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

Fri 18th Apr, 15:00 BST, Madejski Stadium, Reading

Friday afternoon at the Madejski Stadium, and it’s a League One clash between Reading and Lincoln City. Allan Dybczak and Michael Skubala going all-out to ensure the win. We want to see our users winning on this match, so every stats you could realistically need to make a smart selection is shown below. Switch between 17 markets or take our top tip. We've got predictions, head to head (H2H) analysis and odds from the UK's biggest bookmakers for every one.

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Best Tip: Under 3.5 goals

If you’re looking for a winner in this match, we think Reading are the most likely. Our predictive algorithm gives them a 46% chance of victory, and the bookies have them at a best price of 2.20.

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Predictions	Bet365	Coral
Reading 46%	5/4 13%	-
Draw 27%	5/2 3%	-
Lincoln 28%	2/1 15%	-
Draw 1-1 13%	11/2	-
Reading 1-0 12%	13/2 6%	-
Lincoln 1-0 9%	8/1 13%	-
Reading 2-1 9%	17/2 5%	-
Draw 0-0 9%	9/1 11%	-
Reading 2-0 9%	10/1 8%	-
Lincoln 2-1 7%	10/1 10%	-
Lincoln 2-0 5%	14/1 25%	-
Draw 2-2 5%	14/1	-
Reading 3-1 4%	18/1 10%	-
Reading 3-0 4%	20/1 19%	-
Lincoln 3-1 2%	25/1 24%	-
Reading 3-2 2%	28/1 15%	-
Lincoln 3-0 2%	33/1 31%	-
Lincoln 3-2 2%	33/1	-
Over 2.5 Goals 44%	1/1 5%	-
Under 2.5 Goals 56%	4/5 6%	-
Home 1st Goal 51%	8/11 14%	-
Away 1st Goal 44%	13/10 15%	-
No 1st Goal 5%	9/1 11%	-
BTTS - Yes 49%	4/5 6%	-
BTTS - No 51%	19/20 2%	-
BTTS - Home Win 19%	15/4 14%	-
BTTS - Draw 18%	15/4	-
BTTS - Away Win 12%	5/1 9%	-
Home/draw 72%	4/11 9%	-
Away/draw 54%	8/13 8%	-
Home/away 73%	2/7 1%	-
Over 1.5 Goals 70%	3/10 4%	-
Under 1.5 Goals 30%	12/5 13%	-
Over 3.5 Goals 23%	5/2 7%	-
Under 3.5 Goals 77%	2/7 3%	-
Over 4.5 Goals 10%	6/1 13%	-
Under 4.5 Goals 90%	1/10 2%	-
Over 5.5 Goals 4%	16/1 11%	-
Under 5.5 Goals 96%	1/40	-
Over 0.5 Goals 91%	1/16 1%	-
Under 0.5 Goals 9%	9/1 11%	-
Home DNB 64%	8/13 11%	-
Away DNB 46%	6/5 20%	-
Reading win to nil 27%	11/4 13%	-
Lincoln win to nil 16%	4/1 15%	-
Reading / Reading 22%	11/4 13%	-
Reading / Lincoln 3%	28/1	-
Reading / Draw 6%	14/1	-
Draw / Reading 15%	9/2 8%	-
Draw / Lincoln 12%	6/1 17%	-
Draw / Draw 17%	4/1 5%	-
Lincoln / Reading 3%	25/1 10%	-
Lincoln / Lincoln 17%	4/1 15%	-
Lincoln / Draw 6%	14/1	-

Win / draw / win League One table

Reading have played 42 matches so far this season and lay in 6th place in the League One league table.

Performance against teams below them in the league

They have played 32 games against teams below in the table, having won 16, drawn 8 and lost 8 matches. They have kept 7 clean sheets and have failed to score in 8 fixtures. Reading have outscored their opponents by 59 goals to 57 goals.

Home League Performance

Reading have played 21 games at home winning 14, drawing 4 and losing 3 games. They have scored 35 goals, kept 9 clean sheets and conceded 16 goals at home.

Lincoln are in 12th position in the League One on 55 points having played 42 matches so far this season.

Away League Performance

9 of those games have been losing matches. They have conceded 29 goals and kept 5 clean sheets. They have scored 24 goals in total and failed to score in 7 fixtures.

