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Reading v Plymouth Argyle : League One match betting preview, prediction and odds

Sat 14th Mar, 15:00 BST, Madejski Stadium, Reading

Plymouth Argyle pay League One rivals Reading a visit on Saturday afternoon, as Tom Cleverley leads his side into an away clash with Leam Richardson & co. at the Madejski Stadium. League One stats are the foundation of the predictions you'll find below, with head to head (H2H) records included too. It's all on this page, with graphics and the best odds available for every betting markets using the tabs.

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Best Tip: Over 1.5 goals

Neither Reading or Plymouth are in the sort of form that would have us feeling confident enough to tip a match winner, so we've opted for over 1.5 goals. The stats tell us that both have form in this market, both individually and when facing one another head-to-head. Our predictive algorithm suggests there's a 78% chance of 2 goals or more.

An away win looks like the most likely outcome in the win/draw/win market, with our predictive algorithm suggesting there’s a 40% chance of Plymouth coming away with a win.

Checkout the hundreds of tips picked but our top win/draw/win tipsters

Predictions	Bet365	Coral
Reading 35%	29/20	6/4
Draw 25%	23/10	12/5
Plymouth 40%	13/8	7/4
Draw 1-1 12%	11/2	5/1
Plymouth 2-1 9%	9/1	8/1
Plymouth 1-0 8%	9/1	8/1
Reading 2-1 8%	9/1	15/2
Reading 1-0 8%	17/2	15/2
Plymouth 2-0 6%	14/1	11/1
Draw 2-2 6%	12/1	10/1
Draw 0-0 6%	11/1	9/1
Reading 2-0 5%	12/1	10/1
Plymouth 3-1 4%	20/1	14/1
Reading 3-1 4%	18/1	14/1
Plymouth 3-0 3%	25/1	20/1
Plymouth 3-2 3%	25/1	18/1
Reading 3-2 3%	25/1	18/1
Reading 3-0 2%	25/1	18/1
Over 2.5 Goals 55%	4/5	3/4
Under 2.5 Goals 45%	1/1	19/20
Home 1st Goal 48%	10/11	10/11
Away 1st Goal 49%	20/21	21/20
No 1st Goal 3%	11/1	9/1
BTTS - Yes 58%	4/6	13/20
BTTS - No 42%	11/10	23/20
BTTS - Home Win 18%	15/4	10/3
BTTS - Draw 19%	10/3	16/5
BTTS - Away Win 21%	4/1	18/5
Home/draw 60%	4/9	4/9
Away/draw 65%	8/15	8/15
Home/away 75%	1/3	3/10
Over 1.5 Goals 78%	1/4	1/4
Under 1.5 Goals 22%	11/4	27/10
Over 3.5 Goals 33%	2/1	15/8
Under 3.5 Goals 67%	4/11	4/11
Over 4.5 Goals 17%	5/1	17/4
Under 4.5 Goals 83%	1/8	2/15
Over 5.5 Goals 7%	12/1	9/1
Under 5.5 Goals 93%	1/25	1/25
Over 0.5 Goals 94%	1/25	1/25
Under 0.5 Goals 6%	11/1	9/1
Home DNB 52%	5/6	3/4
Away DNB 57%	5/6	19/20
Reading win to nil 17%	7/2	-
Plymouth win to nil 19%	4/1	-
Reading / Reading 21%	3/1	11/4
Reading / Plymouth 3%	25/1	20/1
Reading / Draw 7%	12/1	10/1
Draw / Reading 13%	5/1	5/1
Draw / Plymouth 12%	11/2	11/2
Draw / Draw 15%	9/2	4/1
Plymouth / Reading 4%	25/1	18/1
Plymouth / Plymouth 19%	10/3	16/5
Plymouth / Draw 7%	12/1	10/1

Win / draw / win League One table

Reading have played 35 matches so far this season and lay in 7th place in the League One league table.

Performance against teams below them in the league

They have played 26 games against teams below in the table, having won 12, drawn 9 and lost 5 matches. They have kept 6 clean sheets and have scored in every game. Reading have outscored their opponents by 53 goals to 51 goals.

Home League Performance

Reading have played 18 games at home winning 9, drawing 6 and losing 3 games. They have scored 26 goals, kept 5 clean sheets and conceded 20 goals at home.

Plymouth are in 10th position in the League One on 49 points having played 35 matches so far this season.

Away League Performance

8 of those games have been losing matches. They have conceded 24 goals and kept 5 clean sheets. They have scored 27 goals in total and failed to score in 5 fixtures.

Performance against teams above them in the league

13 games have come against teams above them in the table. They have lost 8 games, drawn 2 and won 3. Plymouth have conceded 29 goals, scored 18, failed to score in 3 fixtures and have kept 1 clean sheet.

