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

Sat 2nd Aug, 15:00 BST, Sincil Bank, Lincoln

Reading, led by manager Ruben Albes, visit Michael Skubala and his Lincoln City side at the Sincil Bank on Saturday afternoon in the League One. Below you'll find unique stats for every major market, from both teams to score to double chance, including form and historical head-to-head data. Predictions are produced from these, and the odds come directly from the UK's biggest bookmakers.

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Best Tip: Over 1.5 goals

Our predictive algorithm suggests there is a 79% probability of Lincoln and Reading serving up at least two goals in this League One tie. Recent form statistics and head-to-head (H2H) records are factored into that calculation , and it would appear that the bookies are predicting the same. This over 1.5 goals tip is available at 1.22.

If you’re looking for a winner in this match, we think Lincoln are the most likely. Our predictive algorithm gives them a 49% chance of victory, and the bookies have them at a best price of 2.00.

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

Predictions	Bet365	Coral
Lincoln 50%	1.91 11%	1.95
Draw 25%	3.30	3.50
Reading 25%	4.00 14%	3.80
Draw 1-1 12%	6.50	6.50
Lincoln 1-0 11%	7.00 5%	6.50
Lincoln 2-1 9%	8.50 5%	8.00
Lincoln 2-0 9%	9.00 8%	8.50
Reading 1-0 8%	11.00 9%	9.50
Draw 0-0 7%	9.50	9.00
Reading 2-1 6%	13.00 10%	11.00
Lincoln 3-1 5%	17.00 11%	13.00
Draw 2-2 5%	15.00	13.00
Lincoln 3-0 5%	17.00 9%	13.00
Reading 2-0 4%	21.00 13%	15.00
Lincoln 3-2 3%	29.00	19.00
Reading 3-1 2%	34.00 10%	23.00
Lincoln 4-1 2%	34.00 17%	23.00
Lincoln 4-0 2%	34.00	26.00
Over 2.5 Goals 49%	2.05	1.91
Under 2.5 Goals 51%	1.75	1.83
Home 1st Goal 53%	1.67 7%	1.67
Away 1st Goal 43%	2.40 7%	2.45
No 1st Goal 5%	9.50	8.50
BTTS - Yes 51%	1.91	1.80
BTTS - No 49%	1.91	1.91
BTTS - Home Win 22%	4.33 8%	3.90
BTTS - Draw 18%	4.75	4.50
BTTS - Away Win 12%	8.00 10%	6.50
Home/draw 75%	1.22 5%	1.25
Away/draw 50%	1.83 6%	1.83
Home/away 75%	1.33	1.29
Over 1.5 Goals 74%	1.30	1.30
Under 1.5 Goals 26%	3.40	3.30
Over 3.5 Goals 27%	3.50	3.20
Under 3.5 Goals 73%	1.29	1.30
Over 4.5 Goals 13%	8.00	6.00
Under 4.5 Goals 87%	1.08	1.11
Over 5.5 Goals 5%	17.00	12.00
Under 5.5 Goals 95%	1.03	1.02
Over 0.5 Goals 93%	1.06	1.05
Under 0.5 Goals 7%	10.00	9.00
Home DNB 68%	1.40 6%	1.40
Away DNB 42%	2.75 10%	2.70
Lincoln win to nil 28%	3.25 11%	-
Reading win to nil 13%	6.50 9%	-
Lincoln / Lincoln 26%	3.10 13%	3.00
Lincoln / Reading 3%	34.00	26.00
Lincoln / Draw 6%	13.00	12.00
Draw / Lincoln 16%	5.00 8%	4.80
Draw / Reading 10%	8.50 8%	8.00
Draw / Draw 16%	5.00	5.00
Reading / Lincoln 4%	23.00	19.00
Reading / Reading 13%	6.50 15%	5.75
Reading / Draw 6%	15.00	13.00

Win / draw / win League One table

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	Lincoln Reading
Results by League Table

