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Reading v Cambridge United : League One match betting preview, prediction and odds

Tue 3rd Dec, 20:00 BST, Madejski Stadium, Reading

It's an away match for Garry Monk's Cambridge United side on Tuesday night, as they visit the Madejski Stadium for a League One showdown with Rubén Sellés Salvador's Reading. All the odds are delivered straight from top bookmakers, while predictions are calculated from statistics over a 20-game period. Particular attention is given to League One match data, including head to head (H2H) performance. Hit the tabs below to explore.

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Best Tip: Reading to win

There looks like a strong favourite for this fixture, and it's Reading. Their recent form statistics show they're capable in front of their own fans, and historical head-to-head (H2H) data proves they know how to beat Cambridge too. The odds point towards Rubén Sellés Salvador's side coming out on top in the win / draw / win market, and that's our strong prediction for Tuesday night too.

If you’re looking for a winner in this match, we think Reading are the most likely. Our predictive algorithm gives them a 64% chance of victory, and the bookies have them at a best price of 1.75.

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Predictions	Bet365	Coral
Reading 64%	1.73	1.80 3%
Draw 21%	3.80	3.80 1%
Cambridge 14%	4.33 4%	4.20 5%
Reading 1-0 13%	8.00 14%	7.50 15%
Reading 2-0 13%	9.00 13%	8.50 6%
Draw 1-1 10%	7.50	7.00 8%
Reading 2-1 10%	8.50	7.50
Reading 3-0 8%	15.00 15%	12.00
Draw 0-0 7%	13.00 18%	11.00 16%
Reading 3-1 6%	13.00 13%	11.00 8%
Cambridge 1-0 5%	15.00 25%	11.00
Cambridge 2-1 4%	15.00	12.00
Reading 4-0 4%	26.00 10%	21.00
Draw 2-2 4%	15.00 12%	12.00 8%
Reading 4-1 3%	26.00 10%	19.00 10%
Reading 3-2 2%	23.00 12%	17.00 11%
Cambridge 2-0 2%	23.00	17.00
Reading 5-0 1%	51.00	34.00 17%
Over 2.5 Goals 50%	1.70 11%	1.70 7%
Under 2.5 Goals 50%	2.10 11%	2.05 7%
Home 1st Goal 59%	1.50	-
Away 1st Goal 37%	2.75 5%	-
No 1st Goal 4%	13.00 18%	-
BTTS - Yes 46%	1.70 11%	1.70 6%
BTTS - No 54%	2.05 7%	2.05 7%
BTTS - Home Win 25%	3.40 9%	3.30 6%
BTTS - Draw 14%	4.75 5%	4.60 4%
BTTS - Away Win 6%	8.00 6%	6.50 13%
Home/draw 86%	1.20 2%	1.22 2%
Away/draw 36%	2.05	2.00
Home/away 79%	1.25	1.25
Over 1.5 Goals 75%	1.22 5%	1.22 5%
Under 1.5 Goals 25%	4.00 14%	3.80 9%
Over 3.5 Goals 28%	2.62 19%	2.70 10%
Under 3.5 Goals 72%	1.44 8%	1.40 4%
Over 4.5 Goals 13%	5.00 23%	4.80 13%
Under 4.5 Goals 87%	1.17 5%	1.15 3%
Over 5.5 Goals 6%	11.00 27%	9.00 18%
Under 5.5 Goals 94%	1.05 2%	1.05 2%
Over 0.5 Goals 93%	1.04 1%	1.03 1%
Under 0.5 Goals 7%	13.00 18%	11.00 16%
Home DNB 79%	1.30	1.33 2%
Away DNB 29%	3.40	3.00 6%
Reading win to nil 40%	3.25 18%	-
Cambridge win to nil 8%	9.00 13%	-
Reading / Reading 29%	2.75	2.75 2%
Reading / Cambridge 3%	34.00	26.00 10%
Reading / Draw 6%	15.00	13.00
Draw / Reading 17%	4.75 6%	4.50
Draw / Cambridge 9%	9.50	8.50
Draw / Draw 14%	6.00 9%	5.50 5%
Cambridge / Reading 4%	21.00	17.00 11%
Cambridge / Cambridge 12%	7.50 6%	6.50
Cambridge / Draw 6%	15.00	13.00

Win / draw / win League One table

Reading have played 16 matches so far this season and lay in 7th place in the League One league table.

Performance against teams below them in the league

They have played 11 games against teams below in the table, having won 7, drawn 1 and lost 3 matches. They have kept 3 clean sheets and have failed to score in 1 fixture. Reading have outscored their opponents by 26 goals to 14 goals.

Home League Performance

Reading have played 7 games at home winning 6, drawing 0 and losing 1 game. They have scored 14 goals, kept 3 clean sheets and conceded 4 goals at home.

