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

Madejski Stadium, Reading

Allan Dybczak's Reading side will have home backing in the League One on Saturday afternoon, as Darrell Clarke's Barnsley visit the Madejski Stadium. We want you to make a smart bet on this match, so we've sifted through our extensive database and pulled out the stats that will help you do exactly that. Head to head (H2H) and recent form is included, and it all goes into our algorithmic predictions. Odds are there to make sure you get the best return.

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The last English League One meeting between Reading and Barnsley was on Saturday 3rd May 2025

English League One

May 3rd 2025

Reading 2	4 Barnsley

L. Wing 67'	52' S. Humphrys
B. Bodin 90'	57' J. Russell
	79' D. Keillor-Dunn
	85' D. Keillor-Dunn

	RDG BAR
Shots On	4 9
Shots Off	4 2
Corners	5 3
Possession	53% 47%
Fouls	9 10
Yellow/red cards	1/0 2/0

Reading	Barnsley

J. Pereira Castro A. Mbengue T. Bindon T. Rushesha (A. Yiadom 57') C. Campbell (M. Camara 82') C. Savage (T. Carroll 90') L. Wing G. Garcia (J. Dorsett 82') K. Ehibhaimha (B. Bodin 57') H. Knibbs J. Wareham	J. Gauci J. Earl D. Lembikisa (M. Watters 82') B. Cotter M. Durand de Gevigney M. Roberts J. Russell (K. Graham 90') D. Keillor-Dunn (A. Phillips 82') L. Connell J. Bland (C. O'Keeffe 71') S. Humphrys

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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 57% chance of victory, and the bookies have them at a best price of 1.70.

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

Predictions	Bet365	Coral
Reading 57%	13/20 5%	-
Draw 23%	29/10 3%	-
Barnsley 20%	15/4 6%	-
Reading 1-0 11%	9/1	-
Draw 1-1 11%	7/1 7%	-
Reading 2-0 10%	17/2 5%	-
Reading 2-1 10%	15/2	-
Draw 0-0 6%	16/1	-
Reading 3-0 6%	12/1 13%	-
Barnsley 1-0 6%	18/1 12%	-
Reading 3-1 6%	11/1	-
Barnsley 2-1 5%	14/1	-
Draw 2-2 5%	12/1 8%	-
Barnsley 2-0 3%	28/1 12%	-
Reading 3-2 3%	18/1	-
Reading 4-0 3%	22/1 12%	-
Reading 4-1 3%	20/1 9%	-
Barnsley 3-1 2%	33/1	-
Over 2.5 Goals 52%	8/15 3%	-
Under 2.5 Goals 48%	7/5 2%	-
Home 1st Goal 55%	4/9 4%	-
Away 1st Goal 41%	7/4 5%	-
No 1st Goal 4%	16/1	-
BTTS - Yes 52%	4/7	-
BTTS - No 48%	5/4	-
BTTS - Home Win 25%	2/1 3%	-
BTTS - Draw 17%	15/4 6%	-
BTTS - Away Win 10%	13/2 7%	-
Home/draw 80%	2/11	-
Away/draw 43%	6/5 7%	-
Home/away 77%	1/4	-
Over 1.5 Goals 76%	1/6	-
Under 1.5 Goals 24%	4/1	-
Over 3.5 Goals 30%	5/4 5%	-
Under 3.5 Goals 70%	4/7 3%	-
Over 4.5 Goals 15%	3/1	-
Under 4.5 Goals 85%	2/9	-
Over 5.5 Goals 6%	7/1	-
Under 5.5 Goals 94%	1/12	-
Over 0.5 Goals 94%	1/40	-
Under 0.5 Goals 6%	16/1	-
Home DNB 73%	1/4 4%	-
Away DNB 36%	11/4 10%	-
Reading win to nil 32%	12/5 3%	-
Barnsley win to nil 10%	9/1	-
Reading / Reading 35%	6/4 5%	-
Reading / Barnsley 2%	33/1 17%	-
Reading / Draw 6%	12/1	-
Draw / Reading 18%	15/4 5%	-
Draw / Barnsley 8%	9/1 5%	-
Draw / Draw 12%	6/1 8%	-
Barnsley / Reading 4%	18/1	-
Barnsley / Barnsley 10%	13/2 7%	-
Barnsley / Draw 6%	14/1	-

