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

Sat 28th Nov, 15:00 BST, Hillsborough, Sheffield

Dave Challinor's Sheffield Wednesday side will have home backing in the League One on Saturday afternoon, as Leam Richardson's Reading travel to the Hillsborough. We have odds for 17 different betting markets plus predictions, statistics and head-to-head data for both teams. You can access it all using the tabs below.


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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
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Sheff Wed
52%
--
Draw
25%
--
Reading
23%
--
Sheff Wed 1-0
12%
--
Draw 1-1
12%
--
Sheff Wed 2-0
10%
--
Sheff Wed 2-1
10%
--
Draw 0-0
8%
--
Reading 1-0
7%
--
Reading 2-1
6%
--
Sheff Wed 3-0
5%
--
Sheff Wed 3-1
5%
--
Draw 2-2
5%
--
Reading 2-0
4%
--
Sheff Wed 3-2
2%
--
Sheff Wed 4-0
2%
--
Sheff Wed 4-1
2%
--
Reading 3-1
2%
--
Over 2.5 Goals
48%
--
Under 2.5 Goals
52%
--
Home 1st Goal
54%
--
Away 1st Goal
42%
--
No 1st Goal
5%
--
BTTS - Yes
50%
--
BTTS - No
50%
--
BTTS - Home Win
22%
--
BTTS - Draw
17%
--
BTTS - Away Win
10%
--
Home/draw
77%
--
Away/draw
48%
--
Home/away
75%
--
Over 1.5 Goals
73%
--
Under 1.5 Goals
27%
--
Over 3.5 Goals
26%
--
Under 3.5 Goals
74%
--
Over 4.5 Goals
12%
--
Under 4.5 Goals
88%
--
Over 5.5 Goals
5%
--
Under 5.5 Goals
95%
--
Over 0.5 Goals
92%
--
Under 0.5 Goals
8%
--
Home DNB
70%
--
Away DNB
40%
--
Sheff Wed win to nil
30%
--
Reading win to nil
12%
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Win / draw / win League One table

Sheff Wed have played 14 matches so far this season and lay in 5th place in the League One league table.

Performance against teams below them in the league

They have played 12 games against teams below in the table, having won 6, drawn 3 and lost 3 matches. They have kept 3 clean sheets and have failed to score in 4 fixtures. They have been outscored by their opponents by 26 goals to 25 goals.

Home League Performance

Sheff Wed have played 8 games at home winning 3, drawing 4 and losing 1 game. They have scored 17 goals, kept 4 clean sheets and conceded 5 goals at home.

Reading are in 7th position in the League One on 22 points having played 15 matches so far this season. Reading are winless in the 4 games they have played against teams above them in the table and have conceded in 3 of those games.

Away League Performance

4 of those games have been losing matches. They have conceded 11 goals and kept 2 clean sheets. They have scored 9 goals in total and failed to score in 4 fixtures.

Performance against teams above them in the league

4 games have come against teams above them in the table. They have lost 3 games, drawn 1 and won zero. Reading have conceded 9 goals, scored 4, failed to score in 2 fixtures and have kept 1 clean sheet.

Won
Draw
Lost
Sheff Wed
Reading
Results by League Table
TEAM PLD W D L GD PTS HOME AWAY HOME AWAY
1
Huddersfield148511629 
Jan 1
d
 
2-2A
Apr 24
Mar 26
2
Stockport159241429 
d
 
0-00-0
Apr 17
Feb 27
l
 
3-1A
3
Oxford Utd137511126 
May 8
Dec 1
Feb 6
l
 
2-0A
4
Luton14734624 
Dec 19
Jan 9
l
 
3-4A
Mar 6
5
Sheff Wed146531123 
-
-
May 1
Nov 28
6
Plymouth15726-123 
w
 
3-0F
Feb 27
Jan 30
d
 
0-00-0
7
Reading15645822 
Nov 28
May 1
-
-
8
Bradford13643222 
l
 
0-1A
Mar 13
d
 
1-1A
Apr 27
9
MK Dons14563621 
Apr 24
Mar 26
Jan 1
w
 
1-5F
10
Cambridge14563021 
d
 
1-1F
Apr 27
Feb 20
l
 
2-1F
11
Leicester13544319 
Apr 10
Dec 10
Dec 19
Jan 9
12
Mansfield13544219 
Dec 29
Apr 3
w
 
5-0F
Feb 9
13
Wycombe13463-218 
Feb 9
w
 
1-2A
Apr 13
d
 
2-2F
14
L Orient13526517 
Mar 6
w
 
1-2F
w
 
1-0F
Jan 19
15
Burton15456-717 
Mar 29
Dec 26
Apr 10
Dec 12
16
Stevenage12444416 
Apr 13
Nov 24
Mar 29
Dec 26
17
AFC Wim14446-1116 
w
 
