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

Mon 6th Apr, 15:00 BST, Madejski Stadium, Reading

The League One is the focus for both Reading and Lincoln City on Monday afternoon, as bosses Leam Richardson and Michael Skubala face one another at the Madejski Stadium. In this preview you'll find odds from leading bookmakers for 17 top betting markets as well as predictions, stats and head to head (H2H) data for both teams. You can access it all using the tabs below.

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Predictions	Bet365	Coral
Reading 32%	-	-
Draw 24%	-	-
Lincoln 44%	-	-
Draw 1-1 11%	-	-
Lincoln 2-1 9%	-	-
Lincoln 1-0 9%	-	-
Reading 2-1 8%	-	-
Reading 1-0 7%	-	-
Lincoln 2-0 7%	-	-
Draw 2-2 6%	-	-
Draw 0-0 5%	-	-
Lincoln 3-1 5%	-	-
Reading 2-0 5%	-	-
Lincoln 3-0 4%	-	-
Reading 3-1 3%	-	-
Lincoln 3-2 3%	-	-
Reading 3-2 3%	-	-
Reading 3-0 2%	-	-
Over 2.5 Goals 56%	-	-
Under 2.5 Goals 44%	-	-
Home 1st Goal 47%	-	-
Away 1st Goal 50%	-	-
No 1st Goal 3%	-	-
BTTS - Yes 59%	-	-
BTTS - No 41%	-	-
BTTS - Home Win 17%	-	-
BTTS - Draw 19%	-	-
BTTS - Away Win 23%	-	-
Home/draw 56%	-	-
Away/draw 68%	-	-
Home/away 76%	-	-
Over 1.5 Goals 79%	-	-
Under 1.5 Goals 21%	-	-
Over 3.5 Goals 34%	-	-
Under 3.5 Goals 66%	-	-
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 49%	-	-
Away DNB 61%	-	-
Reading win to nil 15%	-	-
Lincoln win to nil 21%	-	-

Win / draw / win League One table

Reading have played 39 matches so far this season and are in 8th position in the league.

Performance against teams above them in the league

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

Home league performance

Reading have played 19 games at home, winning 9, drawing 7 and losing 3 fixtures. They have scored 28 goals, conceded 22 goals, kept 5 clean sheets and failed to score 1 time in home league games.

Lincoln lay in 1st place on 84 points in the League One league table having played 39 matches.

Performance against teams below them in the league

They have played 39 games against teams below them in the table, winning 25, drawing 9 and losing 5 games. They have scored 74 goals and kept 16 clean sheets against lower placed opposition. Lincoln have conceded 34 goals and have failed to score in 5 matches.

Away league performance

Lincoln have played 19 away games, winning 10, drawing 5 and losing 4 games. They have scored an average of 1.5 goals per away game and conceded an average 0.9 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 Lincoln
Results by League Table

	TEAM	PLD	W	D	L	GD	PTS	HOME	AWAY	HOME	AWAY
1	Lincoln	39	25	9	5	40	84	Apr 6	l 2-0A	-	-
2	Cardiff	39	23	8	8	32	77	Apr 18	l 2-1F	w 2-1F	w 0-2F
3	Bolton	39	17	15	7	16	66	d 1-1F	d 1-1A	d 1-1F	d 1-1F
4	Bradford	39	19	8	12	5	65	w 2-1A	l 2-0A	w 3-0F	d 0-00-0
5	Stevenage	38	17	9	12	3	60	w 1-0F	l 1-0A	w 1-0F	Apr 18
6	Stockport	37	17	9	11	3	60	w 1-0F	d 1-1A	w 3-1F	w 1-2F
7	Plymouth	39	18	5	16	6	59	d 2-2F	w 1-4F	w 3-2F	w 1-4A
8	Reading	39	15	13	11	6	58	-	-	w 2-0F	Apr 6
9	Huddersfield	39	16	9	14	8	57	l 0-2A	Apr 3	d 1-1A	d 2-2A
10	Wycombe	39	15	11	13	12	56	w 3-2F	d 2-2A	Apr 25	l 3-2A
11	Luton	39	15	10	14	3	55	w 3-2F	w 2-3F	w 3-1F	d 2-2F
12	Peterborough	38	15	5	18	5	50	l 1-2A	d 1-1F	w 5-2A	w 0-3F
13	Barnsley	37	13	11	13	-1	50	d 2-2F	l 3-2A	w 3-1F	w 0-2F
14	AFC Wim	38	14	8	16	-6	50	l 1-2A	l 3-2A	Apr 3	l 2-0A
15	Mansfield	37	12	13	12	6	49	d 1-1A	l 1-0A	d 1-1F	w 0-2F
16	L Orient	38	14	6	18	-7	48	w 2-1F	l 3-1A	Apr 11	l 1-0A
17	Doncaster	38	13	8	17	-18	47	d 1-1A	Apr 11	w 2-1F	Apr 21
18	Burton	39	12	10	17	-10	46	w 2-0F	w 1-2A	w 2-1F	w 0-1F
19	Wigan	38	11	12	15	-10	45	Mar 28	w 1-2F	d 2-2A	w 0-1F
20	Exeter	39	11	9	19	-10	42	d 2-2A	d 1-1F	l 0-1A	w 0-1F
21	Blackpool	39	11	9	19	-17	42	May 2	w 0-3F	w 4-0F	d 2-2F
22	Rotherham	38	9	9	20	-23	36	d 1-1A	Apr 25	w 3-0F	l 3-0A
23	Northampton	39	9	8	22	-23	35	w 1-0F	w 0-2F	w 4-0F	w 0-1F
24	Port Vale	36	7	10	19	-20	31	w 1-0F	d 1-1F	w 1-0F	May 2

