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

Sat 2nd May, 15:00 BST, Madejski Stadium, Reading

the Madejski Stadium masses welcome Blackpool's supporters on Saturday afternoon, as Leam Richardson's Reading face Ian Ross Evatt's side in the League One. Statistics for our tip of are shown below, including head to head (H2H) history. Switching the market using the tabs below changes all stats and the odds from the UK's biggest bookmakers, making it easier than ever to find the right bet for you.

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Predictions	Bet365	Coral
Reading 60%	-	-
Draw 22%	-	-
Blackpool 19%	-	-
Reading 1-0 10%	-	-
Draw 1-1 10%	-	-
Reading 2-0 10%	-	-
Reading 2-1 10%	-	-
Reading 3-0 7%	-	-
Reading 3-1 6%	-	-
Draw 0-0 5%	-	-
Blackpool 1-0 5%	-	-
Blackpool 2-1 5%	-	-
Draw 2-2 5%	-	-
Reading 3-2 3%	-	-
Reading 4-0 3%	-	-
Reading 4-1 3%	-	-
Blackpool 2-0 3%	-	-
Blackpool 3-1 2%	-	-
Over 2.5 Goals 56%	-	-
Under 2.5 Goals 44%	-	-
Home 1st Goal 56%	-	-
Away 1st Goal 41%	-	-
No 1st Goal 3%	-	-
BTTS - Yes 54%	-	-
BTTS - No 46%	-	-
BTTS - Home Win 28%	-	-
BTTS - Draw 16%	-	-
BTTS - Away Win 10%	-	-
Home/draw 81%	-	-
Away/draw 40%	-	-
Home/away 78%	-	-
Over 1.5 Goals 79%	-	-
Under 1.5 Goals 21%	-	-
Over 3.5 Goals 33%	-	-
Under 3.5 Goals 67%	-	-
Over 4.5 Goals 17%	-	-
Under 4.5 Goals 83%	-	-
Over 5.5 Goals 8%	-	-
Under 5.5 Goals 92%	-	-
Over 0.5 Goals 95%	-	-
Under 0.5 Goals 5%	-	-
Home DNB 75%	-	-
Away DNB 34%	-	-
Reading win to nil 32%	-	-
Blackpool win to nil 9%	-	-

Win / draw / win League One table

Reading have played 43 matches so far this season and lay in 10th place in the League One league table.

Performance against teams below them in the league

They have played 26 games against teams below in the table, having won 10, drawn 9 and lost 7 matches. They have kept 6 clean sheets and have failed to score in 2 fixtures. Reading have outscored their opponents by 62 goals to 51 goals.

Home League Performance

Reading have played 21 games at home winning 10, drawing 7 and losing 4 games. They have scored 32 goals, kept 6 clean sheets and conceded 24 goals at home.

Blackpool are in 19th position in the League One on 51 points having played 43 matches so far this season.

Away League Performance

14 of those games have been losing matches. They have conceded 36 goals and kept 3 clean sheets. They have scored 17 goals in total and failed to score in 10 fixtures.

Performance against teams above them in the league

33 games have come against teams above them in the table. They have lost 15 games, drawn 9 and won 9. Blackpool have conceded 47 goals, scored 35, failed to score in 11 fixtures and have kept 6 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 Blackpool
Results by League Table

