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

Tue 17th Feb, 20:00 BST, Madejski Stadium, Reading

Bolton Wanderers pay League One counterparts Reading a visit on Tuesday night, as Steven Schumacher leads his men into an away clash with Leam Richardson & co. at the Madejski Stadium. Our aim is to give you all the tools you need to make a smart, well-informed bet on this tie, so we've searched our 20+ year database and dug out the stats that will help you do exactly that. Head to head (H2H) and recent form are included, and the KickOff predictions are produced from them. The best odds are there to get you maximum bang for your buck.

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Predictions	Bet365	Coral
Reading 45%	-	-
Draw 28%	-	-
Bolton 27%	-	-
Reading 1-0 13%	-	-
Draw 1-1 13%	-	-
Draw 0-0 10%	-	-
Bolton 1-0 10%	-	-
Reading 2-0 9%	-	-
Reading 2-1 9%	-	-
Bolton 2-1 6%	-	-
Bolton 2-0 5%	-	-
Draw 2-2 4%	-	-
Reading 3-0 4%	-	-
Reading 3-1 4%	-	-
Bolton 3-1 2%	-	-
Reading 3-2 2%	-	-
Bolton 3-0 2%	-	-
Bolton 3-2 1%	-	-
Over 2.5 Goals 41%	-	-
Under 2.5 Goals 59%	-	-
Home 1st Goal 51%	-	-
Away 1st Goal 43%	-	-
No 1st Goal 6%	-	-
BTTS - Yes 46%	-	-
BTTS - No 54%	-	-
BTTS - Home Win 17%	-	-
BTTS - Draw 18%	-	-
BTTS - Away Win 11%	-	-
Home/draw 73%	-	-
Away/draw 55%	-	-
Home/away 72%	-	-
Over 1.5 Goals 67%	-	-
Under 1.5 Goals 33%	-	-
Over 3.5 Goals 20%	-	-
Under 3.5 Goals 80%	-	-
Over 4.5 Goals 8%	-	-
Under 4.5 Goals 92%	-	-
Over 5.5 Goals 3%	-	-
Under 5.5 Goals 97%	-	-
Over 0.5 Goals 90%	-	-
Under 0.5 Goals 10%	-	-
Home DNB 64%	-	-
Away DNB 47%	-	-
Reading win to nil 28%	-	-
Bolton win to nil 16%	-	-

Win / draw / win League One table

Reading have played 28 matches so far this season and are in 10th position in the league.

Performance against teams above them in the league

10 of those games have come against teams above them in the table. They have lost 4 games, drawn 3 and won 3. Reading have conceded 14 goals, scored 10, failed to score in 3 matches and kept 2 clean sheets.

Home league performance

Reading have played 15 games at home, winning 7, drawing 5 and losing 3 fixtures. They have scored 20 goals, conceded 16 goals, kept 5 clean sheets and failed to score 1 time in home league games.

Bolton lay in 3rd place on 52 points in the League One league table having played 30 matches.

Performance against teams below them in the league

They have played 28 games against teams below them in the table, winning 13, drawing 9 and losing 6 games. They have scored 36 goals and kept 9 clean sheets against lower placed opposition. Bolton have conceded 26 goals and have failed to score in 7 matches.

Away league performance

Bolton have played 15 away games, winning 4, drawing 6 and losing 5 games. They have scored an average of 0.8 goals per away game and conceded an average 1.2 goals per away game.

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 Bolton
Results by League Table

