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Reading v Northampton Town : League One match betting preview, prediction and odds

Thu 26th Dec, 15:00 BST, Madejski Stadium, Reading

It's an away trip for Jon Brady's Northampton Town side on Thursday afternoon, as they visit the Madejski Stadium for a League One tie with Rubén Sellés Salvador's Reading. You'll find statistics supporting our top of below, but there are 16 other betting markets we're covering 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 one of the UK's biggest bookmakers.

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Predictions	Bet365	Coral
Reading 63%	-	-
Draw 22%	-	-
Northampton 15%	-	-
Reading 1-0 13%	-	-
Reading 2-0 12%	-	-
Draw 1-1 10%	-	-
Reading 2-1 10%	-	-
Reading 3-0 8%	-	-
Draw 0-0 7%	-	-
Reading 3-1 6%	-	-
Northampton 1-0 5%	-	-
Northampton 2-1 4%	-	-
Draw 2-2 4%	-	-
Reading 4-0 4%	-	-
Reading 4-1 3%	-	-
Reading 3-2 2%	-	-
Northampton 2-0 2%	-	-
Reading 5-0 1%	-	-
Over 2.5 Goals 50%	-	-
Under 2.5 Goals 50%	-	-
Home 1st Goal 58%	-	-
Away 1st Goal 38%	-	-
No 1st Goal 4%	-	-
BTTS - Yes 47%	-	-
BTTS - No 53%	-	-
BTTS - Home Win 25%	-	-
BTTS - Draw 15%	-	-
BTTS - Away Win 7%	-	-
Home/draw 85%	-	-
Away/draw 37%	-	-
Home/away 78%	-	-
Over 1.5 Goals 75%	-	-
Under 1.5 Goals 25%	-	-
Over 3.5 Goals 28%	-	-
Under 3.5 Goals 72%	-	-
Over 4.5 Goals 14%	-	-
Under 4.5 Goals 86%	-	-
Over 5.5 Goals 6%	-	-
Under 5.5 Goals 94%	-	-
Over 0.5 Goals 93%	-	-
Under 0.5 Goals 7%	-	-
Home DNB 78%	-	-
Away DNB 30%	-	-
Reading win to nil 38%	-	-
Northampton win to nil 8%	-	-

Win / draw / win League One table

Reading have played 18 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 13 games against teams below in the table, having won 8, drawn 2 and lost 3 matches. They have kept 4 clean sheets and have failed to score in 1 fixture. Reading have outscored their opponents by 30 goals to 21 goals.

Home League Performance

Reading have played 8 games at home winning 7, drawing 0 and losing 1 game. They have scored 17 goals, kept 4 clean sheets and conceded 4 goals at home.

Northampton are in 17th position in the League One on 21 points having played 19 matches so far this season.

Away League Performance

5 of those games have been losing matches. They have conceded 16 goals and kept 1 clean sheet. They have scored 10 goals in total and failed to score in 3 fixtures.

Performance against teams above them in the league

14 games have come against teams above them in the table. They have lost 6 games, drawn 4 and won 4. Northampton have conceded 23 goals, scored 17, failed to score in 3 fixtures and have kept 2 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 Northampton
Results by League Table

