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

Sat 18th Jan, 15:00 BST, Madejski Stadium, Reading

Dave Challinor pays counterpart Rubén Sellés Salvador a visit on Saturday afternoon in the League One, as their Stockport County and Reading teams face each other at the Madejski Stadium. The predictions for all the markets are calculated using the past 20 games for each team (at home, away or overall) with weighting applied to top teams. All the stats and graphics are tailored for the selected market. Head to head (H2H) stats between the team are also given where our data allows. Odds are provided directly from from the UK's biggest bookmakers.

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Best Tip: Over 1.5 goals

We do not expect to see a a bore-draw or a narrow 1-0 win here, and instead are tipping over 1.5 goals. That means that Reading and Stockport will score a minimum of a couple of between them during the standard 90 mins. It's a tip based on each side's recent form stats, as well as historical records when they go head-to-head. We give it a probability of 75%. The bookies have it at 1.25.

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 2.70.

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

Predictions	Bet365	Coral
Reading 46%	21/10 15%	-
Draw 25%	13/5 6%	-
Stockport 28%	23/20 14%	-
Draw 1-1 12%	6/1 8%	-
Reading 1-0 11%	10/1 16%	-
Reading 2-1 9%	10/1 10%	-
Reading 2-0 8%	16/1 31%	-
Stockport 1-0 8%	8/1 5%	-
Stockport 2-1 7%	8/1 10%	-
Draw 0-0 7%	12/1 18%	-
Draw 2-2 5%	12/1	-
Reading 3-1 5%	22/1 10%	-
Stockport 2-0 5%	10/1 15%	-
Reading 3-0 4%	33/1 31%	-
Reading 3-2 3%	28/1	-
Stockport 3-1 3%	16/1 11%	-
Stockport 3-2 2%	22/1 12%	-
Reading 4-1 2%	50/1 24%	-
Over 2.5 Goals 50%	3/4 5%	-
Under 2.5 Goals 50%	21/20 5%	-
Home 1st Goal 51%	13/10 10%	-
Away 1st Goal 45%	4/6 9%	-
No 1st Goal 4%	12/1 18%	-
BTTS - Yes 54%	4/6	-
BTTS - No 47%	11/10	-
BTTS - Home Win 21%	9/2 10%	-
BTTS - Draw 19%	7/2 4%	-
BTTS - Away Win 14%	3/1 16%	-
Home/draw 72%	4/6 11%	-
Away/draw 54%	4/11 6%	-
Home/away 75%	2/7 1%	-
Over 1.5 Goals 75%	2/9 2%	-
Under 1.5 Goals 25%	3/1 7%	-
Over 3.5 Goals 28%	7/4 15%	-
Under 3.5 Goals 72%	2/5 5%	-
Over 4.5 Goals 13%	9/2 8%	-
Under 4.5 Goals 87%	1/7 2%	-
Over 5.5 Goals 6%	10/1 15%	-
Under 5.5 Goals 94%	1/20 1%	-
Over 0.5 Goals 93%	1/25 1%	-
Under 0.5 Goals 7%	12/1 18%	-
Home DNB 64%	5/4 18%	-
Away DNB 46%	4/7 13%	-
Reading win to nil 25%	5/1 20%	-
Stockport win to nil 15%	3/1 11%	-
Reading / Reading 19%	4/1 15%	-
Reading / Stockport 3%	22/1 12%	-
Reading / Draw 6%	14/1 15%	-
Draw / Reading 13%	6/1 8%	-
Draw / Stockport 14%	9/2 8%	-
Draw / Draw 15%	9/2	-
Stockport / Reading 3%	28/1 12%	-
Stockport / Stockport 21%	5/2 13%	-
Stockport / Draw 6%	12/1	-

Win / draw / win League One table

Reading have played 24 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 19 games against teams below in the table, having won 11, drawn 2 and lost 6 matches. They have kept 5 clean sheets and have failed to score in 4 fixtures. Reading have outscored their opponents by 39 goals to 37 goals.

Home League Performance

Reading have played 11 games at home winning 9, drawing 0 and losing 2 games. They have scored 23 goals, kept 4 clean sheets and conceded 9 goals at home.

Stockport are in 7th position in the League One on 38 points having played 25 matches so far this season.

