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

Sat 22nd Feb, 12:30 BST, Madejski Stadium, Reading

Saturday lunch time at the Madejski Stadium, and it’s a League One clash between Reading and Birmingham City. Allan Dybczak and Chris Davies will be doing all they can to guide their side to victory. You'll find statistics supporting our top of below, but there are 16 other betting markets we cover too. We aim to give you as full a picture as possible, with League One performances and head to heads (H2Hs) included, so that you're able to make the smartest bet choices. Finally, be sure to get the best odds from leading bookmakers.


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Best Tip: Over 1.5 goals

Neither Reading or Birmingham are in the kind of form that would have us feeling very confident in tipping a match winner, so instead we've gone for over 1.5 goals. The stats tell us that both have a proven record in this market, both individually and when facing one another head-to-head. Our predictive algorithm suggests there's a 77% chance of two goals or more.

In-Play
Win / Draw / Win
Over / Under 1.5 Goals
Over / Under 2.5 Goals
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
Draw No Bet
Team To Score First
An away win looks like the most likely outcome in the win/draw/win market, with our predictive algorithm suggesting there’s a 48% chance of Birmingham coming away with a win.

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

Change odds
Predictions Add Bet365 Coral
Reading
28%
6.50
18%
6.50
Draw
24%
4.75
10%
4.60
Birmingham
48%
1.44
6%
1.44
Draw 1-1
12%
9.00
6%
8.00
Birmingham 1-0
10%
7.006.50
Birmingham 2-1
9%
8.507.50
Birmingham 2-0
8%
7.006.50
Reading 1-0
7%
17.00
13%
13.00
Reading 2-1
7%
19.00
12%
15.00
Draw 0-0
6%
13.00
8%
11.00
Draw 2-2
6%
19.0015.00
Birmingham 3-1
5%
12.00
8%
10.00
Birmingham 3-0
4%
10.00
9%
9.00
Reading 2-0
4%
34.00
17%
26.00
Birmingham 3-2
3%
26.0019.00
Reading 3-1
3%
51.00
24%
34.00
Reading 3-2
2%
51.00
24%
34.00
Birmingham 4-1
2%
21.00
9%
17.00
Over 2.5 Goals
54%
1.73
4%
1.73
Under 2.5 Goals
46%
2.08
4%
2.00
Home 1st Goal
45%
3.60
6%
-
Away 1st Goal
52%
1.30
4%
-
No 1st Goal
3%
13.00
8%
-
BTTS - Yes
56%
1.951.95
BTTS - No
44%
1.801.80
BTTS - Home Win
14%
12.00
9%
10.00
BTTS - Draw
19%
6.005.75
BTTS - Away Win
23%
3.25
4%
3.20
Home/draw
52%
2.62
10%
2.70
Away/draw
72%
1.11
3%
1.11
Home/away
76%
1.18
2%
1.20
Over 1.5 Goals
77%
1.22
2%
1.22
Under 1.5 Goals
23%
4.00
7%
3.80
Over 3.5 Goals
31%
2.75
8%
2.80
Under 3.5 Goals
69%
1.40
3%
1.40
Over 4.5 Goals
16%
5.50
8%
5.00
Under 4.5 Goals
84%
1.14
2%
1.15
Over 5.5 Goals
7%
11.00
15%
9.50
Under 5.5 Goals
93%
1.05
1%
1.04
Over 0.5 Goals
94%
1.041.03
Under 0.5 Goals
6%
13.00
8%
11.00
Home DNB
45%
5.00
15%
4.80
Away DNB
65%
1.17
3%
1.15
Reading win to nil
14%
11.00
10%
-
Birmingham win to nil
25%
2.38
5%
-
Reading / Reading
7%
12.00
20%
9.50
Reading / Birmingham
4%
21.0017.00
Reading / Draw
4%
19.00
12%
15.00
Draw / Reading
6%
13.00
8%
12.00
Draw / Birmingham
21%
4.00
8%
4.00
Draw / Draw
13%
6.50
8%
6.00
Birmingham / Reading
2%
41.0034.00
Birmingham / Birmingham
38%
2.20
8%
2.15
Birmingham / Draw
5%
17.00
13%
15.00
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Win / draw / win League One table

Reading have played 31 matches so far this season and are in 9th 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 6 games, drawn 4 and won 3. Reading have conceded 21 goals, scored 11, failed to score in 5 matches and kept 4 clean sheets.

