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

Sat 18th Apr, 15:00 BST, Madejski Stadium, Reading

Cardiff City are away from home on Saturday afternoon, as manager Brian Barry-Murphy takes his men to visit Reading and Leam Richardson at the Madejski Stadium in the League One. Analysing both sides' last 20 League One matches, as well as trends within the competition and the market, to generate our percentage predictions. All the statistics, including head-to-heads, are shown below, alongside the best odds.

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Predictions	Bet365	Coral
Reading 39%	-	-
Draw 24%	-	-
Cardiff 38%	-	-
Draw 1-1 11%	-	-
Reading 2-1 8%	-	-
Cardiff 2-1 8%	-	-
Reading 1-0 7%	-	-
Cardiff 1-0 7%	-	-
Draw 2-2 7%	-	-
Reading 2-0 5%	-	-
Cardiff 2-0 5%	-	-
Reading 3-1 4%	-	-
Draw 0-0 4%	-	-
Cardiff 3-1 4%	-	-
Reading 3-2 3%	-	-
Cardiff 3-2 3%	-	-
Reading 3-0 3%	-	-
Cardiff 3-0 3%	-	-
Over 2.5 Goals 61%	-	-
Under 2.5 Goals 39%	-	-
Home 1st Goal 49%	-	-
Away 1st Goal 48%	-	-
No 1st Goal 2%	-	-
BTTS - Yes 63%	-	-
BTTS - No 37%	-	-
BTTS - Home Win 22%	-	-
BTTS - Draw 19%	-	-
BTTS - Away Win 21%	-	-
Home/draw 62%	-	-
Away/draw 61%	-	-
Home/away 76%	-	-
Over 1.5 Goals 82%	-	-
Under 1.5 Goals 18%	-	-
Over 3.5 Goals 38%	-	-
Under 3.5 Goals 62%	-	-
Over 4.5 Goals 21%	-	-
Under 4.5 Goals 79%	-	-
Over 5.5 Goals 10%	-	-
Under 5.5 Goals 90%	-	-
Over 0.5 Goals 96%	-	-
Under 0.5 Goals 4%	-	-
Home DNB 55%	-	-
Away DNB 54%	-	-
Reading win to nil 17%	-	-
Cardiff win to nil 16%	-	-

Win / draw / win League One table

Reading have played 41 matches so far this season and are in 6th position in the league.

Performance against teams above them in the league

8 of those games have come against teams above them in the table. They have lost 3 games, drawn 3 and won 2. Reading have conceded 10 goals, scored 7, failed to score in 2 matches and kept 1 clean sheet.

Home league performance

Reading have played 20 games at home, winning 10, drawing 7 and losing 3 fixtures. They have scored 31 goals, conceded 22 goals, kept 6 clean sheets and failed to score 1 time in home league games.

Cardiff lay in 2nd place on 77 points in the League One league table having played 39 matches.

Performance against teams below them in the league

They have played 37 games against teams below them in the table, winning 23, drawing 8 and losing 6 games. They have scored 72 goals and kept 15 clean sheets against lower placed opposition. Cardiff have conceded 37 goals and have failed to score in 5 matches.

Away league performance

Cardiff have played 19 away games, winning 9, drawing 6 and losing 4 games. They have scored an average of 1.6 goals per away game and conceded an average 1 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 Cardiff
Results by League Table

	TEAM	PLD	W	D	L	GD	PTS	HOME	AWAY	HOME	AWAY
1	Lincoln	40	26	9	5	41	87	Apr 6	l 2-0A	l 0-2A	l 2-1A
2	Cardiff	39	23	8	8	32	77	Apr 18	l 2-1F	-	-
3	Bolton	40	18	15	7	17	69	d 1-1F	d 1-1A	Apr 11	l 1-0A
4	Bradford	40	20	8	12	6	68	w 2-1A	l 2-0A	l 1-3A	w 1-2F
5	Stockport	39	19	9	11	9	66	w 1-0F	d 1-1A	d 1-1A	d 1-1A
6	Reading	41	16	14	11	9	62	-	-	w 2-1A	Apr 18
7	Stevenage	39	17	10	12	3	61	w 1-0F	l 1-0A	w 2-1A	w 0-1F
8	Wycombe	41	16	11	14	13	59	w 3-2F	d 2-2A	l 0-2A	d 1-1F
9	Plymouth	40	18	5	17	5	59	d 2-2F	w 1-4F	w 4-0F	l 5-2A
10	Huddersfield	40	16	10	14	8	58	l 0-2A	d 1-1F	w 3-2F	Apr 14
11	Luton	40	16	10	14	4	58	w 3-2F	w 2-3F	w 3-1F	w 0-1F
12	Mansfield	38	13	13	12	8	52	d 1-1A	l 1-0A	w 3-0F	May 2
13	Barnsley	38	13	12	13	-1	51	d 2-2F	l 3-2A	w 4-0F	d 1-1F
14	Peterborough	39	15	5	19	4	50	l 1-2A	d 1-1F	w 2-1A	Apr 6
15	L Orient	40	14	8	18	-7	50	w 2-1F	l 3-1A	w 4-3F	d 1-1A
16	AFC Wim	40	14	8	18	-10	50	l 1-2A	l 3-2A	w 4-1F	w 0-1F
17	Doncaster	40	14	8	18	-19	50	d 1-1A	Apr 11	w 4-3A	w 0-4F
18	Blackpool	41	13	9	19	-15	48	May 2	w 0-3F	d 0-00-0	l 3-1A
19	Burton	41	12	11	18	-11	47	w 2-0F	w 1-2A	l 0-1A	d 2-2A
20	Wigan	40	11	13	16	-13	46	w 3-0F	w 1-2F	w 1-0F	w 0-2F
21	Exeter	41	11	10	20	-11	43	d 2-2A	d 1-1F	w 1-0F	w 0-4F
22	Rotherham	39	9	10	20	-23	37	d 1-1A	Apr 25	w 3-0F	w 0-3F
23	Northampton	40	9	8	23	-24	35	w 1-0F	w 0-2F	Apr 25	w 1-3F
24	Port Vale	38	7	10	21	-25	31	w 1-0F	d 1-1F	Apr 22	d 0-00-0

