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Reading v Mansfield Town : League One match betting preview, prediction and odds

Sat 4th Oct, 15:00 BST, Madejski Stadium, Reading

We’ve League One action to look forward to on Saturday afternoon, as Allan Dybczak and his Reading side host Nigel Clough’s Mansfield Town at the Madejski Stadium. All of the important stats for the tie, including head-to-heads, predictions and odds from leading bookmakers across seventeen major markets are covered in this preview. It's all here with the aim of helping you make the most well-informed bet possible.

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Predictions	Bet365	Coral
Reading 43%	-	-
Draw 27%	-	-
Mansfield 31%	-	-
Draw 1-1 13%	-	-
Reading 1-0 11%	-	-
Mansfield 1-0 9%	-	-
Reading 2-1 9%	-	-
Draw 0-0 8%	-	-
Reading 2-0 8%	-	-
Mansfield 2-1 7%	-	-
Mansfield 2-0 5%	-	-
Draw 2-2 5%	-	-
Reading 3-1 4%	-	-
Reading 3-0 4%	-	-
Mansfield 3-1 3%	-	-
Reading 3-2 2%	-	-
Mansfield 3-0 2%	-	-
Mansfield 3-2 2%	-	-
Over 2.5 Goals 46%	-	-
Under 2.5 Goals 54%	-	-
Home 1st Goal 50%	-	-
Away 1st Goal 45%	-	-
No 1st Goal 5%	-	-
BTTS - Yes 51%	-	-
BTTS - No 49%	-	-
BTTS - Home Win 19%	-	-
BTTS - Draw 19%	-	-
BTTS - Away Win 14%	-	-
Home/draw 69%	-	-
Away/draw 57%	-	-
Home/away 73%	-	-
Over 1.5 Goals 72%	-	-
Under 1.5 Goals 28%	-	-
Over 3.5 Goals 25%	-	-
Under 3.5 Goals 75%	-	-
Over 4.5 Goals 11%	-	-
Under 4.5 Goals 89%	-	-
Over 5.5 Goals 4%	-	-
Under 5.5 Goals 96%	-	-
Over 0.5 Goals 92%	-	-
Under 0.5 Goals 8%	-	-
Home DNB 61%	-	-
Away DNB 49%	-	-
Reading win to nil 24%	-	-
Mansfield win to nil 17%	-	-

Win / draw / win League One table

Reading have played 8 matches so far this season and are in 18th position in the league.

Performance against teams above them in the league

6 of those games have come against teams above them in the table. They have lost 4 games, drawn 1 and won 1. Reading have conceded 11 goals, scored 6, failed to score in 2 matches and kept no clean sheets.

Home league performance

Reading have played 4 games at home, winning 2, drawing 0 and losing 2 fixtures. They have scored 4 goals, conceded 5 goals, kept 1 clean sheet and failed to score 1 time in home league games.

Mansfield lay in 13th place on 11 points in the League One league table having played 9 matches.

Performance against teams below them in the league

They have played 6 games against teams below them in the table, winning 3, drawing 0 and losing 3 games. They have scored 10 goals and kept 1 clean sheet against lower placed opposition. Mansfield have conceded 8 goals and have failed to score in 1 match.

Away league performance

Mansfield have played 5 away games, winning 1, drawing 1 and losing 3 games. They have scored an average of 1 goals per away game and conceded an average 1.6 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 Mansfield
Results by League Table

