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

Madejski Stadium, Reading

Michael Skubala takes his Lincoln City charges to the Madejski Stadium in the League One on Friday afternoon, with Allan Dybczak's Reading their challengers. All stats, including an in-depth look at the form of both sides and head-to-head history, will update as you explore each of the 17 major markets using the tabs below. Odds and, of course, KickOff's predictions will too.

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Reading's next match is v Mansfield at 15:00 on Monday 21st April
Lincoln City's next match is v Bolton at 15:00 on Monday 21st April
The last English League One meeting between Reading and Lincoln was on Friday 18th April 2025
English League One
April 18th 2025
Reading 0
1 Lincoln
 
65' J. Collins
 
RDG
LIN
Shots On
2
5
Shots Off
7
2
Corners
3
9
Possession
62%
38%
Fouls
12
19
Yellow/red cards
4/0
4/0
 
ReadingLincoln
 
J. Pereira Castro
A. Mbengue
T. Bindon
K. Abretti (A. Yiadom 55')
C. Campbell (T. Carroll 75')
C. Savage
M. Camara (J. Wareham 67')
L. Wing
G. Garcia (T. Rushesha 75')
K. Ehibhaimha (B. Bodin 75')
H. Knibbs
G. Wickens
T. Darikwa
A. Jackson
S. Roughan
T. Hamer
E. Hamilton
(E. Erhahon 65') T. Bayliss
(C. McGrandles 83') B. House
R. Hackett-Fairchild
(E. Ring 61') J. Gardner
(J. Collins 65') F. Draper

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Best Tip: Under 3.5 goals
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If you’re looking for a winner in this match, we think Reading are the most likely. Our predictive algorithm gives them a 47% chance of victory, and the bookies have them at a best price of 2.20.

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Predictions Add Bet365 Coral
Reading
47%
23/20
17%
-
Draw
27%
5/2
3%
-
Lincoln
27%
21/10
19%
-
Draw 1-1
13%
11/2-
Reading 1-0
12%
13/2
6%
-
Reading 2-1
9%
8/1
10%
-
Reading 2-0
9%
9/1
17%
-
Lincoln 1-0
9%
8/1
13%
-
Draw 0-0
9%
9/1
11%
-
Lincoln 2-1
6%
10/1
10%
-
Draw 2-2
5%
14/1-
Lincoln 2-0
4%
14/1
25%
-
Reading 3-1
4%
18/1
10%
-
Reading 3-0
4%
20/1
19%
-
Reading 3-2
2%
28/1
15%
-
Lincoln 3-1
2%
25/1
24%
-
Lincoln 3-2
2%
33/1-
Reading 4-1
2%
40/1
20%
-
Over 2.5 Goals
44%
21/20
2%
-
Under 2.5 Goals
56%
3/4
3%
-
Home 1st Goal
52%
8/11
14%
-
Away 1st Goal
43%
13/10
15%
-
No 1st Goal
5%
9/1
11%
-
BTTS - Yes
49%
4/5
6%
-
BTTS - No
51%
19/20
2%
-
BTTS - Home Win
19%
15/4
14%
-
BTTS - Draw
18%
15/4-
BTTS - Away Win
12%
11/2
18%
-
Home/draw
73%
4/11
9%
-
Away/draw
53%
4/6
11%
-
Home/away
73%
2/7
1%
-
Over 1.5 Goals
70%
1/3
2%
-
Under 1.5 Goals
30%
9/4
8%
-
Over 3.5 Goals
23%
5/2
7%
-
Under 3.5 Goals
77%
2/7
3%
-
Over 4.5 Goals
10%
7/1-
Under 4.5 Goals
90%
1/12-
Over 5.5 Goals
4%
16/1
11%
-
Under 5.5 Goals
96%
1/40-
Over 0.5 Goals
91%
1/20
2%
-
Under 0.5 Goals
9%
10/1
22%
-
Home DNB
65%
8/13
11%
-
Away DNB
46%
6/5
20%
-
Reading win to nil
27%
11/4
13%
-
Lincoln win to nil
15%
9/2
27%
-
Reading / Reading
24%
13/5
17%
-
Reading / Lincoln
3%
28/1-
Reading / Draw
6%
14/1-
Draw / Reading
17%
9/2
8%
-
Draw / Lincoln
11%
6/1
17%
-
Draw / Draw
17%
4/1
5%
-
Lincoln / Reading
4%
25/1
10%
-
Lincoln / Lincoln
15%
9/2
27%
-
Lincoln / Draw
6%
14/1-
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Win / draw / win League One table

Reading have played 42 matches so far this season and lay in 6th place in the League One league table.