	TEAM	PLD	W	L	GD	PTS	HOME	AWAY	HOME	AWAY
1	Luton	1	1	0	1	3	Sep 20	Jan 17	Dec 20	Mar 7
2	Wigan	0	0	0	0	0	Sep 6	Jan 31	Mar 28	Nov 15
3	Reading	0	0	0	0	0	Aug 2	Apr 6	-	-
4	Blackpool	0	0	0	0	0	Feb 28	Dec 13	May 2	Nov 29
5	Barnsley	0	0	0	0	0	Dec 9	Dec 29	Jan 24	Sep 13
6	Cardiff	0	0	0	0	0	Dec 20	Mar 7	Apr 18	Oct 18
7	Plymouth	0	0	0	0	0	Aug 16	Feb 7	Mar 14	Dec 26
8	Bradford	0	0	0	0	0	Jan 27	Oct 11	Feb 28	Dec 13
9	Rotherham	0	0	0	0	0	Mar 21	Nov 8	Nov 22	Apr 25
10	Burton	0	0	0	0	0	Jan 24	Sep 13	Jan 1	Mar 17
11	Wycombe	0	0	0	0	0	Apr 25	Nov 22	Feb 14	Aug 23
12	Exeter	0	0	0	0	0	Oct 4	Jan 10	Jan 27	Oct 11
13	Northampton	0	0	0	0	0	Feb 17	Aug 19	Sep 6	Jan 31
14	Mansfield	0	0	0	0	0	Aug 30	Feb 21	Oct 4	Jan 10
15	Doncaster	0	0	0	0	0	Nov 15	Mar 28	Oct 25	Apr 11
16	Stockport	0	0	0	0	0	Mar 14	Dec 26	Jan 4	Sep 27
17	Huddersfield	0	0	0	0	0	Jan 1	Mar 17	Aug 9	Apr 3
18	Peterborough	0	0	0	0	0	Jan 4	Sep 27	Dec 9	Dec 29
19	L Orient	0	0	0	0	0	Apr 11	Oct 25	Sep 20	Jan 17
20	Stevenage	0	0	0	0	0	Oct 18	Apr 18	Nov 8	Mar 21
21	Bolton	0	0	0	0	0	Feb 14	Aug 23	Feb 17	Aug 20
22	Lincoln	0	0	0	0	0	-	-	Apr 6	Aug 2
23	Port Vale	0	0	0	0	0	Nov 29	May 2	Aug 30	Feb 21
24	AFC Wim	1	0	1	-1	0	Apr 3	Aug 9	Aug 16	Feb 7

	Promotion
	Promotion Play Off
	Relegation

Win / draw / win form

Home

Overall

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

13 / 20

Conceded

14 / 20

Clean sheets

6 / 20

Failed to score

7 / 20

Won

Draw

Lost

HOME FORM Win / Draw / Win
Lincoln	0 - 2	Wrexham
Lincoln	4 - 2	Bolton
Lincoln	1 - 1	Shrewsbury
Lincoln	1 - 0	Huddersfield
Lincoln	0 - 0	Exeter
Lincoln	5 - 0	Bristol R
Lincoln	4 - 1	Crawley
Lincoln	0 - 1	Burton
Lincoln	1 - 1	Cambridge
Lincoln	0 - 2	Blackpool
Lincoln	5 - 1	Peterborough
Lincoln	0 - 0	Stevenage
Lincoln	0 - 1	Rotherham
Lincoln	2 - 0	Reading
Lincoln	0 - 0	Charlton
Lincoln	2 - 3	Wycombe
Lincoln	2 - 1	Northampton
Lincoln	2 - 1	Stockport
Lincoln	1 - 3	Birmingham
Lincoln	2 - 1	L Orient

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

14 / 20

Conceded

15 / 20

Clean sheets

5 / 20

Failed to score

6 / 20

Won

Draw

Lost

OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
H	Lincoln	0 - 2	Wrexham
A	Lincoln	2 - 3	Stockport
H	Lincoln	4 - 2	Bolton
A	Lincoln	1 - 0	Reading
H	Lincoln	1 - 1	Shrewsbury
A	Lincoln	2 - 2	Charlton
H	Lincoln	1 - 0	Huddersfield
A	Lincoln	0 - 1	Wycombe
H	Lincoln	0 - 0	Exeter
H	Lincoln	5 - 0	Bristol R
A	Lincoln	0 - 1	Birmingham
H	Lincoln	4 - 1	Crawley
A	Lincoln	3 - 4	Barnsley
H	Lincoln	0 - 1	Burton
A	Lincoln	3 - 0	Mansfield
A	Lincoln	2 - 3	L Orient
H	Lincoln	1 - 1	Cambridge
A	Lincoln	1 - 1	Wigan
H	Lincoln	0 - 2	Blackpool
H	Lincoln	5 - 1	Peterborough

