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

Madejski Stadium, Reading

Reading and Bradford City meet at the Madejski Stadium on Saturday afternoon, with both Leam Richardson and Graham Alexander aiming for victory in the League One. We provide predictions based on complex statistical analysis of each side, across 17 major markets. The data and the odds is designed to fit each market, and head-to-head statistics are included across them all.

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Reading's next match is v Wigan at 15:00 on Saturday 17th October
Bradford City's next match is v Stevenage at 15:00 on Saturday 17th October

The last English League One meeting between Reading and Bradford was on Saturday 3rd October 2026

English League One

October 3rd 2026

Reading 1	1 Bradford

U. Godwin-Malife 66'	4' J. Beesley

	RDG BRD
Shots On	3 2
Shots Off	4 6
Corners	9 5
Possession	56% 44%
Fouls	10 21
Yellow/red cards	2/0 3/0

Reading	Bradford

J. Pereira Castro U. Godwin-Malife H. Roberts (R. Williams 59') A. Rinomhota (L. Fraser 59') L. Wing P. O'Connor B. Ward J. Stokes J. Brown (J. Reid 67') K. Lisbie (D. Kyerewaa 84') P. Lane	C. Dawson (C. O'Keeffe 90') I. Touray A. Baldwin C. Connolly (G. Lapslie 67') A. Phillips A. Sarcevic (N. Powell 67') J. Beesley G. Pratt M. Pennington (W. Swan 77') B. Pointon K. Jackson

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Best Tip: Over 1.5 goals

We are making over 1.5 goals our top tip on this fixture, meaning that the teams will score a minimum of 2 goals between them during the standard 90 mins. Both Reading and Bradford's latest form stats suggest it's likely, while their head-to-head (H2H) record is pointing in the same direction too. The bookies make it the most probable outcome in this market too, available at 1.30.

If you’re looking for a winner in this match, we think Reading are the most likely. Our predictive algorithm gives them a 54% chance of victory, and the bookies have them at a best price of 2.25.

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

Predictions	Bet365	Coral
Reading 54%	10/11 19%	-
Draw 23%	27/10 14%	-
Bradford 22%	13/5 32%	-
Draw 1-1 11%	6/1 8%	-
Reading 1-0 10%	15/2	-
Reading 2-1 10%	15/2 11%	-
Reading 2-0 9%	9/1 21%	-
Bradford 1-0 6%	11/1 33%	-
Reading 3-1 6%	14/1 21%	-
Bradford 2-1 6%	12/1 18%	-
Draw 0-0 6%	11/1 20%	-
Reading 3-0 6%	16/1 26%	-
Draw 2-2 5%	12/1 13%	-
Bradford 2-0 3%	20/1 40%	-
Reading 3-2 3%	22/1 21%	-
Reading 4-1 3%	28/1 29%	-
Reading 4-0 2%	33/1 17%	-
Bradford 3-1 2%	28/1 26%	-
Over 2.5 Goals 55%	4/5 10%	-
Under 2.5 Goals 45%	1/1 11%	-
Home 1st Goal 54%	4/6 13%	-
Away 1st Goal 42%	13/10 13%	-
No 1st Goal 3%	11/1 20%	-
BTTS - Yes 55%	7/10 6%	-
BTTS - No 45%	21/20 5%	-
BTTS - Home Win 26%	11/4 25%	-
BTTS - Draw 17%	7/2	-
BTTS - Away Win 12%	6/1 17%	-
Home/draw 78%	2/7 8%	-
Away/draw 46%	5/6 22%	-
Home/away 77%	2/7 3%	-
Over 1.5 Goals 78%	2/9 4%	-
Under 1.5 Goals 22%	3/1 10%	-
Over 3.5 Goals 33%	7/4 14%	-
Under 3.5 Goals 67%	2/5 5%	-
Over 4.5 Goals 17%	9/2 14%	-
Under 4.5 Goals 83%	1/7 3%	-
Over 5.5 Goals 7%	10/1 13%	-
Under 5.5 Goals 93%	1/20 1%	-
Over 0.5 Goals 94%	1/25 2%	-
Under 0.5 Goals 6%	11/1 20%	-
Home DNB 71%	2/5 19%	-
Away DNB 39%	7/4 38%	-
Reading win to nil 29%	5/2 13%	-
Bradford win to nil 11%	6/1 40%	-
Reading / Reading 25%	2/1 25%	-
Reading / Bradford 3%	28/1	-
Reading / Draw 6%	12/1	-
Draw / Reading 15%	4/1 17%	-
Draw / Bradford 11%	15/2 31%	-
Draw / Draw 15%	5/1 20%	-
Bradford / Reading 4%	20/1 19%	-
Bradford / Bradford 15%	5/1 37%	-
Bradford / Draw 6%	14/1	-