Away League Performance

4 of those games have been losing matches. They have conceded 12 goals and kept 3 clean sheets. They have scored 15 goals in total and failed to score in 2 fixtures.

Performance against teams above them in the league

7 games have come against teams above them in the table. They have lost 3 games, drawn 2 and won 2. Stockport have conceded 11 goals, scored 7, failed to score in 3 fixtures and have kept 1 clean sheet.

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 Stockport
Results by League Table

	TEAM	PLD	W	D	L	GD	PTS	HOME	AWAY	HOME	AWAY
1	Birmingham	23	16	5	2	24	53	Feb 22	d 1-1F	d 1-1A	l 2-0A
2	Wycombe	25	15	6	4	23	51	Apr 5	d 1-1A	l 0-5A	May 3
3	Wrexham	25	15	6	4	19	51	-	l 3-0A	w 1-0F	Mar 22
4	Huddersfield	24	14	5	5	18	47	w 2-1A	Feb 8	Apr 21	l 1-0A
5	Barnsley	25	12	6	7	6	42	May 3	d 2-2A	Feb 8	d 1-1A
6	Reading Home	24	12	5	7	6	41	-	-	w 4-1F	Jan 18
7	Stockport Away	25	10	8	7	10	38	Jan 18	l 4-1A	-	-
8	L Orient	24	11	4	9	10	37	l 0-1A	Jan 25	l 1-4A	Feb 1
9	Mansfield	23	11	4	8	5	37	w 2-1F	Apr 21	l 1-2A	d 1-1A
10	Bolton	24	11	4	9	-1	37	Feb 1	l 5-2A	w 5-0F	Mar 15
11	Charlton	23	9	7	7	6	34	w 2-0F	d 0-00-0	Mar 8	d 1-1F
12	Lincoln	25	8	8	9	-2	32	Apr 18	l 2-0A	Apr 26	l 2-1F
13	Rotherham	24	8	7	9	0	31	Feb 15	l 2-1F	Apr 12	d 1-1F
14	Stevenage	23	8	7	8	-2	31	Mar 15	d 1-1A	Apr 1	l 2-1A
15	Exeter	24	9	4	11	-3	31	Mar 4	w 1-2F	w 2-0F	Apr 5
16	Blackpool	24	7	9	8	-3	30	l 0-3A	Apr 1	Mar 1	w 0-3F
17	Wigan	23	7	6	10	-2	27	w 2-0F	Mar 1	d 0-00-0	Feb 15
18	Northampton	25	6	8	11	-15	26	w 4-1F	Apr 12	d 1-1F	Mar 4
19	Peterborough	24	7	4	13	-5	25	Mar 29	w 1-2F	w 2-1F	Apr 18
20	Bristol R	24	7	4	13	-16	25	w 1-0F	Apr 26	w 2-0F	Feb 11
21	Crawley	23	5	5	13	-19	20	w 4-1F	Mar 8	Jan 25	d 1-1F
22	Shrewsbury	24	4	5	15	-20	17	Feb 11	Mar 22	Jan 28	w 0-2F
23	Cambridge	24	4	5	15	-21	17	w 3-0F	w 1-3F	w 2-0F	Feb 22
24	Burton	24	2	8	14	-18	14	w 3-1F	Jan 28	Mar 29	w 0-3F

	Promotion
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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

HOME FORM Win / Draw / Win
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
Reading	1 - 1	L Orient

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	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
H	Reading	2 - 1	Huddersfield
A	Reading	2 - 5	Bolton
H	Reading	0 - 1	L Orient

Away

Overall

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

17 / 20

Conceded

15 / 20

Clean sheets

5 / 20

Failed to score

3 / 20

Won

Draw

Lost

AWAY FORM Win / Draw / Win
Rotherham	1 - 1	Stockport
Huddersfield	1 - 0	Stockport
Stevenage	2 - 1	Stockport
Birmingham	2 - 0	Stockport
Burton	0 - 3	Stockport
Lincoln	2 - 1	Stockport
Charlton	1 - 1	Stockport
Shrewsbury	0 - 2	Stockport
Barnsley	1 - 1	Stockport
Crawley	1 - 1	Stockport
Mansfield	1 - 1	Stockport
Blackpool	0 - 3	Stockport
Wrexham	2 - 1	Stockport
Notts C	2 - 5	Stockport
Colchester	1 - 2	Stockport
Sutton	1 - 3	Stockport
Forest Green	0 - 3	Stockport
Crawley	1 - 1	Stockport
Salford	2 - 2	Stockport
Gillingham	0 - 0	Stockport

