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

Sat 24th Jan, 15:00 BST, Madejski Stadium, Reading

It's an away trip for Conor Hourihane's Barnsley side on Saturday afternoon, as they head to the Madejski Stadium for a League One meeting with Leam Richardson's Reading. League One statistics are the backbone of the predictions you'll find below, with head to head (H2H) performance included too. You can view it all, with data visualisations and odds from the UK's biggest bookmakers available for seventeen major betting markets via the tabs.

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Best Tip: Under 3.5 goals

We can expect some goalmouth action in this one, but don't count on a deluge of goals. Under 3.5 goals is the prediction, meaning that 3 goals is the absolute maximum we'll see during 90 mins. Get best odds on under 3.5 just below, followed by market-specific form stats and head-to-head (H2H) records.

If you’re looking for a winner in this match, we think Reading are the most likely. Our predictive algorithm gives them a 49% chance of victory, and the bookies have them at a best price of 2.15.

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

Predictions	Bet365	Coral
Reading 49%	11/10 5%	23/20
Draw 25%	5/2	27/10 3%
Barnsley 25%	2/1 8%	11/5
Draw 1-1 12%	6/1	11/2
Reading 1-0 12%	8/1 6%	7/1
Reading 2-1 9%	8/1	7/1
Reading 2-0 9%	10/1 10%	9/1 5%
Barnsley 1-0 8%	11/1	17/2
Draw 0-0 7%	12/1	10/1
Barnsley 2-1 6%	10/1 8%	17/2 5%
Draw 2-2 5%	12/1	10/1
Reading 3-1 5%	16/1 13%	12/1
Reading 3-0 5%	20/1 11%	14/1
Barnsley 2-0 4%	16/1 11%	12/1
Reading 3-2 3%	22/1	16/1 11%
Barnsley 3-1 2%	22/1 12%	18/1
Reading 4-1 2%	33/1	22/1
Reading 4-0 2%	40/1	25/1 10%
Over 2.5 Goals 48%	8/11 4%	3/4
Under 2.5 Goals 52%	43/40 4%	1/1
Home 1st Goal 52%	8/11	3/4
Away 1st Goal 43%	11/10 5%	6/5
No 1st Goal 5%	12/1	10/1
BTTS - Yes 51%	8/13 3%	13/20
BTTS - No 49%	6/5 5%	23/20 2%
BTTS - Home Win 21%	3/1	14/5
BTTS - Draw 18%	7/2	10/3
BTTS - Away Win 12%	9/2 8%	17/4 5%
Home/draw 75%	1/3	7/20 2%
Away/draw 51%	8/13 10%	7/10
Home/away 75%	1/4 3%	2/7
Over 1.5 Goals 73%	2/9	2/9
Under 1.5 Goals 27%	3/1	14/5
Over 3.5 Goals 26%	7/4 8%	9/5
Under 3.5 Goals 74%	2/5 3%	2/5
Over 4.5 Goals 12%	9/2	17/4
Under 4.5 Goals 88%	1/7	1/7
Over 5.5 Goals 5%	10/1 15%	9/1
Under 5.5 Goals 95%	1/20 1%	1/25
Over 0.5 Goals 93%	1/25	1/33
Under 0.5 Goals 7%	12/1	10/1
Home DNB 67%	4/7 5%	11/20
Away DNB 43%	5/4 10%	13/10
Reading win to nil 28%	3/1 7%	-
Barnsley win to nil 14%	5/1 8%	-
Reading / Reading 24%	12/5 5%	11/5
Reading / Barnsley 3%	28/1	20/1 9%
Reading / Draw 6%	12/1	11/1
Draw / Reading 15%	9/2	17/4 5%
Draw / Barnsley 11%	13/2	6/1
Draw / Draw 14%	5/1	9/2
Barnsley / Reading 4%	22/1	18/1
Barnsley / Barnsley 16%	4/1 9%	19/5
Barnsley / Draw 6%	12/1 13%	11/1

Win / draw / win League One table

Reading have played 25 matches so far this season and lay in 11th place in the League One league table.

Performance against teams below them in the league

They have played 14 games against teams below in the table, having won 6, drawn 4 and lost 4 matches. They have kept 4 clean sheets and have scored in every game. They have been outscored by their opponents by 35 goals to 33 goals.

Home League Performance

Reading have played 13 games at home winning 7, drawing 3 and losing 3 games. They have scored 16 goals, kept 5 clean sheets and conceded 12 goals at home.

Barnsley are in 15th position in the League One on 32 points having played 22 matches so far this season.

Away League Performance

4 of those games have been losing matches. They have conceded 17 goals and kept 1 clean sheet. They have scored 13 goals in total and failed to score in 3 fixtures.