	TEAM	PLD	W	D	L	GD	PTS	HOME	AWAY	HOME	AWAY
1	Lincoln	42	28	9	5	43	93	l 1-2A	l 2-0A	d 2-2A	l 4-0A
2	Cardiff	42	24	10	8	34	82	Apr 18	l 2-1F	w 3-1F	d 0-00-0
3	Bolton	43	19	16	8	19	73	d 1-1F	d 1-1A	d 1-1F	d 2-2A
4	Bradford	42	21	8	13	6	71	w 2-1A	l 2-0A	l 1-2A	l 1-0A
5	Stockport	41	20	10	11	11	70	w 1-0F	d 1-1A	l 1-2A	l 1-0A
6	Stevenage	42	19	10	13	1	67	w 1-0F	l 1-0A	l 2-3F	l 1-0A
7	Luton	42	18	10	14	8	64	w 3-2F	w 2-3F	d 2-2F	l 1-0A
8	Huddersfield	43	17	12	14	9	63	l 0-2A	d 1-1F	w 3-2A	d 2-2F
9	Plymouth	42	19	6	17	8	63	d 2-2F	w 1-4F	l 0-4A	l 1-0A
10	Reading	43	16	14	13	7	62	-	-	l 0-3A	May 2
11	Wycombe	43	16	12	15	12	60	w 3-2F	d 2-2A	d 1-1F	Apr 18
12	Barnsley	41	14	13	14	-2	55	d 2-2F	l 3-2A	w 1-0F	l 2-1A
13	Wigan	43	14	13	16	-7	55	w 3-0F	w 1-2F	d 1-1F	w 0-2F
14	Mansfield	41	13	15	13	7	54	d 1-1A	l 1-0A	w 1-0F	l 2-0A
15	Doncaster	42	15	8	19	-21	53	d 1-1A	l 1-0A	w 1-0F	l 2-1A
16	Peterborough	42	15	6	21	0	51	l 1-2A	d 1-1F	w 3-1F	w 1-2F
17	L Orient	43	14	9	20	-9	51	w 2-1F	l 3-1A	Apr 25	d 1-1A
18	Burton	43	13	12	18	-10	51	w 2-0F	w 1-2A	w 1-0F	l 1-0A
19	Blackpool	43	14	9	20	-14	51	May 2	w 0-3F	-	-
20	AFC Wim	43	14	8	21	-16	50	l 1-2A	l 3-2A	l 0-2A	l 4-1A
21	Exeter	43	12	11	20	-8	47	d 2-2A	d 1-1F	w 1-0F	l 4-1A
22	Port Vale	41	9	11	21	-22	38	w 1-0F	d 1-1F	w 3-2A	l 5-1F
23	Rotherham	42	9	10	23	-29	37	d 1-1A	Apr 25	w 4-0F	w 0-3F
24	Northampton	42	9	8	25	-27	35	w 1-0F	w 0-2F	w 2-0F	l 1-0A

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Win / draw / win form

Home

Overall

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

20 / 20

Conceded

14 / 20

Clean sheets

6 / 20

Failed to score

0 / 20

Won

Draw

HOME FORM Win / Draw / Win
Reading	1 - 2	Lincoln
Reading	3 - 0	Wigan
Reading	2 - 2	Plymouth
Reading	2 - 1	Bradford
Reading	1 - 1	Bolton
Reading	3 - 2	Wycombe
Reading	2 - 2	Exeter
Reading	2 - 2	Barnsley
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

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

17 / 20

Conceded

17 / 20

Clean sheets

3 / 20

Failed to score

3 / 20

Won

Draw

Lost

OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
A	Reading	0 - 1	Doncaster
H	Reading	1 - 2	Lincoln
A	Reading	1 - 1	Huddersfield
H	Reading	3 - 0	Wigan
A	Reading	0 - 1	Stevenage
A	Reading	2 - 1	Burton
H	Reading	2 - 2	Plymouth
A	Reading	0 - 1	Mansfield
A	Reading	3 - 2	Luton
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

Away

Overall

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

10 / 20

Conceded

17 / 20

Clean sheets

3 / 20

Failed to score

10 / 20

Lost

AWAY FORM Win / Draw / Win
Stevenage	1 - 0	Blackpool
Cardiff	0 - 0	Blackpool
Doncaster	2 - 1	Blackpool
AFC Wim	4 - 1	Blackpool
Lincoln	4 - 0	Blackpool
Bolton	2 - 2	Blackpool
Huddersfield	2 - 2	Blackpool
Luton	1 - 0	Blackpool
Barnsley	2 - 1	Blackpool
Port Vale	5 - 1	Blackpool
Wigan	0 - 2	Blackpool
Rotherham	0 - 3	Blackpool
L Orient	1 - 1	Blackpool
Burton	1 - 0	Blackpool
Peterborough	1 - 2	Blackpool
Stockport	1 - 0	Blackpool
Bradford	1 - 0	Blackpool
Northampton	1 - 0	Blackpool
Plymouth	1 - 0	Blackpool
Mansfield	2 - 0	Blackpool

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

15 / 20

Conceded

15 / 20

Clean sheets

5 / 20

Failed to score

5 / 20

Won

Lost

OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
H	Blackpool	3 - 1	Peterborough
A	Blackpool	0 - 1	Stevenage
H	Blackpool	1 - 0	Exeter
H	Blackpool	1 - 0	Burton
A	Blackpool	0 - 0	Cardiff
H	Blackpool	3 - 2	Port Vale
A	Blackpool	1 - 2	Doncaster
A	Blackpool	1 - 4	AFC Wim
H	Blackpool	1 - 1	Wigan
A	Blackpool	0 - 4	Lincoln
A	Blackpool	2 - 2	Bolton
H	Blackpool	1 - 0	Mansfield
H	Blackpool	0 - 4	Plymouth
A	Blackpool	2 - 2	Huddersfield
A	Blackpool	0 - 1	Luton
H	Blackpool	1 - 2	Stockport
H	Blackpool	2 - 0	Northampton
A	Blackpool	1 - 2	Barnsley
H	Blackpool	1 - 2	Bradford
A	Blackpool	1 - 5	Port Vale