	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

HOME FORM Win / Draw / Win
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
Reading	0 - 2	Huddersfield

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

18 / 20

Conceded

16 / 20

Clean sheets

4 / 20

Failed to score

2 / 20

Won

Draw

OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
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
H	Reading	2 - 0	Burton
A	Reading	1 - 1	Peterborough

Away

Overall

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

18 / 20

Conceded

12 / 20

Clean sheets

8 / 20

Failed to score

2 / 20

Won

Draw

Lost

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

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

17 / 20

Conceded

13 / 20

Clean sheets

7 / 20

Failed to score

3 / 20

Won

Draw

OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
H	Cardiff	0 - 0	Blackpool
H	Cardiff	0 - 2	Wycombe
A	Cardiff	4 - 0	Exeter
A	Cardiff	1 - 1	Barnsley
H	Cardiff	0 - 2	Lincoln
A	Cardiff	4 - 0	Doncaster
A	Cardiff	2 - 5	Plymouth
H	Cardiff	4 - 1	AFC Wim
H	Cardiff	3 - 1	Luton
A	Cardiff	3 - 0	Rotherham
A	Cardiff	2 - 2	Burton
H	Cardiff	4 - 0	Barnsley
H	Cardiff	1 - 1	Stockport
A	Cardiff	2 - 1	Bradford
A	Cardiff	1 - 1	L Orient
H	Cardiff	1 - 0	Wigan
A	Cardiff	1 - 1	Wycombe
H	Cardiff	2 - 1	Stevenage
H	Cardiff	1 - 0	Exeter
A	Cardiff	1 - 2	Lincoln

Win / draw / win head to head (H2H)

Reading

Cardiff

Goals: Scored

Games: Scored

14 / 16

Clean sheets

2 / 16

RDG

CAR

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

Cardiff

Reading

Goals: Scored

Games: Scored

12 / 17

Clean sheets

5 / 17

RDG

CAR

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

Goal Statistics

	Reading 6th	Cardiff 2nd
	Kickoff prediction
Kickoff prediction	1.6 goals	1.6 goals
	Scoring probability
Scoring probability	0 21% 1 33% 2 26% 3 14% 4+ 8% There is a 79% probability that Reading will score 1 or more goals	0 21% 1 33% 2 26% 3 13% 4+ 7% There is a 79% probability that Cardiff will score 1 or more goals

	20 home / away league games
20 home / away league games	+14 Reading have scored 14% more goals at home than predicted	+27 Cardiff have scored 27% more goals when away than predicted
	1.6 average goals scored	1.7 average goals scored
	1.1 conceded	1.2 conceded

Attack defence ratings
League One - 2025/2026 season

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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 Cardiff 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
41	16	11	10
L Wing	J Marriott	L Wing	P O'Connor

Players	Appserances	goals	Assists	cards
C Savage MID	41	2	4	9 -
L Wing MID	41	10	11	5 -
K Doyle MID	40	4	6	4 -
J Pereira GLK	38			1 -
K Ehibhatiomhan FWD	37	9		6 -
J Dorsett DEF	34	2	1	6 -
P O'Connor DEF	31	3		10 -
A Yiadom DEF	29			6 -
P Lane FWD	29	2	1	1 -
F Burns DEF	28			4 -
L Fraser MID	28	1		1 -
D Kyerewaa MID	28	3	3	5 -
M Ritchie MID	24	1	6	5 -
D Williams DEF	23		1	5 -
J Marriott FWD	23	16	3	-
K Abrefa DEF	19		2	2 -
M O’Mahony FWD	16			1 -
R Williams MID	15	2	1	-
R Nyambe DEF	14			2 -
W Keane FWD	12	2		-
M Camará MID	11	1		1 -
H Roberts DEF	9	1	1	2 -
B. Ward DEF	8			1 -
B Elliott MID	8			1 -
K Young FWD	5			1 -
J Stevens GLK	3			-
A Rinomhota MID	1			-
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	10	24	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	3
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	3	6	3
M Camará MID	1	1
H Roberts DEF	1	2	1	2
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
2277	88	247
L Wing	L Wing	P O'Connor