Performance against teams below them in the league

They have played 32 games against teams below in the table, having won 16, drawn 8 and lost 8 matches. They have kept 7 clean sheets and have failed to score in 8 fixtures. Reading have outscored their opponents by 59 goals to 57 goals.

Home League Performance

Reading have played 21 games at home winning 14, drawing 4 and losing 3 games. They have scored 35 goals, kept 9 clean sheets and conceded 16 goals at home.

Lincoln are in 12th position in the League One on 55 points having played 42 matches so far this season.

Away League Performance

9 of those games have been losing matches. They have conceded 29 goals and kept 5 clean sheets. They have scored 24 goals in total and failed to score in 7 fixtures.

Performance against teams above them in the league

18 games have come against teams above them in the table. They have lost 10 games, drawn 4 and won 4. Lincoln have conceded 30 goals, scored 21, failed to score in 6 fixtures and have kept 3 clean sheets.

Won
Draw
Lost
Reading
Lincoln
Results by League Table
TEAM PLD W D L GD PTS HOME AWAY HOME AWAY
1
Birmingham4129934496 
d
 
0-00-0
d
 
1-1F
l
 
1-3F
l
 
1-0A
2
Wycombe43241273284 
w
 
1-0F
d
 
1-1A
l
 
2-3F
l
 
1-0A
3
Wrexham43241182783 
w
 
2-0F
l
 
3-0A
May 3
l
 
1-0A
4
Charlton432310102179 
w
 
2-0F
d
 
0-00-0
d
 
0-00-0
d
 
2-2F
5
Stockport43221292678 
l
 
1-3A
l
 
4-1A
w
 
2-1A
Apr 26
6
L Orient43216161969 
l
 
0-1A
l
 
2-0A
w
 
2-1F
l
 
3-2A
7
Reading Home43191212769 
-
-
w
 
2-0F
w
 
0-1F
8
Bolton4320617-166 
w
 
1-0F
l
 
5-2A
Apr 21
l
 
3-0A
9
Huddersfield4319717964 
w
 
2-1A
d
 
0-00-0
w
 
1-0F
d
 
2-2F
10
Blackpool421615111263 
l
 
0-3A
l
 
3-0A
l
 
0-2A
d
 
1-1A
11
Lincoln Away43151315958 
l
 
0-1A
l
 
2-0A
-
-
12
Barnsley4316918-557 
May 3
d
 
2-2A
l
 
1-2A
l
 
4-3A
13
Rotherham43151018-555 
w
 
2-1F
l
 
2-1F
l
 
0-1A
l
 
2-1A
14
Exeter43141118-1353 
d
 
0-00-0
w
 
1-2F
d
 
0-00-0
d
 
0-00-0
15
Stevenage42141018-852 
d
 
1-1F
d
 
1-1A
d
 
0-00-0
w
 
0-1F
16
Wigan42121416-350 
w
 
2-0F
w
 
1-2A
d
 
0-00-0
d
 
1-1A
17
Peterborough42131019-1049 
w
 
3-1F
w
 
1-2F
w
 
5-1F
d
 
1-1F
18
Mansfield4213920-1048 
w
 
2-1F
Apr 21
w
 
4-1F
w
 
0-3F
19
Northampton43111418-1847 
w
 
4-1F
d
 
0-00-0
w
 
2-1A
w
 
0-1F
20
Burton42101319-1543 
w
 
3-1F
l
 
3-2A
l
 
0-1A
w
 
2-3A
21
Bristol R4312724-2643 
w
 
1-0F
Apr 26
w
 
5-0F
d
 
1-1A
22
Cambridge4391123-2538 
w
 
3-0F
w
 
1-3F
d
 
1-1F
w
 
0-2F
23
Crawley4391024-3237 
w
 
4-1F
d
 
1-1F
w
 
4-1A
l
 
3-0A
24
Shrewsbury437927-3530 
d
 
1-1F
w
 
1-3F
d
 
1-1F
l
 
1-0A
Promotion
Promotion Play Off
Relegation
Win / draw / win form
Reading 7TH
20 league games
Home
Overall
Goals: Scored
33
Conceded
16
Games: Scored
16 / 20
Conceded
12 / 20
Clean sheets
8 / 20
Failed to score
4 / 20
Won
13
D
4
L
3
HOME FORM Win / Draw / Win
Reading1 - 0Wycombe
Reading3 - 1Peterborough
