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

Madejski Stadium, Reading

the Madejski Stadium crowd welcome Exeter City's supporters on Tuesday night, as Leam Richardson's Reading face Gary Caldwell's charges in the League One. Stats for our tip of under 3.5 goals are shown below, including head-to-head history. Switching the market with the tabs changes all stats and the odds from the UK's biggest bookmakers, allowing you do find the bet that suits you best.

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Reading's next match is v Wigan at 19:45 on Tuesday 10th February
Exeter City's next match is v Northampton at 15:00 on Saturday 14th February
The last English League One meeting between Reading and Exeter was on Tuesday 27th January 2026
English League One
January 27th 2026
Reading 2
2 Exeter
 
W. Keane 45'14' P. Sweeney
P. O'Connor 75'90' L. Woodhouse
 
RDG
EXE
Shots On
5
2
Shots Off
2
6
Corners
5
3
Possession
57%
43%
Fouls
7
15
Yellow/red cards
4/0
2/0
 
ReadingExeter
 
J. Pereira Castro
J. Dorsett
H. Roberts
C. Savage
L. Wing
D. Kyerewaa (P. Lane 67')
J. Marriott (L. Fraser 88')
P. O'Connorfootball icon
R. Nyambe
K. Doyle (A. Yiadom 87')
W. Keanefootball icon (K. Ehibhaimha 77')
J. Whitworth
(J. Yfeko 64') J. McMillan
J. Fitzwater
E. Brierley
(J. Aitchison 58') R. Cole
I. Niskanen
(J. Magennis 77') J. Wareham
football iconL. Woodhouse
(E. Turns 77') football iconP. Sweeney
L. Oakes
(T. Tuterov 59') S. Cox

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Best Tip: Under 3.5 goals

It's our view that there's not a clear favourite to win this match, but what is clear is that the odds suggest it'll have no more than 3 goals. Our statistical analysis is inline with them too. Reading and Exeter have served up a lot of under 3.5 goal games of late, and key performance statistics point towards an extension of that record. We're confidently predicting under 3.5 goals on Tuesday night, and the bookies have it priced at 1.29.

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Over / Under 1.5 Goals
Over / Under 2.5 Goals
Over / Under 3.5 Goals
Win To Nil
Both Teams To Score
Correct Score
Both Teams To Score & Result
Double Chance
Half Time / Full Time
Over / Under 0.5 Goals
Over / Under 4.5 Goals
Over / Under 5.5 Goals
Draw No Bet
Team To Score First
If you’re looking for a winner in this match, we think Reading are the most likely. Our predictive algorithm gives them a 45% chance of victory, and the bookies have them at a best price of 2.15.

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Predictions Add Bet365 Coral
Reading
45%
23/208/1
Draw
27%
23/101/9
Exeter
28%
5/212/1
Draw 1-1
13%
5/15/6
Reading 1-0
12%
7/111/2
Exeter 1-0
9%
10/116/5
Draw 0-0
9%
9/113/2
Reading 2-1
9%
8/12/7
Reading 2-0
9%
9/18/1
Exeter 2-1
7%
11/119/4
Exeter 2-0
5%
16/111/2
Draw 2-2
5%
12/16/1
Reading 3-1
4%
16/111/2
Reading 3-0
4%
18/114/1
Exeter 3-1
2%
25/120/1
Reading 3-2
2%
25/128/1
Exeter 3-0
2%
40/114/1
Exeter 3-2
2%
33/150/1
Over 2.5 Goals
44%
19/2010/11
Under 2.5 Goals
56%
17/205/6
Home 1st Goal
51%
8/114/5
Away 1st Goal
44%
5/413/10
No 1st Goal
5%
9/113/2
BTTS - Yes
48%
3/41/2
BTTS - No
52%
1/17/5
BTTS - Home Win
18%
10/31/12
BTTS - Draw
18%
10/36/1
BTTS - Away Win
12%
11/240/1
Home/draw
72%
2/71/50
Away/draw
55%
4/61/20
Home/away
73%
1/35/1
Over 1.5 Goals
70%
2/71/5
Under 1.5 Goals
30%
5/216/5
Over 3.5 Goals
23%
9/429/10
Under 3.5 Goals
77%
1/32/9
Over 4.5 Goals
10%
11/219/4
Under 4.5 Goals
90%
1/91/9
Over 5.5 Goals
4%
14/133/1
Under 5.5 Goals
96%
1/331/1000
Over 0.5 Goals
91%
1/161/14
Under 0.5 Goals
9%
9/17/1
Home DNB
64%
1/28/15
Away DNB
47%
6/413/10
Reading win to nil
27%
11/4-
Exeter win to nil
16%
5/1-
Reading / Reading
24%
12/540/1
Reading / Exeter
3%
28/1100/1
Reading / Draw
6%
12/170/1
Draw / Reading
15%
9/212/1
Draw / Exeter
11%
13/220/1
Draw / Draw
15%
9/214/1
Exeter / Reading
4%
22/111/2
Exeter / Exeter
15%
9/23/4
Exeter / Draw
6%
14/127/10
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Win / draw / win League One table