	TEAM	PLD	W	D	L	GD	PTS	HOME	AWAY	HOME	AWAY
1	Wycombe	18	12	4	2	18	40	Apr 5	d 1-1A	l 1-2F	Jan 25
2	Wrexham	19	12	4	3	17	40	-	l 3-0A	Feb 15	l 4-1A
3	Birmingham	17	12	3	2	16	39	Feb 22	d 1-1F	Mar 15	d 1-1A
4	Huddersfield	18	11	2	5	12	35	w 2-1A	Feb 8	Feb 1	w 1-3F
5	Stockport	19	9	6	4	12	33	Jan 18	l 4-1A	Mar 4	d 1-1A
6	Reading Home	18	9	4	5	5	31	-	-	Apr 12	Dec 26
7	Bolton	17	9	3	5	1	30	Feb 1	l 5-2A	l 2-4A	Jan 28
8	Barnsley	19	7	6	6	2	27	May 3	d 2-2A	Jan 11	d 2-2A
9	Lincoln	19	7	6	6	1	27	Apr 18	Dec 21	Jan 18	l 2-1F
10	Mansfield	17	7	3	7	0	24	Dec 29	Apr 21	l 0-2A	Feb 8
11	Exeter	18	7	3	8	-3	24	Mar 4	w 1-2F	w 2-1A	Mar 1
12	Charlton	18	6	5	7	-1	23	w 2-0F	Jan 4	Dec 21	Apr 18
13	Blackpool	18	6	5	7	-5	23	Dec 14	Apr 1	Mar 22	d 0-00-0
14	Stevenage	17	6	4	7	-3	22	Mar 15	d 1-1A	Jan 1	l 2-0A
15	Peterborough	18	6	3	9	1	21	Mar 29	w 1-2F	w 2-1F	Apr 5
16	L Orient	18	6	3	9	-1	21	l 0-1A	Jan 25	w 1-0F	Mar 8
17	Northampton A	19	5	6	8	-5	21	Dec 26	Apr 12	-	-
18	Bristol R	18	6	3	9	-9	21	w 1-0F	Apr 26	Feb 22	l 1-0A
19	Wigan	18	5	5	8	-1	20	w 2-0F	Mar 1	May 3	l 2-1A
20	Rotherham	17	5	5	7	-4	20	Feb 15	l 2-1F	Apr 1	Dec 14
21	Crawley	18	5	4	9	-11	19	w 4-1F	Mar 8	w 3-0F	Apr 26
22	Cambridge	18	4	4	10	-11	16	w 3-0F	Jan 1	d 0-00-0	Mar 29
23	Burton	18	2	5	11	-14	11	w 3-1F	Jan 28	d 0-00-0	Jan 4
24	Shrewsbury	18	3	2	13	-17	11	-	Mar 22	Apr 21	Dec 29

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Win / draw / win form

Home

Overall

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

19 / 20

Conceded

10 / 20

Clean sheets

10 / 20

Failed to score

1 / 20

Won

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

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	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
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

Away

Overall

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

14 / 20

Conceded

18 / 20

Clean sheets

2 / 20

Failed to score

6 / 20

Draw

Lost

AWAY FORM Win / Draw / Win
Stevenage	2 - 0	Northampton
Wigan	2 - 1	Northampton
Blackpool	0 - 0	Northampton
Birmingham	1 - 1	Northampton
Lincoln	2 - 1	Northampton
Stockport	1 - 1	Northampton
Wrexham	4 - 1	Northampton
Huddersfield	1 - 3	Northampton
Barnsley	2 - 2	Northampton
Bristol R	1 - 0	Northampton
Barnsley	1 - 1	Northampton
Fleetwood	2 - 0	Northampton
Reading	1 - 0	Northampton
Wycombe	2 - 0	Northampton
Cambridge	1 - 1	Northampton
Peterborough	5 - 1	Northampton
Burton	0 - 2	Northampton
Oxford Utd	2 - 2	Northampton
L Orient	4 - 3	Northampton
Portsmouth	4 - 1	Northampton

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	Northampton	2 - 1	Peterborough
A	Northampton	0 - 2	Stevenage
A	Northampton	1 - 2	Wigan
H	Northampton	0 - 0	Cambridge
A	Northampton	0 - 0	Blackpool
A	Northampton	1 - 1	Birmingham
A	Northampton	1 - 2	Lincoln
H	Northampton	3 - 0	Crawley
A	Northampton	1 - 1	Stockport
H	Northampton	1 - 0	L Orient
A	Northampton	1 - 4	Wrexham
H	Northampton	2 - 4	Bolton
H	Northampton	0 - 2	Mansfield
A	Northampton	3 - 1	Huddersfield
H	Northampton	1 - 2	Wycombe
H	Northampton	0 - 0	Burton
A	Northampton	2 - 2	Barnsley
H	Northampton	2 - 1	Exeter
A	Northampton	0 - 1	Bristol R
A	Northampton	1 - 1	Barnsley

Goal Statistics

Reading have been consistent in front of goal of late, finding the net in 13 consecutive League One outings. Their PG of 1.9 against Northampton Town on Thursday suggests that run is likely to continue.