Performance against teams above them in the league

18 games have come against teams above them in the table. They have lost 10 games, drawn 4 and won 4. Lincoln have conceded 30 goals, scored 21, failed to score in 6 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 Lincoln
Results by League Table

	TEAM	PLD	W	D	L	GD	PTS	HOME	AWAY	HOME	AWAY
1	Birmingham	40	29	8	3	44	95	d 0-00-0	d 1-1F	l 1-3F	l 1-0A
2	Wrexham	42	24	10	8	27	82	w 2-0F	l 3-0A	May 3	l 1-0A
3	Wycombe	42	23	12	7	30	81	w 1-0F	d 1-1A	l 2-3F	l 1-0A
4	Stockport	42	22	11	9	26	77	l 1-3A	l 4-1A	w 2-1A	Apr 26
5	Charlton	42	22	10	10	20	76	w 2-0F	d 0-00-0	d 0-00-0	d 2-2F
6	Reading Home	42	19	12	11	8	69	-	-	w 2-0F	Apr 18
7	L Orient	42	20	6	16	18	66	l 0-1A	l 2-0A	w 2-1F	l 3-2A
8	Bolton	42	20	6	16	1	66	w 1-0F	l 5-2A	Apr 21	l 3-0A
9	Huddersfield	42	19	7	16	10	64	w 2-1A	d 0-00-0	w 1-0F	d 2-2F
10	Blackpool	41	15	15	11	10	60	l 0-3A	l 3-0A	l 0-2A	d 1-1A
11	Barnsley	42	16	9	17	-4	57	May 3	d 2-2A	l 1-2A	l 4-3A
12	Lincoln Away	42	14	13	15	8	55	Apr 18	l 2-0A	-	-
13	Rotherham	42	15	9	18	-5	54	w 2-1F	l 2-1F	l 0-1A	l 2-1A
14	Stevenage	41	14	10	17	-6	52	d 1-1F	d 1-1A	d 0-00-0	w 0-1F
15	Exeter	42	14	10	18	-13	52	d 0-00-0	w 1-2F	d 0-00-0	d 0-00-0
16	Peterborough	41	13	9	19	-10	48	w 3-1F	w 1-2F	w 5-1F	d 1-1F
17	Wigan	41	11	14	16	-4	47	w 2-0F	w 1-2A	d 0-00-0	d 1-1A
18	Mansfield	41	13	8	20	-10	47	w 2-1F	Apr 21	w 4-1F	w 0-3F
19	Northampton	42	11	14	17	-17	47	w 4-1F	d 0-00-0	w 2-1A	w 0-1F
20	Burton	41	10	12	19	-15	42	w 3-1F	l 3-2A	l 0-1A	w 2-3A
21	Bristol R	42	12	6	24	-26	42	w 1-0F	Apr 26	w 5-0F	d 1-1A
22	Crawley	42	9	9	24	-32	36	w 4-1F	d 1-1F	w 4-1A	l 3-0A
23	Cambridge	42	8	11	23	-26	35	w 3-0F	w 1-3F	d 1-1F	w 0-2F
24	Shrewsbury	42	7	9	26	-34	30	d 1-1F	w 1-3F	d 1-1F	l 1-0A

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Win / draw / win form

Reading have not lost in 9 consecutive home league games

Home

Overall

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

16 / 20

Conceded

12 / 20

Clean sheets

8 / 20

Failed to score

4 / 20

Won

HOME FORM Win / Draw / Win
Reading	1 - 0	Wycombe
Reading	3 - 1	Peterborough
Reading	1 - 1	Stevenage
Reading	2 - 0	Wrexham
Reading	0 - 0	Exeter
Reading	0 - 0	Birmingham
Reading	2 - 1	Rotherham
Reading	1 - 1	Shrewsbury
Reading	1 - 0	Bolton
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

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

13 / 20

Conceded

12 / 20

Clean sheets

8 / 20

Failed to score

7 / 20

Won

Draw

OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
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
A	Reading	0 - 2	L Orient
H	Reading	1 - 3	Stockport
A	Reading	0 - 0	Charlton
A	Reading	3 - 1	Cambridge

Away

Overall

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

13 / 20

Conceded

15 / 20

Clean sheets

5 / 20

Failed to score

7 / 20

Draw

Lost

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

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

12 / 20

Conceded

14 / 20

Clean sheets

6 / 20

Failed to score

8 / 20

Won

Draw

Lost

OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
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
A	Lincoln	1 - 0	Northampton
H	Lincoln	0 - 0	Stevenage
H	Lincoln	0 - 1	Rotherham
A	Lincoln	0 - 3	Bolton