Win / draw / win head to head (H2H)

Reading

Blackpool

Goals: Scored

Games: Scored

8 / 9

7 / 9

Clean sheets

2 / 9

1 / 9

RDG

BLP

FIXTURE HISTORY AT Reading
	0 - 3	Blackpool
Reading	3 - 2
Reading	3 - 1
	2 - 3	Blackpool
Reading	3 - 0
Reading	5 - 1
Reading	3 - 1
Reading	2 - 1
Reading	1 - 0

Blackpool

Reading

Goals: Scored

Games: Scored

9 / 10

5 / 10

Clean sheets

5 / 10

1 / 10

RDG

BLP

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

Goal Statistics

	Reading 10th	Blackpool 19th
	Kickoff prediction
Kickoff prediction	1.9 goals	1.0 goals
	Scoring probability
Scoring probability	0 14% 1 28% 2 27% 3 17% 4+ 13% There is a 86% probability that Reading will score 1 or more goals	0 37% 1 37% 2 18% 3 4+ There is a 74% probability of Blackpool scoring 1 goal or less

	20 home / away league games
20 home / away league games	+17 Reading have scored 17% more goals at home than predicted	-23 Blackpool have scored 23% fewer goals when away than predicted
	1.6 average goals scored	0.8 average goals scored
	1.1 conceded	1.6 conceded

Attack defence ratings
League One - 2025/2026 season

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BLP

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Games scored	0		0
Failed to score	0		0
Scored first	0		0
Goals scored	0		0
Avg. goals scored	0		0
Avg. shots per game	0		0
Avg. shots per goal	0		0
Conversion rate for	0		0
Avg. XG for	0		0
KickOff rating		0%

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Games conceded	0		0
Clean sheets	0		0
Conceded first	0		0
Goals conceded	0		0
Avg. goals conceded	0		0
Avg. shots/game conceded	0		0
Avg. shots/goal conceded	0		0
Conversion rate against	0%		0%
Avg. XG against	0		0
KickOff rating		0%

Reading v Blackpool 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
43	16	11	10
L Wing	J Marriott	L Wing	C Savage

Players	Appserances	goals	Assists	cards
C Savage MID	43	2	4	10 -
L Wing MID	43	11	11	5 -
K Doyle MID	41	4	6	4 -
J Pereira GLK	40			1 -
K Ehibhatiomhan FWD	39	9		6 -
J Dorsett DEF	36	2	1	6 -
P O'Connor DEF	33	3		10 -
P Lane FWD	31	2	1	1 -
L Fraser MID	30	1		1 -
D Kyerewaa MID	30	3	3	6 -
F Burns DEF	29			5 -
A Yiadom DEF	29			6 -
M Ritchie MID	25	1	6	5 -
D Williams DEF	24		1	5 -
J Marriott FWD	23	16	3	-
K Abrefa DEF	19		2	2 -
R Nyambe DEF	16			2 -
M O’Mahony FWD	16			1 -
R Williams MID	15	2	1	-
W Keane FWD	14	2		-
H Roberts DEF	11	1	1	2 -
M Camará MID	11	1		1 -
B. Ward DEF	8			1 -
B Elliott MID	8			1 -
K Young FWD	7			1 -
J Stevens GLK	3			-
A Rinomhota MID	2			-
B Tuma FWD	1			-

Most goals	Most shots on target	Most assists	Most big chances
16	29	11	13
J Marriott	J Marriott	L Wing	L Wing

Players	goals	shots on	Assists	big chances
J Marriott FWD	16	29	3	2
L Wing MID	11	25	11	13
K Ehibhatiomhan FWD	9	21		4
K Doyle MID	4	16	6	10
P O'Connor DEF	3	5
D Kyerewaa MID	3	9	3	4
C Savage MID	2	15	4	7
J Dorsett DEF	2	3	1	2
P Lane FWD	2	10	1	3
R Williams MID	2	4	1	1
W Keane FWD	2	2
L Fraser MID	1	3
M Ritchie MID	1	4	6	4
H Roberts DEF	1	2	1	2
M Camará MID	1	1
A Yiadom DEF		2
D Williams DEF		1	1	1
K Abrefa DEF		2	2
M O’Mahony FWD		3
B. Ward DEF		1
B Elliott MID		2		1
K Young FWD		2

