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

Sat 3rd May, 15:00 BST, Madejski Stadium, Reading

We’ve League One action to enjoy on Saturday afternoon, as Allan Dybczak and his Reading side host Darrell Clarke’s Barnsley at the Madejski Stadium. You'll see stats supporting our top of below, but don't forget to explore 16 other markets we're covering too. We aim to give you as full a picture as possible, with League One performances and head to heads (H2Hs) 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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Best Tip: Over 1.5 goals

We've made over 1.5 goals our best tip on this match, meaning that the teams will score 2 goals or more between them during 90 mins. Both Reading and Barnsley's current form stats suggest things will go that way, while their head-to-head (H2H) record adds further weight to the argument. The bookies make it the most likely outcome in this market too, available at 1.17.

If you’re looking for a winner in this match, we think Reading are the most likely. Our predictive algorithm gives them a 55% chance of victory, and the bookies have them at a best price of 1.70.

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Predictions	Bet365	Coral
Reading 55%	1.70 2%	-
Draw 23%	3.60 5%	-
Barnsley 21%	4.10 9%	-
Draw 1-1 11%	7.50	-
Reading 1-0 11%	10.00	-
Reading 2-1 10%	8.50	-
Reading 2-0 10%	10.00	-
Barnsley 1-0 6%	17.00	-
Draw 0-0 6%	17.00	-
Reading 3-1 6%	12.00	-
Reading 3-0 6%	15.00	-
Barnsley 2-1 6%	15.00	-
Draw 2-2 5%	12.00	-
Barnsley 2-0 3%	26.00	-
Reading 3-2 3%	19.00	-
Reading 4-1 3%	23.00	-
Reading 4-0 3%	26.00	-
Barnsley 3-1 2%	29.00 15%	-
Over 2.5 Goals 53%	1.53 3%	-
Under 2.5 Goals 47%	2.40 2%	-
Home 1st Goal 55%	1.50	-
Away 1st Goal 41%	2.62	-
No 1st Goal 4%	17.00	-
BTTS - Yes 53%	1.53 3%	-
BTTS - No 47%	2.38 6%	-
BTTS - Home Win 25%	3.10	-
BTTS - Draw 17%	4.50	-
BTTS - Away Win 11%	7.00	-
Home/draw 79%	1.20 2%	-
Away/draw 45%	2.00 2%	-
Home/away 77%	1.25	-
Over 1.5 Goals 77%	1.17	-
Under 1.5 Goals 23%	5.00	-
Over 3.5 Goals 31%	2.25 5%	-
Under 3.5 Goals 69%	1.57 3%	-
Over 4.5 Goals 15%	4.00	-
Under 4.5 Goals 85%	1.22	-
Over 5.5 Goals 6%	8.00	-
Under 5.5 Goals 94%	1.08	-
Over 0.5 Goals 94%	1.02	-
Under 0.5 Goals 6%	17.00	-
Home DNB 72%	1.30	-
Away DNB 38%	3.40	-
Reading win to nil 30%	3.50	-
Barnsley win to nil 11%	10.00	-
Reading / Reading 32%	2.62	-
Reading / Barnsley 3%	29.00	-
Reading / Draw 6%	13.00	-
Draw / Reading 17%	5.00	-
Draw / Barnsley 8%	10.00 5%	-
Draw / Draw 13%	6.50	-
Barnsley / Reading 4%	19.00	-
Barnsley / Barnsley 12%	7.00	-
Barnsley / Draw 6%	15.00	-

Win / draw / win League One table

Reading have played 45 matches so far this season and lay in 7th place in the League One league table.

Performance against teams below them in the league

They have played 33 games against teams below in the table, having won 18, drawn 8 and lost 7 matches. They have kept 8 clean sheets and have failed to score in 7 fixtures. Reading have outscored their opponents by 66 goals to 65 goals.

Home League Performance

Reading have played 22 games at home winning 14, drawing 4 and losing 4 games. They have scored 35 goals, kept 9 clean sheets and conceded 17 goals at home.

Barnsley are in 12th position in the League One on 58 points having played 45 matches so far this season.

Away League Performance

10 of those games have been losing matches. They have conceded 35 goals and kept 3 clean sheets. They have scored 32 goals in total and failed to score in 4 fixtures.