	Reading 6th	Northampton 17th
	Kickoff prediction
Kickoff prediction	1.9 goals	0.8 goals
	Scoring probability
Scoring probability	0 15% 1 29% 2 27% 3 17% 4+ 12% There is a 85% probability that Reading will score 1 or more goals	0 45% 1 36% 2 14% 3 4+ There is a 81% probability of Northampton scoring 1 goal or less

	20 home / away league games
20 home / away league games	+24 Reading have scored 24% more goals at home than predicted	-5 Northampton’s goalscoring when away has been inline with predictions
	2.0 average goals scored	1.1 average goals scored
	0.8 conceded	1.9 conceded

Attack defence ratings
League One - 2024/2025 season

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Games scored	16		13
Failed to score	2		6
Scored first	10		6
Goals scored	30		21
Avg. goals scored	1.7		1.1
Avg. shots per game	9		7
Avg. shots per goal	5		6
Conversion rate for	19		16
Avg. XG for	1.3		0.9
KickOff rating		+30%

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Games conceded	14		14
Clean sheets	4		5
Conceded first	8		10
Goals conceded	25		26
Avg. goals conceded	1.4		1.4
Avg. shots/game conceded	10		10
Avg. shots/goal conceded	7		8
Conversion rate against	14%		13%
Avg. XG against	1.7		1.8
KickOff rating		+2%

Reading v Northampton 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
18	7	5	4
T. Bindon	S Smith	B Elliott	B Elliott

Players	Appserances	goals	Assists	cards
T. Bindon DEF	18			2 -
B Elliott MID	18	2	5	4 -
L Wing MID	18	4	3	3 -
M Craig MID	18	1		1 -
A Mbengue DEF	17	1		4 -
C Savage MID	17	3	2	1 -
S Smith FWD	16	7		4 -
H Knibbs MID	15	5	2	1 -
C Campbell MID	14	3	2	-
J Pereira GLK	12			1 -
K Ehibhatiomhan FWD	12	2	1	2 1
J Dorsett DEF	11			-
J Wareham FWD	11	1		-
K Abrefa DEF	9			1 -
M Camará MID	9	1		1 -
H Dean DEF	8			1 -
D Button GLK	5			-
C Boyce-Clarke GLK	1			-
A. Kanu DEF	1			-
E. Osho DEF	1			-
T Rushesha MID	1			-

Most goals	Most shots on target	Most assists	Most big chances
7	21	5	20
S Smith	S Smith	B Elliott	L Wing

Players	goals	shots on	Assists	big chances
S Smith FWD	7	21		6
H Knibbs MID	5	8	2	15
L Wing MID	4	10	3	20
C Savage MID	3	7	2	7
C Campbell MID	3	8	2	10
K Ehibhatiomhan FWD	2	7	1	8
B Elliott MID	2	9	5	17
M Craig MID	1	1		7
A Mbengue DEF	1	3		5
J Wareham FWD	1	2		2
M Camará MID	1	2		3
T. Bindon DEF		2		1
H Dean DEF		1		1
K Abrefa DEF				1
J Dorsett DEF		2		2

Most passes	Most tackles	Most duels won
1054	48	104
L Wing	L Wing	A Mbengue

Players	passes	tackles	duels won
L Wing MID	1054	48	85
T. Bindon DEF	849	15	83
M Craig MID	813	31	64
A Mbengue DEF	756	40	104
B Elliott MID	591	37	93
C Savage MID	395	19	28
J Pereira GLK	361		9
H Knibbs MID	299	27	68
J Dorsett DEF	284	11	54
C Campbell MID	228	13	50
S Smith FWD	205	6	88
K Ehibhatiomhan FWD	202	12	63
D Button GLK	158		4
M Camará MID	128	5	15
K Abrefa DEF	120	8	28
J Wareham FWD	65	6	18
C Boyce-Clarke GLK	43
H Dean DEF	31	1	7
T Rushesha MID	14
A. Kanu DEF	7	2	2
E. Osho DEF	1	1

