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

Sat 21st Dec, 12:30 BST, Sincil Bank, Lincoln

Saturday lunch time sees Michael Skubala’s Lincoln City and Rubén Sellés Salvador’s Reading go head to head in a League One battle at the Sincil Bank. Quite simply, we want you to win betting on this game. To this end, stats for the biggest betting market have been published below, with head to head (H2H) records and particularly important form streaks highlighted. Odds are included as well.


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Both Teams To Score & Result
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Half Time / Full Time
Over / Under 0.5 Goals
Over / Under 4.5 Goals
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Lincoln
51%
--
Draw
23%
--
Reading
26%
--
Draw 1-1
11%
--
Lincoln 2-1
10%
--
Lincoln 1-0
8%
--
Lincoln 2-0
8%
--
Reading 2-1
7%
--
Draw 2-2
6%
--
Lincoln 3-1
6%
--
Reading 1-0
6%
--
Lincoln 3-0
5%
--
Draw 0-0
5%
--
Lincoln 3-2
4%
--
Reading 2-0
4%
--
Reading 3-1
3%
--
Lincoln 4-1
3%
--
Reading 3-2
3%
--
Over 2.5 Goals
60%
--
Under 2.5 Goals
40%
--
Home 1st Goal
53%
--
Away 1st Goal
45%
--
No 1st Goal
3%
--
BTTS - Yes
60%
--
BTTS - No
40%
--
BTTS - Home Win
27%
--
BTTS - Draw
18%
--
BTTS - Away Win
15%
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Home/draw
74%
--
Away/draw
49%
--
Home/away
77%
--
Over 1.5 Goals
81%
--
Under 1.5 Goals
19%
--
Over 3.5 Goals
37%
--
Under 3.5 Goals
63%
--
Over 4.5 Goals
20%
--
Under 4.5 Goals
80%
--
Over 5.5 Goals
9%
--
Under 5.5 Goals
91%
--
Over 0.5 Goals
95%
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Under 0.5 Goals
5%
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Home DNB
67%
--
Away DNB
42%
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Lincoln win to nil
24%
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Reading win to nil
12%
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Win / draw / win League One table

Lincoln have played 19 matches so far this season and are in 9th position in the league.

Performance against teams above them in the league

5 of those games have come against teams above them in the table. They have lost 4 games, drawn zero and won 1. Lincoln have conceded 10 goals, scored 6, failed to score in 1 match and kept no clean sheets.

Home league performance

Lincoln have played 9 games at home, winning 4, drawing 2 and losing 3 fixtures. They have scored 14 goals, conceded 12 goals, kept 2 clean sheets and failed to score 2 times in home league games.

Reading lay in 6th place on 31 points in the League One league table having played 18 matches.

Performance against teams below them in the league

They have played 13 games against teams below them in the table, winning 8, drawing 2 and losing 3 games. They have scored 25 goals and kept 4 clean sheets against lower placed opposition. Reading have conceded 15 goals and have failed to score in 1 match.

Away league performance

Reading have played 10 away games, winning 2, drawing 4 and losing 4 games. They have scored an average of 1.3 goals per away game and conceded an average 2.1 goals per away game.

Won
Draw
Lost
Lincoln
Reading
Results by League Table
TEAM PLD W D L GD PTS HOME AWAY HOME AWAY
1
Wycombe1812421840 
l
 
2-3F
Mar 29
Apr 5
d
 
1-1A
2
Wrexham1912431740 
May 3
l
 
1-0A
-
l
 
3-0A
3
Birmingham1712321639 
l
 
1-3F
Mar 8
Feb 22
d
 
1-1F
4
Huddersfield1811251235 
Apr 1
Dec 14
w
 
2-1A
Feb 8
5
Stockport199641233 
w
 
2-1A
Apr 26
Jan 18
l
 
4-1A
6
Reading Away18945531 
Dec 21
Apr 18
-
-
7
Bolton17935130 
Apr 21
Dec 29
Feb 1
l
 