Performance against teams above them in the league

21 games have come against teams above them in the table. They have lost 11 games, drawn 4 and won 6. Barnsley have conceded 44 goals, scored 32, failed to score in 5 fixtures and have kept no clean sheets.

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	Reading Barnsley
Results by League Table

	TEAM	PLD	W	D	L	GD	PTS	HOME	AWAY	HOME	AWAY
1	Birmingham	45	33	9	3	52	108	d 0-00-0	d 1-1F	l 1-2F	l 6-2A
2	Wrexham	45	26	11	8	31	89	w 2-0F	l 3-0A	w 2-1F	l 1-0A
3	Stockport	45	24	12	9	28	84	l 1-3A	l 4-1A	d 1-1F	l 2-1A
4	Wycombe	45	24	12	9	27	84	w 1-0F	d 1-1A	d 2-2A	l 2-1F
5	Charlton	45	24	10	11	22	82	w 2-0F	d 0-00-0	d 2-2F	l 1-0A
6	L Orient	45	23	6	16	21	75	l 0-1A	l 2-0A	l 0-4A	l 4-3F
7	Reading Home	45	21	12	12	13	75	-	-	d 2-2F	May 3
8	Bolton	45	20	7	18	-3	67	w 1-0F	l 5-2A	w 4-1F	w 1-2A
9	Blackpool	45	16	16	13	9	64	l 0-3A	l 3-0A	l 0-3A	w 1-2F
10	Huddersfield	45	19	7	19	6	64	w 2-1A	d 0-00-0	l 1-2F	l 2-0A
11	Lincoln	45	16	13	16	10	61	l 0-1A	l 2-0A	w 4-3F	w 1-2F
12	Barnsley Away	45	16	10	19	-6	58	May 3	d 2-2A	-	-
13	Rotherham	45	15	11	19	-6	56	w 2-1F	l 2-1F	w 2-0F	w 0-1F
14	Stevenage	45	15	11	19	-8	56	d 1-1F	d 1-1A	l 0-1A	l 3-0A
15	Exeter	45	15	11	19	-13	56	d 0-00-0	w 1-2F	l 1-2A	w 1-2A
16	Wigan	45	13	16	16	-2	55	w 2-0F	w 1-2A	l 0-1A	d 1-1F
17	Peterborough	45	13	12	20	-12	51	w 3-1F	w 1-2F	d 1-1A	w 1-3F
18	Mansfield	45	14	9	22	-16	51	w 2-1F	w 1-5F	l 1-2A	l 2-1A
19	Northampton	45	12	14	19	-18	50	w 4-1F	d 0-00-0	d 2-2F	w 1-2F
20	Burton	45	11	14	20	-15	47	w 3-1F	l 3-2A	d 0-00-0	w 1-2F
21	Crawley	45	11	10	24	-27	43	w 4-1F	d 1-1F	w 3-0F	w 0-3F
22	Bristol R	45	12	7	26	-29	43	w 1-0F	w 0-2F	w 2-1F	l 3-1A
23	Cambridge	45	9	11	25	-27	38	w 3-0F	w 1-3F	d 1-1A	d 1-1A
24	Shrewsbury	45	8	9	28	-37	33	d 1-1F	w 1-3F	l 1-2A	w 0-2F

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Win / draw / win form

Barnsley have not won in 5 consecutive away league games

Home

Overall

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

15 / 20

Conceded

13 / 20

Clean sheets

7 / 20

Failed to score

5 / 20

Won

HOME FORM Win / Draw / Win
Reading	0 - 1	Lincoln
Reading	1 - 0	Wycombe
Reading	3 - 1	Peterborough
Reading	1 - 1	Stevenage
Reading	2 - 0	Wrexham
Reading	0 - 0	Exeter
Reading	0 - 0	Birmingham
Reading	2 - 1	Rotherham
Reading	1 - 1	Shrewsbury
Reading	1 - 0	Bolton
Reading	1 - 3	Stockport
Reading	2 - 1	Mansfield
Reading	4 - 1	Northampton
Reading	0 - 3	Blackpool
Reading	3 - 0	Cambridge
Reading	1 - 0	Bristol R
Reading	4 - 1	Crawley
Reading	3 - 1	Burton
Reading	2 - 1	Huddersfield
Reading	0 - 1	L Orient