Most passes	Most tackles	Most duels won
2431	90	258
L Wing	L Wing	P O'Connor

Players	passes	tackles	duels won
L Wing MID	2431	90	202
P O'Connor DEF	1730	39	258
C Savage MID	1696	75	111
J Pereira GLK	1565	3	34
J Dorsett DEF	1192	51	170
D Williams DEF	1135	36	130
F Burns DEF	964	42	136
K Doyle MID	737	51	143
L Fraser MID	672	22	49
D Kyerewaa MID	611	23	120
A Yiadom DEF	424	34	81
K Abrefa DEF	397	37	67
R Nyambe DEF	397	20	60
P Lane FWD	376	13	49
K Ehibhatiomhan FWD	343	20	158
B. Ward DEF	312	16	58
M Ritchie MID	296	10	35
J Marriott FWD	212	10	38
B Elliott MID	189	13	37
H Roberts DEF	187	5	25
R Williams MID	173	12	50
W Keane FWD	106	9	24
M Camará MID	89	4	21
J Stevens GLK	85		1
M O’Mahony FWD	59	6	36
K Young FWD	49	3	12
A Rinomhota MID	12	1	1
B Tuma FWD	3		1

Blackpool League One squad statistics 2025/2026

Overall

Attack

Defence

Most starts	Most goals	Most assists	Most cards
40	15	5	10
O Casey	A Fletcher	J Brown	F Horsfall

Players	Appserances	goals	Assists	cards
J Brown MID	42	1	5	9 -
O Casey DEF	41	1	2	5 -
B Peacock-Farrell GLK	40			4 -
C Hamilton FWD	40	3	5	1 -
A Fletcher FWD	40	15	4	6 -
T Bloxham FWD	40	7	4	3 -
G Honeyman MID	33	2	2	6 -
H Coulson DEF	31	1		1 -
J Bowler FWD	27	2	4	6 -
Z Ashworth DEF	25	1		5 -
F Horsfall DEF	25			8 2
M Ihiekwe DEF	25			4 -
N Ennis FWD	23	6		1 1
A Lyons DEF	19		1	1 -
J Husband DEF	18		2	3 2
A Morgan MID	18		1	3 -
D Taylor FWD	16	3	2	1 -
R Walters DEF	14	1	2	5 -
K Anderson MID	13	1		3 -
L Clarkson MID	10		2	1 -
J Randall MID	9			-
R Finnigan MID	6			2 -
M Obafemi FWD	5			1 -
F Ravizzoli GLK	3			-
K. Grant DEF	3			-

Most goals	Most shots on target	Most assists	Most big chances
15	29	5	9
A Fletcher	A Fletcher	J Brown	J Brown

Players	goals	shots on	Assists	big chances
A Fletcher FWD	15	29	4	8
T Bloxham FWD	7	18	4	7
N Ennis FWD	6	8		1
C Hamilton FWD	3	11	5	7
D Taylor FWD	3	7	2	3
G Honeyman MID	2	5	2	3
J Bowler FWD	2	12	4	1
J Brown MID	1	4	5	9
O Casey DEF	1	4	2	1
H Coulson DEF	1	1
Z Ashworth DEF	1	4		1
R Walters DEF	1	2	2	4
K Anderson MID	1	3
F Horsfall DEF		3		1
M Ihiekwe DEF		3		1
A Lyons DEF		3	1	2
J Husband DEF		1	2	5
A Morgan MID		5	1	2
L Clarkson MID		4	2	5
J Randall MID		1		1
K. Grant DEF		1

Most passes	Most tackles	Most duels won
1692	68	246
B Peacock-Farrell	O Casey	O Casey

Players	passes	tackles	duels won
B Peacock-Farrell GLK	1692	1	25
O Casey DEF	1538	68	246
J Brown MID	1197	63	174
M Ihiekwe DEF	1105	43	184
F Horsfall DEF	993	24	199
G Honeyman MID	771	61	147
H Coulson DEF	738	40	127
Z Ashworth DEF	688	53	163
A Fletcher FWD	663	27	209
J Husband DEF	603	19	82
A Morgan MID	581	18	50
C Hamilton FWD	510	47	106
T Bloxham FWD	356	26	108
J Bowler FWD	329	32	93
R Walters DEF	310	26	61
A Lyons DEF	292	16	49
K Anderson MID	256	24	66
L Clarkson MID	161	5	9
N Ennis FWD	149	13	55
F Ravizzoli GLK	121		1
D Taylor FWD	102	3	38
K. Grant DEF	96	6	13
J Randall MID	89	6	8
R Finnigan MID	52	3	11
M Obafemi FWD	34	2	5