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

Thu 6th Nov, 20:00 BST, Madejski Stadium, Reading

Reading are in League One action on Thursday night, as Allan Dybczak aims to beat Alex Revell and his Stevenage side at the Madejski Stadium. All of the key statistics for the tie, including head to heads (H2Hs), predictions and odds across 17 of the biggest betting markets are included in this preview. It's all here with the aim of helping you make a well informed, intelligent bet.

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Best Tip: Under 3.5 goals

An away win looks like the most likely outcome in the win/draw/win market, with our predictive algorithm suggesting there’s a 38% chance of Stevenage coming away with a win.

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Predictions	Bet365	Coral
Reading 35%	17/10	17/10
Draw 27%	9/4	9/4
Stevenage 38%	8/5	13/8
Draw 1-1 13%	5/1	5/1
Stevenage 1-0 11%	7/1	6/1
Reading 1-0 10%	7/1 6%	6/1
Draw 0-0 9%	15/2	13/2
Stevenage 2-1 8%	9/1	8/1
Reading 2-1 8%	9/1 9%	8/1
Stevenage 2-0 7%	11/1	10/1
Reading 2-0 6%	11/1 8%	10/1
Draw 2-2 5%	14/1	12/1
Stevenage 3-1 3%	22/1	16/1
Reading 3-1 3%	22/1	18/1
Stevenage 3-0 3%	25/1	20/1
Reading 3-0 2%	25/1 10%	20/1
Stevenage 3-2 2%	33/1	22/1
Reading 3-2 2%	33/1	25/1
Over 2.5 Goals 44%	23/20 2%	23/20
Under 2.5 Goals 56%	4/6 1%	13/20
Home 1st Goal 47%	1/1 2%	21/20
Away 1st Goal 48%	1/1	21/20
No 1st Goal 5%	15/2	13/2
BTTS - Yes 50%	10/11	10/11
BTTS - No 50%	10/11	5/6
BTTS - Home Win 15%	5/1	17/4
BTTS - Draw 19%	7/2	17/5
BTTS - Away Win 16%	5/1	17/4
Home/draw 62%	1/2	10/21
Away/draw 65%	4/9	4/9
Home/away 73%	1/3	1/3
Over 1.5 Goals 70%	4/11	2/5
Under 1.5 Goals 30%	2/1	15/8
Over 3.5 Goals 23%	3/1	29/10
Under 3.5 Goals 77%	2/9	2/9
Over 4.5 Goals 10%	8/1	13/2
Under 4.5 Goals 90%	1/14	1/14
Over 5.5 Goals 4%	18/1	14/1
Under 5.5 Goals 96%	1/50	1/100
Over 0.5 Goals 91%	1/14	1/14
Under 0.5 Goals 9%	8/1 6%	13/2
Home DNB 54%	5/6	17/20
Away DNB 57%	5/6	5/6
Reading win to nil 20%	10/3	-
Stevenage win to nil 22%	10/3 8%	-
Reading / Reading 19%	10/3 4%	16/5
Reading / Stevenage 3%	28/1	22/1
Reading / Draw 6%	14/1	12/1
Draw / Reading 14%	5/1	19/4
Draw / Stevenage 14%	5/1	19/4
Draw / Draw 17%	15/4	17/5
Stevenage / Reading 3%	28/1	22/1
Stevenage / Stevenage 19%	10/3	3/1
Stevenage / Draw 6%	14/1	12/1

Win / draw / win League One table

Reading have played 14 matches so far this season and are in 19th position in the league.

Performance against teams above them in the league

13 of those games have come against teams above them in the table. They have lost 5 games, drawn 6 and won 2. Reading have conceded 19 goals, scored 14, failed to score in 2 matches and kept 1 clean sheet.

Home league performance

Reading have played 7 games at home, winning 3, drawing 2 and losing 2 fixtures. They have scored 7 goals, conceded 7 goals, kept 2 clean sheets and failed to score 1 time in home league games.

Stevenage lay in 4th place on 26 points in the League One league table having played 12 matches.

Performance against teams below them in the league

They have played 11 games against teams below them in the table, winning 8, drawing 1 and losing 2 games. They have scored 17 goals and kept 4 clean sheets against lower placed opposition. Stevenage have conceded 9 goals and have failed to score in 2 matches.