	Promotion
	Promotion Play Off
	Relegation

Win / draw / win form

Lincoln have not lost in 10 consecutive away league games

Home

Overall

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

19 / 20

Conceded

15 / 20

Clean sheets

5 / 20

Failed to score

1 / 20

Won

Draw

HOME FORM Win / Draw / Win
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
Reading	2 - 4	Barnsley

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

18 / 20

Conceded

17 / 20

Clean sheets

3 / 20

Failed to score

2 / 20

Won

Draw

OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
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
A	Reading	4 - 1	Plymouth
H	Reading	3 - 2	Luton

Away

Overall

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

16 / 20

Conceded

11 / 20

Clean sheets

9 / 20

Failed to score

4 / 20

Won

Draw

Lost

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

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

20 / 20

Conceded

11 / 20

Clean sheets

9 / 20

Failed to score

0 / 20

Won

Draw

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

Win / draw / win head to head (H2H)

Reading

Lincoln

Goals: Scored

Games: Scored

1 / 2

2 / 2

Clean sheets

0 / 2

1 / 2

LIN

FIXTURE HISTORY AT Reading
		0 - 1		Lincoln
Draw		1 - 1		Draw

Lincoln

Reading

Goals: Scored

Games: Scored

3 / 3

1 / 3

Clean sheets

2 / 3

0 / 3

LIN

FIXTURE HISTORY AT Lincoln
Lincoln	2 - 0
Lincoln	2 - 0
Draw	1 - 1	Draw

Goal Statistics

Lincoln City have been steady in front of goal of late, finding the net in 24 consecutive League One matches. Their PG of 1.6 against Reading on Monday suggests they're likely to extend that run.

	Reading 8th	Lincoln 1st
	Kickoff prediction
Kickoff prediction	1.3 goals	1.6 goals
	Scoring probability
Scoring probability	0 27% 1 35% 2 23% 3 10% 4+ There is a 62% probability that Reading will score no more than 1 goal	0 20% 1 32% 2 26% 3 14% 4+ 8% There is a 80% probability that Lincoln will score 1 or more goals

	20 home / away league games
20 home / away league games	+10 Reading’s goalscoring at home has been inline with predictions	+24 Lincoln have scored 24% more goals when away than predicted
	1.5 average goals scored	1.5 average goals scored
	1.3 conceded	1.1 conceded

Attack defence ratings
League One - 2025/2026 season

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RDG

LIN

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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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RDG

LIN

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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 Lincoln 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
39	16	11	9
L Wing	J Marriott	L Wing	P O'Connor

Players	Appserances	goals	Assists	cards
C Savage MID	39	2	4	8 -
L Wing MID	39	9	11	4 -
K Doyle MID	38	4	5	4 -
J Pereira GLK	36			1 -
K Ehibhatiomhan FWD	35	7		6 -
J Dorsett DEF	32	2	1	5 -
P O'Connor DEF	29	3		9 -
F Burns DEF	28			4 -
A Yiadom DEF	27			6 -
P Lane FWD	27	2	1	1 -
L Fraser MID	26	1		1 -
D Kyerewaa MID	26	3	3	5 -
M Ritchie MID	23	1	6	5 -
J Marriott FWD	23	16	3	-
D Williams DEF	21		1	5 -
K Abrefa DEF	19		2	2 -
M O’Mahony FWD	16			1 -
R Williams MID	15	2	1	-
R Nyambe DEF	12			2 -
M Camará MID	11	1		1 -
W Keane FWD	10	2		-
B. Ward DEF	8			1 -
B Elliott MID	8			1 -
H Roberts DEF	7	1	1	2 -
K Young FWD	5			1 -
M Stickland DEF	4			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	12
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	9	22	11	12
K Ehibhatiomhan FWD	7	18		4
K Doyle MID	4	16	5	9
P O'Connor DEF	3	5
D Kyerewaa MID	3	8	3	3
C Savage MID	2	14	4	6
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	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
2175	85	234
L Wing	L Wing	P O'Connor