Performance against teams above them in the league

13 games have come against teams above them in the table. They have lost 4 games, drawn 4 and won 5. Barnsley have conceded 21 goals, scored 24, failed to score in 2 fixtures and have kept 2 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	Cardiff	26	17	4	5	19	55	Apr 18	l 2-1F	-	Jan 27
2	Lincoln	26	14	7	5	14	49	Apr 6	l 2-0A	l 0-2A	l 3-1A
3	Bradford	25	13	7	5	8	46	Feb 28	l 2-0A	Apr 18	d 2-2A
4	Stockport	26	13	6	7	5	45	w 1-0F	d 1-1A	May 2	d 1-1F
5	Bolton	27	11	10	6	8	43	Feb 17	d 1-1A	d 1-1F	Feb 7
6	Huddersfield	27	11	6	10	8	39	l 0-2A	Apr 3	w 3-1F	Feb 21
7	Luton	26	11	6	9	5	39	w 3-2F	Mar 7	w 5-0F	Apr 25
8	Stevenage	25	10	8	7	4	38	w 1-0F	Mar 21	Jan 31	-
9	Wycombe	26	9	9	8	5	36	Feb 14	d 2-2A	Mar 3	d 2-2F
10	Mansfield	24	10	5	9	6	35	d 1-1A	-	l 2-3F	Mar 14
11	Reading	25	9	8	8	2	35	-	-	w 3-2F	Jan 24
12	Peterborough	26	11	2	13	-2	35	l 1-2A	d 1-1F	Feb 17	w 0-1F
13	Exeter	25	10	3	12	5	33	Jan 27	d 1-1F	Mar 7	l 3-0A
14	Plymouth	26	10	3	13	-6	33	Mar 14	w 1-4F	Apr 6	w 1-3F
15	Barnsley	22	9	5	8	1	32	Jan 24	l 3-2A	-	-
16	L Orient	26	9	5	12	-4	32	w 2-1F	l 3-1A	w 3-2F	Feb 28
17	AFC Wim	25	9	4	12	-7	31	l 1-2A	Feb 7	Feb 14	l 2-0A
18	Wigan	25	7	9	9	-2	30	Mar 28	-	Mar 17	d 1-1A
19	Burton	25	8	6	11	-9	30	w 2-0F	Mar 17	w 3-2A	Apr 3
20	Blackpool	26	8	5	13	-7	29	May 2	w 0-3F	w 2-1F	l 1-0A
21	Northampton	25	8	5	12	-7	29	w 1-0F	Jan 31	-	Mar 28
22	Doncaster	25	7	5	13	-16	26	d 1-1A	Apr 11	Mar 21	w 1-2F
23	Rotherham	25	6	6	13	-14	24	d 1-1A	Apr 25	l 0-1A	Apr 11
24	Port Vale	24	4	6	14	-16	18	w 1-0F	Feb 21	l 0-2A	-

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Win / draw / win form

Reading have won 3 consecutive home league games

Home

Overall

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

17 / 20

Conceded

12 / 20

Clean sheets

8 / 20

Failed to score

3 / 20

Won

Draw

Lost

HOME FORM Win / Draw / Win
Reading	1 - 0	Stockport
Reading	2 - 0	Burton
Reading	3 - 2	Luton
Reading	1 - 2	Peterborough
Reading	1 - 1	Rotherham
Reading	1 - 0	Stevenage
Reading	1 - 1	Doncaster
Reading	1 - 0	Northampton
Reading	1 - 1	Mansfield
Reading	2 - 1	L Orient
Reading	1 - 0	Port Vale
Reading	1 - 2	AFC Wim
Reading	0 - 2	Huddersfield
Reading	2 - 4	Barnsley
Reading	0 - 1	Lincoln
Reading	1 - 0	Wycombe
Reading	3 - 1	Peterborough
Reading	1 - 1	Stevenage
Reading	2 - 0	Wrexham
Reading	0 - 0	Exeter

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

19 / 20

Conceded

14 / 20

Clean sheets

6 / 20

Failed to score

1 / 20

Won

Draw

Lost

OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
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
H	Reading	1 - 1	Doncaster
H	Reading	1 - 0	Northampton
A	Reading	1 - 2	Cardiff
A	Reading	1 - 1	Exeter
H	Reading	1 - 1	Mansfield
A	Reading	1 - 1	Stockport
H	Reading	2 - 1	L Orient
A	Reading	2 - 3	Barnsley
H	Reading	1 - 0	Port Vale

Away

Overall

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

16 / 20

Conceded

18 / 20

Clean sheets

2 / 20

Failed to score

4 / 20

Won

Draw

Lost

AWAY FORM Win / Draw / Win
Wigan	1 - 1	Barnsley
Exeter	3 - 0	Barnsley
Lincoln	3 - 1	Barnsley
Stockport	1 - 1	Barnsley
Doncaster	1 - 2	Barnsley
Bradford	2 - 2	Barnsley
Wycombe	2 - 2	Barnsley
Blackpool	1 - 0	Barnsley
AFC Wim	2 - 0	Barnsley
Peterborough	0 - 1	Barnsley
Plymouth	1 - 3	Barnsley
Reading	2 - 4	Barnsley
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