Win / draw / win League One table

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 Bradford
Results by League Table

	TEAM	PLD	W	D	L	GD	PTS	HOME	AWAY	HOME	AWAY
1	Plymouth	10	6	1	3	6	19	Jan 30	Oct 31	Feb 6	l 2-0A
2	Bradford	9	5	2	2	3	17	d 1-1A	Apr 27	-	-
3	Stockport	9	5	1	3	9	16	Feb 27	Nov 14	Dec 26	Mar 29
4	Huddersfield	9	4	4	1	7	16	Apr 24	Mar 26	Oct 31	Jan 30
5	Cambridge	9	4	4	1	3	16	Feb 20	l 2-1F	l 1-2A	Feb 9
6	Reading	9	4	3	2	11	15	-	-	Apr 27	d 1-1F
7	Sheff Wed	8	4	3	1	7	15	May 1	Nov 28	Mar 13	w 0-1F
8	Oxford Utd	7	4	2	1	7	14	Feb 6	Nov 4	Jan 23	Oct 24
9	Stevenage	8	3	3	2	4	12	Mar 29	Dec 26	Oct 17	Jan 16
10	Burton	10	3	3	4	-2	12	Apr 10	Dec 12	Jan 19	Oct 20
11	AFC Wim	9	3	3	3	-3	12	Mar 13	d 0-00-0	Dec 12	Apr 10
12	L Orient	9	3	2	4	2	11	Oct 21	Jan 19	d 0-00-0	Apr 24
13	Luton	8	3	2	3	1	11	l 3-4A	Mar 6	Apr 17	w 0-1F
14	Mansfield	8	3	2	3	-2	11	w 5-0F	Feb 9	w 1-0F	Feb 13
15	Wycombe	9	2	4	3	-6	10	Apr 13	d 2-2F	May 1	Nov 28
16	Doncaster	8	2	3	3	0	9	Dec 1	May 8	Nov 21	Mar 20
17	Leicester	8	2	3	3	-4	9	Dec 19	Jan 9	Feb 27	Nov 14
18	Blackpool	8	2	2	4	-1	8	w 3-1F	Feb 13	Apr 3	Dec 29
19	Peterborough	9	2	2	5	-7	8	Dec 29	Apr 3	w 2-0F	Mar 6
20	Barnsley	8	2	2	4	-7	8	Oct 24	Jan 23	-	Apr 13
21	Bromley	8	2	2	4	-11	8	Nov 21	Mar 20	Jan 9	Dec 19
22	Notts C	8	1	4	3	-3	7	w 2-0F	Apr 17	Feb 20	w 0-1F
23	MK Dons	8	0	6	2	-6	6	Jan 1	w 1-5F	Dec 1	May 8
24	Wigan	8	1	1	6	-8	4	Jan 16	Oct 17	Mar 26	Jan 1

	Promotion
	Promotion Play Off
	Relegation

Win / draw / win form

Home

Overall

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

19 / 20

Conceded

14 / 20

Clean sheets

6 / 20

Failed to score

1 / 20

Won

Draw

Lost

HOME FORM Win / Draw / Win
Reading	2 - 0	Notts C
Reading	3 - 1	Blackpool
Reading	5 - 0	Mansfield
Reading	3 - 4	Luton
Reading	0 - 1	Blackpool
Reading	1 - 3	Cardiff
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

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

15 / 20

Conceded

16 / 20

Clean sheets

4 / 20

Failed to score

5 / 20

Won

Draw

Lost

OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
A	Reading	2 - 2	Wycombe
H	Reading	2 - 0	Notts C
A	Reading	1 - 2	Cambridge
H	Reading	3 - 1	Blackpool
H	Reading	5 - 0	Mansfield
A	Reading	0 - 0	AFC Wim
H	Reading	3 - 4	Luton
H	Reading	0 - 1	Blackpool
A	Reading	1 - 1	Rotherham
H	Reading	1 - 3	Cardiff
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