Reading1 - 1Stevenage
Reading2 - 0Wrexham
Reading0 - 0Exeter
Reading0 - 0Birmingham
Reading2 - 1Rotherham
Reading1 - 1Shrewsbury
Reading1 - 0Bolton
Reading1 - 3Stockport
Reading2 - 1Mansfield
Reading4 - 1Northampton
Reading0 - 3Blackpool
Reading3 - 0Cambridge
Reading1 - 0Bristol R
Reading4 - 1Crawley
Reading3 - 1Burton
Reading2 - 1Huddersfield
Reading0 - 1L Orient
Reading2 - 0Charlton
Goals: Scored
23
Conceded
19
Games: Scored
13 / 20
Conceded
12 / 20
Clean sheets
8 / 20
Failed to score
7 / 20
Won
8
Draw
8
L
4
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
AReading0 - 0Northampton
AReading3 - 1Shrewsbury
HReading1 - 0Wycombe
AReading0 - 3Blackpool
HReading3 - 1Peterborough
HReading1 - 1Stevenage
HReading2 - 0Wrexham
AReading1 - 1Crawley
HReading0 - 0Exeter
AReading2 - 1Wigan
HReading0 - 0Birmingham
HReading2 - 1Rotherham
HReading1 - 1Shrewsbury
AReading0 - 0Huddersfield
HReading1 - 0Bolton
AReading2 - 3Burton
AReading0 - 2L Orient
HReading1 - 3Stockport
AReading0 - 0Charlton
AReading3 - 1Cambridge
Lincoln 11TH
20 league games
Away
Overall
Goals: Scored
21
Conceded
27
Games: Scored
13 / 20
Conceded
15 / 20
Clean sheets
5 / 20
Failed to score
7 / 20
W
4
Draw
7
Lost
9
AWAY FORM Win / Draw / Win
Charlton2 - 2Lincoln
Wycombe1 - 0Lincoln
Birmingham1 - 0Lincoln
Barnsley4 - 3Lincoln
Mansfield0 - 3Lincoln
L Orient3 - 2Lincoln
Wigan1 - 1Lincoln
Northampton0 - 1Lincoln
Bolton3 - 0Lincoln
Shrewsbury1 - 0Lincoln
Huddersfield2 - 2Lincoln
Rotherham2 - 1Lincoln
Wrexham1 - 0Lincoln
Exeter0 - 0Lincoln
Bristol R1 - 1Lincoln
Crawley3 - 0Lincoln
Blackpool1 - 1Lincoln
Cambridge0 - 2Lincoln
Peterborough1 - 1Lincoln
Stevenage0 - 1Lincoln
Goals: Scored
29
Conceded
23
Games: Scored
12 / 20
Conceded
14 / 20
Clean sheets
6 / 20
Failed to score
8 / 20
Won
6
Draw
6
Lost
8
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
HLincoln1 - 1Shrewsbury
ALincoln2 - 2Charlton
HLincoln1 - 0Huddersfield
ALincoln0 - 1Wycombe
HLincoln0 - 0Exeter
HLincoln5 - 0Bristol R
ALincoln0 - 1Birmingham
HLincoln4 - 1Crawley
ALincoln3 - 4Barnsley
HLincoln0 - 1Burton
ALincoln3 - 0Mansfield
ALincoln2 - 3L Orient
HLincoln1 - 1Cambridge
ALincoln1 - 1Wigan
HLincoln0 - 2Blackpool
HLincoln5 - 1Peterborough
ALincoln1 - 0Northampton
HLincoln0 - 0Stevenage
HLincoln0 - 1Rotherham
ALincoln0 - 3Bolton
Goal Statistics
Reading 7th Lincoln 11th
Kickoff prediction
Kickoff prediction
1.4
goals
1.0
goals
Scoring probability
Scoring probability
0
24%
1
34%
2
25%
3
12%
4+
There is a 76% probability that Reading will score 1 or more goals
0
36%
1
37%
2
19%
3
4+
There is a 73% probability that Lincoln will score no more than 1 goal
 
20 home / away league games
20 home / away league games
+4
Reading’s goalscoring at home has been inline with predictions
-7
Lincoln’s goalscoring when away has been inline with predictions
1.7
average goals scored
1.1
average goals scored
0.8
conceded
1.4
conceded
 