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

16 / 20

Conceded

14 / 20

Clean sheets

6 / 20

Failed to score

4 / 20

Won

Draw

Lost

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

Goal Statistics

Reading's fans will be hoping for goals on Saturday afternoon, not least because Stockport County have conceded in each of their last 6 League One matches. A PG of 1.5 for R. Sellés Salvador's side suggests that run should continue.

	Reading 6th	Stockport 7th
	Kickoff prediction
Kickoff prediction	1.5 goals	1.1 goals
	Scoring probability
Scoring probability	0 22% 1 33% 2 25% 3 13% 4+ There is a 78% probability that Reading will score 1 or more goals	0 32% 1 36% 2 21% 3 8% 4+ There is a 68% probability that Stockport will score no more than 1 goal

	20 home / away league games
20 home / away league games	+21 Reading have scored 21% more goals at home than predicted	+9 Stockport’s goalscoring when away has been inline with predictions
	2.0 average goals scored	1.6 average goals scored
	0.9 conceded	1.1 conceded

Attack defence ratings
League One - 2024/2025 season

RDG

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Games scored	19		21
Failed to score	5		4
Scored first	13		15
Goals scored	39		37
Avg. goals scored	1.6		1.5
Avg. shots per game	8		10
Avg. shots per goal	5		7
Conversion rate for	20		15
Avg. XG for	1.2		1.5
KickOff rating		+1%

RDG

SCT

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Games conceded	19		16
Clean sheets	5		9
Conceded first	10		9
Goals conceded	33		27
Avg. goals conceded	1.4		1.1
Avg. shots/game conceded	10		6
Avg. shots/goal conceded	7		5
Conversion rate against	14%		19%
Avg. XG against	1.6		0.9
KickOff rating		+10%

Reading v Stockport 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
24	9	6	7
T. Bindon	S Smith	L Wing	A Mbengue

Players	Appserances	goals	Assists	cards
T. Bindon DEF	24	1		2 -
L Wing MID	24	4	6	4 -
C Savage MID	23	4	3	1 -
M Craig MID	22	1		1 -
S Smith FWD	22	9	1	4 -
A Mbengue DEF	21	1		7 -
H Knibbs MID	21	8	2	1 -
C Campbell MID	19	3	2	-
B Elliott MID	19	2	5	4 -
J Pereira GLK	18			1 -
J Wareham FWD	17	1		1 -
M Camará MID	14	3	1	1 -
H Dean DEF	13			2 -
K Ehibhatiomhan FWD	12	2	1	2 1
J Dorsett DEF	11			-
K Abrefa DEF	11			1 -
A. Kanu DEF	6			-
D Button GLK	5			-
T Rushesha MID	3			-
C Boyce-Clarke GLK	1			-
E. Osho DEF	1			-

Most goals	Most shots on target	Most assists	Most big chances
9	25	6	27
S Smith	S Smith	L Wing	L Wing

Players	goals	shots on	Assists	big chances
S Smith FWD	9	25	1	11
H Knibbs MID	8	13	2	17
L Wing MID	4	11	6	27
C Savage MID	4	10	3	11
M Camará MID	3	4	1	6
C Campbell MID	3	10	2	12
K Ehibhatiomhan FWD	2	7	1	8
B Elliott MID	2	9	5	17
T. Bindon DEF	1	3		3
J Wareham FWD	1	3		2
A Mbengue DEF	1	4		7
M Craig MID	1	1		8
H Dean DEF		1		3
J Dorsett DEF		2		2
K Abrefa DEF				1