Away

Overall

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

14 / 20

Conceded

15 / 20

Clean sheets

5 / 20

Failed to score

6 / 20

Won

Lost

AWAY FORM Win / Draw / Win
Luton	0 - 1	Bradford
Notts C	0 - 1	Bradford
Plymouth	2 - 0	Bradford
Sheff Wed	0 - 1	Bradford
Bolton	1 - 0	Bradford
Exeter	1 - 2	Bradford
Barnsley	2 - 2	Bradford
Wycombe	1 - 2	Bradford
Burton	2 - 1	Bradford
Wigan	2 - 0	Bradford
Port Vale	0 - 2	Bradford
Reading	2 - 1	Bradford
AFC Wim	3 - 1	Bradford
Luton	2 - 1	Bradford
Lincoln	3 - 0	Bradford
Huddersfield	1 - 0	Bradford
Blackpool	1 - 2	Bradford
Mansfield	3 - 0	Bradford
L Orient	2 - 1	Bradford
Plymouth	0 - 1	Bradford

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

15 / 20

Conceded

13 / 20

Clean sheets

7 / 20

Failed to score

5 / 20

Won

Lost

OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
A	Bradford	1 - 0	Luton
A	Bradford	1 - 0	Notts C
H	Bradford	1 - 0	Mansfield
H	Bradford	1 - 2	Cambridge
A	Bradford	0 - 2	Plymouth
A	Bradford	1 - 0	Sheff Wed
H	Bradford	2 - 0	Peterborough
H	Bradford	0 - 1	Bolton
A	Bradford	0 - 1	Bolton
A	Bradford	2 - 1	Exeter
H	Bradford	1 - 1	Bolton
H	Bradford	1 - 1	Plymouth
A	Bradford	2 - 2	Barnsley
H	Bradford	0 - 1	Stevenage
A	Bradford	2 - 1	Wycombe
H	Bradford	1 - 0	Northampton
A	Bradford	1 - 2	Burton
H	Bradford	1 - 1	Mansfield
A	Bradford	0 - 2	Wigan
A	Bradford	2 - 0	Port Vale

Win / draw / win head to head (H2H)

Reading

Bradford

Goals: Scored

Games: Scored

5 / 7

Clean sheets

2 / 7

RDG

BRD

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

Bradford

Reading

Goals: Scored

Games: Scored

5 / 7

4 / 7

Clean sheets

3 / 7

2 / 7

RDG

BRD

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

Goal Statistics

Reading have been consistent in attack of late, finding the net in 5 consecutive League One games. Their PG of 1.8 against Bradford City on Saturday suggests they're likely to extend that run.

Goals have been an issue for Bradford City of late. It has been 6 League One games since they last scored more than 1, and a PG of 1.1 suggests they'll have problems ending that run on Saturday afternoon against Reading.

	Reading 6th	Bradford 2nd
	Kickoff prediction
Kickoff prediction	1.8 goals	1.1 goals
	Scoring probability
Scoring probability	0 16% 1 30% 2 27% 3 16% 4+ 11% There is a 84% probability that Reading will score 1 or more goals	0 34% 1 37% 2 20% 3 4+ There is a 71% probability that Bradford will score no more than 1 goal

	20 home / away league games
20 home / away league games	+35 Reading have scored 35% more goals at home than predicted	-21 Bradford have scored 21% fewer goals when away than predicted
	2.0 average goals scored	1.0 average goals scored
	1.3 conceded	1.4 conceded

Attack defence ratings
League One - 2026/2027 season

23%

better

RDG

BRD

view stats

Games scored	6		6
Failed to score	1		1
Scored first	5		5
Goals scored	16		7
Avg. goals scored	2.3		1
Avg. shots per game	10		8
Avg. shots per goal	5		8
Conversion rate for	22		12
Avg. XG for	2.1		1.1
KickOff rating		+23%

RDG

BRD

30%

better

view stats

Games conceded	4		2
Clean sheets	3		5
Conceded first	1		2
Goals conceded	9		4
Avg. goals conceded	1.3		0.6
Avg. shots/game conceded	8		6
Avg. shots/goal conceded	6		11
Conversion rate against	16%		9%
Avg. XG against	1.1		1
KickOff rating		+30%

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

Reading League One squad statistics 2026/2027

Overall

Attack

Defence

Most starts	Most goals	Most assists	Most cards
9	4	4	3
J Pereira	J Brown	K. Lisbie	H Roberts

