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Reading v Peterborough United : League One match betting preview, prediction and odds

Tue 9th Dec, 20:00 BST, Madejski Stadium, Reading

Leam Richardson's Reading side are on home soil in the League One on Tuesday night, as Luke Williams's Peterborough United travel to the Madejski Stadium. We've analysed both sides' last 20 League One matches, as well as baseline data within the competition and the betting market, to generate our match predictions. All the stats, including head-to-heads, are shown below, alongside odds from leading bookmakers.


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Win / Draw / Win
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

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Reading
49%
--
Draw
27%
--
Peterborough
24%
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Reading 1-0
14%
--
Draw 1-1
13%
--
Draw 0-0
10%
--
Reading 2-0
10%
--
Peterborough 1-0
9%
--
Reading 2-1
9%
--
Peterborough 2-1
6%
--
Reading 3-0
5%
--
Reading 3-1
4%
--
Peterborough 2-0
4%
--
Draw 2-2
4%
--
Reading 3-2
2%
--
Peterborough 3-1
2%
--
Reading 4-0
2%
--
Reading 4-1
1%
--
Over 2.5 Goals
40%
--
Under 2.5 Goals
60%
--
Home 1st Goal
52%
--
Away 1st Goal
41%
--
No 1st Goal
7%
--
BTTS - Yes
45%
--
BTTS - No
55%
--
BTTS - Home Win
18%
--
BTTS - Draw
17%
--
BTTS - Away Win
10%
--
Home/draw
76%
--
Away/draw
51%
--
Home/away
73%
--
Over 1.5 Goals
67%
--
Under 1.5 Goals
33%
--
Over 3.5 Goals
20%
--
Under 3.5 Goals
80%
--
Over 4.5 Goals
8%
--
Under 4.5 Goals
92%
--
Over 5.5 Goals
3%
--
Under 5.5 Goals
97%
--
Over 0.5 Goals
90%
--
Under 0.5 Goals
10%
--
Home DNB
68%
--
Away DNB
43%
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Reading win to nil
31%
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Peterborough win to nil
15%
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Win / draw / win League One table

Reading have played 16 matches so far this season and lay in 18th place in the League One league table. Reading are unbeaten in 3 games against teams below them in the league and kept 1 clean sheet out of 3 games.

Performance against teams below them in the league

They have played 3 games against teams below in the table, having won 1, drawn 2 and lost no matches. They have kept 1 clean sheet and have scored in every game. They have been outscored by their opponents by 18 goals to 17 goals.

Home League Performance

Reading have played 9 games at home winning 4, drawing 3 and losing 2 games. They have scored 9 goals, kept 3 clean sheets and conceded 8 goals at home.

Peterborough are in 21st position in the League One on 16 points having played 16 matches so far this season.

Away League Performance

5 of those games have been losing matches. They have conceded 12 goals and kept 2 clean sheets. They have scored 6 goals in total and failed to score in 2 fixtures.

Performance against teams above them in the league

14 games have come against teams above them in the table. They have lost 9 games, drawn 1 and won 4. Peterborough have conceded 21 goals, scored 16, failed to score in 6 fixtures and have kept 3 clean sheets.

Won
Draw
Lost
Reading
Peterborough
Results by League Table
TEAM PLD W D L GD PTS HOME AWAY HOME AWAY
1
Stevenage15933830 
w
 
1-0F
Mar 21
l
 
0-1A
Jan 27
2
Cardiff159241029 
Apr 18
l
 
2-1F
Apr 6
l
 
2-1F
3
Bradford16772628 
Feb 28
Dec 13
d
 
1-1A
Feb 14
4
Lincoln17845428 
Apr 6
l
 
2-0A
l
 
0-3A
Jan 4
5
Stockport16844228 
Jan 4
d
 
1-1A
w
 
3-0F
Apr 25
6
Bolton16763827 
Feb 17
d
 
1-1A
Jan 10
l
 
2-1A
7
Luton17827-126 
Dec 18
Mar 7
l
 
0-2A
Apr 3
8
Huddersfield16817325 
l
 
0-2A
Apr 3
Jan 31
l
 
3-2F
9
AFC Wim16817-225 
l
 
1-2A
Feb 7
w
 
5-0F
Mar 21
10
Barnsley14734724 
Jan 24
l
 
3-2A
l
 
0-1A
Feb 17
11
Wycombe17656623 
Feb 14
d
 
2-2A
w
 
2-1F
Jan 24
12
Rotherham17656023 
d
 
1-1A
Apr 25
Mar 17
Jan 1
13
Mansfield16646322 
d
 
1-1A
Jan 10
Mar 28
-
14
Burton16646-322 
Jan 1
Mar 17
Apr 18
w
 
0-1F
15
Wigan16565021 
Mar 28
-
Feb 7
l
 
2-0A
16
L Orient17638-421 
w
 
2-1F
Jan 17
Dec 26
Mar 14
17
Northampton16628-420 
w
 
1-0F
Jan 31
Dec 13
Feb 28
18
Reading16475-319 
-
-
Dec 29
Dec 9
19
Doncaster17548-819 
d
 