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 Plymouth
Results by League Table

	TEAM	PLD	W	D	L	GD	PTS	HOME	AWAY	HOME	AWAY
1	Lincoln	35	22	8	5	34	74	Apr 6	l 2-0A	l 1-4F	l 3-2A
2	Cardiff	35	22	6	7	30	72	Apr 18	l 2-1F	w 5-2F	l 4-0A
3	Bolton	36	17	13	6	17	64	d 1-1F	d 1-1A	Apr 3	l 2-0A
4	Bradford	35	18	7	10	6	61	w 2-1A	l 2-0A	l 0-1A	Mar 28
5	Stockport	34	16	8	10	4	56	w 1-0F	d 1-1A	w 4-2F	l 2-1F
6	Huddersfield	36	16	7	13	10	55	l 0-2A	Apr 3	Mar 21	l 3-1A
7	Reading	35	14	12	9	7	54	-	-	l 1-4A	Mar 14
8	Stevenage	34	15	9	10	3	54	w 1-0F	Mar 21	Mar 17	d 1-1A
9	Wycombe	36	14	11	11	13	53	w 3-2F	d 2-2A	d 1-1A	w 0-1F
10	Plymouth	35	15	4	16	0	49	Mar 14	w 1-4F	-	-
11	Luton	35	13	8	14	1	47	w 3-2F	w 2-3F	w 1-0F	w 2-3F
12	Barnsley	33	13	8	12	0	47	d 2-2F	l 3-2A	l 1-3A	Apr 6
13	Peterborough	35	14	4	17	1	46	l 1-2A	d 1-1F	l 0-1A	w 0-1F
14	AFC Wim	34	13	7	14	-6	46	l 1-2A	l 3-2A	l 1-2F	Apr 18
15	Exeter	35	11	9	15	-2	42	d 2-2A	d 1-1F	Apr 11	l 2-0A
16	Mansfield	33	10	11	12	2	41	d 1-1A	Mar 10	d 1-1F	l 2-0A
17	Burton	36	10	10	16	-12	40	w 2-0F	Mar 17	w 3-0F	w 0-4F
18	Doncaster	34	11	6	17	-20	39	d 1-1A	Apr 11	w 2-1A	w 1-5A
19	Wigan	34	9	11	14	-11	38	Mar 28	w 1-2F	d 1-1F	Mar 10
20	Blackpool	35	10	8	17	-14	38	May 2	w 0-3F	w 1-0F	w 0-4F
21	L Orient	34	10	6	18	-13	36	w 2-1F	l 3-1A	l 0-1A	w 1-3F
22	Rotherham	35	9	8	18	-15	35	d 1-1A	Apr 25	w 1-0F	l 1-0A
23	Northampton	36	9	8	19	-17	35	w 1-0F	w 0-2F	l 0-3A	May 2
24	Port Vale	32	6	9	17	-18	27	w 1-0F	d 1-1F	Apr 25	w 0-1F

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Win / draw / win form

Reading have not lost in 8 consecutive home league games

Home

Overall

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

18 / 20

Conceded

15 / 20

Clean sheets

5 / 20

Failed to score

2 / 20

Won

Draw

Lost

HOME FORM Win / Draw / Win
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
Reading	0 - 1	Lincoln

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

19 / 20

Conceded

16 / 20

Clean sheets

4 / 20

Failed to score

1 / 20

Won

Draw

OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
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
A	Reading	0 - 2	Bradford
H	Reading	1 - 2	Peterborough
A	Reading	3 - 0	Blackpool
H	Reading	1 - 1	Rotherham

Away

Overall

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

14 / 20

Conceded

15 / 20

Clean sheets

5 / 20

Failed to score

6 / 20

Won

Lost

AWAY FORM Win / Draw / Win
Rotherham	1 - 0	Plymouth
L Orient	1 - 3	Plymouth
Blackpool	0 - 4	Plymouth
Stockport	2 - 1	Plymouth
Peterborough	0 - 1	Plymouth
Stevenage	1 - 1	Plymouth
Doncaster	1 - 5	Plymouth
Wycombe	0 - 1	Plymouth
Port Vale	0 - 1	Plymouth
Huddersfield	3 - 1	Plymouth
Mansfield	2 - 0	Plymouth
Exeter	2 - 0	Plymouth
Burton	0 - 4	Plymouth
Luton	2 - 3	Plymouth
Cardiff	4 - 0	Plymouth
Lincoln	3 - 2	Plymouth
Bolton	2 - 0	Plymouth
Preston	1 - 2	Plymouth
M'Boro	2 - 1	Plymouth
Swansea	3 - 0	Plymouth