Reading have played 26 matches so far this season and are in 13th position in the league.

Performance against teams above them in the league

14 of those games have come against teams above them in the table. They have lost 5 games, drawn 6 and won 3. Reading have conceded 19 goals, scored 14, failed to score in 3 matches and kept 2 clean sheets.

Home league performance

Reading have played 14 games at home, winning 7, drawing 4 and losing 3 fixtures. They have scored 18 goals, conceded 14 goals, kept 5 clean sheets and failed to score 1 time in home league games.

Exeter lay in 10th place on 36 points in the League One league table having played 26 matches.

Performance against teams below them in the league

They have played 15 games against teams below them in the table, winning 7, drawing 2 and losing 6 games. They have scored 19 goals and kept 5 clean sheets against lower placed opposition. Exeter have conceded 14 goals and have failed to score in 4 matches.

Away league performance

Exeter have played 14 away games, winning 4, drawing 1 and losing 9 games. They have scored an average of 0.8 goals per away game and conceded an average 1.1 goals per away game.

Won
Draw
Lost
Reading
Exeter
Results by League Table
TEAM PLD W D L GD PTS HOME AWAY HOME AWAY
1
Cardiff3019652663 
Apr 18
l
 
2-1F
Mar 14
l
 
1-0A
2
Lincoln3018752261 
Apr 6
l
 
2-0A
Mar 10
w
 
0-1F
3
Bolton31151061255 
Feb 17
d
 
1-1A
Feb 28
l
 
2-1F
4
Stockport301587753 
w
 
1-0F
d
 
1-1A
Apr 18
l
 
1-0A
5
Huddersfield31147101149 
l
 
0-2A
Apr 3
l
 
0-1A
d
 
2-2A
6
Bradford291478449 
Feb 28
l
 
2-0A
May 2
l
 
1-0A
7
Luton3013611545 
w
 
3-2F
Mar 7
w
 
1-0F
Mar 17
8
Wycombe3011109943 
Feb 14
d
 
2-2A
Feb 17
w
 
0-1F
9
Stevenage291199142 
w
 
1-0F
Mar 21
w
 
3-0F
l
 
2-1A
10
Peterborough3013215341 
l
 
1-2A
d
 
1-1F
w
 
3-0F
Feb 21
11
Reading2910109340 
-
-
d
 
1-1A
d
 
2-2F
12
Mansfield281099639 
d
 
1-1A
-
l
 
1-2A
d
 
0-00-0
13
Exeter2911513338 
d
 
2-2A
d
 
1-1F
-
-
14
AFC Wim2911513-638 
l
 
1-2A
l
 
3-2A
w
 
1-0F
w
 
0-1F
15
Barnsley2710710-237 
d
 
2-2F
l
 
3-2A
w
 
3-0F
Mar 7
16
Plymouth3011415-937 
Mar 14
w
 
1-4F
w
 
2-0F
Apr 11
17
Blackpool309615-733 
May 2
w
 
0-3F
w
 
4-1F
Apr 3
18
L Orient309615-933 
w
 
2-1F
l
 
3-1A
Mar 28
l
 
2-1F
19
Northampton309615-1033 
w
 
1-0F
w
 
0-2F
Feb 14
l
 
2-0A
20
Doncaster309615-1733 
d
 
1-1A
Apr 11
Apr 6
l
 
1-0A
21
Burton308814-1232 
w
 
2-0F
Mar 17
-
Apr 25
22
Wigan2971012-1031 
Mar 28
Feb 10
d
 
1-1A
Mar 21
23
Rotherham298714-1231 
d
 
1-1A
Apr 25
l
 
0-4A
l
 
1-0A
24
Port Vale285716-1822 
w
 
1-0F
Feb 21
l
 
0-2A
w
 
1-3F
Promotion
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Win / draw / win form
Reading 10TH
20 league games
Home
Overall
Goals: Scored
27
Conceded
21
Games: Scored
18 / 20
Conceded
13 / 20
Clean sheets
7 / 20
Failed to score
2 / 20
Won
10
Draw
5
Lost
5
HOME FORM Win / Draw / Win
Reading2 - 2Barnsley
Reading1 - 0Stockport
Reading2 - 0Burton
Reading3 - 2Luton