1-1A
Apr 11
May 2
Nov 29
20
Exeter16529-117 
Jan 27
d
 
1-1F
Feb 21
l
 
3-0A
21
Peterborough165110-516 
Dec 9
Dec 29
-
-
22
Blackpool17449-816 
May 2
Nov 29
l
 
1-2A
Apr 11
23
Plymouth165110-916 
Mar 14
Dec 26
Jan 17
w
 
0-1F
24
Port Vale17359-914 
w
 
1-0F
Feb 21
Mar 7
Dec 20
Promotion
Promotion Play Off
Relegation
Win / draw / win form
7
Reading have not lost in 7 consecutive home league games
Reading 18TH
20 league games
Home
7
Overall
Goals: Scored
22
Conceded
17
Games: Scored
16 / 20
Conceded
12 / 20
Clean sheets
8 / 20
Failed to score
4 / 20
Won
9
Draw
7
L
4
HOME FORM Win / Draw / Win
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
Reading0 - 0Exeter
Reading0 - 0Birmingham
Reading2 - 1Rotherham
Reading1 - 1Shrewsbury
Reading1 - 0Bolton
Goals: Scored
26
Conceded
26
Games: Scored
17 / 20
Conceded
16 / 20
Clean sheets
4 / 20
Failed to score
3 / 20
Won
6
Draw
7
Lost
7
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
HReading1 - 1Rotherham
HReading1 - 0Stevenage
HReading1 - 1Doncaster
HReading1 - 0Northampton
AReading1 - 2Cardiff
AReading1 - 1Exeter
HReading1 - 1Mansfield
AReading1 - 1Stockport
HReading2 - 1L Orient
AReading2 - 3Barnsley
HReading1 - 0Port Vale
AReading2 - 2Wycombe
AReading1 - 1Bolton
HReading1 - 2AFC Wim
HReading0 - 2Huddersfield
AReading0 - 2Lincoln
HReading2 - 4Barnsley
AReading2 - 0Bristol R
AReading5 - 1Mansfield
HReading0 - 1Lincoln
Peterborough 21ST
20 league games
Away
Overall
Goals: Scored
21
Conceded
37
Games: Scored
16 / 20
Conceded
15 / 20
Clean sheets
5 / 20
Failed to score
4 / 20
Won
5
D
3
Lost
12
AWAY FORM Win / Draw / Win
Burton0 - 1Peterborough
Bolton2 - 1Peterborough
Plymouth0 - 1Peterborough
Huddersfield3 - 2Peterborough
Exeter3 - 0Peterborough
Wigan2 - 0Peterborough
Cardiff2 - 1Peterborough
Rotherham2 - 1Peterborough
Mansfield4 - 2Peterborough
Barnsley1 - 1Peterborough
Crawley3 - 4Peterborough
Reading3 - 1Peterborough
Cambridge0 - 1Peterborough
Blackpool0 - 0Peterborough
Huddersfield0 - 1Peterborough
Stevenage1 - 1Peterborough
Charlton2 - 1Peterborough
Bristol R3 - 1Peterborough
Lincoln5 - 1Peterborough
Wrexham1 - 0Peterborough
Goals: Scored
23
Conceded
31
Games: Scored
14 / 20
Conceded
16 / 20
Clean sheets
4 / 20
Failed to score
6 / 20
Won
5
D
3
Lost
12
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
HPeterborough0 - 1Stevenage
HPeterborough3 - 0Stockport
HPeterborough5 - 0AFC Wim
HPeterborough1 - 2Blackpool
APeterborough1 - 0Burton
APeterborough1 - 2Bolton
HPeterborough0 - 3Lincoln
APeterborough1 - 0Plymouth
HPeterborough2 - 1Wycombe
APeterborough2 - 3Huddersfield
APeterborough0 - 3Exeter
HPeterborough1 - 1Bradford
HPeterborough0 - 1Barnsley
APeterborough0 - 2Wigan
HPeterborough0 - 2Luton
APeterborough1 - 2Cardiff
APeterborough1 - 2Rotherham
APeterborough2 - 4Mansfield
HPeterborough1 - 1Bolton
APeterborough1 - 1Barnsley
Win / draw / win head to head (H2H)
League games at Reading since 2010
Reading
Peterborough
Goals: Scored
15
5
Games: Scored
4 / 5
4 / 5
Clean sheets
1 / 5
1 / 5
RDG
4
PET
1
FIXTURE HISTORY AT Reading
Reading3 - 1
0 - 1Peterborough
Reading3 - 1
Reading3 - 2
Reading6 - 0
League games at Peterborough since 2009
Peterborough
Reading
Goals: Scored
9
7
Games: Scored
4 / 5
4 / 5
Clean sheets
1 / 5
1 / 5
RDG
1
D
2
PET
2
FIXTURE HISTORY AT Peterborough
1 - 2Reading
Draw2 - 2Draw
Draw0 - 0Draw
Peterborough3 - 1
Peterborough3 - 2
Goal Statistics