5-0F
Jan 16
Mar 13
d
 
0-00-0
18
Notts C12354-114 
Jan 19
l
 
2-0A
w
 
2-0F
Apr 17
19
Wigan15429-1014 
d
 
0-00-0
Feb 20
Jan 16
l
 
1-0A
20
Blackpool13337-512 
d
 
1-1F
Jan 30
w
 
3-1F
Feb 13
21
Doncaster13337-812 
Jan 23
l
 
2-0A
Dec 1
May 8
22
Peterborough13247-1210 
Feb 13
w
 
1-2F
Dec 29
Apr 3
23
Barnsley13238-119 
Mar 20
Nov 20
w
 
2-1A
Jan 23
24
Bromley13238-209 
w
 
7-2F
Feb 6
Nov 21
Mar 20
Promotion
Promotion Play Off
Relegation
Win / draw / win form
Sheff Wed 5TH
20 league games
Home
Overall
Goals: Scored
23
Conceded
25
Games: Scored
11 / 20
Conceded
16 / 20
Clean sheets
4 / 20
Failed to score
9 / 20
W
3
Draw
9
Lost
8
HOME FORM Win / Draw / Win
Sheff Wed1 - 1Blackpool
Sheff Wed1 - 1Cambridge
Sheff Wed5 - 0AFC Wim
Sheff Wed0 - 0Stockport
Sheff Wed0 - 0Wigan
Sheff Wed7 - 2Bromley
Sheff Wed0 - 1Bradford
Sheff Wed2 - 1West Brom
Sheff Wed1 - 1Charlton
Sheff Wed1 - 1Leicester
Sheff Wed0 - 2Ipswich
Sheff Wed1 - 1Watford
Sheff Wed1 - 3Southampton
Sheff Wed1 - 2Millwall
Sheff Wed0 - 1Wrexham
Sheff Wed0 - 2Birmingham
Sheff Wed0 - 1Portsmouth
Sheff Wed0 - 0Blackburn
Sheff Wed2 - 2Hull
Sheff Wed0 - 3Derby
Goals: Scored
27
Conceded
24
Games: Scored
12 / 20
Conceded
16 / 20
Clean sheets
4 / 20
Failed to score
8 / 20
Won
6
Draw
8
Lost
6
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
HSheff Wed1 - 1Blackpool
HSheff Wed1 - 1Cambridge
ASheff Wed0 - 2Doncaster
ASheff Wed0 - 2Notts C
HSheff Wed5 - 0AFC Wim
ASheff Wed2 - 2Huddersfield
HSheff Wed0 - 0Stockport
HSheff Wed0 - 0Wigan
ASheff Wed2 - 1Peterborough
ASheff Wed2 - 1Wycombe
HSheff Wed7 - 2Bromley
HSheff Wed0 - 1Bradford
ASheff Wed2 - 1L Orient
HSheff Wed2 - 1West Brom
ASheff Wed1 - 4Oxford Utd
ASheff Wed0 - 1M'Boro
HSheff Wed1 - 1Charlton
ASheff Wed0 - 0Coventry
HSheff Wed1 - 1Leicester
ASheff Wed0 - 2Stoke
Reading 7TH
20 league games
Away
Overall
Goals: Scored
24
Conceded
25
Games: Scored
13 / 20
Conceded
17 / 20
Clean sheets
3 / 20
Failed to score
7 / 20
Won
5
Draw
7
Lost
8
AWAY FORM Win / Draw / Win
Oxford Utd2 - 0Reading
Plymouth0 - 0Reading
Wigan1 - 0Reading
MK Dons1 - 5Reading
Wycombe2 - 2Reading
Cambridge2 - 1Reading
AFC Wim0 - 0Reading
Rotherham1 - 1Reading
Doncaster1 - 0Reading
Huddersfield1 - 1Reading
Stevenage1 - 0Reading
Burton1 - 2Reading
Mansfield1 - 0Reading
Luton2 - 3Reading
Port Vale1 - 1Reading
Wigan1 - 2Reading
AFC Wim3 - 2Reading
Northampton0 - 2Reading
L Orient3 - 1Reading
Peterborough1 - 1Reading
Goals: Scored
29
Conceded
24
Games: Scored
14 / 20
Conceded
15 / 20
Clean sheets
5 / 20
Failed to score
6 / 20
Won
6
Draw
6
Lost
8
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
AReading0 - 2Oxford Utd
AReading0 - 0Plymouth
HReading2 - 1Barnsley
HReading1 - 0L Orient
AReading0 - 1Wigan
AReading5 - 1MK Dons
HReading1 - 1Bradford
AReading2 - 2Wycombe
HReading2 - 0Notts C
AReading1 - 2Cambridge
HReading3 - 1Blackpool
HReading5 - 0Mansfield
AReading0 - 0AFC Wim
HReading3 - 4Luton
HReading0 - 1Blackpool
AReading1 - 1Rotherham
HReading1 - 3Cardiff
AReading0 - 1Doncaster
HReading1 - 2Lincoln
AReading1 - 1Huddersfield
Win / draw / win head to head (H2H)
League games at Sheff Wed since 2003
Sheff Wed
Reading
Goals: Scored
16
16
Games: Scored
8 / 12
9 / 12
Clean sheets
3 / 12
4 / 12
SHW
4
D
4
RDG
4
FIXTURE HISTORY AT Sheff Wed
Draw1 - 1Draw
0 - 3Reading
Draw0 - 0Draw
Sheff Wed3 - 0
0 - 2Reading
Draw1 - 1Draw
Sheff Wed1 - 0
Sheff Wed5 - 2
0 - 2Reading
1 - 2Reading
Draw1 - 1Draw
Sheff Wed3 - 2
League games at Reading since 2002
Reading
Sheff Wed
Goals: Scored
25
10
Games: Scored
10 / 12
6 / 12
Clean sheets
6 / 12
2 / 12
SHW
3
D
2
RDG
7
FIXTURE HISTORY AT Reading
Reading3 - 0
1 - 3Sheff Wed
1 - 2Sheff Wed
Draw0 - 0Draw
Reading2 - 1
Draw1 - 1Draw
Reading2 - 0
0 - 2Sheff Wed
Reading5 - 0
Reading6 - 0
Reading2 - 0
Reading2 - 1
Goal Statistics
Sheff Wed 5th Reading 7th
Kickoff prediction
Kickoff prediction
1.6
goals
1.0
goals
Scoring probability
Scoring probability
0
20%
1
32%
2
26%
3
14%
4+
8%
There is a 80% probability that Sheff Wed will score 1 or more goals
0
38%
1
37%
2
18%
3
4+
There is a 75% probability of Reading scoring 1 goal or less
 