	TEAM	PLD	W	D	L	GD	PTS	HOME	AWAY	HOME	AWAY
1	Cardiff	29	18	6	5	23	60	Apr 18	l 2-1F	w 1-0F	Apr 11
2	Lincoln	29	17	7	5	19	58	Apr 6	l 2-0A	d 1-1A	Feb 14
3	Bolton	30	14	10	6	11	52	Feb 17	d 1-1A	-	-
4	Stockport	29	15	7	7	7	52	w 1-0F	d 1-1A	Apr 6	l 2-0A
5	Bradford	28	14	7	7	5	49	Feb 28	l 2-0A	d 0-00-0	Apr 25
6	Huddersfield	30	14	6	10	11	48	l 0-2A	Apr 3	Apr 18	w 1-2A
7	Luton	29	12	6	11	4	42	w 3-2F	Mar 7	May 2	d 1-1F
8	Stevenage	28	11	9	8	3	42	w 1-0F	Mar 21	Mar 28	d 0-00-0
9	Wycombe	29	10	10	9	5	40	Feb 14	d 2-2A	Mar 7	l 2-1F
10	Reading	28	10	10	8	4	40	-	-	d 1-1F	Feb 17
11	Mansfield	27	10	8	9	6	38	d 1-1A	-	l 0-1A	w 0-1F
12	Peterborough	29	12	2	15	-2	38	l 1-2A	d 1-1F	w 2-1F	l 3-1A
13	Exeter	28	11	4	13	3	37	d 2-2A	d 1-1F	w 2-1A	Feb 28
14	Barnsley	26	10	7	9	-1	37	d 2-2F	l 3-2A	Feb 7	d 1-1A
15	Plymouth	29	11	4	14	-6	37	Mar 14	w 1-4F	w 2-0F	Apr 3
16	AFC Wim	28	10	5	13	-7	35	l 1-2A	Feb 7	w 3-0F	w 0-1F
17	Doncaster	29	9	6	14	-13	33	d 1-1A	Apr 11	Mar 17	d 1-1A
18	Blackpool	29	9	5	15	-7	32	May 2	w 0-3F	Feb 21	d 1-1A
19	L Orient	29	9	5	15	-9	32	w 2-1F	l 3-1A	w 2-1F	d 1-1A
20	Wigan	28	7	10	11	-5	31	Mar 28	Feb 10	w 4-1F	w 0-1F
21	Rotherham	28	8	7	13	-9	31	d 1-1A	Apr 25	w 2-1F	Mar 14
22	Burton	29	8	7	14	-12	31	w 2-0F	Mar 17	w 2-1F	l 3-0A
23	Northampton	29	8	6	15	-12	30	w 1-0F	w 0-2F	d 0-00-0	l 2-0A
24	Port Vale	27	5	6	16	-18	21	w 1-0F	Feb 21	w 4-0F	Mar 21

	Promotion
	Promotion Play Off
	Relegation

Win / draw / win form

Home

Overall

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

18 / 20

Conceded

14 / 20

Clean sheets

6 / 20

Failed to score

2 / 20

Won

Draw

Lost

HOME FORM Win / Draw / Win
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
Reading	0 - 2	Huddersfield
Reading	2 - 4	Barnsley
Reading	0 - 1	Lincoln
Reading	1 - 0	Wycombe
Reading	3 - 1	Peterborough
Reading	1 - 1	Stevenage

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

19 / 20

Conceded

14 / 20

Clean sheets

6 / 20

Failed to score

1 / 20

Won

Draw

OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
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
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

Away

Overall

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

16 / 20

Conceded

15 / 20

Clean sheets

5 / 20

Failed to score

4 / 20

Won

Draw

Lost

AWAY FORM Win / Draw / Win
AFC Wim	0 - 1	Bolton
Stevenage	0 - 0	Bolton
Wigan	0 - 1	Bolton
Peterborough	3 - 1	Bolton
Doncaster	1 - 1	Bolton
Wycombe	2 - 1	Bolton
Mansfield	0 - 1	Bolton
Luton	1 - 1	Bolton
Huddersfield	1 - 2	Bolton
Burton	3 - 0	Bolton
Northampton	2 - 0	Bolton
L Orient	1 - 1	Bolton
Blackpool	1 - 1	Bolton
Barnsley	1 - 1	Bolton
Stockport	2 - 0	Bolton
Peterborough	1 - 1	Bolton
Lincoln	4 - 2	Bolton
Barnsley	4 - 1	Bolton
Wigan	0 - 1	Bolton
Blackpool	2 - 1	Bolton

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

15 / 20

Conceded

12 / 20

Clean sheets

8 / 20

Failed to score

5 / 20

Won

Draw

OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
A	Bolton	1 - 0	AFC Wim
H	Bolton	2 - 1	Burton
H	Bolton	2 - 1	L Orient
A	Bolton	0 - 0	Stevenage
A	Bolton	1 - 0	Wigan
A	Bolton	1 - 3	Peterborough
H	Bolton	0 - 0	Northampton
A	Bolton	1 - 1	Doncaster
H	Bolton	0 - 1	Mansfield
H	Bolton	2 - 1	Rotherham
A	Bolton	1 - 2	Wycombe
H	Bolton	2 - 1	Exeter
A	Bolton	1 - 0	Mansfield
A	Bolton	1 - 1	Luton
H	Bolton	0 - 0	Bradford
H	Bolton	4 - 0	Port Vale
H	Bolton	1 - 0	Cardiff
A	Bolton	2 - 1	Huddersfield
A	Bolton	0 - 3	Burton
H	Bolton	2 - 1	Peterborough

