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

Sat 15th Mar, 15:00 BST, Madejski Stadium, Reading

Saturday afternoon sees Allan Dybczak’s Reading and Alex Revell’s Stevenage go head to head in a League One clash at the Madejski Stadium. You'll find statistics supporting our top of under 2.5 goals below, but don't forget to explore 16 other markets we're covering too. Each has been designed to deliver 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 and bet smart.


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Best Tip: Under 2.5 goals

It may be an over exaggeration to say that we expect Allan Dybczak and Alex Revell to park the bus here, but we're certainly not expecting a deluge of goals as Reading and Stevenage go head-to-head. The statistics belowimply under 2.5 goals (i.e. 2 goals of fewer in total), and we're saying that looks like a strong prediction. With best odds of 1.67 available on under 2.5 goals and no obvious match winner in sight, that's the bet we'd advise you go for.

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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
If you’re looking for a winner in this match, we think Reading are the most likely. Our predictive algorithm gives them a 39% chance of victory, and the bookies have them at a best price of 2.50.

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Predictions Add Bet365 Coral
Reading
39%
11/8
15%
6/4
14%
Draw
29%
12/512/5
Stevenage
31%
17/10
17%
9/5
17%
Draw 1-1
13%
11/25/1
Reading 1-0
13%
13/2
6%
6/1
7%
Stevenage 1-0
11%
7/1
14%
13/2
15%
Draw 0-0
11%
8/17/1
Reading 2-1
8%
9/1
9%
8/1
5%
Reading 2-0
8%
10/1
15%
9/1
17%
Stevenage 2-1
7%
10/1
16%
17/2
12%
Stevenage 2-0
6%
12/1
18%
10/1
16%
Draw 2-2
4%
16/112/1
Reading 3-1
3%
20/1
19%
16/1
11%
Reading 3-0
3%
22/1
21%
18/1
17%
Stevenage 3-1
2%
22/1
10%
18/1
12%
Stevenage 3-0
2%
28/1
26%
20/1
24%
Reading 3-2
2%
33/122/1
12%
Stevenage 3-2
1%
33/125/1
13%
Over 2.5 Goals
37%
23/2011/10
Under 2.5 Goals
63%
4/64/6
Home 1st Goal
48%
5/6
19%
-
Away 1st Goal
44%
6/5
22%
-
No 1st Goal
8%
8/1-
BTTS - Yes
44%
19/2010/11
BTTS - No
56%
4/55/6
BTTS - Home Win
14%
9/2
8%
4/1
13%
BTTS - Draw
18%
15/47/2
BTTS - Away Win
12%
5/1
20%
9/2
10%
Home/draw
69%
4/9
8%
4/9
7%
Away/draw
61%
8/15
9%
8/15
9%
Home/away
71%
3/103/10
Over 1.5 Goals
64%
4/114/11
Under 1.5 Goals
36%
2/119/10
Over 3.5 Goals
18%
3/127/10
1%
Under 3.5 Goals
82%
2/91/4
Over 4.5 Goals
7%
8/113/2
Under 4.5 Goals
93%
1/141/14
Over 5.5 Goals
2%
18/114/1
Under 5.5 Goals
98%
1/501/80
Over 0.5 Goals
89%
1/16
1%
1/16
Under 0.5 Goals
11%
9/1
11%
7/1
Home DNB
60%
8/11
18%
3/4
15%
Away DNB
52%
1/1
20%
19/20
15%
Reading win to nil
25%
3/1
11%
-
Stevenage win to nil
20%
10/3
15%
-
Reading / Reading
20%
3/1
20%
29/10
13%
Reading / Stevenage
3%
28/122/1
10%
Reading / Draw
6%
14/111/1
8%
Draw / Reading
15%
9/2
15%
9/2
8%
Draw / Stevenage
13%
11/2
18%
5/1
14%
Draw / Draw
17%
15/418/5
Stevenage / Reading
3%
28/1
15%
20/1
9%
Stevenage / Stevenage
17%
15/4
19%
17/5
17%
Stevenage / Draw
6%
14/111/1
8%
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Win / draw / win League One table

Reading have played 36 matches so far this season and lay in 8th place in the League One league table.

Performance against teams below them in the league

They have played 23 games against teams below in the table, having won 12, drawn 5 and lost 6 matches. They have kept 4 clean sheets and have failed to score in 5 fixtures. Reading have outscored their opponents by 51 goals to 34 goals.

Home League Performance

Reading have played 18 games at home winning 12, drawing 3 and losing 3 games. They have scored 30 goals, kept 8 clean sheets and conceded 14 goals at home.

Stevenage are in 12th position in the League One on 48 points having played 36 matches so far this season.

Away League Performance

7 of those games have been losing matches. They have conceded 17 goals and kept 9 clean sheets. They have scored 11 goals in total and failed to score in 8 fixtures.