Home league performance

Reading have played 15 games at home, winning 11, drawing 1 and losing 3 fixtures. They have scored 28 goals, conceded 14 goals, kept 5 clean sheets and failed to score 2 times in home league games.

Birmingham lay in 1st place on 69 points in the League One league table having played 29 matches.

Performance against teams below them in the league

They have played 29 games against teams below them in the table, winning 21, drawing 6 and losing 2 games. They have scored 51 goals and kept 14 clean sheets against lower placed opposition. Birmingham have conceded 19 goals and have failed to score in 2 matches.

Away league performance

Birmingham have played 14 away games, winning 9, drawing 3 and losing 2 games. They have scored an average of 1.7 goals per away game and conceded an average 0.9 goals per away game.

Won
Draw
Lost
Reading
Birmingham
Results by League Table
TEAM PLD W D L GD PTS HOME AWAY HOME AWAY
1
Birmingham Away2921623269 
Feb 22
d
 
1-1F
-
-
2
Wycombe3118942763 
Apr 5
d
 
1-1A
Mar 1
w
 
2-3A
3
Wrexham3117771958 
Mar 11
l
 
3-0A
w
 
3-1A
d
 
1-1A
4
Stockport3216971957 
l
 
1-3A
l
 
4-1A
w
 
2-0F
d
 
1-1F
5
Huddersfield3116781755 
w
 
2-1A
d
 
0-00-0
w
 
1-0F
w
 
0-1F
6
L Orient31165102053 
l
 
0-1A
l
 
2-0A
Feb 25
w
 
1-2F
7
Charlton3114891050 
w
 
2-0F
d
 
0-00-0
w
 
1-0F
l
 
1-0A
8
Bolton3115511250 
w
 
1-0F
l
 
5-2A
w
 
2-0F
Mar 4
9
Reading Home3114710349 
-
-
d
 
1-1A
Feb 22
10
Lincoln32111011343 
Apr 18
l
 
2-0A
Mar 8
w
 
1-3A
11
Barnsley3112712043 
May 3
d
 
2-2A
Apr 5
w
 
1-2A
12
Blackpool319148141 
l
 
0-3A
Apr 1
d
 
0-00-0
Apr 12
13
Stevenage3111812-341 
Mar 15
d
 
1-1A
Mar 11
Mar 22
14
Rotherham3110813-238 
w
 
2-1F
l
 
2-1F
w
 
2-1A
w
 
0-2F
15
Mansfield3111515-638 
w
 
2-1F
Apr 21
Apr 26
d
 
1-1F
16
Wigan309813-335 
w
 
2-0F
Mar 1
w
 
2-1F
w
 
0-3F
17
Exeter3010515-1235 
Mar 4
w
 
1-2F
w
 
1-0F
w
 
0-2F
18
Bristol R3110516-1635 
w
 
1-0F
Apr 26
w
 
2-0F
Apr 1
19
Northampton318914-1833 
w
 
4-1F
Apr 12
d
 
1-1F
Mar 15
20
Peterborough318716-1131 
Mar 29
w
 
1-2F
w
 
3-2A
Apr 8
21
Burton3261115-1529 
w
 
3-1F
l
 
3-2A
w
 
2-0F
Apr 21
22
Crawley317816-2029 
w
 
4-1F
Mar 8
Apr 18
w
 
0-1F
23
Shrewsbury327619-2127 
d
 
1-1F
Mar 22
Mar 29
l
 
3-2A
24
Cambridge315818-2623 
w
 
3-0F
w
 
1-3F
w
 
4-0F
May 3
Promotion
Promotion Play Off
Relegation
Win / draw / win form
4
Birmingham have won 4 consecutive league games
15
Birmingham have not lost in 15 consecutive league games
Reading 9TH
20 league games
Home
Overall
Goals: Scored
38
Conceded
19
Games: Scored
18 / 20
Conceded
13 / 20
Clean sheets
7 / 20
Failed to score
2 / 20
Won
14
D
2
L
4
HOME FORM Win / Draw / Win
Reading2 - 1Rotherham
Reading1 - 1Shrewsbury
Reading1 - 0Bolton
Reading1 - 3Stockport
Reading2 - 1Mansfield
Reading4 - 1Northampton
Reading0 - 3Blackpool
Reading3 - 0Cambridge
Reading1 - 0Bristol R
Reading4 - 1Crawley
Reading3 - 1Burton
Reading2 - 1Huddersfield
Reading0 - 1L Orient
Reading2 - 0Charlton