Win / draw / win head to head (H2H)

Reading

Bolton

Goals: Scored

Games: Scored

7 / 10

Clean sheets

3 / 10

RDG

BOL

FIXTURE HISTORY AT Reading
Reading	1 - 0
Reading	2 - 1
	0 - 1	Bolton
Draw	1 - 1	Draw
Reading	2 - 1
Draw	0 - 0	Draw
Reading	7 - 1
	0 - 2	Bolton
Reading	1 - 0
Reading	3 - 2

Bolton

Reading

Goals: Scored

Games: Scored

10 / 11

Clean sheets

1 / 11

RDG

BOL

FIXTURE HISTORY AT Bolton
Draw	1 - 1	Draw
Bolton	5 - 2
Bolton	5 - 2
Draw	1 - 1	Draw
Draw	2 - 2	Draw
	0 - 1	Reading
Draw	1 - 1	Draw
Draw	1 - 1	Draw
Bolton	3 - 0
	1 - 3	Reading
Bolton	2 - 1

Goal Statistics

Bolton Wanderers's defensive record is very strong, S. Schumacher's men having conceded 1 or less in 5 consecutive League One games. An average PG rating of 1.3 for Reading makes sense in this context.

	Reading 10th	Bolton 6th
	Kickoff prediction
Kickoff prediction	1.3 goals	1.0 goals
	Scoring probability
Scoring probability	0 26% 1 35% 2 23% 3 10% 4+ There is a 61% probability that Reading will score no more than 1 goal	0 38% 1 37% 2 18% 3 4+ There is a 75% probability of Bolton scoring 1 goal or less

	20 home / away league games
20 home / away league games	-1 Reading’s goalscoring at home has been inline with predictions	-28 Bolton have scored 28% fewer goals when away than predicted
	1.4 average goals scored	0.9 average goals scored
	1.2 conceded	1.5 conceded

Attack defence ratings
League One - 2025/2026 season

15%

better

RDG

BOL

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Games scored	25		23
Failed to score	3		7
Scored first	14		15
Goals scored	39		38
Avg. goals scored	1.4		1.3
Avg. shots per game	9		11
Avg. shots per goal	6		9
Conversion rate for	16		11
Avg. XG for	1.2		1.7
KickOff rating		+15%

RDG

BOL

16%

better

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Games conceded	21		20
Clean sheets	7		10
Conceded first	14		12
Goals conceded	35		27
Avg. goals conceded	1.3		0.9
Avg. shots/game conceded	8		6
Avg. shots/goal conceded	6		7
Conversion rate against	15%		15%
Avg. XG against	1.4		0.9
KickOff rating		+16%

Reading v Bolton 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
28	11	7	6
L Wing	J Marriott	L Wing	C Savage

Players	Appserances	goals	Assists	cards
C Savage MID	28	2	1	6 -
L Wing MID	28	8	7	2 -
K Doyle MID	27	3	3	2 -
D Kyerewaa MID	26	3	3	5 -
J Pereira GLK	25			-
J Dorsett DEF	25		1	3 -
K Ehibhatiomhan FWD	24	3		4 -
F Burns DEF	19			3 -
K Abrefa DEF	19		2	2 -
P O'Connor DEF	18	1		4 -
A Yiadom DEF	18			6 -
J Marriott FWD	18	11	3	-
L Fraser MID	17	1		-
P Lane FWD	17	1	1	1 -
M O’Mahony FWD	16			1 -
D Williams DEF	15		1	3 -
M Ritchie MID	15		4	5 -
M Jacob DEF	14			4 -
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
11	22	7	9
J Marriott	J Marriott	L Wing	L Wing

Players	goals	shots on	Assists	big chances
J Marriott FWD	11	22	3	2
L Wing MID	8	18	7	9
K Doyle MID	3	9	3	6
D Kyerewaa MID	3	8	3	3
K Ehibhatiomhan FWD	3	13		3
C Savage MID	2	13	1	4
P O'Connor DEF	1	3
L Fraser MID	1	3
P Lane FWD	1	8	1	1
M Camará MID	1	1
G. Garcia DEF	1	1
J Dorsett DEF		1	1	2
K Abrefa DEF		2	2
A Yiadom DEF		1
M O’Mahony FWD		3
D Williams DEF		1	1	1
M Ritchie MID		2	4	1
M Jacob DEF		1		1
A. Ahmed DEF				1
B Elliott MID		2		1