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	46	34	9	3	53	111	d 0-00-0	d 1-1F	l 1-2F	l 6-2A
2	Wrexham	46	27	11	8	33	92	w 2-0F	l 3-0A	w 2-1F	l 1-0A
3	Stockport	46	25	12	9	30	87	l 1-3A	l 4-1A	d 1-1F	l 2-1A
4	Charlton	46	25	10	11	24	85	w 2-0F	d 0-00-0	d 2-2F	l 1-0A
5	Wycombe	46	24	12	10	25	84	w 1-0F	d 1-1A	d 2-2A	l 2-1F
6	L Orient	46	24	6	16	24	78	l 0-1A	l 2-0A	l 0-4A	l 4-3F
7	Reading Home	46	21	12	13	11	75	-	-	d 2-2F	w 2-4F
8	Bolton	46	20	8	18	-3	68	w 1-0F	l 5-2A	w 4-1F	w 1-2A
9	Blackpool	46	17	16	13	12	67	l 0-3A	l 3-0A	l 0-3A	w 1-2F
10	Huddersfield	46	19	7	20	3	64	w 2-1A	d 0-00-0	l 1-2F	l 2-0A
11	Lincoln	46	16	13	17	8	61	l 0-1A	l 2-0A	w 4-3F	w 1-2F
12	Barnsley Away	46	17	10	19	-4	61	l 2-4A	d 2-2A	-	-
13	Rotherham	46	16	11	19	-5	59	w 2-1F	l 2-1F	w 2-0F	w 0-1F
14	Stevenage	46	15	12	19	-8	57	d 1-1F	d 1-1A	l 0-1A	l 3-0A
15	Wigan	46	13	17	16	-2	56	w 2-0F	w 1-2A	l 0-1A	d 1-1F
16	Exeter	46	15	11	20	-16	56	d 0-00-0	w 1-2F	l 1-2A	w 1-2A
17	Mansfield	46	15	9	22	-13	54	w 2-1F	w 1-5F	l 1-2A	l 2-1A
18	Peterborough	46	13	12	21	-13	51	w 3-1F	w 1-2F	d 1-1A	w 1-3F
19	Northampton	46	12	15	19	-18	51	w 4-1F	d 0-00-0	d 2-2F	w 1-2F
20	Burton	46	11	14	21	-17	47	w 3-1F	l 3-2A	d 0-00-0	w 1-2F
21	Crawley	46	12	10	24	-26	46	w 4-1F	d 1-1F	w 3-0F	w 0-3F
22	Bristol R	46	12	7	27	-32	43	w 1-0F	w 0-2F	w 2-1F	l 3-1A
23	Cambridge	46	9	11	26	-28	38	w 3-0F	w 1-3F	d 1-1A	d 1-1A
24	Shrewsbury	46	8	9	29	-38	33	d 1-1F	w 1-3F	l 1-2A	w 0-2F

	Promotion
	Promotion Play Off
	Relegation

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 13 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 6 consecutive League One matches. An average 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 38% 1 37% 2 18% 3 4+ There is a 75% probability of Barnsley scoring 1 goal or less

	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
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Goals scored	0		0
Avg. goals scored	0		0
Avg. shots per game	0		0
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Games conceded	0		0
Clean sheets	0		0
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Conversion rate against	0%		0%
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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
45	14	9	10
L Wing	H Knibbs	C Savage	A Mbengue

Line-up	Appserances	goals	Assists	cards
J Pereira GLK	39			2 -
T Rushesha DEF	17			-
A Mbengue DEF	33	1		10 -
T. Bindon DEF	43	2		3 -
G. Garcia DEF	37		1	5 -
H Knibbs MID	43	14	6	4 -
L Wing MID	45	9	7	5 -
C Savage MID	44	5	9	6 -
C Campbell FWD	39	5	2	3 -
J Wareham FWD	36	5	1	3 -
K Ehibhatiomhan FWD	32	4	3	5 1
Subs
D Button GLK	5			-
J Dorsett DEF	13			-
A Yiadom DEF	14			3 -
M Stickland DEF	6			1 1
T Carroll MID	9			1 -
M Camará MID	33	3	2	3 -
B Bodin FWD	16	2	1	-