Cambridge are in 22nd position in the League One on 13 points having played 16 matches so far this season.

Away League Performance

6 of those games have been losing matches. They have conceded 15 goals and kept 2 clean sheets. They have scored 5 goals in total and failed to score in 4 fixtures.

Performance against teams above them in the league

15 games have come against teams above them in the table. They have lost 9 games, drawn 4 and won 2. Cambridge have conceded 25 goals, scored 13, failed to score in 7 fixtures and have kept 3 clean sheets.

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 Cambridge
Results by League Table

	TEAM	PLD	W	D	L	GD	PTS	HOME	AWAY	HOME	AWAY
1	Wycombe	16	12	2	2	18	38	Apr 5	Dec 7	Feb 1	l 2-1A
2	Wrexham	17	10	4	3	15	34	Jan 11	l 3-0A	Apr 1	Dec 14
3	Birmingham	15	10	3	2	13	33	Feb 22	d 1-1F	May 3	-
4	Stockport	17	8	6	3	12	30	Jan 18	l 4-1A	Feb 22	l 2-0A
5	Huddersfield	16	9	2	5	10	29	w 2-1A	Feb 8	Dec 20	Apr 18
6	Barnsley	17	7	6	4	4	27	May 3	d 2-2A	d 1-1F	Mar 22
7	Reading	16	8	3	5	2	27	-	-	Jan 1	Dec 3
8	Bolton	16	8	3	5	-1	27	Feb 1	l 5-2A	d 1-1A	Jan 18
9	Lincoln	17	7	5	5	2	26	Apr 18	Dec 21	l 0-2A	Feb 8
10	Mansfield	15	7	3	5	3	24	Dec 29	Apr 21	Jan 25	l 2-1A
11	Exeter	16	7	2	7	-1	23	Mar 4	w 1-2F	Feb 15	l 1-0A
12	Charlton	16	6	4	6	0	22	w 2-0F	Jan 4	Apr 12	Dec 26
13	Peterborough	16	6	3	7	3	21	Mar 29	w 1-2F	Mar 15	l 6-1A
14	Bristol R	17	6	3	8	-6	21	w 1-0F	Apr 26	Jan 4	l 2-0A
15	Wigan	16	5	5	6	2	20	w 2-0F	Mar 1	w 2-0F	Mar 8
16	Blackpool	17	5	5	7	-6	20	Dec 14	Apr 1	d 4-4A	Jan 11
17	Stevenage	16	5	4	7	-5	19	Mar 15	d 1-1A	Mar 4	w 0-2F
18	Northampton	17	4	6	7	-4	18	Dec 26	Apr 12	Mar 29	d 0-00-0
19	Rotherham	16	4	5	7	-5	17	Feb 15	l 2-1F	l 0-1A	Jan 28
20	Crawley	17	4	4	9	-12	16	w 4-1F	Mar 8	l 0-1A	Mar 1
21	L Orient	16	4	3	9	-6	15	l 0-1A	Jan 25	Apr 21	Dec 29
22	Cambridge	16	3	4	9	-11	13	Dec 3	Jan 1	-	-
23	Shrewsbury	16	3	2	11	-13	11	-	Mar 22	Dec 7	Apr 5
24	Burton	16	1	5	10	-14	8	w 3-1F	Jan 28	w 1-0F	Apr 26

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Win / draw / win form

Reading have won 4 consecutive home league games

Cambridge have drawn 3 consecutive league games

Home

Overall

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

19 / 20

Conceded

11 / 20

Clean sheets

9 / 20

Failed to score

1 / 20

Won

HOME FORM Win / Draw / Win
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
Reading	1 - 1	L Orient
Reading	1 - 0	Derby
Reading	3 - 2	Exeter
Reading	2 - 0	Wigan
Reading	1 - 1	Oxford Utd

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

18 / 20

Conceded

16 / 20

Clean sheets

4 / 20

Failed to score

2 / 20

Won

Lost

OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
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
H	Reading	2 - 1	Huddersfield
A	Reading	2 - 5	Bolton
H	Reading	0 - 1	L Orient
H	Reading	2 - 0	Charlton
A	Reading	0 - 3	Wrexham
H	Reading	2 - 0	Wigan
A	Reading	1 - 1	Birmingham
H	Reading	3 - 2	Blackpool
A	Reading	2 - 3	Burton
A	Reading	2 - 2	Barnsley
A	Reading	2 - 0	Bristol R

