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

Sat 31st Jan, 14:00 BST, Sixfields Stadium, Northampton

Kevin Nolan and Leam Richardson take on one another in the League One on Saturday afternoon, as Northampton Town face Reading at the Sixfields Stadium. You'll find stats supporting our top of below, but be sure to take a look at the 16 other markets we cover too. We aim to give you as full a picture as possible, with League One performances and head-to-heads included, so that you feel able to make a well-informed bet. Finally, be sure to get the best odds from leading bookmakers.


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Northampton
37%
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Draw
26%
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Reading
37%
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Draw 1-1
12%
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Northampton 1-0
9%
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Reading 1-0
9%
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Northampton 2-1
8%
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Reading 2-1
8%
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Draw 0-0
7%
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Northampton 2-0
6%
--
Reading 2-0
6%
--
Draw 2-2
5%
--
Northampton 3-1
4%
--
Reading 3-1
4%
--
Northampton 3-0
3%
--
Reading 3-0
3%
--
Northampton 3-2
2%
--
Reading 3-2
2%
--
Over 2.5 Goals
49%
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Under 2.5 Goals
51%
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Home 1st Goal
48%
--
Away 1st Goal
48%
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No 1st Goal
5%
--
BTTS - Yes
54%
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BTTS - No
46%
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BTTS - Home Win
17%
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BTTS - Draw
19%
--
BTTS - Away Win
17%
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Home/draw
63%
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Away/draw
63%
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Home/away
74%
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Over 1.5 Goals
74%
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Under 1.5 Goals
26%
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Over 3.5 Goals
27%
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Under 3.5 Goals
73%
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Over 4.5 Goals
13%
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Under 4.5 Goals
87%
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Over 5.5 Goals
5%
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Under 5.5 Goals
95%
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Over 0.5 Goals
93%
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Under 0.5 Goals
7%
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Home DNB
55%
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Away DNB
55%
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Northampton win to nil
20%
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Reading win to nil
19%
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Win / draw / win League One table

Northampton have played 25 matches so far this season and are in 21st position in the league.

Performance against teams above them in the league

22 of those games have come against teams above them in the table. They have lost 11 games, drawn 4 and won 7. Northampton have conceded 27 goals, scored 20, failed to score in 9 matches and kept 8 clean sheets.

Home league performance

Northampton have played 13 games at home, winning 5, drawing 3 and losing 5 fixtures. They have scored 14 goals, conceded 12 goals, kept 5 clean sheets and failed to score 4 times in home league games.

Reading lay in 11th place on 35 points in the League One league table having played 25 matches.

Performance against teams below them in the league

They have played 14 games against teams below them in the table, winning 6, drawing 4 and losing 4 games. They have scored 22 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 12 away games, winning 2, drawing 5 and losing 5 games. They have scored an average of 1.4 goals per away game and conceded an average 1.6 goals per away game.

Won
Draw
Lost
Northampton
Reading
Results by League Table
TEAM PLD W D L GD PTS HOME AWAY HOME AWAY
1
Cardiff2617451955 
l
 
