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

Madejski Stadium, Reading

Saturday afternoon at the Madejski Stadium, and it’s a League One showdown between Reading and Bolton Wanderers. Allan Dybczak and Steven Gerrard will be doing all they can to guide their side to the win. Our predictions for each betting market are calculated using the past 20 games for each team (home, away and overall) with weighting applied to top teams. All the statistics and graphics are designed specifically for the betting market in question. Head to head (H2H) statistics between the team are also given if there are are enough previous meetings. Odds are provided directly from from leading bookmakers.

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Reading's next match is v Huddersfield at 15:00 on Saturday 8th February
Bolton Wanderers's next match is v Crawley at 15:00 on Saturday 8th February

The last English League One meeting between Reading and Bolton was on Saturday 1st February 2025

English League One

February 1st 2025

Reading 1	0 Bolton

H. Knibbs 89'

	RDG BOL
Shots On	2 4
Shots Off	2 7
Corners	2 4
Possession	56% 44%
Fouls	14 11
Yellow/red cards	1/0 3/0

Reading	Bolton

J. Pereira Castro H. Dean T. Bindon G. Garcia (K. Abretti 70') L. Wing M. Camara (K. Ehibhaimha 70') C. Campbell (L. Holzman 90') C. Savage M. Craig J. Wareham H. Knibbs	L. Southwood E. Toal W. Forrester (J. Osei-Tutu 85') J. Cogley G. Johnston (S. Schön 66') A. Murphy J. Sheehan (A. Morley 78') G. Thomason (J. McAtee 78') J. Randall (K. Etete 67') V. Adeboyejo A. Collins

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Best Tip: Both teams to score

Both Bolton and Reading fans may have some reason for celebration ahead as their clubs go head-to-head, with our prediction of both teams to score looking a far stronger pick than any bet on the full time result market. The two sides have goals in them, as is borne out by the statistics and past head-to-head data below. Even the bookmakers odds are not finding anything to pick between the sides, a sign of the qualities (or lack of) each side possesses. Both teams to score is our top tip.

If you’re looking for a winner in this match, we think Reading are the most likely. Our predictive algorithm gives them a 43% chance of victory, and the bookies have them at a best price of 3.50.

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

Predictions	Bet365	Coral
Reading 43%	13/5 20%	13/5 6%
Draw 24%	27/10 6%	27/10 3%
Bolton 34%	10/11 15%	19/20 5%
Draw 1-1 11%	13/2 7%	11/2
Reading 2-1 9%	11/1 9%	10/1 10%
Bolton 2-1 8%	15/2 6%	7/1
Reading 1-0 7%	12/1 8%	10/1 10%
Draw 2-2 6%	12/1 8%	10/1
Bolton 1-0 6%	8/1 10%	7/1
Reading 2-0 6%	20/1 24%	14/1
Reading 3-1 5%	25/1 13%	18/1
Bolton 2-0 5%	9/1 17%	17/2 5%
Draw 0-0 4%	14/1 15%	10/1 10%
Bolton 3-1 4%	14/1 12%	11/1 8%
Reading 3-2 4%	28/1 12%	22/1 10%
Reading 3-0 3%	40/1 21%	28/1 12%
Bolton 3-2 3%	20/1 9%	16/1
Bolton 3-0 2%	16/1 19%	14/1
Over 2.5 Goals 60%	7/10	4/6 2%
Under 2.5 Goals 40%	11/10	11/10 2%
Home 1st Goal 50%	7/5 9%	-
Away 1st Goal 47%	4/7 9%	-
No 1st Goal 2%	14/1 15%	-
BTTS - Yes 62%	8/13 3%	8/13
BTTS - No 38%	6/5 2%	6/5
BTTS - Home Win 24%	5/1 9%	19/4 5%
BTTS - Draw 19%	7/2 4%	17/5 2%
BTTS - Away Win 19%	13/5 10%	5/2 3%
Home/draw 66%	5/6 13%	4/5 4%
Away/draw 57%	2/7 5%	2/7 1%
Home/away 76%	2/7	2/7
Over 1.5 Goals 82%	1/5	2/9
Under 1.5 Goals 18%	10/3	3/1 3%
Over 3.5 Goals 38%	13/8	13/8 3%
Under 3.5 Goals 62%	4/9	4/9
Over 4.5 Goals 20%	4/1	18/5 4%
Under 4.5 Goals 80%	1/6	1/6
Over 5.5 Goals 10%	10/1	8/1
Under 5.5 Goals 90%	1/20	1/18 1%
Over 0.5 Goals 96%	1/33 1%	1/33 1%
Under 0.5 Goals 4%	14/1 15%	10/1
Home DNB 59%	13/8 19%	8/5 8%
Away DNB 50%	4/9 11%	4/9 4%
Reading win to nil 19%	6/1 17%	-
Bolton win to nil 15%	11/4 13%	-
Reading / Reading 14%	5/1 26%	9/2 5%
Reading / Bolton 4%	20/1 9%	16/1 11%
Reading / Draw 6%	14/1 15%	11/1
Draw / Reading 10%	7/1 14%	13/2 7%
Draw / Bolton 16%	4/1 9%	19/5 4%
Draw / Draw 14%	5/1	9/2 5%
Bolton / Reading 3%	28/1 12%	22/1
Bolton / Bolton 26%	21/10 14%	2/1 6%
Bolton / Draw 6%	12/1	11/1