Goals have been difficult to come by for Reading of late. It has been 8 League One games since they last scored more than 1, and a PG of 1.4 suggests they'll struggle to end that run on Tuesday night against Peterborough United.

Reading 18th Peterborough 21st
Kickoff prediction
Kickoff prediction
1.4
goals
0.9
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
41%
1
37%
2
16%
3
4+
There is a 78% probability of Peterborough scoring 1 goal or less
 
20 home / away league games
20 home / away league games
-22
Reading have scored 22% fewer goals at home than predicted
-22
Peterborough have scored 22% fewer goals when away than predicted
1.1
average goals scored
1.1
average goals scored
0.9
conceded
1.9
conceded
 
Attack defence ratings
League One - 2025/2026 season
Reading
PG (predicted goals)
Peterborough
1.4
0.9
Attack rating
6%
better
RDG
PET
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Games scored14
10
Failed to score2
5
Scored first6
7
Goals scored17
18
Avg. goals scored1.1
1.1
Avg. shots per game9
6
Avg. shots per goal8
6
Conversion rate for12
18
Avg. XG for1.1
1.2
KickOff rating
+6%
Defence rating
RDG
PET
6%
better
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Games conceded13
11
Clean sheets3
4
Conceded first10
8
Goals conceded20
22
Avg. goals conceded1.3
1.4
Avg. shots/game conceded8
9
Avg. shots/goal conceded6
6
Conversion rate against16%
16%
Avg. XG against1.3
1.3
KickOff rating
+6%

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

Reading League One squad statistics 2025/2026
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
16535
C SavageJ MarriottL WingD Kyerewaa
PlayersAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
C Savage MID1621
4
-
L Wing MID1633
1
-
K Doyle MID1511
1
-
D Kyerewaa MID1512
5
-
M Jacob DEF14
4
-
J Pereira GLK13
-
J Dorsett DEF13
1
-
K Abrefa DEF132
-
P Lane FWD1311
1
-
M O’Mahony FWD13
1
-
K Ehibhatiomhan FWD131
1
-
F Burns DEF12
3
-
D Williams DEF10
3
-
A. Ahmed DEF8
3
-
L Fraser MID81
-
B Elliott MID8
1
-
M Camará MID81
1
-
M Ritchie MID83
5
-
J Marriott FWD751
-
P O'Connor DEF6
-
A Yiadom DEF6
1
-
G. Garcia DEF51
1
-
M Stickland DEF4
1
-
J Stevens GLK3
-
B Tuma FWD1
-
Peterborough League One squad statistics 2025/2026
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
16334
A CollinsJ MorganH LeonardB Khela
PlayersAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
A Collins MID1611
2
-
B Khela MID151
4
-
K Lisbie FWD142
2
-
G Lindgren FWD1321
-
G Nevett DEF12
3
-
A Odoh FWD12
-
P Kioso DEF1112
2
-
M Garbett MID1121
3
-
A Bass GLK10
-
T O'Connor DEF10
3
-
T Lees DEF10
1
1
D Okagbue DEF10
1
-
H. Mills DEF10
2
-
H Leonard FWD1023
1
-
J Morgan FWD1031
2
-
C Johnston DEF9
-
C Hayes FWD92
2
-
B Woods MID81
-
K. Lolos FWD7
-
J. Dornelly DEF6
-
D. Firth FWD61
1
-
J Mendy DEF5
-
D. O'Brien-Brady MID5
-
V Nuñez GLK4
-
N Bilokapic GLK2
-
R Havilland MID1
-