Performance against teams above them in the league

15 games have come against teams above them in the table. They have lost 6 games, drawn 3 and won 6. Stevenage have conceded 19 goals, scored 16, failed to score in 4 fixtures and have kept 6 clean sheets.

Won
Draw
Lost
Reading
Stevenage
Results by League Table
TEAM PLD W D L GD PTS HOME AWAY HOME AWAY
1
Birmingham3525733582 
d
 
0-00-0
d
 
1-1F
Mar 22
l
 
2-1A
2
Wycombe35191152868 
Apr 5
d
 
1-1A
l
 
0-3A
Apr 12
3
Wrexham3620882068 
w
 
2-0F
l
 
3-0A
w
 
1-0F
w
 
2-3F
4
Charlton3618991663 
w
 
2-0F
d
 
0-00-0
w
 
1-0F
l
 
2-0A
5
Stockport36171181862 
l
 
1-3A
l
 
4-1A
w
 
2-1F
Apr 1
6
Bolton3618612560 
w
 
1-0F
l
 
5-2A
l
 
1-4A
May 3
7
Huddersfield36177121458 
w
 
2-1A
d
 
0-00-0
l
 
1-2A
l
 
2-1A
8
Reading Home36161010658 
-
-
d
 
1-1F
Mar 15
9
L Orient36165151453 
l
 
0-1A
l
 
2-0A
d
 
0-00-0
Mar 27
10
Barnsley3615714-152 
May 3
d
 
2-2A
w
 
3-0F
w
 
0-1F
11
Blackpool3612159651 
l
 
0-3A
Apr 1
Apr 18
d
 
0-00-0
12
Stevenage Away3613914-348 
Mar 15
d
 
1-1A
-
-
13
Lincoln36121014346 
Apr 18
l
 
2-0A
l
 
0-1A
d
 
0-00-0
14
Rotherham3512815-244 
w
 
2-1F
l
 
2-1F
Apr 26
l
 
2-0A
15
Wigan35111014-243 
w
 
2-0F
w
 
1-2A
l
 
1-2A
d
 
0-00-0
16
Exeter3512716-1143 
d
 
0-00-0
w
 
1-2F
w
 
4-1A
l
 
2-0A
17
Bristol R3612618-1642 
w
 
1-0F
Apr 26
w
 
3-0F
Apr 21
18
Mansfield3611817-941 
w
 
2-1F
Apr 21
d
 
1-1F
w
 
0-1F
19
Northampton36101115-1741 
w
 
4-1F
Apr 12
w
 
2-0F
d
 
0-00-0
20
Peterborough3510916-839 
Mar 29
w
 
1-2F
d
 
1-1F
l
 
2-1A
21
Burton3671217-1733 
w
 
3-1F
l
 
3-2A
l
 
0-1A
d
 
0-00-0
22
Crawley367920-2830 
w
 
4-1F
d
 
1-1F
Apr 5
l
 
3-1A
23
Cambridge367821-2529 
w
 
3-0F
w
 
1-3F
l
 
0-2A
w
 
0-1F
24
Shrewsbury367722-2628 
d
 
1-1F
Mar 22
w
 
1-0F
w
 
0-1F
Promotion
Promotion Play Off
Relegation
Win / draw / win form
9
Reading have not lost in 9 consecutive league games
3
Reading have kept a clean sheet for 3 consecutive home league games
Reading 8TH
20 league games
Home
3
Overall
9
Goals: Scored
34
Conceded
17
Games: Scored
16 / 20
Conceded
12 / 20
Clean sheets
8 / 20
Failed to score
4 / 20
Won
13
D
4
L
3
HOME FORM Win / Draw / Win
Reading2 - 0Wrexham
Reading0 - 0Exeter
Reading0 - 0Birmingham
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
Goals: Scored
25
Conceded
21
Games: Scored
13 / 20
Conceded
13 / 20
Clean sheets
7 / 20
Failed to score
7 / 20
Won
8
Draw
7
Lost
5
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
HReading2 - 0Wrexham
AReading1 - 1Crawley
HReading0 - 0Exeter
AReading2 - 1Wigan
HReading0 - 0Birmingham
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
Stevenage 12TH
20 league games
Away
Overall
Goals: Scored
12
Conceded
19
Games: Scored
10 / 20
Conceded
10 / 20
Clean sheets
10 / 20
Failed to score
10 / 20
Won
5
Draw
7
Lost
8
AWAY FORM Win / Draw / Win
Birmingham2 - 1Stevenage
Cambridge0 - 1Stevenage
Shrewsbury0 - 1Stevenage
Crawley3 - 1Stevenage
Charlton2 - 0Stevenage
Wrexham2 - 3Stevenage
Barnsley0 - 1Stevenage
Lincoln0 - 0Stevenage
Northampton0 - 0Stevenage
Blackpool0 - 0Stevenage
Rotherham2 - 0Stevenage
Mansfield0 - 1Stevenage
Peterborough2 - 1Stevenage
Wigan0 - 0Stevenage
Exeter2 - 0Stevenage
Burton0 - 0Stevenage
Huddersfield2 - 1Stevenage
Oxford Utd1 - 1Stevenage
Exeter1 - 0Stevenage
Charlton0 - 0Stevenage
Goals: Scored
23
Conceded
21
Games: Scored
14 / 20
Conceded
12 / 20
Clean sheets
8 / 20
Failed to score
6 / 20
Won
8
Draw
5
Lost
7
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
AStevenage1 - 2Birmingham
HStevenage1 - 1Mansfield
AStevenage1 - 0Cambridge
HStevenage1 - 2Huddersfield
AStevenage1 - 0Shrewsbury
HStevenage0 - 1Burton
HStevenage1 - 1Peterborough
AStevenage1 - 3Crawley
AStevenage0 - 2Charlton
HStevenage4 - 1Exeter
AStevenage3 - 2Wrexham
AStevenage1 - 0Barnsley
HStevenage1 - 2Wigan
AStevenage0 - 0Lincoln
AStevenage0 - 0Northampton
HStevenage3 - 0Bristol R
HStevenage0 - 3Wycombe
AStevenage0 - 0Blackpool
HStevenage2 - 1Stockport
HStevenage2 - 0Northampton
Goal Statistics