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

13 / 20

Conceded

12 / 20

Clean sheets

8 / 20

Failed to score

7 / 20

Won

Draw

OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
A	Reading	2 - 0	Bristol R
A	Reading	5 - 1	Mansfield
H	Reading	0 - 1	Lincoln
A	Reading	0 - 0	Northampton
A	Reading	3 - 1	Shrewsbury
H	Reading	1 - 0	Wycombe
A	Reading	0 - 3	Blackpool
H	Reading	3 - 1	Peterborough
H	Reading	1 - 1	Stevenage
H	Reading	2 - 0	Wrexham
A	Reading	1 - 1	Crawley
H	Reading	0 - 0	Exeter
A	Reading	2 - 1	Wigan
H	Reading	0 - 0	Birmingham
H	Reading	2 - 1	Rotherham
H	Reading	1 - 1	Shrewsbury
A	Reading	0 - 0	Huddersfield
H	Reading	1 - 0	Bolton
A	Reading	2 - 3	Burton
A	Reading	0 - 2	L Orient

Away

Overall

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

16 / 20

Conceded

18 / 20

Clean sheets

2 / 20

Failed to score

4 / 20

Won

Lost

AWAY FORM Win / Draw / Win
L Orient	4 - 3	Barnsley
Birmingham	6 - 2	Barnsley
Wigan	1 - 1	Barnsley
Mansfield	2 - 1	Barnsley
Charlton	1 - 0	Barnsley
Northampton	1 - 2	Barnsley
Rotherham	0 - 1	Barnsley
Stockport	2 - 1	Barnsley
Wycombe	2 - 1	Barnsley
Bristol R	3 - 1	Barnsley
Peterborough	1 - 3	Barnsley
Bolton	1 - 2	Barnsley
Exeter	1 - 2	Barnsley
Wrexham	1 - 0	Barnsley
Cambridge	1 - 1	Barnsley
Shrewsbury	0 - 2	Barnsley
Blackpool	1 - 2	Barnsley
Huddersfield	2 - 0	Barnsley
Burton	1 - 2	Barnsley
Stevenage	3 - 0	Barnsley

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

16 / 20

Conceded

18 / 20

Clean sheets

2 / 20

Failed to score

4 / 20

Lost

OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
H	Barnsley	1 - 2	Shrewsbury
H	Barnsley	1 - 1	Peterborough
A	Barnsley	3 - 4	L Orient
H	Barnsley	4 - 1	Bolton
A	Barnsley	2 - 6	Birmingham
H	Barnsley	1 - 2	Exeter
A	Barnsley	1 - 1	Wigan
H	Barnsley	1 - 1	Cambridge
A	Barnsley	1 - 2	Mansfield
H	Barnsley	0 - 3	Blackpool
A	Barnsley	0 - 1	Charlton
H	Barnsley	4 - 3	Lincoln
A	Barnsley	2 - 1	Northampton
A	Barnsley	1 - 0	Rotherham
H	Barnsley	1 - 2	Huddersfield
A	Barnsley	1 - 2	Stockport
H	Barnsley	0 - 0	Burton
A	Barnsley	1 - 2	Wycombe
H	Barnsley	0 - 1	Stevenage
A	Barnsley	1 - 3	Bristol R

Win / draw / win head to head (H2H)

Reading

Barnsley

Goals: Scored

Games: Scored

10 / 12

4 / 12

Clean sheets

8 / 12

2 / 12

RDG

BAR

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

Barnsley

Reading

Goals: Scored

Games: Scored

10 / 13

12 / 13

Clean sheets

1 / 13

3 / 13

RDG

BAR

FIXTURE HISTORY AT Barnsley
Draw	2 - 2	Draw
Draw	2 - 2	Draw
Draw	1 - 1	Draw
Draw	1 - 1	Draw
Draw	1 - 1	Draw
Draw	1 - 1	Draw
	1 - 2	Reading
Draw	1 - 1	Draw
	0 - 4	Reading
	0 - 1	Reading
	1 - 3	Reading
	0 - 1	Reading
Barnsley	3 - 0

Goal Statistics

Reading's fans will be hoping for goals on Saturday afternoon, not least because Barnsley have conceded in each of their last 12 League One games. A PG of 1.8 for Allan Dybczak's side suggests that run should continue.

Reading's defensive record is very strong, Allan Dybczak's men having conceded 1 or less in 5 consecutive League One games. An underwhelming PG rating of 1.0 for Barnsley makes sense in this context.