Most passes	Most tackles	Most duels won
1596	59	136
L Wing	C Savage	P O'Connor

Players	passes	tackles	duels won
L Wing MID	1596	55	133
C Savage MID	1262	59	80
P O'Connor DEF	983	17	136
J Pereira GLK	975	2	22
J Dorsett DEF	820	31	106
F Burns DEF	774	33	103
D Williams DEF	668	23	85
D Kyerewaa MID	517	18	104
K Doyle MID	471	34	84
M Jacob DEF	418	14	62
K Abrefa DEF	397	35	65
A Yiadom DEF	326	20	53
P Lane FWD	232	10	30
L Fraser MID	230	12	26
K Ehibhatiomhan FWD	222	14	94
M Ritchie MID	219	4	21
A. Ahmed DEF	206	14	35
B Elliott MID	189	13	37
J Marriott FWD	157	8	28
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

Bolton League One squad statistics 2025/2026

Overall

Attack

Defence

Most starts	Most goals	Most assists	Most cards
29	8	8	7
G Johnston	M Burstow	A Cozier-Duberry	J Sheehan

Players	Appserances	goals	Assists	cards
M Burstow FWD	30	8	3	3 -
M Conway DEF	29		2	2 -
G Johnston DEF	29			5 -
X Simons MID	29	1		3 1
A Cozier-Duberry FWD	28	6	8	1 -
S Dalby FWD	27	5		1 -
E Toal DEF	23	1		-
J Sheehan MID	23	3	3	7 -
T Gale FWD	23	4	1	1 -
T Sharman-Lowe GLK	22			1 -
E Erhahon MID	22		2	1 -
J Osei-Tutu DEF	21	1	1	4 -
A Morley MID	20			1 -
M Forss FWD	18	2		1 -
I Cissoko FWD	18			3 -
K Dempsey MID	16	3	1	1 -
J Randall MID	15	1		-
J McAtee FWD	15	1	1	2 -
C Forino DEF	14			3 -
C Christie DEF	13		1	2 -
J Dacres-Cogley DEF	13		2	2 -
R Taylor DEF	7			1 -
T Miller GLK	3			-

Most goals	Most shots on target	Most assists	Most big chances
8	26	8	10
M Burstow	A Cozier-Duberry	A Cozier-Duberry	A Cozier-Duberry

Players	goals	shots on	Assists	big chances
M Burstow FWD	8	20	3	3
A Cozier-Duberry FWD	6	26	8	10
S Dalby FWD	5	10		4
T Gale FWD	4	16	1	5
J Sheehan MID	3	11	3	3
K Dempsey MID	3	6	1	2
M Forss FWD	2	8
X Simons MID	1	6		1
E Toal DEF	1	3
J Osei-Tutu DEF	1	5	1	1
J Randall MID	1	7
J McAtee FWD	1	5	1	2
M Conway DEF		6	2	6
G Johnston DEF		3		2
E Erhahon MID			2	3
A Morley MID		1		6
I Cissoko FWD		3		1
C Forino DEF		2		1
C Christie DEF		4	1	3
J Dacres-Cogley DEF			2
R Taylor DEF		1

Most passes	Most tackles	Most duels won
1992	61	205
G Johnston	M Conway	M Conway

Players	passes	tackles	duels won
G Johnston DEF	1992	31	187
E Toal DEF	1437	31	122
M Conway DEF	1257	61	205
J Sheehan MID	1078	25	71
X Simons MID	1038	36	83
T Sharman-Lowe GLK	901	1	12
A Cozier-Duberry FWD	847	37	121
C Forino DEF	696	21	114
E Erhahon MID	671	40	88
C Christie DEF	540	13	64
J Dacres-Cogley DEF	495	18	40
A Morley MID	481	11	21
J Osei-Tutu DEF	464	47	138
M Burstow FWD	385	16	86
T Gale FWD	297	8	50
S Dalby FWD	266	17	109
K Dempsey MID	260	14	40
J Randall MID	218	11	24
I Cissoko FWD	204	9	52
M Forss FWD	153	13	33
J McAtee FWD	144	10	26
T Miller GLK	109
R Taylor DEF	73	4	13