	TEAM	PLD	W	D	L	GD	PTS	HOME	AWAY	HOME	AWAY
1	Bradford	9	6	2	1	6	20	Feb 28	Dec 13	Jan 1	Mar 17
2	Stevenage	8	6	1	1	6	19	Nov 6	Mar 21	d 1-1A	Jan 24
3	Lincoln	9	5	3	1	5	18	Apr 6	l 2-0A	Feb 21	d 1-1A
4	Cardiff	8	5	2	1	8	17	Apr 18	Oct 18	May 2	Nov 29
5	Barnsley	8	5	1	2	4	16	Jan 24	l 3-2A	Mar 14	Dec 26
6	Huddersfield	9	5	1	3	4	16	l 0-2A	Apr 3	Nov 22	Apr 25
7	Doncaster	9	5	1	3	0	16	Oct 25	Apr 11	l 1-2F	Apr 3
8	Stockport	9	4	3	2	2	15	Jan 4	Sep 27	Dec 20	Mar 7
9	AFC Wim	9	5	0	4	1	15	l 1-2A	Feb 7	Feb 28	Dec 13
10	Bolton	9	3	5	1	6	14	Feb 17	d 1-1A	Dec 9	Dec 29
11	Luton	8	4	0	4	2	12	Dec 18	Mar 7	Apr 18	Oct 18
12	Wigan	9	3	3	3	1	12	Mar 28	Nov 15	Oct 25	Apr 11
13	Mansfield	9	3	2	4	1	11	Oct 4	Jan 10	-	-
14	L Orient	9	3	2	4	-4	11	w 2-1F	Jan 17	w 4-1F	Feb 14
15	Northampton	8	3	1	4	-3	10	Oct 21	Jan 31	Mar 21	Nov 8
16	Exeter	9	3	0	6	-1	9	Jan 27	Oct 11	Feb 7	w 1-2F
17	Plymouth	9	3	0	6	-7	9	Mar 14	Dec 26	Oct 11	Jan 27
18	Reading	8	2	2	4	-4	8	-	-	Jan 10	Oct 4
19	Wycombe	9	2	2	5	-1	8	Feb 14	d 2-2A	Jan 31	l 2-0A
20	Port Vale	9	2	2	5	-2	8	w 1-0F	Feb 21	Jan 17	l 2-1A
21	Rotherham	8	2	1	5	-5	7	Nov 22	Apr 25	Sep 27	Jan 4
22	Blackpool	8	2	1	5	-6	7	May 2	Nov 29	w 2-0F	Feb 17
23	Peterborough	9	2	1	6	-8	7	Dec 9	Dec 29	Nov 15	Mar 28
24	Burton	7	1	2	4	-5	5	Jan 1	Mar 17	Apr 6	l 2-1A

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Win / draw / win form

Home

Overall

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

15 / 20

Conceded

13 / 20

Clean sheets

7 / 20

Failed to score

5 / 20

Won

Lost

HOME FORM Win / Draw / Win
Reading	2 - 1	L Orient
Reading	1 - 0	Port Vale
Reading	1 - 2	AFC Wim
Reading	0 - 2	Huddersfield
Reading	2 - 4	Barnsley
Reading	0 - 1	Lincoln
Reading	1 - 0	Wycombe
Reading	3 - 1	Peterborough
Reading	1 - 1	Stevenage
Reading	2 - 0	Wrexham
Reading	0 - 0	Exeter
Reading	0 - 0	Birmingham
Reading	2 - 1	Rotherham
Reading	1 - 1	Shrewsbury
Reading	1 - 0	Bolton
Reading	1 - 3	Stockport
Reading	2 - 1	Mansfield
Reading	4 - 1	Northampton
Reading	0 - 3	Blackpool
Reading	3 - 0	Cambridge

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

15 / 20

Conceded

15 / 20

Clean sheets

5 / 20

Failed to score

5 / 20

Won

Draw

Lost

OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
H	Reading	2 - 1	L Orient
A	Reading	2 - 3	Barnsley
H	Reading	1 - 0	Port Vale
A	Reading	2 - 2	Wycombe
A	Reading	1 - 1	Bolton
H	Reading	1 - 2	AFC Wim
H	Reading	0 - 2	Huddersfield
A	Reading	0 - 2	Lincoln
H	Reading	2 - 4	Barnsley
A	Reading	2 - 0	Bristol R
A	Reading	5 - 1	Mansfield
H	Reading	0 - 1	Lincoln
A	Reading	0 - 0	Northampton
A	Reading	3 - 1	Shrewsbury
H	Reading	1 - 0	Wycombe
A	Reading	0 - 3	Blackpool
H	Reading	3 - 1	Peterborough
H	Reading	1 - 1	Stevenage
H	Reading	2 - 0	Wrexham
A	Reading	1 - 1	Crawley