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

14 / 20

Conceded

18 / 20

Clean sheets

2 / 20

Failed to score

6 / 20

Won

Draw

Lost

OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
H	Barnsley	2 - 1	Blackpool
A	Barnsley	1 - 1	Wigan
H	Barnsley	0 - 2	Lincoln
H	Barnsley	2 - 3	Mansfield
A	Barnsley	0 - 3	Exeter
H	Barnsley	3 - 2	L Orient
A	Barnsley	1 - 3	Lincoln
A	Barnsley	1 - 1	Stockport
H	Barnsley	5 - 0	Luton
A	Barnsley	2 - 1	Doncaster
H	Barnsley	0 - 1	Rotherham
A	Barnsley	2 - 2	Bradford
A	Barnsley	2 - 2	Wycombe
H	Barnsley	0 - 2	Port Vale
A	Barnsley	0 - 1	Blackpool
H	Barnsley	3 - 2	Reading
H	Barnsley	3 - 1	Huddersfield
A	Barnsley	0 - 2	AFC Wim
A	Barnsley	1 - 0	Peterborough
H	Barnsley	1 - 1	Bolton

Win / draw / win head to head (H2H)

Barnsley have not lost to Reading in 6 consecutive league meetings

Reading

Barnsley

Goals: Scored

Games: Scored

11 / 13

5 / 13

Clean sheets

8 / 13

2 / 13

RDG

BAR

FIXTURE HISTORY AT Reading
	2 - 4	Barnsley
	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

11 / 14

13 / 14

Clean sheets

1 / 14

3 / 14

RDG

BAR

FIXTURE HISTORY AT Barnsley
Barnsley	3 - 2
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 have been consistent in attack of late, scoring in 5 consecutive League One matches. Their PG of 1.6 against Barnsley on Saturday suggests they're likely to extend that run.

	Reading 10th	Barnsley 15th
	Kickoff prediction
Kickoff prediction	1.6 goals	1.0 goals
	Scoring probability
Scoring probability	0 21% 1 33% 2 26% 3 13% 4+ There is a 79% probability that Reading will score 1 or more goals	0 35% 1 37% 2 19% 3 4+ There is a 72% probability that Barnsley will score no more than 1 goal

	20 home / away league games
20 home / away league games	-8 Reading’s goalscoring at home has been inline with predictions	+13 Barnsley have scored 13% more goals when away than predicted
	1.3 average goals scored	1.4 average goals scored
	1.0 conceded	1.8 conceded

Attack defence ratings
League One - 2025/2026 season

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Games scored	22		16
Failed to score	3		6
Scored first	12		12
Goals scored	33		35
Avg. goals scored	1.3		1.6
Avg. shots per game	9		8
Avg. shots per goal	7		5
Conversion rate for	15		19
Avg. XG for	1.2		1.2
KickOff rating		+5%

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Games conceded	19		20
Clean sheets	6		2
Conceded first	13		10
Goals conceded	31		34
Avg. goals conceded	1.2		1.5
Avg. shots/game conceded	8		9
Avg. shots/goal conceded	7		6
Conversion rate against	15%		17%
Avg. XG against	1.4		1.7
KickOff rating		+14%

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

Reading League One squad statistics 2025/2026

Overall

Attack

Defence

Most starts	Most goals	Most assists	Most cards
25	9	4	5
L Wing	J Marriott	L Wing	C Savage

Players	Appserances	goals	Assists	cards
C Savage MID	25	2	1	5 -
L Wing MID	25	8	4	2 -
K Doyle MID	24	3	3	2 -
D Kyerewaa MID	24	3	3	5 -
J Pereira GLK	22			-
J Dorsett DEF	22		1	2 -
K Ehibhatiomhan FWD	21	3		4 -
K Abrefa DEF	19		2	2 -
F Burns DEF	18			3 -
M O’Mahony FWD	16			1 -
D Williams DEF	15		1	3 -
P O'Connor DEF	15			3 -
A Yiadom DEF	15			5 -
L Fraser MID	15	1		-
J Marriott FWD	15	9	3	-
M Jacob DEF	14			4 -
P Lane FWD	14	1	1	1 -
M Ritchie MID	13		4	5 -
M Camará MID	11	1		1 -
A. Ahmed DEF	9			3 -
G. Garcia DEF	9	1		1 -
B Elliott MID	8			1 -
M Stickland DEF	4			1 -
J Stevens GLK	3			-
B Tuma FWD	1			-