Line-up	Appserances	goals	Assists	cards
J Pereira GLK	9			1 -
U Godwin-Malife DEF	9	1	1	-
P O'Connor DEF	9	1		2 -
B. Ward DEF	9	1		1 -
H Roberts DEF	7		1	3 -
L Wing MID	9		1	-
A Rinomhota MID	8			2 -
K. Lisbie MID	9	3	4	2 -
J Stokes MID	5		1	-
P Lane MID	9	1	1	1 -
J Brown FWD	9	4	1	-
Subs
J Stevens GLK				-
C Masterson DEF	1			-
A. Ahmed DEF				-
L Fraser MID	4			-
D Kyerewaa MID	8		1	-
R Williams MID	9		1	1 -
J Reid FWD	5			-

Most goals	Most shots on target	Most assists	Most big chances
4	6	4	4
J Brown	K. Lisbie	K. Lisbie	K. Lisbie

Line-up	goals	shots on	Assists	big chances
J Brown FWD	4	4	1	1
K. Lisbie MID	3	6	4	4
U Godwin-Malife DEF	1	1	1	3
P O'Connor DEF	1	3
B. Ward DEF	1	2
P Lane MID	1	6	1	3
H Roberts DEF		1	1	1
L Wing MID		3	1	2
J Stokes MID		2	1
Subs
D Kyerewaa MID		2	1	1
R Williams MID			1	2

Most passes	Most tackles	Most duels won
481	14	87
B. Ward	L Wing	B. Ward

Line-up	passes	tackles	duels won
B. Ward DEF	481	12	87
L Wing MID	452	14	30
P O'Connor DEF	419	9	71
U Godwin-Malife DEF	380	7	43
J Pereira GLK	298		8
A Rinomhota MID	217	13	40
H Roberts DEF	215	8	28
P Lane MID	161	8	40
J Stokes MID	113	5	14
K. Lisbie MID	96	4	32
Subs
D Kyerewaa MID	50	3	10
J Brown FWD	39	1	17
Subs
R Williams MID	38	1	6
L Fraser MID	36	1	3
J Reid FWD	23	1	11
C Masterson DEF	19	1	2

Bradford League One squad statistics 2026/2027

Overall

Attack

Defence

Most starts	Most goals	Most assists	Most cards
9	2	1	3
A Baldwin	B Pointon	M Pennington	A Sarcevic

Line-up	Appserances	goals	Assists	cards
C Dawson GLK	1			-
M Pennington DEF	8		1	2 -
A Baldwin DEF	9	1		1 -
G. Pratt DEF	5	1		2 -
K Jackson MID	9		1	1 -
A Sarcevic MID	9	1		3 -
C Connolly MID	9		1	3 -
I Touray MID	9			2 -
A Phillips FWD	8		1	1 -
B Pointon FWD	9	2	1	1 -
J Beesley FWD	9	1	1	1 -
Subs
C Doyle GLK				-
C O'Keeffe DEF	4			-
M Gillesphey DEF	7	1		1 -
K. Morgan MID	1			1 -
N Powell MID	9	1		1 -
G Lapslie MID	1			-
W Swan FWD	6			-

Most goals	Most shots on target	Most assists	Most big chances
2	6	1	3
B Pointon	B Pointon	M Pennington	K Jackson

Line-up	goals	shots on	Assists	big chances
B Pointon FWD	2	6	1	2
A Baldwin DEF	1	1
G. Pratt DEF	1	1
A Sarcevic MID	1	3		1
J Beesley FWD	1	4	1	1
Subs
M Gillesphey DEF	1	2
N Powell MID	1	2
M Pennington DEF			1	1
K Jackson MID		1	1	3
C Connolly MID		4	1	1
I Touray MID				2
A Phillips FWD		2	1	1
Subs
W Swan FWD		1		1

Most passes	Most tackles	Most duels won
352	20	77
A Baldwin	A Sarcevic	A Baldwin

Line-up	passes	tackles	duels won
A Baldwin DEF	352	15	77
M Pennington DEF	346	16	60
I Touray MID	344	19	51
C Connolly MID	320	11	41
A Sarcevic MID	286	20	56
Subs
M Gillesphey DEF	224	4	21
B Pointon FWD	185	15	42
G. Pratt DEF	182	10	23
K Jackson MID	146	9	31
A Phillips FWD	139	2	10
J Beesley FWD	110	1	62
Subs
N Powell MID	68	2	38
W Swan FWD	34	3	12
C Dawson GLK	30
Subs
G Lapslie MID	14	1	3
C O'Keeffe DEF	13	2	5
K. Morgan MID	3		1