	Reading 7th	Barnsley 12th
	Kickoff prediction
Kickoff prediction	1.8 goals	1.0 goals
	Scoring probability
Scoring probability	0 17% 1 30% 2 27% 3 16% 4+ 11% There is a 83% probability that Reading will score 1 or more goals	0 36% 1 37% 2 19% 3 4+ There is a 73% probability that Barnsley will score no more than 1 goal

	20 home / away league games
20 home / away league games	-2 Reading’s goalscoring at home has been inline with predictions	=0 Barnsley’s goalscoring when away has been inline with predictions
	1.6 average goals scored	1.4 average goals scored
	0.9 conceded	1.7 conceded

Attack defence ratings
League One - 2024/2025 season

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RDG

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Games scored	33		36
Failed to score	12		9
Scored first	24		23
Goals scored	66		65
Avg. goals scored	1.5		1.4
Avg. shots per game	8		10
Avg. shots per goal	5		7
Conversion rate for	19		15
Avg. XG for	1.2		1.2
KickOff rating		0%

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Games conceded	32		39
Clean sheets	13		6
Conceded first	16		21
Goals conceded	53		71
Avg. goals conceded	1.2		1.6
Avg. shots/game conceded	10		8
Avg. shots/goal conceded	8		5
Conversion rate against	12%		19%
Avg. XG against	1.5		1.4
KickOff rating		+25%

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

Reading League One squad statistics 2024/2025

Overall

Attack

Defence

Most starts	Most goals	Most assists	Most cards
44	14	9	10
L Wing	H Knibbs	C Savage	A Mbengue

Players	Appserances	goals	Assists	cards
L Wing MID	44	8	7	5 -
C Savage MID	43	5	9	6 -
T. Bindon DEF	42	2		3 -
H Knibbs FWD	42	14	6	4 -
J Pereira GLK	38			2 -
C Campbell MID	38	5	2	3 -
G. Garcia MID	36		1	5 -
J Wareham FWD	35	5	1	3 -
A Mbengue DEF	32	1		10 -
M Camará MID	32	3	2	3 -
K Ehibhatiomhan FWD	31	4	3	5 1
M Craig MID	30	2		3 -
K Abrefa DEF	27			1 -
H Dean DEF	19		1	2 -
B Elliott MID	19	2	5	4 -
T Rushesha MID	16			-
B Bodin FWD	15	1		-
A. Akande FWD	14		1	-
J Dorsett DEF	13			-
A Yiadom DEF	13			2 -
A. Kanu DEF	10			-
L Holzman DEF	9			1 1
D Button GLK	5			-
A. Ahmed DEF	5			1 -
M Stickland DEF	5			1 1
B Tuma FWD	4			-
C Boyce-Clarke GLK	1			-
E. Osho DEF	1			-
S. Spencer FWD	1			-

Most goals	Most shots on target	Most assists	Most big chances
14	23	9	35
H Knibbs	H Knibbs	C Savage	L Wing

Players	goals	shots on	Assists	big chances
H Knibbs FWD	14	23	6	22
L Wing MID	8	22	7	35
C Savage MID	5	19	9	21
C Campbell MID	5	21	2	13
J Wareham FWD	5	11	1	5
K Ehibhatiomhan FWD	4	11	3	13
M Camará MID	3	9	2	7
M Craig MID	2	2		14
B Elliott MID	2	9	5	17
T. Bindon DEF	2	8		3
A Mbengue DEF	1	4		6
B Bodin FWD	1	2		1
L Holzman DEF				1
A. Ahmed DEF				2
A Yiadom DEF		1
G. Garcia MID		4	1	5
J Dorsett DEF		2		2
A. Akande FWD		1	1	2
H Dean DEF		3	1	4
K Abrefa DEF				1