Players	passes	tackles	duels won
L Wing MID	2175	85	187
C Savage MID	1574	70	100
P O'Connor DEF	1470	35	234
J Pereira GLK	1395	3	32
J Dorsett DEF	1017	45	151
D Williams DEF	939	33	119
F Burns DEF	858	38	128
K Doyle MID	688	48	135
D Kyerewaa MID	517	18	104
L Fraser MID	502	15	34
A Yiadom DEF	422	34	81
K Abrefa DEF	397	37	67
P Lane FWD	348	13	46
B. Ward DEF	312	16	58
K Ehibhatiomhan FWD	297	20	141
R Nyambe DEF	296	14	46
M Ritchie MID	278	9	33
J Marriott FWD	212	10	38
B Elliott MID	189	13	37
R Williams MID	173	12	50
H Roberts DEF	155	4	19
M Stickland DEF	123	3	14
M Camará MID	89	4	21
W Keane FWD	87	6	18
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

Lincoln League One squad statistics 2025/2026

Overall

Attack

Defence

Most starts	Most goals	Most assists	Most cards
39	9	7	9
G Wickens	R Hackett	R Hackett	T Darikwa

Players	Appserances	goals	Assists	cards
G Wickens GLK	39		3	5 -
T Hamer DEF	39	2	5	7 -
T Darikwa DEF	38	4	3	9 -
S Bradley DEF	38	3	2	3 1
C McGrandles MID	38	1	3	8 -
R Street FWD	38	8	3	4 1
T Bayliss MID	34	3	2	7 -
R Hackett FWD	34	9	7	3 -
R Towler DEF	33	1	1	9 -
F Draper FWD	32	7	3	6 -
A Reach DEF	31	4	4	3 -
B House FWD	27	4	2	6 -
I Varfolomeev MID	26	1	1	5 -
J Moylan MID	24	8	4	1 -
D Jefferies MID	20	2	2	3 -
J Collins FWD	18	4	1	2 -
A Lloyd FWD	12	1	1	2 -
A Jackson DEF	10			1 1
E Ring FWD	10			-
R One FWD	9	3		1 -
D Elerewe DEF	3			-
O. Thorn DEF	3			-

Most goals	Most shots on target	Most assists	Most big chances
9	25	7	8
R Hackett	J Moylan	R Hackett	R Hackett

Players	goals	shots on	Assists	big chances
R Hackett FWD	9	18	7	8
R Street FWD	8	21	3	4
J Moylan MID	8	25	4	7
F Draper FWD	7	23	3	3
T Darikwa DEF	4	7	3	4
A Reach DEF	4	8	4	4
B House FWD	4	16	2	4
J Collins FWD	4	9	1	1
S Bradley DEF	3	11	2	6
T Bayliss MID	3	9	2	4
R One FWD	3	6		1
T Hamer DEF	2	4	5	7
D Jefferies MID	2	5	2	2
C McGrandles MID	1	4	3	2
R Towler DEF	1	2	1	1
I Varfolomeev MID	1	5	1	1
A Lloyd FWD	1	1	1	1
G Wickens GLK			3	2
A Jackson DEF		2		1
O. Thorn DEF		1		1

Most passes	Most tackles	Most duels won
1534	105	245
G Wickens	C McGrandles	T Hamer

Players	passes	tackles	duels won
G Wickens GLK	1534	1	20
C McGrandles MID	1369	105	243
T Darikwa DEF	1249	66	135
S Bradley DEF	1220	14	222
T Hamer DEF	1113	45	245
A Reach DEF	998	53	103
T Bayliss MID	706	52	96
R Hackett FWD	622	48	118
R Street FWD	517	44	202
I Varfolomeev MID	480	34	81
J Moylan MID	434	23	80
F Draper FWD	398	31	188
R Towler DEF	350	29	68
B House FWD	344	66	142
A Jackson DEF	220	7	50
J Collins FWD	217	12	67
D Jefferies MID	165	12	29
R One FWD	54	4	18
A Lloyd FWD	43		18
E Ring FWD	34	2	7
O. Thorn DEF	17	1	5
D Elerewe DEF	9	1	6