Goal Statistics

	Reading 6th	Lincoln 12th
	Kickoff prediction
Kickoff prediction	1.4 goals	1.0 goals
	Scoring probability
Scoring probability	0 24% 1 34% 2 24% 3 11% 4+ There is a 58% probability that Reading will score no more than 1 goal	0 36% 1 37% 2 19% 3 4+ There is a 73% probability that Lincoln will score no more than 1 goal

	20 home / away league games
20 home / away league games	+4 Reading’s goalscoring at home has been inline with predictions	-7 Lincoln’s goalscoring when away has been inline with predictions
	1.7 average goals scored	1.1 average goals scored
	0.8 conceded	1.4 conceded

Attack defence ratings
League One - 2024/2025 season

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RDG

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Games scored	31		28
Failed to score	11		14
Scored first	22		17
Goals scored	59		57
Avg. goals scored	1.4		1.4
Avg. shots per game	8		8
Avg. shots per goal	6		6
Conversion rate for	18		17
Avg. XG for	1.2		1.3
KickOff rating		+9%

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RDG

LIN

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Games conceded	30		30
Clean sheets	12		12
Conceded first	15		20
Goals conceded	51		49
Avg. goals conceded	1.2		1.2
Avg. shots/game conceded	10		7
Avg. shots/goal conceded	8		6
Conversion rate against	13%		18%
Avg. XG against	1.6		1
KickOff rating		+6%

Reading v Lincoln 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
40	14	6	8
L Wing	H Knibbs	L Wing	A Mbengue

Players	Appserances	goals	Assists	cards
L Wing MID	40	5	6	5 -
C Savage MID	39	5	5	5 -
T. Bindon DEF	38	2		2 -
H Knibbs FWD	37	14	4	4 -
J Pereira GLK	34			2 -
G. Garcia MID	33		1	4 -
C Campbell MID	33	3	2	3 -
J Wareham FWD	31	3	1	3 -
M Craig MID	30	2		3 -
M Camará MID	29	3	2	1 -
A Mbengue DEF	28	1		8 -
K Ehibhatiomhan FWD	27	3	2	4 1
K Abrefa DEF	24			1 -
H Dean DEF	19		1	2 -
B Elliott MID	19	2	5	4 -
A. Akande FWD	14		1	-
J Dorsett DEF	13			-
T Rushesha MID	12			-
A. Kanu DEF	10			-
B Bodin FWD	10			-
L Holzman DEF	9			1 1
A Yiadom DEF	8			1 -
D Button GLK	5			-
A. Ahmed DEF	5			1 -
M Stickland DEF	4			1 1
B Tuma FWD	4			-
C Boyce-Clarke GLK	1			-
E. Osho DEF	1			-
S. Spencer FWD	1			-

Most goals	Most shots on target	Most assists	Most big chances
14	22	6	33
H Knibbs	H Knibbs	L Wing	L Wing

Players	goals	shots on	Assists	big chances
H Knibbs FWD	14	22	4	20
L Wing MID	5	17	6	33
C Savage MID	5	18	5	20
J Wareham FWD	3	7	1	5
K Ehibhatiomhan FWD	3	9	2	13
M Camará MID	3	8	2	7
C Campbell MID	3	17	2	13
B Elliott MID	2	9	5	17
T. Bindon DEF	2	8		3
M Craig MID	2	2		14
A Mbengue DEF	1	4		7
L Holzman DEF				1
A. Ahmed DEF				2
A Yiadom DEF		1
B Bodin FWD		1		1
G. Garcia MID		2	1	5
J Dorsett DEF		2		2
A. Akande FWD		1	1	2
H Dean DEF		3	1	4
K Abrefa DEF				1

