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

Kenilworth Road, Luton

Reading, led by manager Leam Richardson, visit Jack Wilshere and his Luton Town side at the Kenilworth Road on Saturday afternoon in the League One. Stats drive the algorithmic predictions below for 17 individual betting markets, and changing between them will display bespoke analysis, including head to head (H2H), form and unique league tables. Odds from the UK's biggest bookmakers are also provided. Click on the tabs below to see it all.

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Luton Town's next match is v Doncaster at 19:45 on Tuesday 10th March
Reading's next match is v Mansfield at 19:45 on Tuesday 10th March

The last English League One meeting between Luton and Reading was on Saturday 7th March 2026

English League One

March 7th 2026

Luton 2	3 Reading

N. Lonwijk 45'	5' K. Ehibhaimha
G. Saville 53'	81' K. Ehibhaimha
	84' K. Ehibhaimha

	LUT RDG
Shots On	2 6
Shots Off	7 1
Corners	10 4
Possession	56% 44%
Fouls	11 20
Yellow/red cards	1/0 4/0

Luton	Reading

K. Naismith N. Lonwijk J. Clark D. Cole (N. Wells 66') J. Keeley G. Saville J. Johnson J. Richards (L. Walsh 66') K. Palmer (G. Kadua 78') I. Jones (S. Morris 88') E. Lawrence (C. Bramall 78')	J. Pereira Castro P. O'Connor (S. Patton 61') L. Fraser C. Savage L. Wing (F. Burns 90') K. Ehibhaimha B. Ward (M. Ritchie 72') A. Yiadom D. Williams R. Williams (P. Lane 72') K. Doyle

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Best Tip: Over 1.5 goals

Neither Luton or Reading are in the kind of form that would have us feeling very confident in tipping a match winner, so we're going with over 1.5 goals. The statistics tell us that both have form in this market, both individually and when facing one another head-to-head. We're predicting there's a 79% chance of two goals or more.

If you’re looking for a winner in this match, we think Luton are the most likely. Our predictive algorithm gives them a 49% chance of victory, and the bookies have them at a best price of 1.80.

Checkout the hundreds of tips picked but our top win/draw/win tipsters

Predictions	Bet365	Coral
Luton 49%	3/4	70/1
Draw 24%	27/10	10/1
Reading 27%	7/2	1/25
Draw 1-1 11%	6/1	3/1
Luton 2-1 10%	15/2	13/20
Luton 1-0 9%	13/2	11/2
Luton 2-0 8%	15/2	13/2
Reading 2-1 7%	14/1	13/2
Reading 1-0 6%	12/1	17/4
Draw 2-2 6%	14/1	2/5
Luton 3-1 5%	12/1	3/1
Draw 0-0 5%	10/1	8/1
Luton 3-0 4%	14/1	11/1
Reading 2-0 4%	22/1	13/2
Luton 3-2 3%	25/1	18/5
Reading 3-1 3%	33/1	18/1
Reading 3-2 2%	40/1	1/4
Luton 4-1 2%	28/1	14/1
Over 2.5 Goals 56%	17/20	2/9
Under 2.5 Goals 44%	19/20	3/1
Home 1st Goal 52%	4/7	4/7
Away 1st Goal 45%	8/5	17/10
No 1st Goal 3%	10/1	8/1
BTTS - Yes 58%	4/5	1/3
BTTS - No 42%	19/20	21/10
BTTS - Home Win 25%	13/5	25/1
BTTS - Draw 18%	15/4	17/4
BTTS - Away Win 15%	15/2	2/13
Home/draw 73%	2/11	9/1
Away/draw 51%	1/1	1/1000
Home/away 76%	2/7	1/33
Over 1.5 Goals 79%	1/4	2/15
Under 1.5 Goals 21%	11/4	9/2
Over 3.5 Goals 34%	9/4	11/10
Under 3.5 Goals 66%	1/3	4/6
Over 4.5 Goals 18%	5/1	17/10
Under 4.5 Goals 82%	1/8	2/5
Over 5.5 Goals 8%	12/1	13/2
Under 5.5 Goals 92%	1/25	1/14
Over 0.5 Goals 95%	1/20	1/20
Under 0.5 Goals 5%	10/1	8/1
Home DNB 66%	3/10	3/10
Away DNB 44%	12/5	11/5
Luton win to nil 24%	2/1	-
Reading win to nil 13%	7/1	-
Luton / Luton 28%	7/4	55/1
Luton / Reading 3%	33/1	125/1
Luton / Draw 6%	14/1	100/1
Draw / Luton 17%	15/4	14/1
Draw / Reading 9%	17/2	28/1
Draw / Draw 15%	9/2	20/1
Reading / Luton 4%	20/1	16/5
Reading / Reading 12%	13/2	1/1
Reading / Draw 6%	14/1	9/4

Win / draw / win League One table

Luton have played 34 matches so far this season and are in 10th position in the league.