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

17 / 20

Conceded

13 / 20

Clean sheets

7 / 20

Failed to score

3 / 20

Won

Lost

OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
H	Plymouth	2 - 1	Doncaster
A	Plymouth	0 - 1	Rotherham
H	Plymouth	5 - 2	Cardiff
A	Plymouth	3 - 1	L Orient
A	Plymouth	4 - 0	Blackpool
H	Plymouth	1 - 4	Lincoln
A	Plymouth	1 - 2	Stockport
H	Plymouth	1 - 1	Mansfield
H	Plymouth	1 - 0	Luton
A	Plymouth	1 - 0	Peterborough
H	Plymouth	3 - 0	Burton
A	Plymouth	1 - 1	Stevenage
H	Plymouth	1 - 1	Wycombe
H	Plymouth	1 - 4	Reading
A	Plymouth	5 - 1	Doncaster
H	Plymouth	1 - 0	Rotherham
A	Plymouth	1 - 0	Wycombe
H	Plymouth	0 - 1	Bradford
H	Plymouth	0 - 3	Northampton
A	Plymouth	1 - 0	Port Vale

Win / draw / win head to head (H2H)

Reading

Plymouth

Goals: Scored

Games: Scored

3 / 4

2 / 4

Clean sheets

2 / 4

1 / 4

RDG

PLY

FIXTURE HISTORY AT Reading
Reading	2 - 1
Reading	2 - 0
	1 - 2	Plymouth
Draw	0 - 0	Draw

Plymouth

Reading

Goals: Scored

Games: Scored

4 / 5

5 / 5

Clean sheets

0 / 5

1 / 5

RDG

PLY

FIXTURE HISTORY AT Plymouth
	1 - 4	Reading
Plymouth	4 - 1
Draw	2 - 2	Draw
	0 - 2	Reading
Draw	2 - 2	Draw

Goal Statistics

Plymouth Argyle's fans will be hoping for goals on Saturday afternoon, not least because Reading have conceded in each of their last 7 League One outings. A PG of 1.5 for T. Cleverley's side suggests that run should continue.

	Reading 7th	Plymouth 10th
	Kickoff prediction
Kickoff prediction	1.4 goals	1.5 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 22% 1 33% 2 25% 3 13% 4+ There is a 78% probability that Plymouth will score 1 or more goals

	20 home / away league games
20 home / away league games	+2 Reading’s goalscoring at home has been inline with predictions	+29 Plymouth have scored 29% more goals when away than predicted
	1.4 average goals scored	1.5 average goals scored
	1.3 conceded	1.5 conceded

Attack defence ratings
League One - 2025/2026 season

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RDG

PLY

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Games scored	32		26
Failed to score	3		9
Scored first	19		17
Goals scored	53		51
Avg. goals scored	1.5		1.5
Avg. shots per game	8		9
Avg. shots per goal	5		6
Conversion rate for	19		16
Avg. XG for	1.2		1.4
KickOff rating		+18%

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RDG

PLY

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Games conceded	28		26
Clean sheets	7		9
Conceded first	16		18
Goals conceded	46		51
Avg. goals conceded	1.3		1.5
Avg. shots/game conceded	9		9
Avg. shots/goal conceded	7		6
Conversion rate against	15%		16%
Avg. XG against	1.4		1.5
KickOff rating		+2%

Reading v Plymouth 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
35	16	9	8
L Wing	J Marriott	L Wing	C Savage

Players	Appserances	goals	Assists	cards
C Savage MID	35	2	4	8 -
L Wing MID	35	9	9	2 -
K Doyle MID	34	3	5	4 -
J Pereira GLK	32			1 -
K Ehibhatiomhan FWD	31	6		6 -
J Dorsett DEF	30	2	1	4 -
D Kyerewaa MID	26	3	3	5 -
F Burns DEF	25			3 -
P O'Connor DEF	25	2		8 -
L Fraser MID	24	1		1 -
P Lane FWD	24	2	1	1 -
A Yiadom DEF	23			6 -
J Marriott FWD	23	16	3	-
K Abrefa DEF	19		2	2 -
M Ritchie MID	19	1	6	5 -
D Williams DEF	18		1	5 -
M O’Mahony FWD	16			1 -
M Jacob DEF	14			4 -
M Camará MID	11	1		1 -
A. Ahmed DEF	9			3 -
G. Garcia DEF	9	1		1 -
B Elliott MID	8			1 -
M Stickland DEF	4			1 -
J Stevens GLK	3			-
B Tuma FWD	1			-

Most goals	Most shots on target	Most assists	Most big chances
16	29	9	11
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	21	9	11
K Ehibhatiomhan FWD	6	16		3
K Doyle MID	3	12	5	8
D Kyerewaa MID	3	8	3	3
C Savage MID	2	13	4	6
J Dorsett DEF	2	3	1	2
P O'Connor DEF	2	4
P Lane FWD	2	9	1	2
L Fraser MID	1	3
M Ritchie MID	1	3	6	3
M Camará MID	1	1
G. Garcia DEF	1	1
A Yiadom DEF		2
K Abrefa DEF		2	2
D Williams DEF		1	1	1
M O’Mahony FWD		3
M Jacob DEF		1		1
A. Ahmed DEF				1
B Elliott MID		2		1