Win / draw / win League One table

Reading have played 27 matches so far this season and are in 10th position in the league.

Performance against teams above them in the league

12 of those games have come against teams above them in the table. They have lost 6 games, drawn 4 and won 2. Reading have conceded 23 goals, scored 12, failed to score in 4 matches and kept 2 clean sheets.

Home league performance

Reading have played 12 games at home, winning 9, drawing 0 and losing 3 fixtures. They have scored 24 goals, conceded 12 goals, kept 4 clean sheets and failed to score 2 times in home league games.

Bolton lay in 7th place on 44 points in the League One league table having played 28 matches.

Performance against teams below them in the league

They have played 21 games against teams below them in the table, winning 11, drawing 3 and losing 7 games. They have scored 40 goals and kept 3 clean sheets against lower placed opposition. Bolton have conceded 30 goals and have failed to score in 3 matches.

Away league performance

Bolton have played 13 away games, winning 6, drawing 2 and losing 5 games. They have scored an average of 1.4 goals per away game and conceded an average 1.5 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 Bolton
Results by League Table

	TEAM	PLD	W	D	L	GD	PTS	HOME	AWAY	HOME	AWAY
1	Birmingham	27	19	6	2	27	63	Feb 22	d 1-1F	Mar 4	l 2-0A
2	Wycombe	29	17	8	4	25	59	Apr 5	d 1-1A	Apr 18	d 0-00-0
3	Wrexham	29	16	7	6	18	55	Mar 11	l 3-0A	d 0-00-0	Mar 1
4	Stockport	29	14	8	7	16	50	l 1-3A	l 4-1A	Mar 15	l 5-0A
5	Huddersfield	28	14	6	8	15	48	w 2-1A	Feb 8	l 0-4A	w 0-1F
6	L Orient	28	13	5	10	15	44	l 0-1A	l 2-0A	Feb 22	w 1-2F
7	Charlton	28	12	8	8	8	44	w 2-0F	d 0-00-0	l 1-2F	l 2-0A
8	Reading Home	28	13	5	10	2	44	-	-	w 5-2F	l 1-0A
9	Bolton Away	29	13	5	11	0	44	w 1-0F	l 5-2A	-	-
10	Barnsley	29	12	7	10	2	43	May 3	d 2-2A	l 1-2F	Apr 12
11	Stevenage	27	11	7	9	2	40	Mar 15	d 1-1A	May 3	w 1-4F
12	Lincoln	29	10	9	10	1	39	Apr 18	l 2-0A	w 3-0F	Apr 21
13	Blackpool	28	9	11	8	1	38	l 0-3A	Apr 1	w 2-1A	Mar 29
14	Mansfield	27	11	4	12	1	37	w 2-1F	Apr 21	w 3-1A	l 2-1A
15	Rotherham	28	10	7	11	0	37	Feb 15	l 2-1F	Mar 22	l 3-1A
16	Wigan	28	9	7	12	-1	34	w 2-0F	Mar 1	l 0-2A	Apr 1
17	Exeter	29	9	5	15	-13	32	Mar 4	w 1-2F	l 0-2A	w 1-2A
18	Bristol R	28	9	4	15	-16	31	w 1-0F	Apr 26	Apr 5	Mar 11
19	Peterborough	29	8	6	15	-10	30	Mar 29	w 1-2F	w 1-0F	Apr 26
20	Northampton	29	7	9	13	-17	30	w 4-1F	Apr 12	w 3-1F	w 2-4F
21	Burton	29	5	10	14	-14	25	w 3-1F	l 3-2A	w 2-1F	Mar 8
22	Crawley	27	6	6	15	-21	24	w 4-1F	Mar 8	Feb 8	w 0-2F
23	Shrewsbury	28	6	5	17	-20	23	Feb 11	Mar 22	d 2-2A	Feb 15
24	Cambridge	28	5	7	16	-21	22	w 3-0F	w 1-3F	d 2-2A	d 1-1F