Performance against teams above them in the league

14 of those games have come against teams above them in the table. They have lost 7 games, drawn 2 and won 5. Luton have conceded 21 goals, scored 21, failed to score in 3 matches and kept 2 clean sheets.

Home league performance

Luton have played 17 games at home, winning 9, drawing 5 and losing 3 fixtures. They have scored 25 goals, conceded 15 goals, kept 7 clean sheets and failed to score 3 times in home league games.

Reading lay in 8th place on 51 points in the League One league table having played 34 matches.

Performance against teams below them in the league

They have played 23 games against teams below them in the table, winning 10, drawing 8 and losing 5 games. They have scored 38 goals and kept 6 clean sheets against lower placed opposition. Reading have conceded 28 goals and scored in every game.

Away league performance

Reading have played 16 away games, winning 4, drawing 6 and losing 6 games. They have scored an average of 1.5 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	Luton Reading
Results by League Table

	TEAM	PLD	W	D	L	GD	PTS	HOME	AWAY	HOME	AWAY
1	Lincoln	35	22	8	5	34	74	d 2-2A	l 3-1A	Apr 6	l 2-0A
2	Cardiff	35	22	6	7	30	72	l 0-1A	l 3-1A	Apr 18	l 2-1F
3	Bolton	36	17	13	6	17	64	d 1-1A	May 2	d 1-1F	d 1-1A
4	Bradford	35	18	7	10	6	61	w 2-1F	l 2-1A	w 2-1A	l 2-0A
5	Stockport	34	16	8	10	4	56	Mar 21	w 0-3F	w 1-0F	d 1-1A
6	Huddersfield	36	16	7	13	10	55	w 2-1F	l 1-0A	l 0-2A	Apr 3
7	Reading	35	14	12	9	7	54	l 2-3A	l 3-2A	-	-
8	Stevenage	34	15	9	10	3	54	w 2-1A	l 2-0A	w 1-0F	Mar 21
9	Wycombe	36	14	11	11	13	53	w 4-0F	Mar 14	w 3-2F	d 2-2A
10	Plymouth	35	15	4	16	0	49	l 2-3A	l 1-0A	Mar 14	w 1-4F
11	Luton	35	13	8	14	1	47	-	-	w 3-2F	w 2-3F
12	Barnsley	33	13	8	12	0	47	Apr 25	l 5-0A	d 2-2F	l 3-2A
13	Peterborough	35	14	4	17	1	46	Apr 3	w 0-2F	l 1-2A	d 1-1F
14	AFC Wim	34	13	7	14	-6	46	w 1-0F	Apr 6	l 1-2A	l 3-2A
15	Exeter	35	11	9	15	-2	42	Mar 17	l 1-0A	d 2-2A	d 1-1F
16	Mansfield	33	10	11	12	2	41	l 0-2A	Apr 18	d 1-1A	Mar 10
17	Burton	36	10	10	16	-12	40	d 1-1F	w 0-3F	w 2-0F	Mar 17
18	Doncaster	34	11	6	17	-20	39	w 1-0F	Mar 10	d 1-1A	Apr 11
19	Wigan	34	9	11	14	-11	38	w 1-0F	l 1-0A	Mar 28	w 1-2F
20	Blackpool	35	10	8	17	-14	38	w 1-0F	d 2-2A	May 2	w 0-3F
21	L Orient	34	10	6	18	-13	36	w 3-0F	d 1-1A	w 2-1F	l 3-1A
22	Rotherham	35	9	8	18	-15	35	d 0-00-0	Mar 28	d 1-1A	Apr 25
23	Northampton	36	9	8	19	-17	35	Apr 15	w 0-1F	w 1-0F	w 0-2F
24	Port Vale	32	6	9	17	-18	27	d 2-2F	d 1-1F	w 1-0F	d 1-1F