5-2A
8
Barnsley19766227 
l
 
1-2A
Mar 1
May 3
d
 
2-2A
9
Lincoln Home19766127 
-
-
Apr 18
Dec 21
10
Mansfield17737024 
w
 
4-1F
-
Dec 29
Apr 21
11
Exeter18738-324 
Mar 22
d
 
0-00-0
Mar 4
w
 
1-2F
12
Charlton18657-123 
d
 
0-00-0
Apr 5
w
 
2-0F
Jan 4
13
Blackpool18657-523 
Jan 28
d
 
1-1A
Dec 14
Apr 1
14
Stevenage17647-322 
Jan 4
w
 
0-1F
Mar 15
d
 
1-1A
15
Peterborough18639121 
Jan 25
d
 
1-1F
Mar 29
w
 
1-2F
16
L Orient18639-121 
w
 
2-1F
Feb 15
l
 
0-1A
Jan 25
17
Northampton19568-521 
w
 
2-1A
Jan 18
Dec 26
Apr 12
18
Bristol R18639-921 
Mar 15
d
 
1-1A
w
 
1-0F
Apr 26
19
Wigan18558-120 
d
 
0-00-0
Feb 1
w
 
2-0F
Mar 1
20
Rotherham17557-420 
Jan 1
l
 
2-1A
Feb 15
l
 
2-1F
21
Crawley18549-1119 
Mar 4
l
 
3-0A
w
 
4-1F
Mar 8
22
Cambridge184410-1116 
Feb 8
w
 
0-2F
w
 
3-0F
Jan 1
23
Burton182511-1411 
Feb 22
w
 
2-3A
w
 
3-1F
Jan 28
24
Shrewsbury183213-1711 
Apr 12
Dec 26
-
Mar 22
Promotion
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Relegation
Win / draw / win form
Lincoln 9TH
20 league games
Home
Overall
Goals: Scored
33
Conceded
17
Games: Scored
14 / 20
Conceded
10 / 20
Clean sheets
10 / 20
Failed to score
6 / 20
Won
10
Draw
5
Lost
5
HOME FORM Win / Draw / Win
Lincoln0 - 0Charlton
Lincoln2 - 3Wycombe
Lincoln2 - 1Northampton
Lincoln2 - 1Stockport
Lincoln1 - 3Birmingham
Lincoln2 - 1L Orient
Lincoln0 - 0Wigan
Lincoln4 - 1Mansfield
Lincoln1 - 2Barnsley
Lincoln0 - 2Portsmouth
Lincoln1 - 2Wigan
Lincoln1 - 0L Orient
Lincoln5 - 0Bristol R
Lincoln6 - 0Cambridge
Lincoln0 - 0Stevenage
Lincoln3 - 0Shrewsbury
Lincoln1 - 0Exeter
Lincoln2 - 1Fleetwood
Lincoln0 - 0Peterborough
Lincoln0 - 0Derby
Goals: Scored
24
Conceded
25
Games: Scored
14 / 20
Conceded
15 / 20
Clean sheets
5 / 20
Failed to score
6 / 20
Won
7
Draw
6
Lost
7
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
HLincoln0 - 0Charlton
ALincoln1 - 2Rotherham
ALincoln0 - 1Wrexham
HLincoln2 - 3Wycombe
ALincoln0 - 0Exeter
ALincoln1 - 1Bristol R
HLincoln2 - 1Northampton
HLincoln2 - 1Stockport
ALincoln0 - 3Crawley
HLincoln1 - 3Birmingham
HLincoln2 - 1L Orient
ALincoln1 - 1Blackpool
ALincoln2 - 0Cambridge
HLincoln0 - 0Wigan
ALincoln1 - 1Peterborough
ALincoln1 - 0Stevenage
HLincoln4 - 1Mansfield
HLincoln1 - 2Barnsley
ALincoln3 - 2Burton
HLincoln0 - 2Portsmouth
Reading 6TH
20 league games
Away
Overall
Goals: Scored
29
Conceded
40
Games: Scored
19 / 20
Conceded
18 / 20
Clean sheets
2 / 20
Failed to score
1 / 20
Won
5
Draw
7
Lost
8
AWAY FORM Win / Draw / Win
Wycombe1 - 1Reading
Barnsley2 - 2Reading
Peterborough1 - 2Reading
Stevenage1 - 1Reading
Stockport4 - 1Reading
Exeter1 - 2Reading
Rotherham2 - 1Reading
Bolton5 - 2Reading
Wrexham3 - 0Reading
Birmingham1 - 1Reading
Burton3 - 2Reading
Barnsley2 - 2Reading
Bristol R0 - 2Reading
Bolton5 - 2Reading
Derby2 - 1Reading
Carlisle1 - 3Reading
Portsmouth4 - 1Reading
Fleetwood1 - 1Reading
Stevenage0 - 1Reading
Oxford Utd1 - 1Reading
Goals: Scored
35
Conceded
30
Games: Scored
18 / 20
Conceded
16 / 20
Clean sheets
4 / 20
Failed to score
2 / 20
Won
10
D
4
Lost
6
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
AReading1 - 1Wycombe
HReading3 - 0Cambridge
AReading2 - 2Barnsley
AReading2 - 1Peterborough
AReading1 - 1Stevenage
AReading1 - 4Stockport
HReading1 - 0Bristol R
AReading2 - 1Exeter
HReading4 - 1Crawley
AReading1 - 2Rotherham
HReading3 - 1Burton
HReading2 - 1Huddersfield
AReading2 - 5Bolton
HReading0 - 1L Orient
HReading2 - 0Charlton
AReading0 - 3Wrexham
HReading2 - 0Wigan
AReading1 - 1Birmingham
HReading3 - 2Blackpool
AReading2 - 3Burton
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Goal Statistics
Lincoln 9th Reading 6th
Kickoff prediction
Kickoff prediction
1.8
goals
1.3
goals
Scoring probability
Scoring probability
0
16%
1
29%
2
27%
3
16%
4+
11%
There is a 84% probability that Lincoln will score 1 or more goals
0
28%
1
36%
2
23%
3
9%
4+
There is a 64% probability that Reading will score no more than 1 goal
 