Reading1 - 2Peterborough
Reading1 - 1Rotherham
Reading1 - 0Stevenage
Reading1 - 1Doncaster
Reading1 - 0Northampton
Reading1 - 1Mansfield
Reading2 - 1L Orient
Reading1 - 0Port Vale
Reading1 - 2AFC Wim
Reading0 - 2Huddersfield
Reading2 - 4Barnsley
Reading0 - 1Lincoln
Reading1 - 0Wycombe
Reading3 - 1Peterborough
Reading1 - 1Stevenage
Reading2 - 0Wrexham
Goals: Scored
30
Conceded
24
Games: Scored
19 / 20
Conceded
15 / 20
Clean sheets
5 / 20
Failed to score
1 / 20
Won
8
Draw
7
Lost
5
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
HReading2 - 2Barnsley
AReading1 - 3L Orient
HReading1 - 0Stockport
HReading2 - 0Burton
AReading1 - 1Peterborough
AReading4 - 1Plymouth
HReading3 - 2Luton
AReading0 - 2Bradford
HReading1 - 2Peterborough
AReading3 - 0Blackpool
HReading1 - 1Rotherham
HReading1 - 0Stevenage
HReading1 - 1Doncaster
HReading1 - 0Northampton
AReading1 - 2Cardiff
AReading1 - 1Exeter
HReading1 - 1Mansfield
AReading1 - 1Stockport
HReading2 - 1L Orient
AReading2 - 3Barnsley
Exeter 20TH
20 league games
Away
Overall
Goals: Scored
17
Conceded
25
Games: Scored
12 / 20
Conceded
16 / 20
Clean sheets
4 / 20
Failed to score
8 / 20
Won
6
D
3
Lost
11
AWAY FORM Win / Draw / Win
Port Vale1 - 3Exeter
Huddersfield2 - 2Exeter
AFC Wim0 - 1Exeter
Cardiff1 - 0Exeter
Bolton2 - 1Exeter
Bradford1 - 0Exeter
L Orient2 - 1Exeter
Stockport1 - 0Exeter
Lincoln0 - 1Exeter
Stevenage2 - 1Exeter
Rotherham1 - 0Exeter
Northampton2 - 0Exeter
Wycombe0 - 1Exeter
Doncaster1 - 0Exeter
Mansfield3 - 0Exeter
Crawley3 - 1Exeter
Bristol R1 - 2Exeter
Barnsley1 - 2Exeter
Lincoln0 - 0Exeter
Rotherham1 - 1Exeter
Goals: Scored
22
Conceded
18
Games: Scored
14 / 20
Conceded
13 / 20
Clean sheets
7 / 20
Failed to score
6 / 20
Won
8
D
3
Lost
9
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
AExeter3 - 1Port Vale
HExeter3 - 0Stevenage
AExeter2 - 2Huddersfield
HExeter1 - 0Luton
AExeter1 - 0AFC Wim
AExeter0 - 1Cardiff
HExeter3 - 0Barnsley
AExeter1 - 2Bolton
HExeter1 - 0AFC Wim
AExeter0 - 1Bradford
AExeter1 - 2L Orient
HExeter1 - 1Wigan
HExeter2 - 0Plymouth
AExeter0 - 1Stockport
HExeter1 - 1Reading
AExeter1 - 0Lincoln
HExeter0 - 1Huddersfield
AExeter1 - 2Stevenage
HExeter0 - 2Port Vale
AExeter0 - 1Rotherham
Win / draw / win head to head (H2H)
League games at Reading since 2024
Reading
Exeter
Goals: Scored
3
2
Games: Scored
1 / 2
1 / 2
Clean sheets
1 / 2
1 / 2
RDG
1
D
1
FIXTURE HISTORY AT Reading
Draw0 - 0Draw
Reading3 - 2
League games at Exeter since 2023
Exeter
Reading
Goals: Scored
4
4
Games: Scored
3 / 3
3 / 3
Clean sheets
0 / 3
0 / 3
RDG
1
D
1
EXE
1
FIXTURE HISTORY AT Exeter
Draw1 - 1Draw
1 - 2Reading
Exeter2 - 1
Goal Statistics
Reading 10th Exeter 20th
Kickoff prediction
Kickoff prediction
1.4
goals
1.0
goals
Scoring probability
Scoring probability
0
25%
1
35%
2
24%
3
11%
4+
There is a 60% probability that Reading will score no more than 1 goal
0
36%
1
37%
2
19%
3
4+
There is a 73% probability that Exeter will score no more than 1 goal
 