Most passes	Most tackles	Most duels won
2419	111	269
L Wing	L Wing	H Knibbs

Players	passes	tackles	duels won
L Wing MID	2419	111	236
T. Bindon DEF	1902	46	262
C Savage MID	1422	73	105
M Craig MID	1325	71	131
A Mbengue DEF	1303	72	201
J Pereira GLK	1249		26
H Knibbs FWD	946	110	269
G. Garcia MID	791	40	145
C Campbell MID	722	31	157
B Elliott MID	623	38	95
K Abrefa DEF	510	25	67
M Camará MID	439	20	61
K Ehibhatiomhan FWD	399	21	122
T Rushesha MID	332	12	40
J Wareham FWD	319	23	127
J Dorsett DEF	314	14	60
H Dean DEF	294	4	47
A Yiadom DEF	198	12	35
M Stickland DEF	177	9	27
L Holzman DEF	172	4	19
D Button GLK	158		4
A. Kanu DEF	119	8	31
B Bodin FWD	82	3	14
A. Akande FWD	58	5	14
C Boyce-Clarke GLK	43
A. Ahmed DEF	26	2	8
B Tuma FWD	14	1	7
S. Spencer FWD	9
E. Osho DEF	1	1

Barnsley League One squad statistics 2024/2025

Overall

Attack

Defence

Most starts	Most goals	Most assists	Most cards
41	16	7	12
D Keillor-Dunn	D Keillor-Dunn	C O'Keeffe	L Connell

Players	Appserances	goals	Assists	cards
D Keillor-Dunn MID	41	16	5	3 -
C O'Keeffe DEF	40		7	10 -
L Connell MID	38	2	4	12 -
J Russell MID	37	10	2	5 -
M Gevigney DEF	36			6 2
S Humphrys FWD	36	8	2	3 -
M Roberts DEF	34	3	1	3 1
A Phillips MID	33	9	6	3 1
J Earl DEF	31	2	3	7 -
M Watters FWD	27	5	2	-
G. Gent DEF	25	1		2 -
D Pines DEF	24	2		5 -
K Nwakali MID	23	1		4 -
C McCarthy DEF	20		1	8 -
B Cotter DEF	18		1	2 -
F Jaló FWD	16	2	2	4 -
J Benson MID	14	1	1	1 -
D Lembikisa DEF	11			-
N Farrugia MID	9			1 -
J Gauci GLK	6			-
J Smith GLK	6			-
C Rodrigues FWD	6			-
J Lewis FWD	5	1		-

Most goals	Most shots on target	Most assists	Most big chances
16	40	7	42
D Keillor-Dunn	D Keillor-Dunn	C O'Keeffe	C O'Keeffe

Players	goals	shots on	Assists	big chances
D Keillor-Dunn MID	16	40	5	22
J Russell MID	10	27	2	15
A Phillips MID	9	32	6	21
S Humphrys FWD	8	32	2	18
M Watters FWD	5	16	2	5
M Roberts DEF	3	11	1	10
F Jaló FWD	2	8	2	4
D Pines DEF	2	3		2
J Earl DEF	2	8	3	8
L Connell MID	2	5	4	34
G. Gent DEF	1	6		13
K Nwakali MID	1	3		6
J Benson MID	1	4	1	2
J Lewis FWD	1	1
M Gevigney DEF		1		7
C O'Keeffe DEF		3	7	42
C McCarthy DEF		1	1	2
B Cotter DEF		5	1	8
D Lembikisa DEF		1		1
N Farrugia MID				2
C Rodrigues FWD		1

Most passes	Most tackles	Most duels won
1640	69	255
M Gevigney	M Gevigney	M Gevigney

Players	passes	tackles	duels won
M Gevigney DEF	1640	69	255
L Connell MID	1438	59	146
J Earl DEF	1337	48	175
M Roberts DEF	1297	38	235
C O'Keeffe DEF	1192	51	206
D Keillor-Dunn MID	1004	23	118
J Russell MID	1000	62	147
A Phillips MID	978	20	110
K Nwakali MID	864	22	56
C McCarthy DEF	709	29	106
D Pines DEF	576	39	115
S Humphrys FWD	405	17	167
G. Gent DEF	387	41	61
B Cotter DEF	293	24	80
M Watters FWD	207	9	36
J Gauci GLK	184		2
J Benson MID	167	15	37
D Lembikisa DEF	150	11	24
J Smith GLK	141		3
N Farrugia MID	136	13	33
F Jaló FWD	112	4	31
C Rodrigues FWD	38	1	7
J Lewis FWD	15	2	3

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

Reading have played 45 matches so far this season and lay in 7th place in the League One league table.

Performance against teams below them in the league

Home League Performance

Barnsley are in 12th position in the League One on 58 points having played 45 matches so far this season.

Away League Performance

Performance against teams above them in the league

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

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