Away

Overall

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

8 / 20

Conceded

14 / 20

Clean sheets

6 / 20

Failed to score

12 / 20

Lost

AWAY FORM Win / Draw / Win
Northampton	0 - 0	Cambridge
Peterborough	6 - 1	Cambridge
Stevenage	0 - 2	Cambridge
Exeter	1 - 0	Cambridge
Wycombe	2 - 1	Cambridge
Mansfield	2 - 1	Cambridge
Bristol R	2 - 0	Cambridge
Stockport	2 - 0	Cambridge
Port Vale	0 - 0	Cambridge
Bristol R	1 - 0	Cambridge
Blackpool	1 - 0	Cambridge
Barnsley	0 - 2	Cambridge
Reading	4 - 0	Cambridge
Lincoln	6 - 0	Cambridge
Bolton	2 - 0	Cambridge
Stevenage	1 - 0	Cambridge
Carlisle	0 - 4	Cambridge
Portsmouth	3 - 1	Cambridge
Shrewsbury	1 - 2	Cambridge
Exeter	0 - 0	Cambridge

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

10 / 20

Conceded

15 / 20

Clean sheets

5 / 20

Failed to score

10 / 20

Draw

Lost

OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
H	Cambridge	1 - 1	Bolton
A	Cambridge	0 - 0	Northampton
H	Cambridge	1 - 1	Barnsley
A	Cambridge	1 - 6	Peterborough
H	Cambridge	1 - 0	Burton
A	Cambridge	2 - 0	Stevenage
H	Cambridge	2 - 0	Wigan
A	Cambridge	0 - 1	Exeter
H	Cambridge	0 - 1	Rotherham
H	Cambridge	0 - 2	Lincoln
A	Cambridge	1 - 2	Wycombe
A	Cambridge	1 - 2	Mansfield
A	Cambridge	0 - 2	Bristol R
H	Cambridge	4 - 4	Blackpool
H	Cambridge	0 - 1	Crawley
A	Cambridge	0 - 2	Stockport
A	Cambridge	0 - 0	Port Vale
H	Cambridge	1 - 1	Wycombe
H	Cambridge	0 - 1	Derby
A	Cambridge	0 - 1	Bristol R

Goal Statistics

Reading have been consistent in front of goal of late, scoring in 11 consecutive League One matches. Their PG of 1.9 against Cambridge United on Tuesday suggests they're likely to extend that run.

A truly dreadful PG of just 0.8 should cause concerns for Cambridge United fans, as should a 5 League One games run in which they have failed to score more than 1 goal.

	Reading 7th	Cambridge 22nd
	Kickoff prediction
Kickoff prediction	1.9 goals	0.8 goals
	Scoring probability
Scoring probability	0 15% 1 28% 2 27% 3 17% 4+ 13% There is a 85% probability that Reading will score 1 or more goals	0 46% 1 36% 2 14% 3 4+ There is a 82% probability of Cambridge scoring 1 goal or less

	20 home / away league games
20 home / away league games	+20 Reading have scored 20% more goals at home than predicted	-28 Cambridge have scored 28% fewer goals when away than predicted
	1.9 average goals scored	0.7 average goals scored
	0.8 conceded	1.7 conceded

Attack defence ratings
League One - 2024/2025 season

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Games scored	14		9
Failed to score	2		7
Scored first	9		4
Goals scored	26		14
Avg. goals scored	1.6		0.9
Avg. shots per game	9		8
Avg. shots per goal	5		9
Conversion rate for	19		11
Avg. XG for	1.3		1
KickOff rating		+44%

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Games conceded	13		12
Clean sheets	3		4
Conceded first	7		11
Goals conceded	24		25
Avg. goals conceded	1.5		1.6
Avg. shots/game conceded	10		9
Avg. shots/goal conceded	7		6
Conversion rate against	15%		17%
Avg. XG against	1.8		1.2
KickOff rating		+3%

Reading v Cambridge 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
16	7	3	4
T. Bindon	S Smith	L Wing	A Mbengue

Players	Appserances	goals	Assists	cards
T. Bindon DEF	16			2 -
M Craig MID	16	1		1 -
B Elliott MID	16	2	2	3 -
L Wing MID	16	2	3	3 -
A Mbengue DEF	15	1		4 -
C Savage MID	15	3	2	1 -
S Smith FWD	14	7		3 -
H Knibbs MID	13	4	2	1 -
C Campbell MID	12	3	2	-
K Ehibhatiomhan FWD	12	2	1	2 1
J Pereira GLK	10			-
J Wareham FWD	10	1		-
J Dorsett DEF	9			-
K Abrefa DEF	9			1 -
M Camará MID	7			-
H Dean DEF	6			1 -
D Button GLK	5			-
C Boyce-Clarke GLK	1			-
A. Kanu DEF	1			-
T Rushesha MID	1			-

Most goals	Most shots on target	Most assists	Most big chances
7	17	3	16
S Smith	S Smith	L Wing	L Wing