Away

Overall

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

14 / 20

Conceded

16 / 20

Clean sheets

4 / 20

Failed to score

6 / 20

Won

Draw

Lost

AWAY FORM Win / Draw / Win
Bristol R	0 - 2	Reading
Mansfield	1 - 5	Reading
Northampton	0 - 0	Reading
Shrewsbury	1 - 3	Reading
Blackpool	3 - 0	Reading
Crawley	1 - 1	Reading
Wigan	1 - 2	Reading
Huddersfield	0 - 0	Reading
Burton	3 - 2	Reading
L Orient	2 - 0	Reading
Charlton	0 - 0	Reading
Cambridge	1 - 3	Reading
Lincoln	2 - 0	Reading
Wycombe	1 - 1	Reading
Barnsley	2 - 2	Reading
Peterborough	1 - 2	Reading
Stevenage	1 - 1	Reading
Stockport	4 - 1	Reading
Exeter	1 - 2	Reading
Rotherham	2 - 1	Reading

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

14 / 20

Conceded

12 / 20

Clean sheets

8 / 20

Failed to score

6 / 20

Won

Draw

OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
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
H	Reading	1 - 0	Wycombe
A	Reading	0 - 3	Blackpool
H	Reading	3 - 1	Peterborough
H	Reading	1 - 1	Stevenage
H	Reading	2 - 0	Wrexham
A	Reading	1 - 1	Crawley
H	Reading	0 - 0	Exeter
A	Reading	2 - 1	Wigan
H	Reading	0 - 0	Birmingham
H	Reading	2 - 1	Rotherham
H	Reading	1 - 1	Shrewsbury
A	Reading	0 - 0	Huddersfield
H	Reading	1 - 0	Bolton
A	Reading	2 - 3	Burton

Goal Statistics

	Lincoln	Reading
	Kickoff prediction
Kickoff prediction	1.6 goals	1.0 goals
	Scoring probability
Scoring probability	0 20% 1 32% 2 26% 3 14% 4+ There is a 80% probability that Lincoln will score 1 or more goals	0 35% 1 37% 2 19% 3 4+ There is a 72% probability that Reading will score no more than 1 goal

	20 home / away league games
20 home / away league games	+9 Lincoln’s goalscoring at home has been inline with predictions	+23 Reading have scored 23% more goals when away than predicted
	1.6 average goals scored	1.4 average goals scored
	1.1 conceded	1.4 conceded

Attack defence ratings
League One - 2025/2026 season

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LIN

RDG

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Games scored	0		0
Failed to score	0		0
Scored first	0		0
Goals scored	0		0
Avg. goals scored	0		0
Avg. shots per game	0		0
Avg. shots per goal	0		0
Conversion rate for	0		0
Avg. XG for	0		0
KickOff rating		0%

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LIN

RDG

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Games conceded	0		0
Clean sheets	0		0
Conceded first	0		0
Goals conceded	0		0
Avg. goals conceded	0		0
Avg. shots/game conceded	0		0
Avg. shots/goal conceded	0		0
Conversion rate against	0%		0%
Avg. XG against	0		0
KickOff rating		0%

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

Lincoln League One squad statistics 2025/2026

Overall

Attack

Defence

Most starts	Most goals	Most assists	Most cards
0	0	0	0

Players	Appserances	goals	Assists	cards
Z Jeacock GLK				-
G Wickens GLK				-
J Pardington GLK				-
R Towler DEF				-
T Darikwa DEF				-
A Jackson DEF				-
L Montsma DEF				-
T Hamer DEF				-
C McGrandles MID				-
J Moylan MID				-
D Jefferies MID				-
T Bayliss MID				-
E Hamilton MID				-
B Cadamarteri FWD				-
J. Gardner FWD				-
R Hackett FWD				-
F Draper FWD				-
E Ring FWD				-
B House FWD				-
J Makama FWD				-
J Collins FWD				-

Most goals	Most shots on target	Most assists	Most big chances
0	0	0	0

Players	goals	shots on	Assists	big chances

Most passes	Most tackles	Most duels won
0	0	0

Players	passes	tackles	duels won

Reading League One squad statistics 2025/2026

Overall

Attack

Defence

Most starts	Most goals	Most assists	Most cards
0	0	0	0

Players	Appserances	goals	Assists	cards
J Stevens GLK				-
J Pereira GLK				-
J Dorsett DEF				-
E. Osho DEF				-
M Stickland DEF				-
A Yiadom DEF				-
K Abrefa DEF				-
G. Garcia DEF				-
F Burns DEF				-
M Jacob DEF				-
P O'Connor DEF				-
L Fraser MID				-
D Kyerewaa MID				-
H Knibbs MID				-
B Elliott MID				-
T Rushesha MID				-
C Savage MID				-
L Wing MID				-
M Camará MID				-
P Lane FWD				-
M O’Mahony FWD				-
B Tuma FWD				-
K Ehibhatiomhan FWD				-