20 home / away league games
20 home / away league games
-1
Reading’s goalscoring at home has been inline with predictions
-15
Exeter have scored 15% fewer goals when away than predicted
1.4
average goals scored
0.9
average goals scored
1.1
conceded
1.3
conceded
 
Attack defence ratings
League One - 2025/2026 season
Reading
PG (predicted goals)
Exeter
1.4
1
Attack rating
15%
better
RDG
EXE
view stats
Games scored23
18
Failed to score3
8
Scored first13
13
Goals scored35
31
Avg. goals scored1.3
1.2
Avg. shots per game9
7
Avg. shots per goal6
6
Conversion rate for15
17
Avg. XG for1.2
1.2
KickOff rating
+15%
Defence rating
RDG
EXE
20%
better
view stats
Games conceded20
17
Clean sheets6
9
Conceded first13
13
Goals conceded33
24
Avg. goals conceded1.3
0.9
Avg. shots/game conceded8
8
Avg. shots/goal conceded6
9
Conversion rate against16%
11%
Avg. XG against1.4
1.3
KickOff rating
+20%

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

Reading League One squad statistics 2025/2026
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
291276
L WingJ MarriottL WingC Savage
Line-upAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
J Pereira GLK26
-
R Nyambe DEF4
1
-
P O'Connor DEF191
5
-
J Dorsett DEF2611
3
-
H Roberts DEF411
2
-
L Wing MID2987
2
-
C Savage MID2921
6
-
W Keane MID52
-
K Doyle MID2834
2
-
D Kyerewaa MID2633
5
-
J Marriott FWD19123
-
Subs
J Stevens GLK3
-
F Burns DEF19
3
-
A Yiadom DEF19
6
-
L Fraser MID181
-
M Ritchie MID164
5
-
K Ehibhatiomhan FWD253
4
-
P Lane FWD1811
1
-
Exeter League One squad statistics 2025/2026
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
291086
J WhitworthJ WarehamI NiskanenP Sweeney
Line-upAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
J Whitworth GLK29
4
-
P Sweeney DEF232
6
-
J Fitzwater DEF2811
5
-
L Woodhouse DEF1611
1
-
I Niskanen MID2918
4
-
J McMillan MID261
3
-
E Brierley MID2913
4
-
L. Oakes MID11
2
-
R Cole FWD2343
2
-
S Cox FWD191
3
-
J Wareham FWD29101
5
-
Subs
J Bycroft GLK
-
E Turns DEF20
2
-
J Yfeko DEF9
1
-
J Aitchison FWD2713
3
-
A. Higgins FWD161
-
J Magennis FWD214
4
-
T. Tuterov FWD52
1
-