Players	passes	tackles	duels won
L Wing MID	2277	88	194
C Savage MID	1637	74	107
P O'Connor DEF	1588	36	247
J Pereira GLK	1466	3	32
J Dorsett DEF	1104	49	163
D Williams DEF	1073	36	126
F Burns DEF	857	38	127
K Doyle MID	726	50	141
L Fraser MID	580	19	41
D Kyerewaa MID	548	19	113
A Yiadom DEF	424	34	81
K Abrefa DEF	397	37	67
P Lane FWD	356	13	47
R Nyambe DEF	346	18	56
K Ehibhatiomhan FWD	313	20	152
B. Ward DEF	312	16	58
M Ritchie MID	280	9	33
J Marriott FWD	212	10	38
B Elliott MID	189	13	37
R Williams MID	173	12	50
H Roberts DEF	160	4	21
W Keane FWD	90	8	21
M Camará MID	89	4	21
J Stevens GLK	85		1
M O’Mahony FWD	59	6	36
K Young FWD	39	2	6
B Tuma FWD	3		1
A Rinomhota MID	1

Cardiff League One squad statistics 2025/2026

Overall

Attack

Defence

Most starts	Most goals	Most assists	Most cards
36	12	11	7
N Trott	Y Salech	O Tanner	J Bagan

Players	Appserances	goals	Assists	cards
J Bagan DEF	38	1	3	7 -
N Trott GLK	36			2 -
C Willock FWD	36	7	5	3 -
C Robinson FWD	36	7	1	1 -
R Wintle MID	35	1	5	3 1
C. Ashford FWD	35	4	3	-
D Turnbull MID	34	2	4	2 -
J Colwill MID	33	4	2	6 -
P Ng DEF	31	5	4	4 -
W Fish DEF	31	1		3 -
R. Kpakio DEF	29	1	6	4 -
O Kellyman MID	29	7	1	3 -
A Robertson MID	27	5	2	6 -
Y Salech FWD	27	12	4	3 -
I Davies FWD	27	4	1	1 -
D. Lawlor DEF	26	2	2	4 -
C Chambers DEF	24	2		4 -
R Colwill MID	24	6	4	3 -
O Tanner FWD	22	1	11	3 -
G Osho DEF	16			2 1
C. Scanlon DEF	6			-
M. Turner GLK	3			1 -
E King MID	1			-

Most goals	Most shots on target	Most assists	Most big chances
12	28	11	11
Y Salech	Y Salech	O Tanner	O Tanner

Players	goals	shots on	Assists	big chances
Y Salech FWD	12	28	4	7
C Willock FWD	7	13	5	9
C Robinson FWD	7	21	1	3
O Kellyman MID	7	19	1	2
R Colwill MID	6	24	4	8
P Ng DEF	5	11	4	3
A Robertson MID	5	12	2	4
C. Ashford FWD	4	16	3	6
J Colwill MID	4	8	2	2
I Davies FWD	4	5	1	2
D Turnbull MID	2	10	4	3
D. Lawlor DEF	2	3	2	3
C Chambers DEF	2	8		1
J Bagan DEF	1	3	3	8
R Wintle MID	1	8	5	7
W Fish DEF	1	1		4
R. Kpakio DEF	1	4	6	4
O Tanner FWD	1	7	11	11
G Osho DEF		1
C. Scanlon DEF				1

Most passes	Most tackles	Most duels won
2104	63	162
R Wintle	J Bagan	Y Salech

Players	passes	tackles	duels won
R Wintle MID	2104	35	100
J Bagan DEF	2079	63	157
W Fish DEF	1553	21	112
D. Lawlor DEF	1515	19	79
P Ng DEF	1502	53	157
C Chambers DEF	1341	23	90
N Trott GLK	1224		15
A Robertson MID	1140	37	120
D Turnbull MID	1114	31	55
R Colwill MID	857	25	99
R. Kpakio DEF	848	36	85
C Willock FWD	813	32	92
C. Ashford FWD	674	27	113
G Osho DEF	673	24	85
J Colwill MID	643	38	129
O Tanner FWD	492	23	68
O Kellyman MID	400	28	130
Y Salech FWD	346	8	162
C Robinson FWD	280	7	30
I Davies FWD	173	16	48
M. Turner GLK	92
C. Scanlon DEF	69	7	13
E King MID			1