Away league performance

Stevenage have played 6 away games, winning 3, drawing 1 and losing 2 games. They have scored an average of 1.5 goals per away game and conceded an average 1.3 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 Stevenage
Results by League Table

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

	Promotion
	Promotion Play Off
	Relegation

Win / draw / win form

Home

Overall

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

16 / 20

Conceded

13 / 20

Clean sheets

7 / 20

Failed to score

4 / 20

Won

Draw

Lost

HOME FORM Win / Draw / Win
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
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

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

16 / 20

Conceded

16 / 20

Clean sheets

4 / 20

Failed to score

4 / 20

Won

Draw

Lost

OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
H	Reading	1 - 1	Doncaster
H	Reading	1 - 0	Northampton
A	Reading	1 - 2	Cardiff
A	Reading	1 - 1	Exeter
H	Reading	1 - 1	Mansfield
A	Reading	1 - 1	Stockport
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

Away

Overall

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

13 / 20

Conceded

15 / 20

Clean sheets

5 / 20

Failed to score

7 / 20

Won

Lost

AWAY FORM Win / Draw / Win
Lincoln	1 - 0	Stevenage
L Orient	2 - 3	Stevenage
Mansfield	1 - 1	Stevenage
Huddersfield	1 - 0	Stevenage
Port Vale	1 - 2	Stevenage
Blackpool	2 - 3	Stevenage
Bolton	1 - 1	Stevenage
Bristol R	0 - 1	Stevenage
Wycombe	1 - 0	Stevenage
Stockport	3 - 0	Stevenage
L Orient	1 - 0	Stevenage
Reading	1 - 1	Stevenage
Birmingham	2 - 1	Stevenage
Cambridge	0 - 1	Stevenage
Shrewsbury	0 - 1	Stevenage
Crawley	3 - 1	Stevenage
Charlton	2 - 0	Stevenage
Wrexham	2 - 3	Stevenage
Barnsley	0 - 1	Stevenage
Lincoln	0 - 0	Stevenage

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

15 / 20

Conceded

15 / 20

Clean sheets

5 / 20

Failed to score

5 / 20

Won

Lost

OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
H	Stevenage	1 - 1	Bradford
A	Stevenage	0 - 1	Lincoln
H	Stevenage	2 - 0	Luton
A	Stevenage	3 - 2	L Orient
H	Stevenage	2 - 1	Exeter
A	Stevenage	1 - 1	Mansfield
H	Stevenage	1 - 0	Wycombe
A	Stevenage	0 - 1	Huddersfield
A	Stevenage	2 - 1	Port Vale
H	Stevenage	2 - 0	Northampton
H	Stevenage	1 - 0	Rotherham
A	Stevenage	3 - 2	Blackpool
A	Stevenage	1 - 1	Bolton
H	Stevenage	1 - 1	Rotherham
H	Stevenage	0 - 1	Birmingham
A	Stevenage	1 - 0	Bristol R
H	Stevenage	1 - 3	Blackpool
A	Stevenage	0 - 1	Wycombe
H	Stevenage	3 - 1	Crawley
A	Stevenage	0 - 3	Stockport

Goal Statistics

Goals have been difficult to come by for Reading of late. It has been 5 League One games since they last scored more than 1, and a PG of 1.2 suggests they'll have problems ending that run on Thursday night against Stevenage.

	Reading 19th	Stevenage 4th
	Kickoff prediction
Kickoff prediction	1.2 goals	1.3 goals
	Scoring probability
Scoring probability	0 30% 1 36% 2 22% 3 9% 4+ There is a 66% probability that Reading will score no more than 1 goal	0 29% 1 36% 2 22% 3 9% 4+ There is a 65% probability that Stevenage will score no more than 1 goal

	20 home / away league games
20 home / away league games	-20 Reading have scored 20% fewer goals at home than predicted	+7 Stevenage’s goalscoring when away has been inline with predictions
	1.2 average goals scored	1.0 average goals scored
	1.0 conceded	1.2 conceded

Attack defence ratings
League One - 2025/2026 season

RDG

STV

10%

better

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Games scored	12		10
Failed to score	2		2
Scored first	5		6
Goals scored	15		18
Avg. goals scored	1.1		1.5
Avg. shots per game	9		7
Avg. shots per goal	8		5
Conversion rate for	12		20
Avg. XG for	1.1		1
KickOff rating		+10%

RDG

STV

34%

better

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Games conceded	12		8
Clean sheets	2		4
Conceded first	9		6
Goals conceded	19		10
Avg. goals conceded	1.4		0.8
Avg. shots/game conceded	8		7
Avg. shots/goal conceded	6		9
Conversion rate against	16%		11%
Avg. XG against	1.4		1.2
KickOff rating		+34%

Reading v Stevenage 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
14	5	3	4
C Savage	J Marriott	L Wing	M Jacob

Players	Appserances	goals	Assists	cards
M Jacob DEF	14			4 -
D Kyerewaa MID	14	1	1	4 -
C Savage MID	14		1	4 -
L Wing MID	14	3	3	1 -
K Doyle MID	13	1	1	1 -
F Burns DEF	12			3 -
P Lane FWD	12	1	1	1 -
J Pereira GLK	11			-
J Dorsett DEF	11			-
K Abrefa DEF	11		2	-
K Ehibhatiomhan FWD	11	1		1 -
M O’Mahony FWD	11			1 -
D Williams DEF	8			3 -
A. Ahmed DEF	8			3 -
L Fraser MID	8	1		-
B Elliott MID	8			1 -
M Camará MID	7	1		1 -
J Marriott FWD	7	5	1	-
M Ritchie MID	6		3	3 -
P O'Connor DEF	4			-
M Stickland DEF	4			1 -
A Yiadom DEF	4			-
G. Garcia DEF	4	1		1 -
J Stevens GLK	3			-
B Tuma FWD	1			-