Most passes	Most tackles	Most duels won
1977	71	204
L Wing	L Wing	P O'Connor

Players	passes	tackles	duels won
L Wing MID	1977	71	162
C Savage MID	1435	65	88
P O'Connor DEF	1297	31	204
J Pereira GLK	1260	2	31
J Dorsett DEF	962	40	130
D Williams DEF	814	26	97
F Burns DEF	787	34	110
K Doyle MID	610	40	115
D Kyerewaa MID	517	18	104
L Fraser MID	474	14	33
M Jacob DEF	418	14	62
K Abrefa DEF	397	37	67
A Yiadom DEF	381	29	71
P Lane FWD	308	13	41
K Ehibhatiomhan FWD	276	18	122
M Ritchie MID	264	7	29
J Marriott FWD	212	10	38
A. Ahmed DEF	206	14	35
B Elliott MID	189	13	37
M Stickland DEF	123	3	14
M Camará MID	89	4	21
J Stevens GLK	85		1
M O’Mahony FWD	59	6	36
G. Garcia DEF	44	2	12
B Tuma FWD	3		1

Plymouth League One squad statistics 2025/2026

Overall

Attack

Defence

Most starts	Most goals	Most assists	Most cards
35	13	5	11
M Boateng	L Tolaj	M Boateng	M Sorinola

Players	Appserances	goals	Assists	cards
M Boateng MID	35	3	5	6 -
M Sorinola DEF	32	1	1	11 -
A Mitchell DEF	29	1		4 -
B Wiredu DEF	29		1	5 1
M Ross DEF	28	3	1	4 -
A Pepple FWD	26	10	2	2 -
B Mumba DEF	25		4	6 -
J Edwards DEF	25		3	7 1
L Tolaj FWD	22	13	4	4 1
C Hazard GLK	21			-
K. Szűcs DEF	21			3 -
O. Oseni FWD	21	4	2	4 -
B Galloway DEF	20	2		3 -
C Watts MID	20	4	2	5 -
X Amaechi FWD	19	3	1	1 -
O Dale FWD	17		1	5 -
J Paterson MID	16			-
B Ibrahim MID	15	3	2	6 -
L Ashby-Hammond GLK	14		1	1 -
A Benarous MID	12		1	1 -
T. Finn MID	11			1 -
L. McCabe MID	11			1 -
J Pleguezuelo DEF	6			2 -
C Roberts MID	6			1 -
J MacKenzie DEF	4			2 -

Most goals	Most shots on target	Most assists	Most big chances
13	30	5	7
L Tolaj	L Tolaj	M Boateng	M Boateng

Players	goals	shots on	Assists	big chances
L Tolaj FWD	13	30	4	5
A Pepple FWD	10	17	2	2
O. Oseni FWD	4	10	2	3
C Watts MID	4	15	2	3
M Boateng MID	3	8	5	7
M Ross DEF	3	6	1	1
X Amaechi FWD	3	9	1	4
B Ibrahim MID	3	6	2	4
B Galloway DEF	2	3
M Sorinola DEF	1	5	1	7
A Mitchell DEF	1	8		2
B Wiredu DEF		2	1	3
B Mumba DEF		8	4	2
J Edwards DEF			3	4
K. Szűcs DEF		1		1
O Dale FWD		5	1	2
J Paterson MID		1		3
L Ashby-Hammond GLK			1	1
A Benarous MID			1
T. Finn MID		2		1
J Pleguezuelo DEF		2

Most passes	Most tackles	Most duels won
1227	76	248
M Boateng	M Boateng	M Boateng

Players	passes	tackles	duels won
M Boateng MID	1227	76	248
A Mitchell DEF	974	43	177
M Ross DEF	781	42	158
M Sorinola DEF	775	60	135
B Mumba DEF	688	39	112
B Wiredu DEF	668	40	126
C Hazard GLK	666		7
B Galloway DEF	589	51	130
J Edwards DEF	558	40	95
L Ashby-Hammond GLK	524		7
K. Szűcs DEF	463	23	63
B Ibrahim MID	425	29	66
L Tolaj FWD	332	17	117
C Watts MID	320	18	72
L. McCabe MID	289	12	27
X Amaechi FWD	286	18	57
O Dale FWD	231	23	71
J Pleguezuelo DEF	224	9	42
A Pepple FWD	211	8	113
J Paterson MID	206	6	19
A Benarous MID	184	9	35
O. Oseni FWD	129	6	39
T. Finn MID	85	5	17
C Roberts MID	73	6	16
J MacKenzie DEF	46	10	17