Away

Overall

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

15 / 20

Conceded

18 / 20

Clean sheets

2 / 20

Failed to score

5 / 20

Draw

Lost

AWAY FORM Win / Draw / Win
Port Vale	2 - 1	Mansfield
Wycombe	2 - 0	Mansfield
Lincoln	1 - 1	Mansfield
Exeter	1 - 2	Mansfield
Burton	2 - 1	Mansfield
Birmingham	4 - 0	Mansfield
Rotherham	3 - 3	Mansfield
Huddersfield	2 - 1	Mansfield
Bristol R	1 - 2	Mansfield
Exeter	2 - 0	Mansfield
Stevenage	1 - 1	Mansfield
Burton	1 - 1	Mansfield
Blackpool	3 - 3	Mansfield
L Orient	3 - 0	Mansfield
Shrewsbury	2 - 1	Mansfield
Cambridge	3 - 2	Mansfield
Stockport	1 - 2	Mansfield
Reading	2 - 1	Mansfield
Peterborough	0 - 3	Mansfield
Charlton	0 - 0	Mansfield

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

17 / 20

Conceded

18 / 20

Clean sheets

2 / 20

Failed to score

3 / 20

Won

Lost

OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
A	Mansfield	1 - 2	Port Vale
H	Mansfield	1 - 1	Stevenage
A	Mansfield	0 - 2	Wycombe
A	Mansfield	1 - 1	Lincoln
H	Mansfield	4 - 1	L Orient
H	Mansfield	2 - 0	Blackpool
A	Mansfield	2 - 1	Exeter
H	Mansfield	1 - 2	Doncaster
A	Mansfield	1 - 2	Burton
H	Mansfield	3 - 0	Exeter
H	Mansfield	4 - 2	Peterborough
A	Mansfield	0 - 4	Birmingham
H	Mansfield	1 - 5	Reading
A	Mansfield	3 - 3	Rotherham
H	Mansfield	2 - 3	L Orient
A	Mansfield	1 - 2	Huddersfield
H	Mansfield	1 - 2	Charlton
A	Mansfield	2 - 1	Bristol R
H	Mansfield	2 - 1	Barnsley
A	Mansfield	0 - 2	Exeter

Goal Statistics

	Reading 18th	Mansfield 13th
	Kickoff prediction
Kickoff prediction	1.4 goals	1.1 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 32% 1 36% 2 21% 3 8% 4+ There is a 68% probability that Mansfield will score no more than 1 goal

	20 home / away league games
20 home / away league games	-11 Reading have scored 11% fewer goals at home than predicted	=0 Mansfield’s goalscoring when away has been inline with predictions
	1.4 average goals scored	1.3 average goals scored
	1.1 conceded	1.8 conceded

Attack defence ratings
League One - 2025/2026 season

RDG

MAN

28%

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Games scored	6		8
Failed to score	2		1
Scored first	2		4
Goals scored	9		13
Avg. goals scored	1.1		1.4
Avg. shots per game	8		7
Avg. shots per goal	7		5
Conversion rate for	14		19
Avg. XG for	0.9		1.2
KickOff rating		+28%

RDG

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Games conceded	7		8
Clean sheets	1		1
Conceded first	6		5
Goals conceded	13		12
Avg. goals conceded	1.6		1.3
Avg. shots/game conceded	9		7
Avg. shots/goal conceded	5		6
Conversion rate against	18%		18%
Avg. XG against	1.4		1.4
KickOff rating		+7%

Reading v Mansfield 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
8	2	2	3
J Pereira	L Wing	L Wing	M Jacob

Players	Appserances	goals	Assists	cards
J Pereira GLK	8			-
F Burns DEF	8			1 -
M Jacob DEF	8			3 -
L Fraser MID	8	1		-
D Kyerewaa MID	8	1	1	3 -
C Savage MID	8		1	3 -
L Wing MID	8	2	2	1 -
M Camará MID	7	1		1 -
K Doyle MID	7		1	1 -
D Williams DEF	6			2 -
B Elliott MID	6			1 -
P Lane FWD	6	1		1 -
M O’Mahony FWD	6			1 -
A. Ahmed DEF	5			3 -
J Dorsett DEF	5			-
K Abrefa DEF	5		2	-
K Ehibhatiomhan FWD	5			1 -
G. Garcia DEF	4	1		1 -
M Stickland DEF	3			1 -
J Marriott FWD	3	2	1	-
M Ritchie MID	1			1 -

Most goals	Most shots on target	Most assists	Most big chances
2	6	2	3
L Wing	L Wing	L Wing	L Wing