	Promotion
	Promotion Play Off
	Relegation

Win / draw / win form

Home

Overall

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

18 / 20

Conceded

12 / 20

Clean sheets

8 / 20

Failed to score

2 / 20

Won

Lost

HOME FORM Win / Draw / Win
Reading	1 - 3	Stockport
Reading	2 - 1	Mansfield
Reading	4 - 1	Northampton
Reading	0 - 3	Blackpool
Reading	3 - 0	Cambridge
Reading	1 - 0	Bristol R
Reading	4 - 1	Crawley
Reading	3 - 1	Burton
Reading	2 - 1	Huddersfield
Reading	0 - 1	L Orient
Reading	2 - 0	Charlton
Reading	2 - 0	Wigan
Reading	3 - 2	Blackpool
Reading	1 - 1	Lincoln
Reading	1 - 0	Northampton
Reading	4 - 0	Cambridge
Reading	1 - 2	Wycombe
Reading	2 - 3	Shrewsbury
Reading	2 - 0	Port Vale
Reading	2 - 0	Charlton

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

16 / 20

Conceded

17 / 20

Clean sheets

3 / 20

Failed to score

4 / 20

Won

Lost

OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
A	Reading	2 - 3	Burton
A	Reading	0 - 2	L Orient
H	Reading	1 - 3	Stockport
A	Reading	0 - 0	Charlton
A	Reading	3 - 1	Cambridge
H	Reading	2 - 1	Mansfield
H	Reading	4 - 1	Northampton
A	Reading	0 - 2	Lincoln
H	Reading	0 - 3	Blackpool
A	Reading	1 - 1	Wycombe
H	Reading	3 - 0	Cambridge
A	Reading	2 - 2	Barnsley
A	Reading	2 - 1	Peterborough
A	Reading	1 - 1	Stevenage
A	Reading	1 - 4	Stockport
H	Reading	1 - 0	Bristol R
A	Reading	2 - 1	Exeter
H	Reading	4 - 1	Crawley
A	Reading	1 - 2	Rotherham
H	Reading	3 - 1	Burton

Away

Overall

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

14 / 20

Conceded

15 / 20

Clean sheets

5 / 20

Failed to score

6 / 20

Won

Draw

Lost

AWAY FORM Win / Draw / Win
Huddersfield	0 - 1	Bolton
Rotherham	3 - 1	Bolton
Exeter	1 - 2	Bolton
Mansfield	2 - 1	Bolton
Wycombe	0 - 0	Bolton
Cambridge	1 - 1	Bolton
Stockport	5 - 0	Bolton
Stevenage	1 - 4	Bolton
Birmingham	2 - 0	Bolton
Northampton	2 - 4	Bolton
Crawley	0 - 2	Bolton
Charlton	2 - 0	Bolton
L Orient	1 - 2	Bolton
Barnsley	1 - 3	Bolton
Peterborough	3 - 3	Bolton
Bristol R	0 - 2	Bolton
Stevenage	0 - 0	Bolton
Derby	1 - 0	Bolton
Exeter	2 - 2	Bolton
Barnsley	2 - 2	Bolton