Players	goals	shots on	Assists	big chances
S Smith FWD	7	17		5
H Knibbs MID	4	7	2	14
C Savage MID	3	6	2	6
C Campbell MID	3	7	2	7
B Elliott MID	2	6	2	15
L Wing MID	2	6	3	16
K Ehibhatiomhan FWD	2	7	1	8
A Mbengue DEF	1	3		4
M Craig MID	1	1		6
J Wareham FWD	1	2		2
T. Bindon DEF		2		1
H Dean DEF		1		1
M Camará MID		1		2
K Abrefa DEF				1
J Dorsett DEF		2		2

Most passes	Most tackles	Most duels won
898	36	88
L Wing	L Wing	A Mbengue

Players	passes	tackles	duels won
L Wing MID	898	36	70
T. Bindon DEF	737	14	78
M Craig MID	713	23	51
A Mbengue DEF	634	32	88
B Elliott MID	467	30	77
C Savage MID	331	15	22
J Pereira GLK	316		7
H Knibbs MID	261	27	63
J Dorsett DEF	208	9	42
K Ehibhatiomhan FWD	202	12	63
C Campbell MID	188	11	42
S Smith FWD	175	4	75
D Button GLK	158		4
K Abrefa DEF	120	8	28
M Camará MID	101	4	11
J Wareham FWD	64	5	16
C Boyce-Clarke GLK	43
H Dean DEF	19	1	7
T Rushesha MID	14
A. Kanu DEF	7	2	2

Cambridge League One squad statistics 2024/2025

Overall

Attack

Defence

Most starts	Most goals	Most assists	Most cards
16	3	3	5
K Smith	S Kaikai	D Andrew	D Andrew

Players	Appserances	goals	Assists	cards
K Smith MID	16	1		4 -
J Brophy MID	16		1	2 -
V Nuñez GLK	15			1 -
D Andrew DEF	15	1	3	5 -
B Njoku FWD	13	1		2 -
S Kaikai FWD	13	3		3 -
E Kachunga FWD	13	1		1 -
J Okedina DEF	12			1
J Gibbons DEF	12			1 -
M Morrison DEF	12			-
P Digby MID	12			3 -
D N'Lundulu FWD	11	2		2 -
E Longelo DEF	8	1	2	-
Z Rossi DEF	8			3 -
J Cousins MID	8	1		-
S Lavery FWD	8	2	1	2 -
R Loft FWD	7			3 -
D. Barton FWD	6			-
C O'Riordan DEF	4			-
K Watts DEF	3			-
J Stokes MID	3		1	-
T Richards MID	2			-
J Stevens GLK	1			-

Most goals	Most shots on target	Most assists	Most big chances
3	8	3	12
S Kaikai	S Lavery	D Andrew	D Andrew

Players	goals	shots on	Assists	big chances
S Kaikai FWD	3	5		7
D N'Lundulu FWD	2	7		5
S Lavery FWD	2	8	1	4
J Cousins MID	1	1		1
E Longelo DEF	1	1	2	4
K Smith MID	1	6		10
E Kachunga FWD	1	5		6
B Njoku FWD	1	3		4
D Andrew DEF	1	4	3	12
M Morrison DEF		2		2
P Digby MID				2
J Brophy MID		5	1	11
J Gibbons DEF		1
J Okedina DEF		2		1
R Loft FWD		1		2
D. Barton FWD		1		5
J Stokes MID		2	1	2

Most passes	Most tackles	Most duels won
569	31	79
V Nuñez	K Smith	K Smith

Players	passes	tackles	duels won
V Nuñez GLK	569		5
K Smith MID	545	31	79
P Digby MID	511	15	42
D Andrew DEF	506	15	58
M Morrison DEF	408	10	64
J Okedina DEF	387	13	51
J Brophy MID	360	26	65
Z Rossi DEF	338	12	44
C O'Riordan DEF	242	5	23
J Gibbons DEF	231	16	38
E Kachunga FWD	214	15	54
D N'Lundulu FWD	142	7	53
S Kaikai FWD	141	5	34
J Cousins MID	121	10	15
D. Barton FWD	88	3	19
E Longelo DEF	84	4	16
J Stokes MID	79	6	14
B Njoku FWD	72	6	29
S Lavery FWD	53	7	24
K Watts DEF	49	1	6
R Loft FWD	48	4	31
J Stevens GLK	27
T Richards MID	14	1	3

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Reading v Cambridge United : League One match betting preview, prediction and odds

Reading have played 16 matches so far this season and lay in 7th place in the League One league table.

Performance against teams below them in the league

Home League Performance

Cambridge are in 22nd position in the League One on 13 points having played 16 matches so far this season.

Away League Performance

Performance against teams above them in the league

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

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