Players	goals	shots on	Assists	big chances
L Wing MID	2	6	2	3
J Marriott FWD	2	3	1
L Fraser MID	1	3
D Kyerewaa MID	1	1	1
M Camará MID	1	1
P Lane FWD	1	4
G. Garcia DEF	1	1
M Jacob DEF				1
C Savage MID		4	1
K Doyle MID		1	1	1
D Williams DEF		1
B Elliott MID		2		1
M O’Mahony FWD		2
K Abrefa DEF		2	2
K Ehibhatiomhan FWD		1		1

Most passes	Most tackles	Most duels won
382	20	53
L Wing	F Burns	F Burns

Players	passes	tackles	duels won
L Wing MID	382	19	41
F Burns DEF	359	20	53
C Savage MID	295	16	20
J Pereira GLK	286		4
D Williams DEF	234	5	27
M Jacob DEF	233	7	34
D Kyerewaa MID	159	1	33
B Elliott MID	152	12	33
K Abrefa DEF	147	9	21
M Stickland DEF	121	3	14
A. Ahmed DEF	117	10	21
L Fraser MID	112	8	17
J Dorsett DEF	86	4	13
P Lane FWD	70	3	13
M Camará MID	66	3	17
K Ehibhatiomhan FWD	56	1	21
K Doyle MID	46	4	15
M O’Mahony FWD	41	4	26
J Marriott FWD	28		3
G. Garcia DEF	24	2	6
M Ritchie MID	7

Mansfield League One squad statistics 2025/2026

Overall

Attack

Defence

Most starts	Most goals	Most assists	Most cards
9	2	1	3
L Roberts	W Evans	L Roberts	F Blake-Tracy

Players	Appserances	goals	Assists	cards
L Roberts GLK	9		1	-
K Knoyle DEF	9		1	-
N Moriah-Welsh MID	9	1		1 -
W Evans FWD	9	2		1 -
J Bowery DEF	8			2 -
J. McDonnell MID	8	2		-
R Sweeney DEF	7			1 1
F Blake-Tracy DEF	7	1		3 -
B Cargill DEF	7	1	1	2 -
S McLaughlin DEF	7	1	1	1 -
G Maris MID	7		1	1 -
A Lewis MID	7		1	1 -
L Reed MID	7			-
L Bolton DEF	6	1		-
R Hendry MID	6	2	1	-
K. McAdam MID	5			1 -
D Dwyer FWD	5			1 -
E Hewitt DEF	4			-
T Roberts FWD	3			-
J. Gardner FWD	3	1		-
R Oates FWD	3	1		-

Most goals	Most shots on target	Most assists	Most big chances
2	6	1	2
W Evans	W Evans	L Roberts	K Knoyle

Players	goals	shots on	Assists	big chances
W Evans FWD	2	6
J. McDonnell MID	2	3
R Hendry MID	2	4	1
N Moriah-Welsh MID	1	1		1
F Blake-Tracy DEF	1	1
B Cargill DEF	1	1	1
S McLaughlin DEF	1	2	1	2
L Bolton DEF	1	2
J. Gardner FWD	1	1
R Oates FWD	1	1		2
L Roberts GLK			1
K Knoyle DEF			1	2
R Sweeney DEF		3
G Maris MID		2	1
A Lewis MID			1	1
L Reed MID		1		1

Most passes	Most tackles	Most duels won
378	34	73
L Reed	J. McDonnell	J. McDonnell

Players	passes	tackles	duels won
L Reed MID	378	20	29
J Bowery DEF	339	9	28
J. McDonnell MID	315	34	73
K Knoyle DEF	301	7	48
L Roberts GLK	291		3
B Cargill DEF	284	9	39
F Blake-Tracy DEF	229	6	40
R Sweeney DEF	224	8	50
G Maris MID	173	1	14
S McLaughlin DEF	149	7	18
R Hendry MID	142	2	15
W Evans FWD	130	5	38
N Moriah-Welsh MID	86	6	15
L Bolton DEF	67		4
E Hewitt DEF	65	1	9
A Lewis MID	61	2	7
T Roberts FWD	48	2	9
K. McAdam MID	35	3	7
R Oates FWD	30		6
D Dwyer FWD	23		12
J. Gardner FWD	22	4	8