20 home / away league games
20 home / away league games
-7
Sheff Wed’s goalscoring at home has been inline with predictions
-13
Reading have scored 13% fewer goals when away than predicted
1.2
average goals scored
1.2
average goals scored
1.3
conceded
1.3
conceded
 
Attack defence ratings
League One - 2026/2027 season
Sheff Wed
PG (predicted goals)
Reading
1.6
1
Attack rating
SHW
RDG
11%
better
view stats
Games scored8
10
Failed to score5
4
Scored first6
7
Goals scored22
25
Avg. goals scored1.6
1.7
Avg. shots per game11
9
Avg. shots per goal7
6
Conversion rate for15
18
Avg. XG for1.9
1.8
KickOff rating
+11%
Defence rating
SHW
RDG
4%
better
view stats
Games conceded10
9
Clean sheets3
5
Conceded first5
5
Goals conceded14
15
Avg. goals conceded1
1
Avg. shots/game conceded9
8
Avg. shots/goal conceded9
8
Conversion rate against11%
13%
Avg. XG against1.4
1.2
KickOff rating
+4%

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

Sheff Wed League One squad statistics 2026/2027
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
13535
B BannanJ LoweK. MorrisonC Slattery
PlayersAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
B Bannan MID1311
2
-
Y Valery DEF121
1
-
C Slattery MID1232
5
-
K. Morrison FWD123
1
-
L Cooper DEF11
2
-
B Mitchell MID11
2
-
M Burstow FWD1121
1
-
G. Otegbayo DEF101
1
-
J Lowe FWD1052
1
R James DEF91
3
-
D Keillor-Dunn FWD931
-
H. Gray FWD91
2
-
J Lumley GLK8
1
-
L Palmer DEF8
1
-
J. Heskey MID8
3
-
A Al-Hamadi FWD8
1
-
M Lowe DEF7
-
A Maynard-Brewer GLK5
-
R Santos DEF5
-
S Swinkels DEF4
1
1
E. Weaver DEF4
-
L Barry FWD431
-
D Bernard DEF3
-
J. Thornton MID2
-
T Onyango MID1
-
J Liongola MID1
-
S Fusire MID1
-
W. Grainger FWD1
-
Reading League One squad statistics 2026/2027
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
14845
J PereiraJ MarriottK. LisbieP O'Connor
PlayersAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
J Pereira GLK14
1
-
U Godwin-Malife DEF1411
-
P O'Connor DEF141
5
-
L Wing MID142
-
R Williams MID142
1
-
J Brown FWD1441
-
K. Lisbie FWD1454
4
-
A Rinomhota MID13
5
-
H Roberts DEF121
4
-
D Kyerewaa MID121
-
P Lane FWD1221
1
-
J Stokes MID102
2
-
C Savage MID10
1
-
J Reid FWD10
-
B. Ward DEF91
1
-
J Marriott FWD98
-
J Dorsett DEF71
1
-
G. Earthy MID52
-
L Fraser MID4
-
C Masterson DEF1
-
J Knight DEF1
-