Northampton League One squad statistics 2024/2025

Overall

Attack

Defence

Most starts	Most goals	Most assists	Most cards
19	6	3	5
J Guthrie	C McGeehan	M Pinnock	C McGeehan

Players	Appserances	goals	Assists	cards
J Guthrie DEF	19	1	2	4 -
M Pinnock FWD	19	2	3	3 -
C McGeehan MID	18	6	1	5 -
L Burge GLK	17			-
S Hoskins FWD	17	1	1	3 -
A Odimayo DEF	16			3 1
T Fosu FWD	15	3	3	1 -
T Roberts MID	14		2	2 1
S. Chouchane MID	14		1	3 -
J Baldwin DEF	13	1		3 -
W Hondermarck MID	13			1 -
L McCarron DEF	12	1		-
A McGowan DEF	11		1	1 -
B Fox MID	11			3 -
J Sowerby MID	10			1 -
T Eaves FWD	9	2		1 1
T Magloire DEF	7	1		-
C Morton FWD	7	1	1	-
L Mbete DEF	6			2 -
J Willis DEF	5			-
N Tzanev GLK	3			-
P Brough DEF	3			1 -
J Wilson FWD	3			-
A Koiki DEF	2			-
H Lintott DEF	1			-
M Dibley-Dias MID	1			-

Most goals	Most shots on target	Most assists	Most big chances
6	10	3	17
C McGeehan	C McGeehan	M Pinnock	M Pinnock

Players	goals	shots on	Assists	big chances
C McGeehan MID	6	10	1	4
T Fosu FWD	3	8	3	14
T Eaves FWD	2	5		3
M Pinnock FWD	2	8	3	17
J Guthrie DEF	1	5	2	2
J Baldwin DEF	1	3		1
L McCarron DEF	1	2
T Magloire DEF	1	1
C Morton FWD	1	2	1	3
S Hoskins FWD	1	9	1	5
L Mbete DEF		1		2
P Brough DEF		1
B Fox MID		3		3
J Sowerby MID				1
A McGowan DEF			1	2
W Hondermarck MID		4		1
S. Chouchane MID		2	1	14
T Roberts MID		8	2	7
A Odimayo DEF				4

Most passes	Most tackles	Most duels won
615	31	131
J Guthrie	C McGeehan	J Guthrie

Players	passes	tackles	duels won
J Guthrie DEF	615	18	131
L Burge GLK	540		5
S. Chouchane MID	481	26	50
C McGeehan MID	475	31	102
J Baldwin DEF	449	10	59
M Pinnock FWD	359	22	58
A Odimayo DEF	302	18	54
A McGowan DEF	287	18	49
B Fox MID	286	19	48
J Sowerby MID	264	16	20
T Fosu FWD	241	20	63
T Roberts MID	235	11	55
S Hoskins FWD	210	12	48
L Mbete DEF	185	9	24
W Hondermarck MID	165	21	39
J Willis DEF	87	2	12
C Morton FWD	76	3	48
A Koiki DEF	64	6	11
N Tzanev GLK	62		2
T Eaves FWD	59	2	34
L McCarron DEF	43	2	14
T Magloire DEF	39	3	15
P Brough DEF	23	1	3
M Dibley-Dias MID	20		1
J Wilson FWD	12		1
H Lintott DEF	2		1

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Reading v Northampton Town : League One match betting preview, prediction and odds

Reading have played 18 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

Northampton are in 17th position in the League One on 21 points having played 19 matches so far this season.

Away League Performance

Performance against teams above them in the league

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

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