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

16 / 20

Conceded

16 / 20

Clean sheets

4 / 20

Failed to score

4 / 20

Won

Lost

OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
H	Bolton	3 - 1	Northampton
A	Bolton	1 - 0	Huddersfield
H	Bolton	1 - 2	Charlton
H	Bolton	2 - 2	Cambridge
A	Bolton	1 - 3	Rotherham
A	Bolton	2 - 1	Exeter
A	Bolton	1 - 2	Mansfield
H	Bolton	3 - 0	Lincoln
H	Bolton	1 - 2	Barnsley
A	Bolton	0 - 0	Wycombe
H	Bolton	0 - 2	Wigan
H	Bolton	3 - 1	Mansfield
A	Bolton	1 - 1	Cambridge
H	Bolton	2 - 1	Blackpool
A	Bolton	0 - 5	Stockport
A	Bolton	4 - 1	Stevenage
H	Bolton	1 - 0	Peterborough
A	Bolton	0 - 2	Birmingham
H	Bolton	2 - 1	Burton
H	Bolton	2 - 2	Shrewsbury

Win / draw / win head to head (H2H)

Reading

Bolton

Goals: Scored

Games: Scored

6 / 9

7 / 9

Clean sheets

2 / 9

3 / 9

RDG

BOL

FIXTURE HISTORY AT Reading
Reading	2 - 1
	0 - 1	Bolton
Draw	1 - 1	Draw
Reading	2 - 1
Draw	0 - 0	Draw
Reading	7 - 1
	0 - 2	Bolton
Reading	1 - 0
Reading	3 - 2

Bolton

Reading

Goals: Scored

Games: Scored

9 / 10

Clean sheets

1 / 10

RDG

BOL

FIXTURE HISTORY AT Bolton
Bolton	5 - 2
Bolton	5 - 2
Draw	1 - 1	Draw
Draw	2 - 2	Draw
	0 - 1	Reading
Draw	1 - 1	Draw
Draw	1 - 1	Draw
Bolton	3 - 0
	1 - 3	Reading
Bolton	2 - 1

Goal Statistics

Bolton Wanderers have been steady in front of goal of late, scoring in 9 consecutive League One outings. Their PG of 1.5 against Reading on Saturday suggests that run is likely to continue.

	Reading 8th	Bolton 9th
	Kickoff prediction
Kickoff prediction	1.7 goals	1.5 goals
	Scoring probability
Scoring probability	0 19% 1 32% 2 26% 3 15% 4+ 9% There is a 81% probability that Reading will score 1 or more goals	0 23% 1 34% 2 25% 3 12% 4+ There is a 77% probability that Bolton will score 1 or more goals

	20 home / away league games
20 home / away league games	+20 Reading have scored 20% more goals at home than predicted	+3 Bolton’s goalscoring when away has been inline with predictions
	2.0 average goals scored	1.5 average goals scored
	1.0 conceded	1.5 conceded

Attack defence ratings
League One - 2024/2025 season

12%

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RDG

BOL

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Games scored	20		18
Failed to score	5		8
Scored first	13		11
Goals scored	40		39
Avg. goals scored	1.6		1.5
Avg. shots per game	8		9
Avg. shots per goal	5		6
Conversion rate for	20		17
Avg. XG for	1.2		1.4
KickOff rating		+12%

10%

better

RDG

BOL

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Games conceded	20		21
Clean sheets	5		5
Conceded first	11		13
Goals conceded	36		41
Avg. goals conceded	1.4		1.6
Avg. shots/game conceded	10		8
Avg. shots/goal conceded	7		5
Conversion rate against	14%		19%
Avg. XG against	1.7		1.1
KickOff rating		+10%

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

Reading League One squad statistics 2024/2025

Overall

Attack

Defence

Most starts	Most goals	Most assists	Most cards
28	9	6	4
T. Bindon	H Knibbs	L Wing	G. Garcia

Line-up	Appserances	goals	Assists	cards
J Pereira GLK	22			1 -
M Craig DEF	26	2		3 -
H Dean DEF	17		1	2 -
T. Bindon DEF	28	1		2 -
G. Garcia DEF	22		1	4 -
H Knibbs MID	25	9	2	1 -
L Wing MID	28	4	6	4 -
C Savage MID	27	4	4	2 -
C Campbell FWD	23	3	2	-
J Wareham FWD	19	1		2 -
M Camará FWD	17	3	1	1 -
Subs
D Button GLK	5			-
A. Kanu DEF	8			-
L Holzman DEF	5			1 1
K Abrefa DEF	14			1 -
T Rushesha MID	5			-
T. Sackey MID				-
K Ehibhatiomhan FWD	16	2	1	3 1

Most goals	Most shots on target	Most assists	Most big chances
9	16	6	31
H Knibbs	H Knibbs	L Wing	L Wing