1-3A
Apr 25
Apr 18
l
 
2-1F
2
Lincoln2614751449 
l
 
0-1A
Feb 17
Apr 6
l
 
2-0A
3
Bradford251375846 
d
 
0-00-0
Apr 3
Feb 28
l
 
2-0A
4
Stockport261367545 
d
 
0-00-0
Mar 17
w
 
1-0F
d
 
1-1A
5
Bolton261196842 
w
 
2-0F
d
 
0-00-0
Feb 17
d
 
1-1A
6
Huddersfield2711610839 
d
 
1-1F
l
 
2-0A
l
 
0-2A
Apr 3
7
Luton261169539 
l
 
0-1A
Apr 11
w
 
3-2F
Mar 7
8
Stevenage241077437 
Feb 7
l
 
2-0A
w
 
1-0F
Mar 21
9
Wycombe26998536 
l
 
1-2A
l
 
2-0A
Feb 14
d
 
2-2A
10
Mansfield241059635 
w
 
2-1A
Mar 21
d
 
1-1A
-
11
Reading25988235 
Jan 31
l
 
1-0A
-
-
12
Peterborough2611213-235 
Feb 28
l
 
2-1A
l
 
1-2A
d
 
1-1F
13
Exeter2510312533 
w
 
2-0F
Feb 14
Jan 27
d
 
1-1F
14
Plymouth2610313-633 
May 2
w
 
0-3F
Mar 14
w
 
1-4F
15
Barnsley22958132 
Mar 28
-
Jan 24
l
 
3-2A
16
L Orient269512-432 
Feb 21
w
 
0-1F
w
 
2-1F
l
 
3-1A
17
AFC Wim259412-731 
w
 
3-1F
Mar 7
l
 
1-2A
Feb 7
18
Wigan25799-230 
Apr 6
l
 
3-1A
Mar 28
Feb 10
19
Burton258611-930 
Mar 14
l
 
5-1A
w
 
2-0F
Mar 17
20
Blackpool268513-729 
w
 
1-0F
Jan 24
May 2
w
 
0-3F
21
Northampton258512-729 
-
-
w
 
1-0F
Jan 31
22
Doncaster257513-1626 
Apr 18
w
 
1-2A
d
 
1-1A
Apr 11
23
Rotherham256613-1424 
l
 
1-2F
Jan 27
d
 
1-1A
Apr 25
24
Port Vale244614-1618 
Feb 24
d
 
0-00-0
w
 
1-0F
Feb 21
Promotion
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Relegation
Win / draw / win form
Northampton 19TH
20 league games
Home
Overall
Goals: Scored
21
Conceded
20
Games: Scored
13 / 20
Conceded
14 / 20
Clean sheets
6 / 20
Failed to score
7 / 20
Won
6
Draw
7
Lost
7
HOME FORM Win / Draw / Win
Northampton1 - 2Wycombe
Northampton0 - 0Stockport
Northampton3 - 1AFC Wim
Northampton1 - 1Huddersfield
Northampton1 - 3Cardiff
Northampton2 - 1Mansfield
Northampton0 - 1Luton
Northampton1 - 2Rotherham
Northampton2 - 0Bolton
Northampton1 - 0Blackpool
Northampton2 - 0Exeter
Northampton0 - 1Lincoln
Northampton0 - 0Bradford
Northampton1 - 1Wigan
Northampton4 - 1Shrewsbury
Northampton0 - 0Reading
Northampton0 - 2Rotherham
Northampton0 - 2Blackpool
Northampton1 - 1Birmingham
Northampton1 - 1Stockport
Goals: Scored
20
Conceded
24
Games: Scored
13 / 20
Conceded
13 / 20
Clean sheets
7 / 20
Failed to score
7 / 20
Won
7
D
4
Lost
9
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
HNorthampton1 - 2Wycombe
ANorthampton0 - 0Bolton
HNorthampton0 - 0Stockport
ANorthampton0 - 2Huddersfield
ANorthampton1 - 5Burton
HNorthampton3 - 1AFC Wim
ANorthampton1 - 2Peterborough
HNorthampton1 - 1Huddersfield
ANorthampton3 - 0Plymouth
HNorthampton1 - 3Cardiff
HNorthampton2 - 1Mansfield
HNorthampton0 - 1Luton
ANorthampton0 - 1Reading
ANorthampton2 - 1Doncaster
HNorthampton1 - 2Rotherham
ANorthampton0 - 0Port Vale
HNorthampton2 - 0Bolton
ANorthampton0 - 2Wycombe
HNorthampton1 - 0Blackpool
ANorthampton1 - 0L Orient
Reading 10TH
20 league games
Away
Overall
Goals: Scored
30
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
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
Mansfield1 - 5Reading
Northampton0 - 0Reading
Shrewsbury1 - 3Reading
Blackpool3 - 0Reading
Crawley1 - 1Reading
Wigan1 - 2Reading
Huddersfield0 - 0Reading
Goals: Scored
29
Conceded
22
Games: Scored
19 / 20
Conceded
14 / 20
Clean sheets
6 / 20
Failed to score
1 / 20
Won
9
Draw
6
Lost
5
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
AReading1 - 3L Orient
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
Win / draw / win head to head (H2H)
League games at Northampton since 2023
Northampton
Reading
Goals: Scored
3
1
Games: Scored
1 / 2
1 / 2
Clean sheets
1 / 2
1 / 2
NHT
1
D
1
FIXTURE HISTORY AT Northampton
Draw0 - 0Draw
Northampton3 - 1
League games at Reading since 2024
Reading
Northampton
Goals: Scored
6
1
Games: Scored
3 / 3
1 / 3
Clean sheets
2 / 3
0 / 3
RDG
3
FIXTURE HISTORY AT Reading
Reading1 - 0
Reading4 - 1
Reading1 - 0
Goal Statistics
Northampton 19th Reading 10th
Kickoff prediction
Kickoff prediction
1.3
goals
1.3
goals
Scoring probability
Scoring probability
0
27%
1
35%
2
23%
3
10%
4+
There is a 62% probability that Northampton will score no more than 1 goal
0
27%
1
35%
2
23%
3
10%
4+
There is a 62% probability that Reading will score no more than 1 goal
 