	Promotion
	Promotion Play Off
	Relegation

Win / draw / win form

Home

Overall

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

16 / 20

Conceded

12 / 20

Clean sheets

8 / 20

Failed to score

4 / 20

Won

Draw

HOME FORM Win / Draw / Win
Luton	1 - 1	Burton
Luton	2 - 1	Bradford
Luton	1 - 0	Blackpool
Luton	2 - 2	Lincoln
Luton	2 - 1	Stevenage
Luton	3 - 0	L Orient
Luton	4 - 0	Wycombe
Luton	2 - 2	Port Vale
Luton	1 - 1	Bolton
Luton	2 - 1	Huddersfield
Luton	0 - 0	Rotherham
Luton	0 - 2	Mansfield
Luton	1 - 0	Doncaster
Luton	2 - 3	Plymouth
Luton	0 - 1	Cardiff
Luton	1 - 0	Wigan
Luton	1 - 0	AFC Wim
Luton	1 - 0	Coventry
Luton	3 - 1	Bristol C
Luton	0 - 1	Blackburn

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

14 / 20

Conceded

16 / 20

Clean sheets

4 / 20

Failed to score

6 / 20

Won

Draw

Lost

OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
A	Luton	1 - 1	Port Vale
H	Luton	1 - 1	Burton
A	Luton	0 - 1	Wigan
A	Luton	1 - 3	Cardiff
H	Luton	2 - 1	Bradford
H	Luton	1 - 0	Blackpool
A	Luton	0 - 1	Huddersfield
A	Luton	0 - 1	Plymouth
H	Luton	2 - 2	Lincoln
H	Luton	2 - 1	Stevenage
A	Luton	0 - 1	Exeter
H	Luton	3 - 0	L Orient
H	Luton	4 - 0	Wycombe
A	Luton	2 - 3	Reading
H	Luton	2 - 2	Port Vale
A	Luton	1 - 1	L Orient
H	Luton	1 - 1	Bolton
H	Luton	2 - 1	Huddersfield
A	Luton	0 - 5	Barnsley
H	Luton	0 - 0	Rotherham

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
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
Shrewsbury	1 - 3	Reading

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

19 / 20

Conceded

15 / 20

Clean sheets

5 / 20

Failed to score

1 / 20

Won

Draw

OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
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
H	Reading	1 - 0	Stevenage

Win / draw / win head to head (H2H)

Luton have kept a clean sheet in 3 consecutive home league meetings with Reading

Luton

Reading

Goals: Scored

Games: Scored

2 / 5

Clean sheets

3 / 5

LUT

RDG

FIXTURE HISTORY AT Luton
Draw	0 - 0	Draw
Luton	1 - 0
Draw	0 - 0	Draw
	0 - 5	Reading
Luton	3 - 2

Reading

Luton

Goals: Scored

Games: Scored

5 / 6

4 / 6

Clean sheets

2 / 6

1 / 6

LUT

RDG

FIXTURE HISTORY AT Reading
Reading	3 - 2
Draw	1 - 1	Draw
	0 - 2	Luton
Reading	2 - 1
Reading	3 - 0
Reading	3 - 0

Goal Statistics

Luton Town's fans will be hoping for goals on Saturday afternoon, not least because Reading have conceded in each of their last 6 League One matches. A PG of 1.7 for J. Wilshere's side suggests that run should continue.

	Luton 11th	Reading 7th
	Kickoff prediction
Kickoff prediction	1.7 goals	1.2 goals
	Scoring probability
Scoring probability	0 18% 1 31% 2 27% 3 15% 4+ 10% There is a 82% probability that Luton will score 1 or more goals	0 29% 1 36% 2 22% 3 9% 4+ There is a 65% probability that Reading will score no more than 1 goal

	20 home / away league games
20 home / away league games	+1 Luton’s goalscoring at home has been inline with predictions	+36 Reading have scored 36% more goals when away than predicted
	1.5 average goals scored	1.7 average goals scored
	0.9 conceded	1.3 conceded

Attack defence ratings
League One - 2025/2026 season

LUT

RDG

18%

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Games scored	25		31
Failed to score	9		3
Scored first	15		18
Goals scored	43		50
Avg. goals scored	1.3		1.5
Avg. shots per game	8		8
Avg. shots per goal	6		6
Conversion rate for	16		18
Avg. XG for	1.5		1.2
KickOff rating		+18%

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LUT

RDG

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Games conceded	23		27
Clean sheets	11		7
Conceded first	18		16
Goals conceded	41		44
Avg. goals conceded	1.2		1.3
Avg. shots/game conceded	7		9
Avg. shots/goal conceded	6		7
Conversion rate against	18%		15%
Avg. XG against	1.1		1.4
KickOff rating		+5%

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

Luton League One squad statistics 2025/2026

Overall

Attack

Defence

Most starts	Most goals	Most assists	Most cards
34	9	5	8
J Keeley	J Clark	L Walsh	N Lonwijk