Goals have been an issue for Stevenage of late. It has been 9 League One games since they last scored more than 1, and a PG of 1.0 suggests they'll have problems ending that run on Saturday afternoon against Reading.

Reading 8th Stevenage 12th
Kickoff prediction
Kickoff prediction
1.2
goals
1.0
goals
Scoring probability
Scoring probability
0
31%
1
36%
2
21%
3
8%
4+
There is a 67% probability that Reading will score no more than 1 goal
0
37%
1
37%
2
19%
3
4+
There is a 74% probability that Stevenage will score no more than 1 goal
 
20 home / away league games
20 home / away league games
+6
Reading’s goalscoring at home has been inline with predictions
-41
Stevenage have scored 41% fewer goals when away than predicted
1.7
average goals scored
0.6
average goals scored
0.9
conceded
1.0
conceded
 
Attack defence ratings
League One - 2024/2025 season
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Reading
PG (predicted goals)
Stevenage
1.2
1
Attack rating
22%
better
RDG
STV
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Games scored26
22
Failed to score9
13
Scored first17
15
Goals scored49
33
Avg. goals scored1.4
0.9
Avg. shots per game8
7
Avg. shots per goal6
8
Conversion rate for18
13
Avg. XG for1.2
1.1
KickOff rating
+22%
Defence rating
RDG
STV
14%
better
view stats
Games conceded26
19
Clean sheets9
16
Conceded first14
14
Goals conceded45
35
Avg. goals conceded1.3
1
Avg. shots/game conceded9
6
Avg. shots/goal conceded7
6
Conversion rate against14%
16%
Avg. XG against1.6
0.9
KickOff rating
+14%

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

Reading League One squad statistics 2024/2025
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
361267
T. BindonH KnibbsL WingA Mbengue
PlayersAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
T. Bindon DEF362
2
-
L Wing MID3656
4
-
C Savage MID3545
4
-
H Knibbs FWD33124
3
-
J Pereira GLK30
1
-
M Craig MID302
3
-
G. Garcia MID301
4
-
C Campbell MID2932
3
-
A Mbengue DEF271
7
-
J Wareham FWD273
2
-
M Camará MID2531
1
-
K Ehibhatiomhan FWD2332
4
1
K Abrefa DEF20
1
-
H Dean DEF191
2
-
B Elliott MID1925
4
-
J Dorsett DEF13
-
A. Akande FWD121
-
A. Kanu DEF10
-
T Rushesha MID8
-
B Bodin FWD7
-
L Holzman DEF6
1
1
D Button GLK5
-
A. Ahmed DEF5
1
-
A Yiadom DEF4
1
-
B Tuma FWD4
-
M Stickland DEF2
1
1
C Boyce-Clarke GLK1
-
E. Osho DEF1
-
S. Spencer FWD1
-
Stevenage League One squad statistics 2024/2025
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
359412
C PiergianniD KempJ ReidL Thompson
PlayersAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
C Piergianni DEF351
7
-
D Phillips MID34
11
-
D Kemp MID3493
5
-
H White MID3212
4
-
J Roberts MID3241
9
-
J Reid FWD3264
2
-
L Thompson MID3122
11
1
E List FWD294
1
-
N Freeman MID282
1
-
D Butler DEF23
5
-
E King MID2213
2
-
L James-Wildin DEF212
2
-
J Young FWD213
-
M. Cooper GLK19
-
L Freestone DEF191
6
-
K Smith DEF14
2
-
D Sweeney DEF141
3
-
C Goode DEF12
2
-
L Appéré FWD102
-
B Hanlan FWD92
-
K Edwards FWD6
-
T Ashby-Hammond GLK3
-