Most goals	Most shots on target	Most assists	Most big chances
5	10	3	4
J Marriott	L Wing	L Wing	L Wing

Players	goals	shots on	Assists	big chances
J Marriott FWD	5	9	1	1
L Wing MID	3	10	3	4
D Kyerewaa MID	1	3	1
K Doyle MID	1	2	1	3
P Lane FWD	1	7	1	1
K Ehibhatiomhan FWD	1	3		2
L Fraser MID	1	3
M Camará MID	1	1
G. Garcia DEF	1	1
M Jacob DEF		1		1
C Savage MID		7	1	2
J Dorsett DEF		1		1
K Abrefa DEF		2	2
M O’Mahony FWD		3
D Williams DEF		1
A. Ahmed DEF				1
B Elliott MID		2		1
M Ritchie MID		1	3	1
P O'Connor DEF		1

Most passes	Most tackles	Most duels won
774	35	76
L Wing	L Wing	L Wing

Players	passes	tackles	duels won
L Wing MID	774	35	76
C Savage MID	634	30	40
F Burns DEF	567	23	75
M Jacob DEF	418	14	62
J Pereira GLK	409		7
D Williams DEF	315	7	43
D Kyerewaa MID	256	5	42
K Abrefa DEF	250	19	37
J Dorsett DEF	219	4	24
A. Ahmed DEF	206	14	35
B Elliott MID	189	13	37
P Lane FWD	182	8	26
K Doyle MID	172	10	38
P O'Connor DEF	171	2	37
M Stickland DEF	123	3	14
K Ehibhatiomhan FWD	116	5	44
L Fraser MID	112	8	17
M Ritchie MID	95	3	10
J Stevens GLK	85		1
J Marriott FWD	73	3	11
M Camará MID	66	3	17
M O’Mahony FWD	48	4	28
A Yiadom DEF	39	2	13
G. Garcia DEF	24	2	6
B Tuma FWD	3		1

Stevenage League One squad statistics 2025/2026

Overall

Attack

Defence

Most starts	Most goals	Most assists	Most cards
12	5	3	4
F Marschall	J Reid	H White	C Goode

Players	Appserances	goals	Assists	cards
F Marschall GLK	12			1 -
C Goode DEF	12	1		4 -
J Houghton MID	12		1	3 -
C Campbell MID	12	2		-
J Roberts MID	12	2	1	3 -
H White MID	12	3	3	2 -
D Kemp MID	12	2	2	2 -
C Piergianni DEF	11	1		4 -
J Reid FWD	11	5	1	1 -
L James-Wildin DEF	10			-
D Butler DEF	10		1	2 -
P Patterson FWD	10		1	-
G Ahadme FWD	10	1		-
D Phillips MID	8			2 -
L Freestone DEF	7	1		2 -
D Sweeney DEF	7			1 -
B Lubala FWD	7			1 -
J Pattenden DEF	6			-
L Thompson MID	1			-
J Malcolm FWD	1			-

Most goals	Most shots on target	Most assists	Most big chances
5	10	3	4
J Reid	J Reid	H White	H White

Players	goals	shots on	Assists	big chances
J Reid FWD	5	10	1
H White MID	3	6	3	4
C Campbell MID	2	3		1
J Roberts MID	2	4	1	2
D Kemp MID	2	5	2	3
C Goode DEF	1	3
C Piergianni DEF	1	2		1
G Ahadme FWD	1	3
L Freestone DEF	1	1
J Houghton MID			1	1
D Butler DEF			1
P Patterson FWD		3	1	2
D Phillips MID		1
D Sweeney DEF				1
B Lubala FWD		5

Most passes	Most tackles	Most duels won
412	29	107
C Piergianni	J Houghton	C Goode

Players	passes	tackles	duels won
C Piergianni DEF	412	6	91
H White MID	404	14	37
F Marschall GLK	377		14
C Goode DEF	355	15	107
L James-Wildin DEF	287	24	47
J Houghton MID	250	29	68
D Kemp MID	236	10	42
D Butler DEF	229	10	38
J Roberts MID	166	18	58
L Freestone DEF	154	13	44
C Campbell MID	130	9	41
J Reid FWD	102	3	35
G Ahadme FWD	74	2	38
J Pattenden DEF	72	4	19
B Lubala FWD	69	6	34
P Patterson FWD	66	6	16
D Phillips MID	60	11	17
D Sweeney DEF	59	3	16
L Thompson MID	3		1