Most passes	Most tackles	Most duels won
2270	100	233
L Wing	L Wing	H Knibbs

Players	passes	tackles	duels won
L Wing MID	2270	100	213
T. Bindon DEF	1802	40	224
M Craig MID	1325	71	131
C Savage MID	1257	65	96
A Mbengue DEF	1189	65	181
J Pereira GLK	1120		20
H Knibbs FWD	837	98	233
G. Garcia MID	725	38	125
C Campbell MID	627	25	132
B Elliott MID	623	38	95
K Abrefa DEF	436	24	62
M Camará MID	409	16	54
K Ehibhatiomhan FWD	362	18	108
J Dorsett DEF	314	14	60
H Dean DEF	294	4	47
J Wareham FWD	261	20	97
T Rushesha MID	230	6	25
M Stickland DEF	177	9	27
L Holzman DEF	172	4	19
D Button GLK	158		4
A Yiadom DEF	127	5	20
A. Kanu DEF	119	8	31
A. Akande FWD	73	6	16
B Bodin FWD	64	1	6
C Boyce-Clarke GLK	43
A. Ahmed DEF	26	2	8
B Tuma FWD	14	1	7
S. Spencer FWD	9
E. Osho DEF	1	1

Lincoln League One squad statistics 2024/2025

Overall

Attack

Defence

Most starts	Most goals	Most assists	Most cards
41	7	6	13
S Roughan	J Makama	J Makama	P O'Connor

Players	Appserances	goals	Assists	cards
S Roughan DEF	41	1	2	3 -
T Darikwa DEF	39	5	3	7 -
J Makama FWD	38	7	6	5 -
C McGrandles MID	37			9 -
P O'Connor DEF	36	3	5	11 2
B House FWD	36	5	2	10 -
D Jefferies MID	34	3	3	4 -
F Draper FWD	33	4		3 -
G Wickens GLK	31			4 -
T Bayliss MID	29	2	4	3 -
E Hamilton MID	28		1	2 -
R Hackett FWD	28	3	2	4 -
E Erhahon MID	26			7 2
J Moylan MID	25	2		1 -
A Jackson DEF	23	2	2	4 1
B Cadamarteri FWD	23	5		1 -
E Ring FWD	20	1	2	-
T Hamer DEF	19	2	1	-
L Montsma DEF	15	1	1	2 -
J Collins FWD	15	7		2 -
Z Jeacock GLK	11			1 -
S Clucas MID	8	1		1 -
J. Gardner FWD	7	1		1

Most goals	Most shots on target	Most assists	Most big chances
7	19	6	26
J Makama	J Makama	J Makama	S Roughan

Players	goals	shots on	Assists	big chances
J Collins FWD	7	15		3
J Makama FWD	7	19	6	11
B Cadamarteri FWD	5	13		5
B House FWD	5	14	2	10
T Darikwa DEF	5	9	3	16
F Draper FWD	4	12		10
R Hackett FWD	3	10	2	13
P O'Connor DEF	3	8	5	14
D Jefferies MID	3	8	3	17
T Bayliss MID	2	8	4	16
T Hamer DEF	2	3	1	3
J Moylan MID	2	12		19
A Jackson DEF	2	2	2	3
S Clucas MID	1	1
L Montsma DEF	1	5	1	6
S Roughan DEF	1	6	2	26
J. Gardner FWD	1	2
E Ring FWD	1	7	2	5
E Erhahon MID				8
E Hamilton MID		2	1	5
C McGrandles MID		2		10

Most passes	Most tackles	Most duels won
1831	94	365
S Roughan	C McGrandles	P O'Connor

Players	passes	tackles	duels won
S Roughan DEF	1831	65	189
P O'Connor DEF	1580	43	365
T Darikwa DEF	1271	71	147
C McGrandles MID	1221	94	208
E Erhahon MID	1015	48	124
G Wickens GLK	839		21
D Jefferies MID	675	51	105
A Jackson DEF	624	29	128
T Bayliss MID	607	45	98
R Hackett FWD	507	38	100
L Montsma DEF	426	17	72
B House FWD	401	57	173
T Hamer DEF	391	16	85
J Makama FWD	371	21	114
E Hamilton MID	368	34	73
Z Jeacock GLK	329		3
J Moylan MID	312	17	73
F Draper FWD	250	19	106
J Collins FWD	195	10	53
B Cadamarteri FWD	122	5	52
E Ring FWD	119	14	40
S Clucas MID	98	6	17
J. Gardner FWD	40	7	18

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

Reading have played 42 matches so far this season and lay in 6th place in the League One league table.

Performance against teams below them in the league

Home League Performance

Lincoln are in 12th position in the League One on 55 points having played 42 matches so far this season.

Away League Performance

Performance against teams above them in the league

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

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