20 home / away league games
20 home / away league games
+16
Lincoln have scored 16% more goals at home than predicted
+21
Reading have scored 21% more goals when away than predicted
1.7
average goals scored
1.5
average goals scored
0.9
conceded
2.0
conceded
 
Attack defence ratings
League One - 2024/2025 season
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Lincoln
PG (predicted goals)
Reading
1.8
1.3
Attack rating
LIN
RDG
24%
better
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Games scored14
16
Failed to score5
2
Scored first7
10
Goals scored24
30
Avg. goals scored1.3
1.7
Avg. shots per game8
9
Avg. shots per goal6
5
Conversion rate for16
19
Avg. XG for1.1
1.3
KickOff rating
+24%
Defence rating
0%
better
LIN
RDG
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Games conceded14
14
Clean sheets5
4
Conceded first9
8
Goals conceded23
25
Avg. goals conceded1.2
1.4
Avg. shots/game conceded6
10
Avg. shots/goal conceded5
7
Conversion rate against19%
14%
Avg. XG against1
1.7
KickOff rating
0%

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

Lincoln League One squad statistics 2024/2025
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
19435
S RoughanB HouseP O'ConnorT Darikwa
PlayersAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
S Roughan DEF1912
2
-
J Moylan MID192
1
-
G Wickens GLK18
2
-
T Darikwa DEF1832
5
-
P O'Connor DEF1823
4
1
E Erhahon  MID17
3
-
B Cadamarteri FWD163
1
-
F Draper FWD162
3
-
J Makama FWD1621
2
-
D Jefferies MID152
2
-
C McGrandles MID15
4
-
B House FWD1541
5
-
J McKiernan MID12
-
E Ring FWD1211
-
T Hamer DEF1121
-
E Hamilton MID11
1
-
A Jackson DEF921
2
1
T Bayliss MID93
-
L Montsma  DEF7
1
-
R Hackett FWD72
1
-
R Street FWD5
-
D Duffy MID4
1
-
Z Jeacock GLK2
-
Reading League One squad statistics 2024/2025
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
18754
T. BindonS SmithB ElliottB Elliott
PlayersAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
T. Bindon DEF18
2
-
M Craig MID181
1
-
B Elliott MID1825
4
-
L Wing MID1843
3
-
A Mbengue DEF171
4
-
C Savage MID1732
1
-
S Smith FWD167
4
-
H Knibbs MID1552
1
-
C Campbell MID1432
-
J Pereira GLK12
1
-
K Ehibhatiomhan FWD1221
2
1
J Dorsett DEF11
-
J Wareham FWD111
-
K Abrefa DEF9
1
-
M Camará MID91
1
-
H Dean DEF8
1
-
D Button GLK5
-
C Boyce-Clarke GLK1
-
A. Kanu DEF1
-
E. Osho DEF1
-
T Rushesha MID1
-