Reading2 - 0Wigan
Reading3 - 2Blackpool
Reading1 - 1Lincoln
Reading1 - 0Northampton
Reading4 - 0Cambridge
Reading1 - 2Wycombe
Goals: Scored
27
Conceded
27
Games: Scored
15 / 20
Conceded
15 / 20
Clean sheets
5 / 20
Failed to score
5 / 20
Won
8
Draw
6
Lost
6
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
HReading2 - 1Rotherham
HReading1 - 1Shrewsbury
AReading0 - 0Huddersfield
HReading1 - 0Bolton
AReading2 - 3Burton
AReading0 - 2L Orient
HReading1 - 3Stockport
AReading0 - 0Charlton
AReading3 - 1Cambridge
HReading2 - 1Mansfield
HReading4 - 1Northampton
AReading0 - 2Lincoln
HReading0 - 3Blackpool
AReading1 - 1Wycombe
HReading3 - 0Cambridge
AReading2 - 2Barnsley
AReading2 - 1Peterborough
AReading1 - 1Stevenage
AReading1 - 4Stockport
HReading1 - 0Bristol R
Birmingham 1ST
20 league games
Away
Overall
4
Goals: Scored
28
Conceded
19
Games: Scored
17 / 20
Conceded
14 / 20
Clean sheets
6 / 20
Failed to score
3 / 20
Won
9
Draw
6
Lost
5
AWAY FORM Win / Draw / Win
Huddersfield0 - 1Birmingham
Wrexham1 - 1Birmingham
Wigan0 - 3Birmingham
Stockport1 - 1Birmingham
Crawley0 - 1Birmingham
Barnsley1 - 2Birmingham
Exeter0 - 2Birmingham
Shrewsbury3 - 2Birmingham
Mansfield1 - 1Birmingham
Lincoln1 - 3Birmingham
Charlton1 - 0Birmingham
Rotherham0 - 2Birmingham
L Orient1 - 2Birmingham
Wycombe2 - 3Birmingham
Huddersfield1 - 1Birmingham
Rotherham0 - 0Birmingham
Leicester2 - 1Birmingham
QPR2 - 1Birmingham
Millwall1 - 0Birmingham
Hull1 - 1Birmingham
Goals: Scored
34
Conceded
10
Games: Scored
19 / 20
Conceded
8 / 20
Clean sheets
12 / 20
Failed to score
1 / 20
Won
14
Draw
5
L
1
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
HBirmingham1 - 0Charlton
HBirmingham4 - 0Cambridge
HBirmingham2 - 1Rotherham
ABirmingham1 - 0Huddersfield
ABirmingham1 - 1Wrexham
HBirmingham1 - 0Exeter
ABirmingham3 - 0Wigan
ABirmingham1 - 1Stockport
HBirmingham0 - 0Blackpool
HBirmingham2 - 0Burton
ABirmingham1 - 0Crawley
HBirmingham2 - 0Bristol R
ABirmingham2 - 1Barnsley
HBirmingham2 - 0Stockport
ABirmingham2 - 0Exeter
ABirmingham2 - 3Shrewsbury
HBirmingham1 - 1Northampton
ABirmingham1 - 1Mansfield
HBirmingham2 - 0Bolton
ABirmingham3 - 1Lincoln
Win / draw / win head to head (H2H)
League games at Reading since 1998
Reading
Birmingham
Goals: Scored
14
13
Games: Scored
9 / 13
8 / 13
Clean sheets
5 / 13
4 / 13
RDG
5
D
3
BIR
5
FIXTURE HISTORY AT Reading
Draw1 - 1Draw
Reading2 - 1
1 - 2Birmingham
2 - 3Birmingham
Draw0 - 0Draw
0 - 2Birmingham
Draw0 - 0Draw
0 - 1Birmingham
Reading2 - 0
Reading1 - 0
1 - 2Birmingham
Reading2 - 1
Reading2 - 0
League games at Birmingham since 1997
Birmingham
Reading
Goals: Scored
26
21
Games: Scored
13 / 15
13 / 15
Clean sheets
2 / 15
2 / 15
RDG
6
D
2
BIR
7
FIXTURE HISTORY AT Birmingham
Draw1 - 1Draw
Birmingham3 - 2
1 - 2Reading
Birmingham2 - 1
1 - 3Reading
Birmingham2 - 1
0 - 2Reading
0 - 1Reading
Birmingham2 - 1
Birmingham6 - 1
1 - 2Reading
Birmingham2 - 0
1 - 3Reading
Draw1 - 1Draw
Birmingham3 - 0
Goal Statistics