Most passes	Most tackles	Most duels won
1356	61	133
L Wing	L Wing	L Wing

Players	passes	tackles	duels won
L Wing MID	1356	61	133
T. Bindon DEF	1092	21	127
M Craig MID	951	48	92
A Mbengue DEF	895	47	128
B Elliott MID	623	38	95
C Savage MID	570	31	45
J Pereira GLK	561		10
H Knibbs MID	432	48	113
C Campbell MID	325	17	79
J Dorsett DEF	284	11	54
S Smith FWD	284	8	123
K Ehibhatiomhan FWD	202	12	63
M Camará MID	183	9	27
D Button GLK	158		4
K Abrefa DEF	130	9	31
J Wareham FWD	90	8	26
A. Kanu DEF	81	3	22
H Dean DEF	79	1	22
C Boyce-Clarke GLK	43
T Rushesha MID	19		1
E. Osho DEF	1	1

Stockport League One squad statistics 2024/2025

Overall

Attack

Defence

Most starts	Most goals	Most assists	Most cards
24	15	4	7
E Pye	L Barry	K Wootton	F Horsfall

Players	Appserances	goals	Assists	cards
K Wootton FWD	25	6	4	3 -
E Pye DEF	24	1	2	5 -
I Touray DEF	23		2	4 -
L Barry FWD	23	15	3	2 -
O Norwood MID	22		1	2 -
F Horsfall DEF	21	1	1	6 1
C Connolly MID	21		2	2 -
O Bailey MID	20	2		2 -
W Collar MID	20	3	1	2 -
I Olaofe FWD	20	3	1	1 -
L Bate MID	19	1	3	3 -
J Diamond FWD	19	1		2 -
C Camps MID	17	1		5 -
C Addai GLK	14			-
J Fevrier FWD	14	1	1	-
B Hinchliffe GLK	12			1 -
M Southam-Hales DEF	11	1		3 -
L Fiorini MID	10			2 -
R Rydel DEF	9		1	-
J Mingi DEF	8			1 -
S Hughes DEF	8			1 -
T Onyango MID	7		1	2 -
O Adaramola DEF	6			1 -
K Knoyle DEF	5			-
N Powell MID	4		1	-
J Stretton FWD	2			-
M Mellon FWD	2			-

Most goals	Most shots on target	Most assists	Most big chances
15	37	4	19
L Barry	L Barry	K Wootton	L Barry

Players	goals	shots on	Assists	big chances
L Barry FWD	15	37	3	19
K Wootton FWD	6	20	4	16
W Collar MID	3	15	1	10
I Olaofe FWD	3	7	1	5
O Bailey MID	2	7		9
F Horsfall DEF	1	7	1	4
L Bate MID	1	4	3	15
J Diamond FWD	1	8		7
C Camps MID	1	3		10
E Pye DEF	1	3	2	5
J Fevrier FWD	1	5	1	5
M Southam-Hales DEF	1	1		9
N Powell MID			1	3
K Knoyle DEF				3
S Hughes DEF				1
O Adaramola DEF		2		5
T Onyango MID		1	1	1
R Rydel DEF		2	1	7
L Fiorini MID		1		4
C Connolly MID		3	2	6
O Norwood MID		1	1	19
I Touray DEF			2	11

Most passes	Most tackles	Most duels won
1484	45	181
E Pye	E Pye	K Wootton

Players	passes	tackles	duels won
E Pye DEF	1484	45	179
F Horsfall DEF	1117	25	171
L Bate MID	971	40	64
O Norwood MID	909	30	60
I Touray DEF	781	40	125
C Connolly MID	740	23	93
W Collar MID	491	32	89
C Addai GLK	486		5
C Camps MID	466	25	90
L Barry FWD	385	18	100
K Wootton FWD	378	13	181
B Hinchliffe GLK	363		5
O Bailey MID	309	13	39
M Southam-Hales DEF	261	17	42
S Hughes DEF	254	3	35
J Diamond FWD	223	12	65
J Mingi DEF	179	8	37
T Onyango MID	166	16	26
R Rydel DEF	143	8	25
L Fiorini MID	118	6	18
N Powell MID	111	5	23
J Fevrier FWD	103	3	17
I Olaofe FWD	103	7	48
K Knoyle DEF	78	2	8
O Adaramola DEF	75	8	32
J Stretton FWD	4
M Mellon FWD	4	1	1

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

Reading have played 24 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

Stockport are in 7th position in the League One on 38 points having played 25 matches so far this season.

Away League Performance

Performance against teams above them in the league

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

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