Attack defence ratings
League One - 2024/2025 season
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Reading
PG (predicted goals)
Lincoln
1.4
1
Attack rating
9%
better
RDG
LIN
view stats
Games scored31
28
Failed to score11
14
Scored first22
17
Goals scored59
57
Avg. goals scored1.4
1.4
Avg. shots per game8
8
Avg. shots per goal6
6
Conversion rate for18
17
Avg. XG for1.2
1.3
KickOff rating
+9%
Defence rating
6%
better
RDG
LIN
view stats
Games conceded30
30
Clean sheets12
12
Conceded first15
20
Goals conceded51
49
Avg. goals conceded1.2
1.2
Avg. shots/game conceded10
7
Avg. shots/goal conceded8
6
Conversion rate against13%
18%
Avg. XG against1.6
1
KickOff rating
+6%

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

Reading League One squad statistics 2024/2025
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
401468
L WingH KnibbsL WingA Mbengue
Line-upAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
J Pereira GLK34
2
-
K Abrefa DEF24
1
-
A Mbengue DEF281
8
-
T. Bindon DEF382
2
-
G. Garcia DEF331
4
-
H Knibbs MID37144
4
-
L Wing MID4056
5
-
C Savage MID3955
5
-
M Camará FWD2932
1
-
K Ehibhatiomhan FWD2732
4
1
C Campbell FWD3332
3
-
Subs
D Button GLK5
-
M Stickland DEF4
1
1
A Yiadom DEF8
1
-
T Carroll MID4
1
-
T Rushesha MID12
-
B Bodin FWD10
-
J Wareham FWD3131
3
-
Lincoln League One squad statistics 2024/2025
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
417410
S RoughanJ CollinsT BaylissB House
Line-upAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
G Wickens GLK31
4
-
T Darikwa DEF3953
7
-
T Hamer DEF1921
-
A Jackson DEF2322
4
1
S Roughan DEF4112
3
-
E Hamilton MID281
2
-
T Bayliss MID2924
3
-
R Hackett MID2832
4
-
B House MID3652
10
-
J. Gardner MID71
1
F Draper FWD334
3
-
Subs
Z Jeacock GLK11
1
-
L Montsma  DEF1511
2
-
E Erhahon  MID26
7
2
C McGrandles MID37
9
-
E Ring FWD2012
-
J Collins FWD157
2
-
Z. Okoro FWD
-
English League One match betting previews, predictions and odds
Barnsley v Peterborough
Mon 21st Apr, 15:00
Wycombe v Charlton
Mon 21st Apr, 15:00
Wigan v Rotherham
Mon 21st Apr, 15:00
Stockport v Huddersfield
Mon 21st Apr, 15:00
Northampton v Shrewsbury
Mon 21st Apr, 15:00
Mansfield v Reading
Mon 21st Apr, 15:00
Lincoln v Bolton
Mon 21st Apr, 15:00
Crawley v Exeter
Mon 21st Apr, 15:00
Cambridge v L Orient
Mon 21st Apr, 15:00
Burton v Birmingham
Mon 21st Apr, 15:00
Bristol R v Stevenage
Mon 21st Apr, 15:00
Blackpool v Wrexham
Mon 21st Apr, 15:00
Stevenage v Birmingham
Thu 24th Apr, 19:45
Bristol R v Reading
Sat 26th Apr, 12:30
L Orient v Wycombe
Sat 26th Apr, 12:30
Wigan v Blackpool
Sat 26th Apr, 15:00
Stockport v Lincoln
Sat 26th Apr, 15:00
Peterborough v Bolton
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Exeter v Huddersfield
Sat 26th Apr, 15:00
Crawley v Northampton
Sat 26th Apr, 15:00
Burton v Cambridge
Sat 26th Apr, 15:00
Barnsley v Shrewsbury
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Wrexham v Charlton
Sat 26th Apr, 17:30
Stevenage v Rotherham
Sun 27th Apr, 14:00
Birmingham v Mansfield
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Burton v Wigan
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Blackpool v Birmingham
Wed 30th Apr, 19:45
Mansfield v Peterborough
Wed 30th Apr, 19:45
Shrewsbury v Crawley
Sat 3rd May, 15:00
Rotherham v Peterborough
Sat 3rd May, 15:00
Reading v Barnsley
Sat 3rd May, 15:00
Northampton v Wigan
Sat 3rd May, 15:00
Mansfield v Exeter
Sat 3rd May, 15:00
Lincoln v Wrexham
Sat 3rd May, 15:00
Huddersfield v L Orient
Sat 3rd May, 15:00
Charlton v Burton
Sat 3rd May, 15:00
Cambridge v Birmingham
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Bolton v Stevenage
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Blackpool v Bristol R
Sat 3rd May, 15:00
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