Birmingham City's defensive record is to be admired, C. Davies's men having conceded 1 or less in 15 consecutive League One outings. An underwhelming PG rating of 1.2 for Reading makes sense in this context.

Birmingham City have been reliable in front of goal of late, finding the net in 8 consecutive League One matches. Their PG of 1.6 against Reading on Saturday suggests that run is likely to continue.

Reading 9th Birmingham 1st
Kickoff prediction
Kickoff prediction
1.2
goals
1.6
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
19%
1
32%
2
26%
3
14%
4+
8%
There is a 81% probability that Birmingham will score 1 or more goals
 
20 home / away league games
20 home / away league games
+14
Reading have scored 14% more goals at home than predicted
-2
Birmingham’s goalscoring when away has been inline with predictions
1.9
average goals scored
1.4
average goals scored
1.0
conceded
1.0
conceded
 
Attack defence ratings
League One - 2024/2025 season
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Reading
PG (predicted goals)
Birmingham
1.2
1.6
Attack rating
RDG
BIR
16%
better
view stats
Games scored24
27
Failed to score7
2
Scored first16
18
Goals scored46
51
Avg. goals scored1.5
1.8
Avg. shots per game8
8
Avg. shots per goal5
5
Conversion rate for19
21
Avg. XG for1.3
1.6
KickOff rating
+16%
Defence rating
RDG
BIR
36%
better
view stats
Games conceded24
15
Clean sheets7
14
Conceded first13
10
Goals conceded43
19
Avg. goals conceded1.4
0.7
Avg. shots/game conceded10
6
Avg. shots/goal conceded7
9
Conversion rate against14%
11%
Avg. XG against1.6
0.8
KickOff rating
+36%