Line-up	Appserances	goals	Assists	cards
J Keeley GLK				-
I Jones DEF	11	1	1	-
N Lonwijk DEF	28	2		8 -
K Naismith DEF	28	1	1	4 -
J Johnson DEF	13		1	1 -
G Saville MID	29	2	3	6 -
K Palmer MID	9			3 -
J. Richards MID	17	3	1	1 -
J Clark MID	29	9	2	3 -
E. Lawrence MID	6		2	-
D Cole FWD	5			-
Subs
J Shea GLK	1			-
H Odoffin DEF	7			-
C Bramall DEF	28	2	1	2 -
L Walsh MID	23		5	3 -
S Morris FWD	24	3		-
N Wells FWD	30	4	3	1 -
G. Kadua FWD				-

Most goals	Most shots on target	Most assists	Most big chances
9	20	5	6
J Clark	J Clark	L Walsh	D Cole

Line-up	goals	shots on	Assists	big chances
J Clark MID	9	20	2	5
Subs
N Wells FWD	4	18	3	3
J. Richards MID	3	3	1	2
Subs
S Morris FWD	3	4
N Lonwijk DEF	2	5		1
G Saville MID	2	3	3	2
Subs
C Bramall DEF	2	5	1	4
I Jones DEF	1	3	1	1
K Naismith DEF	1	5	1
J Johnson DEF			1	1
K Palmer MID		3		1
E. Lawrence MID		2	2	2
Subs
H Odoffin DEF		2		1
L Walsh MID		1	5	5

Most passes	Most tackles	Most duels won
1548	42	160
K Naismith	N Lonwijk	K Naismith

Line-up	passes	tackles	duels won
K Naismith DEF	1548	39	160
N Lonwijk DEF	1129	42	125
Subs
L Walsh MID	1106	40	95
G Saville MID	1029	42	141
J Clark MID	775	28	127
J Johnson DEF	549	28	92
Subs
C Bramall DEF	543	16	67
N Wells FWD	309	17	76
K Palmer MID	279	20	56
I Jones DEF	236	24	53
Subs
S Morris FWD	223	18	61
J. Richards MID	216	18	38
Subs
H Odoffin DEF	110	11	40
E. Lawrence MID	86	7	10
D Cole FWD	51	4	14
Subs
J Shea GLK	41

Reading League One squad statistics 2025/2026

Overall

Attack

Defence

Most starts	Most goals	Most assists	Most cards
35	9	9	8
L Wing	L Wing	L Wing	P O'Connor

Line-up	Appserances	goals	Assists	cards
J Pereira GLK	32			1 -
A Yiadom DEF	23			6 -
P O'Connor DEF	25	2		8 -
D Williams DEF	18		1	5 -
B. Ward DEF	6			1 -
L Fraser MID	24	1		1 -
L Wing MID	35	9	9	2 -
K Doyle MID	34	3	5	4 -
C Savage MID	35	2	4	8 -
R Williams MID	11	1	1	-
K Ehibhatiomhan FWD	31	6		6 -
Subs
J Stevens GLK	3			-
K Abrefa DEF	19		2	2 -
J Dorsett DEF	30	2	1	4 -
F Burns DEF	25			3 -
M Ritchie MID	19	1	6	5 -
P Lane FWD	24	2	1	1 -
S Patton FWD	3			1 -

Most goals	Most shots on target	Most assists	Most big chances
9	21	9	11
L Wing	L Wing	L Wing	L Wing

Line-up	goals	shots on	Assists	big chances
L Wing MID	9	21	9	11
K Ehibhatiomhan FWD	6	16		3
K Doyle MID	3	12	5	8
P O'Connor DEF	2	4
C Savage MID	2	13	4	6
Subs
J Dorsett DEF	2	3	1	2
P Lane FWD	2	9	1	2
L Fraser MID	1	3
R Williams MID	1	1	1	1
Subs
M Ritchie MID	1	3	6	3
A Yiadom DEF		2
D Williams DEF		1	1	1
Subs
K Abrefa DEF		2	2

Most passes	Most tackles	Most duels won
1977	71	204
L Wing	L Wing	P O'Connor

Line-up	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
Subs
J Dorsett DEF	962	40	130
D Williams DEF	814	26	97
Subs
F Burns DEF	787	34	110
K Doyle MID	610	40	115
L Fraser MID	474	14	33
Subs
K Abrefa DEF	397	37	67
A Yiadom DEF	381	29	71
Subs
P Lane FWD	308	13	41
K Ehibhatiomhan FWD	276	18	122
Subs
M Ritchie MID	264	7	29
B. Ward DEF	250	12	47
R Williams MID	118	8	31
Subs
J Stevens GLK	85		1
S Patton FWD	7		1