F
Jan 31
22
Doncaster257513-1626 
w
 
4-0F
Jan 27
d
 
1-1A
Apr 11
23
Rotherham256613-1424 
Apr 18
l
 
1-0A
d
 
1-1A
Apr 25
24
Port Vale244614-1618 
Jan 31
w
 
2-3A
w
 
1-0F
Feb 21
Promotion
Promotion Play Off
Relegation
Win / draw / win form
5
Reading have not lost in 5 consecutive league games
L Orient 16TH
20 league games
Home
Overall
Goals: Scored
30
Conceded
24
Games: Scored
18 / 20
Conceded
14 / 20
Clean sheets
6 / 20
Failed to score
2 / 20
Won
8
Draw
7
Lost
5
HOME FORM Win / Draw / Win
L Orient1 - 1Cardiff
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
Goals: Scored
30
Conceded
33
Games: Scored
16 / 20
Conceded
17 / 20
Clean sheets
3 / 20
Failed to score
4 / 20
Won
6
D
4
Lost
10
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
HL Orient1 - 1Cardiff
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
Reading 10TH
20 league games
Away
Overall
5
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
Kickoff prediction
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
24%
1
34%
2
24%
3
12%
4+
There is a 76% probability that Reading will score 1 or more goals
 
20 home / away league games
20 home / away league games
+6
L Orient’s goalscoring at home has been inline with predictions
+34
Reading have scored 34% more goals when away than predicted
1.5
average goals scored
1.6
average goals scored
1.2
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
3%
better
view stats
Games scored20
21
Failed to score5
3
Scored first11
12
Goals scored36
32
Avg. goals scored1.4
1.3
Avg. shots per game8
9
Avg. shots per goal6
7
Conversion rate for18
15
Avg. XG for1.3
1.2
KickOff rating
+3%
Defence rating
LNO
RDG
20%
better
view stats
Games conceded20
18
Clean sheets5
6
Conceded first14
12
Goals conceded42
28
Avg. goals conceded1.7
1.2
Avg. shots/game conceded9
8
Avg. shots/goal conceded5
7
Conversion rate against19%
14%
Avg. XG against1.4
1.4
KickOff rating
+20%

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
211575
D HappeD BallardO O'NeillS Clare
Line-upAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
K. Cahill GLK131
2
-
S Clare DEF23
5
-
W Forrester DEF
-
J Simpson DEF2011
4
-
T James DEF20
5
-
C Wellens MID1822
1
-
T Bakinson MID2012
3
-
T Archibald MID811
2
-
A. Matthews MID1
-
O O'Neill MID2027
3
-
D Ballard FWD20152
-
Subs
K Casey DEF1
-
D Happe DEF22
5
-
D Mitchell MID15
2
-
M Craig MID181
1
-
J. Moorhouse MID181
-
A. Abdullah MID19
-
J Koroma FWD2432
2
-
Reading League One squad statistics 2025/2026
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
25945
L WingJ MarriottL WingA Yiadom
Line-upAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
J Pereira GLK22
-
A Yiadom DEF15
5
-
P O'Connor DEF15
3
-
F Burns DEF18
3
-
J Dorsett DEF221
2
-
L Wing MID2584
2
-
C Savage MID2521
5
-
M Ritchie MID134
5
-
K Doyle MID2433
2
-
D Kyerewaa MID2433
5
-
J Marriott FWD1593
-
Subs
J Stevens GLK3
-
M Stickland DEF4
1
-
A. Ahmed DEF9
3
-
L Fraser MID151
-
K Ehibhatiomhan FWD213
4
-
P Lane FWD1411
1
-
W Keane FWD1
-