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

Reading League One squad statistics 2024/2025
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
311167
T. BindonH KnibbsL WingA Mbengue
PlayersAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
T. Bindon DEF311
2
-
L Wing MID3146
4
-
C Savage MID3044
2
-
M Craig MID292
3
-
H Knibbs FWD28112
3
-
C Campbell MID2632
2
-
J Pereira GLK25
1
-
G. Garcia MID251
4
-
A Mbengue DEF241
7
-
J Wareham FWD222
2
-
M Camará MID2031
1
-
B Elliott MID1925
4
-
K Ehibhatiomhan FWD1922
4
1
H Dean DEF181
2
-
K Abrefa DEF17
1
-
J Dorsett DEF13
-
A. Kanu DEF10
-
A. Akande FWD101
-
D Button GLK5
-
A. Ahmed DEF5
1
-
L Holzman DEF5
1
1
T Rushesha MID5
-
B Tuma FWD4
-
B Bodin FWD3
-
C Boyce-Clarke GLK1
-
E. Osho DEF1
-
S. Spencer FWD1
-
Birmingham League One squad statistics 2024/2025
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
271657
C KlarerJ StansfieldA MayC Klarer
PlayersAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
A May FWD28105
3
-
C Klarer DEF271
7
-
A Cochrane DEF261
4
-
S Paik MID252
-
M Leonard MID241
2
-
W Willumsson MID2455
-
L Dykes FWD241
2
-
K Bielik DEF231
5
1
E Laird DEF2313
5
-
T Iwata MID2351
5
-
K Anderson  FWD2344
5
-
J Stansfield FWD23162
3
-
R Allsop GLK22
3
-
B Davies DEF21
1
-
T Gardner-Hickman MID211
4
-
L Harris MID182
2
-
E Hansson FWD131
-
S Wright FWD121
-
B Peacock-Farrell GLK7
-
A Sampsted DEF7
-
L Jutkiewicz FWD7
-
G Hanley DEF4
1
-
K Dowell MID41
1
-
L Buchanan DEF31
-
English League One match betting previews, predictions and odds
Rotherham v Barnsley
Sat 22nd Feb, 12:30
Reading v Birmingham
Sat 22nd Feb, 12:30
Blackpool v Crawley
Sat 22nd Feb, 15:00
Wycombe v Wigan
Sat 22nd Feb, 15:00
Shrewsbury v Stevenage
Sat 22nd Feb, 15:00
Northampton v Bristol R
Sat 22nd Feb, 15:00
Lincoln v Burton
Sat 22nd Feb, 15:00
Huddersfield v Peterborough
Sat 22nd Feb, 15:00
Charlton v Exeter
Sat 22nd Feb, 15:00
Cambridge v Stockport
Sat 22nd Feb, 15:00
Bolton v L Orient
Sat 22nd Feb, 15:00
Mansfield v Wrexham
Sun 23rd Feb, 15:00
Northampton v Barnsley
Tue 25th Feb, 19:45
Birmingham v L Orient
Tue 25th Feb, 19:45
Wigan v Huddersfield
Tue 25th Feb, 19:45
Wrexham v Bolton
Sat 1st Mar, 12:30
Birmingham v Wycombe
Sat 1st Mar, 12:30
Wigan v Reading
Sat 1st Mar, 15:00
Stockport v Blackpool
Sat 1st Mar, 15:00
Stevenage v Huddersfield
Sat 1st Mar, 15:00
Peterborough v Shrewsbury
Sat 1st Mar, 15:00
L Orient v Charlton
Sat 1st Mar, 15:00
Exeter v Northampton
Sat 1st Mar, 15:00
Crawley v Cambridge
Sat 1st Mar, 15:00
Burton v Mansfield
Sat 1st Mar, 15:00
Bristol R v Rotherham
Sat 1st Mar, 15:00
Barnsley v Lincoln
Sat 1st Mar, 15:00
Mansfield v Wigan
Tue 4th Mar, 19:45
Northampton v Stockport
Tue 4th Mar, 19:45
Rotherham v L Orient
Tue 4th Mar, 19:45
Shrewsbury v Bristol R
Tue 4th Mar, 19:45
Lincoln v Crawley
Tue 4th Mar, 19:45
Huddersfield v Wrexham
Tue 4th Mar, 19:45
Charlton v Barnsley
Tue 4th Mar, 19:45
Cambridge v Stevenage
Tue 4th Mar, 19:45
Bolton v Birmingham
Tue 4th Mar, 19:45
Blackpool v Peterborough
Tue 4th Mar, 19:45
Wycombe v Burton
Tue 4th Mar, 20:00
Reading v Exeter
Tue 4th Mar, 20:00