Most goals	Most shots on target	Most assists	Most big chances
14	24	9	35
H Knibbs	L Wing	C Savage	L Wing

Line-up	goals	shots on	Assists	big chances
H Knibbs MID	14	23	6	22
L Wing MID	9	24	7	35
C Savage MID	5	19	9	21
C Campbell FWD	5	21	2	13
J Wareham FWD	5	12	1	5
K Ehibhatiomhan FWD	4	11	3	13
T. Bindon DEF	2	8		3
A Mbengue DEF	1	4		6
G. Garcia DEF		4	1	5
Subs
M Camará MID	3	9	2	7
B Bodin FWD	2	3	1	2
J Dorsett DEF		1		2
A Yiadom DEF		1

Most passes	Most tackles	Most duels won
2460	115	277
L Wing	L Wing	H Knibbs

Line-up	passes	tackles	duels won
L Wing MID	2460	115	240
T. Bindon DEF	1962	46	265
C Savage MID	1461	74	105
A Mbengue DEF	1336	72	204
J Pereira GLK	1284		26
H Knibbs MID	971	112	277
G. Garcia DEF	813	41	147
C Campbell FWD	740	32	162
K Ehibhatiomhan FWD	417	22	123
T Rushesha DEF	352	14	45
J Wareham FWD	333	25	134
Subs
M Camará MID	445	20	61
J Dorsett DEF	277	14	59
A Yiadom DEF	223	12	38
M Stickland DEF	177	9	27
D Button GLK	158		4
B Bodin FWD	96	3	16
T Carroll MID	64		2

Barnsley League One squad statistics 2024/2025

Overall

Attack

Defence

Most starts	Most goals	Most assists	Most cards
42	18	7	13
D Keillor-Dunn	D Keillor-Dunn	C O'Keeffe	L Connell

Line-up	Appserances	goals	Assists	cards
J Gauci GLK	7			-
J. Bland DEF	9		1	3 -
M Roberts DEF	35	3	1	3 1
M Gevigney DEF	37			6 2
J Earl DEF	32	2	4	9 -
L Connell MID	39	2	4	13 -
B Cotter MID	19		2	2 -
J Russell MID	38	11	2	6 -
S Humphrys MID	37	9	2	3 -
D Lembikisa MID	12			-
D Keillor-Dunn FWD	42	18	5	3 -
Subs
K Flavell GLK	7		1	-
C O'Keeffe DEF	41		7	10 -
C McCarthy DEF	20		1	8 -
A Phillips MID	34	9	6	3 1
M Watters FWD	28	5	2	-
K. Graham FWD	1			-
L. Alker FWD				-

Most goals	Most shots on target	Most assists	Most big chances
18	42	7	42
D Keillor-Dunn	D Keillor-Dunn	C O'Keeffe	C O'Keeffe

Line-up	goals	shots on	Assists	big chances
D Keillor-Dunn FWD	18	42	5	23
J Russell MID	11	29	2	15
S Humphrys MID	9	34	2	18
M Roberts DEF	3	11	1	10
J Earl DEF	2	8	4	8
L Connell MID	2	5	4	34
J. Bland DEF		1	1	1
M Gevigney DEF		1		7
B Cotter MID		6	2	9
D Lembikisa MID		1		1
Subs
A Phillips MID	9	32	6	21
M Watters FWD	5	17	2	5
K Flavell GLK			1	1
C O'Keeffe DEF		3	7	42
C McCarthy DEF		1	1	2

Most passes	Most tackles	Most duels won
1673	68	251
M Gevigney	M Gevigney	M Gevigney

Line-up	passes	tackles	duels won
M Gevigney DEF	1673	68	251
L Connell MID	1471	60	146
J Earl DEF	1367	51	185
M Roberts DEF	1326	39	242
D Keillor-Dunn FWD	1024	23	118
J Russell MID	1023	66	146
S Humphrys MID	415	17	170
B Cotter MID	305	24	83
J. Bland DEF	293	9	37
J Gauci GLK	213		3
D Lembikisa MID	180	15	32
Subs
C O'Keeffe DEF	1201	50	205
A Phillips MID	985	20	108
C McCarthy DEF	709	29	106
K Flavell GLK	245		6
M Watters FWD	214	9	36
K. Graham FWD	4	1	1

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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

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