Most goals	Most shots on target	Most assists	Most big chances
9	18	4	6
J Marriott	J Marriott	L Wing	L Wing

Players	goals	shots on	Assists	big chances
J Marriott FWD	9	18	3	2
L Wing MID	8	17	4	6
K Doyle MID	3	8	3	5
D Kyerewaa MID	3	8	3	2
K Ehibhatiomhan FWD	3	12		3
C Savage MID	2	13	1	4
L Fraser MID	1	3
P Lane FWD	1	7	1	1
M Camará MID	1	1
G. Garcia DEF	1	1
J Dorsett DEF		1	1	2
K Abrefa DEF		2	2
M O’Mahony FWD		3
D Williams DEF		1	1	1
P O'Connor DEF		2
A Yiadom DEF		1
M Jacob DEF		1		1
M Ritchie MID		2	4	1
A. Ahmed DEF				1
B Elliott MID		2		1

Most passes	Most tackles	Most duels won
1377	53	124
L Wing	C Savage	L Wing

Players	passes	tackles	duels won
L Wing MID	1377	52	124
C Savage MID	1086	53	73
J Pereira GLK	875	2	20
F Burns DEF	770	33	102
P O'Connor DEF	756	13	115
D Williams DEF	668	23	85
J Dorsett DEF	592	30	87
D Kyerewaa MID	460	17	97
M Jacob DEF	418	14	62
K Abrefa DEF	397	35	65
K Doyle MID	381	28	73
A Yiadom DEF	277	17	46
K Ehibhatiomhan FWD	214	11	89
A. Ahmed DEF	206	14	35
L Fraser MID	205	10	23
M Ritchie MID	205	4	20
P Lane FWD	197	10	31
B Elliott MID	189	13	37
J Marriott FWD	132	6	21
M Stickland DEF	123	3	14
M Camará MID	89	4	21
J Stevens GLK	85		1
M O’Mahony FWD	59	6	36
G. Garcia DEF	44	2	12
B Tuma FWD	3		1

Barnsley League One squad statistics 2025/2026

Overall

Attack

Defence

Most starts	Most goals	Most assists	Most cards
21	11	6	8
M. Cooper	D Keillor-Dunn	R Cleary	L Connell

Players	Appserances	goals	Assists	cards
M. Cooper GLK	21			4 -
J Shepherd DEF	21			2 1
D Keillor-Dunn MID	21	11	1	2 -
J. Bland MID	21		1	7 -
A Phillips MID	20	3	3	1 -
L Connell MID	20	2	2	7 1
T Watson DEF	19		1	1 -
P Kelly MID	19	2	3	4 -
D McGoldrick FWD	19	4	1	2 -
R Cleary FWD	18	5	6	2 -
V. Yoganathan MID	17	2		2 1
N Ogbeta DEF	15		1	1 -
J Earl DEF	15	1		4 -
C. Vickers MID	15	2	2	-
M Gevigney DEF	12		1	-
J Russell MID	12	1		1 -
N Farrugia MID	12			1 -
M Roberts DEF	9			2 -
F Jaló FWD	3			-
J Rooney DEF	1			-

Most goals	Most shots on target	Most assists	Most big chances
11	25	6	8
D Keillor-Dunn	D Keillor-Dunn	R Cleary	L Connell

Players	goals	shots on	Assists	big chances
D Keillor-Dunn MID	11	25	1	3
R Cleary FWD	5	13	6	5
D McGoldrick FWD	4	11	1	1
A Phillips MID	3	9	3	4
L Connell MID	2	8	2	8
P Kelly MID	2	8	3	3
V. Yoganathan MID	2	3
C. Vickers MID	2	3	2	4
J Earl DEF	1	1		1
J Russell MID	1	3
J Shepherd DEF		1
J. Bland MID		3	1	3
T Watson DEF		1	1	1
N Ogbeta DEF			1	3
M Gevigney DEF			1	3

Most passes	Most tackles	Most duels won
1241	37	134
J Shepherd	J. Bland	J Shepherd

Players	passes	tackles	duels won
J Shepherd DEF	1241	16	134
L Connell MID	1197	35	88
J Earl DEF	923	24	92
A Phillips MID	804	17	80
T Watson DEF	785	35	101
M. Cooper GLK	710	6	18
J. Bland MID	699	37	80
D Keillor-Dunn MID	501	10	50
M Gevigney DEF	418	15	64
P Kelly MID	404	27	82
N Ogbeta DEF	388	25	60
M Roberts DEF	366	11	63
C. Vickers MID	341	9	32
D McGoldrick FWD	340	13	50
V. Yoganathan MID	308	18	67
R Cleary FWD	173	19	59
N Farrugia MID	121	16	38
J Russell MID	76	4	19
F Jaló FWD	23		3
J Rooney DEF	5	3	3