Line-up	goals	shots on	Assists	big chances
H Knibbs MID	9	16	2	19
L Wing MID	4	11	6	31
C Savage MID	4	11	4	18
C Campbell FWD	3	11	2	13
M Camará FWD	3	4	1	6
M Craig DEF	2	2		13
T. Bindon DEF	1	3		3
J Wareham FWD	1	3		3
H Dean DEF		3	1	4
G. Garcia DEF			1	5
Subs
K Ehibhatiomhan FWD	2	7	1	12
L Holzman DEF				1
K Abrefa DEF				1

Most passes	Most tackles	Most duels won
1608	76	154
L Wing	L Wing	L Wing

Line-up	passes	tackles	duels won
L Wing MID	1608	76	154
T. Bindon DEF	1340	25	150
M Craig DEF	1145	61	113
C Savage MID	723	36	53
J Pereira GLK	706		12
H Knibbs MID	542	57	148
C Campbell FWD	411	20	87
G. Garcia DEF	395	26	81
H Dean DEF	279	4	46
M Camará FWD	221	10	30
J Wareham FWD	109	8	34
Subs
K Ehibhatiomhan FWD	246	15	69
K Abrefa DEF	162	10	34
D Button GLK	158		4
L Holzman DEF	125	4	13
A. Kanu DEF	116	8	31
T Rushesha MID	47	2	9

Bolton League One squad statistics 2024/2025

Overall

Attack

Defence

Most starts	Most goals	Most assists	Most cards
27	8	4	11
S Schön	A Collins	J Dacres-Cogley	G Thomason

Line-up	Appserances	goals	Assists	cards
L Southwood GLK	11			2 -
E Toal DEF	12	1	1	1 -
W Forrester DEF	13			1 -
G Johnston DEF	25			6 -
J Dacres-Cogley MID	28		4	4 -
J Sheehan MID	21	1	4	5 -
G Thomason MID	23	3	1	11 -
A. Murphy MID	2			-
J Randall FWD	6	1	1	-
V Adeboyejo FWD	24	3		2 -
A Collins FWD	29	8	3	4 -
Subs
N Baxter GLK	18			3 -
G Jones DEF	11			1 -
J Osei-Tutu DEF	18		2	6 -
A Morley MID	19	2	4	1 -
S Schön FWD	28	1	3	8 -
J McAtee FWD	28	6	2	3 -
K Etete FWD	1			-

Most goals	Most shots on target	Most assists	Most big chances
8	24	4	25
A Collins	A Collins	J Dacres-Cogley	S Schön

Line-up	goals	shots on	Assists	big chances
A Collins FWD	8	24	3	18
G Thomason MID	3	7	1	16
V Adeboyejo FWD	3	7		5
E Toal DEF	1	3	1	4
J Sheehan MID	1	8	4	17
J Randall FWD	1	6	1	5
W Forrester DEF		1		6
G Johnston DEF				7
J Dacres-Cogley MID			4	18
A. Murphy MID		1
Subs
J McAtee FWD	6	15	2	23
A Morley MID	2	7	4	20
S Schön FWD	1	10	3	25
N Baxter GLK				1
G Jones DEF				2
J Osei-Tutu DEF		4	2	9

Most passes	Most tackles	Most duels won
1482	62	179
G Johnston	S Schön	G Johnston

Line-up	passes	tackles	duels won
G Johnston DEF	1482	36	179
J Dacres-Cogley MID	907	54	131
G Thomason MID	883	32	90
J Sheehan MID	821	24	84
E Toal DEF	587	21	69
W Forrester DEF	523	15	84
A Collins FWD	414	11	76
L Southwood GLK	369	1	8
V Adeboyejo FWD	190	7	56
J Randall FWD	109	6	15
A. Murphy MID	31		5
Subs
S Schön FWD	798	62	164
A Morley MID	753	20	45
N Baxter GLK	611	1	8
G Jones DEF	542	16	58
J McAtee FWD	401	25	70
J Osei-Tutu DEF	212	16	48
K Etete FWD	3

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

Reading have played 27 matches so far this season and are in 10th position in the league.

Performance against teams above them in the league

Home league performance

Bolton lay in 7th place on 44 points in the League One league table having played 28 matches.

Performance against teams below them in the league

Away league performance

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

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