20 home / away league games
20 home / away league games
-4
Northampton’s goalscoring at home has been inline with predictions
+29
Reading have scored 29% more goals when away than predicted
1.1
average goals scored
1.5
average goals scored
1.0
conceded
1.3
conceded
 
Attack defence ratings
League One - 2025/2026 season
Northampton
PG (predicted goals)
Reading
1.3
1.3
Attack rating
NHT
RDG
28%
better
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Games scored15
22
Failed to score10
3
Scored first8
12
Goals scored23
33
Avg. goals scored0.9
1.3
Avg. shots per game6
9
Avg. shots per goal7
7
Conversion rate for15
15
Avg. XG for1
1.2
KickOff rating
+28%
Defence rating
10%
better
NHT
RDG
view stats
Games conceded16
19
Clean sheets9
6
Conceded first13
13
Goals conceded30
31
Avg. goals conceded1.2
1.2
Avg. shots/game conceded9
8
Avg. shots/goal conceded8
7
Conversion rate against13%
15%
Avg. XG against1.5
1.4
KickOff rating
+10%

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

Northampton League One squad statistics 2025/2026
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
22445
T TaylorS HoskinsD CampbellJ Thorniley
PlayersAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
T Taylor MID232
4
-
D Campbell MID224
1
-
E. Wheatley FWD2231
4
-
S Hoskins FWD214
3
-
N Guinness-Walker DEF2012
1
-
C McCarthy DEF1912
4
-
T Fornah MID191
3
-
E List FWD191
1
-
M Dyche DEF181
-
J Thorniley DEF181
5
-
J. Perkins MID1812
2
1
K Simon-Swyer FWD18
1
-
R Fitzsimons GLK17
1
-
M. Forbes DEF1611
1
-
C McGeehan  MID1641
1
-
J Burroughs DEF15
1
-
T Eaves FWD1541
-
J Wormleighton DEF12
2
-
J Willis DEF101
-
K Edwards FWD10
-
L Burge GLK8
-
J Vale FWD7
-
J Guthrie DEF61
-
M Jacobs FWD6
-
Reading League One squad statistics 2025/2026
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
25945
L WingJ MarriottL WingC Savage
PlayersAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
C Savage MID2521
5
-
L Wing MID2584
2
-
K Doyle MID2433
2
-
D Kyerewaa MID2433
5
-
J Pereira GLK22
-
J Dorsett DEF221
2
-
K Ehibhatiomhan FWD213
4
-
K Abrefa DEF192
2
-
F Burns DEF18
3
-
M O’Mahony FWD16
1
-
D Williams DEF151
3
-
P O'Connor DEF15
3
-
A Yiadom DEF15
5
-
L Fraser MID151
-
J Marriott FWD1593
-
M Jacob DEF14
4
-
P Lane FWD1411
1
-
M Ritchie MID134
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
-