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Saturday 13 December 2025 · 15:00 · HT 0-0 · Referee Paul Howard

Bradford City v Reading: stats, form and bet builder picks

In Bradford City's last 9 home games and Reading's last 8 away games in League One before kick-off, both teams scored in 12 of 17, over 2.5 goals in 10 of 17, with 10.5 corners per match (league 10.0) and 3.6 cards (league 3.9).

Based on Bradford City's 18 League One games and Reading's 18 this season.

Overview

Lineups

Bet builder

Form

Table

Match stats

Bradford City v Reading, full match

45%

Possession

55%

1.22

Expected goals (xG)

0.83

11

Shots

8

4

Shots on target

2

3

Corners

2

12

Fouls

11

1

Yellow cards

3

0

Red cards

0

2

Offsides

0

Goals and cards

41'

Yellow card

Kelvin Ehibhatiomhan REA

47'

Yellow card

Paudie O’Connor REA

56'

Goal

Antoni Sarcevic BRA

84'

Goal

Bobby Pointon BRA

86'

Yellow card

Brad Halliday BRA

90+2'

Yellow card

Kelvin Abrefa REA

At a glance

Bradford City

4th in the table

W

D

L

D

Reading

12th in the table

L

W

D

W

D

Last 5, latest first

Top picks

From Bradford City's home games and Reading's away games in League One this season, before kick-off, with players from the confirmed lineups. At least 3 games or starts, one pick per kind of bet. Tap one to see it in the Bet builder.

Match probabilities

How often each happened in Bradford City's last 9 home games and Reading's last 8 away games this season, before kick-off, with the league rate beside it.

High

Low

Both teams to score

71%

12/17 games · League 53%

Over 1.5 goals

82%

14/17 games · League 73%

Over 2.5 goals

59%

10/17 games · League 51%

Over 3.5 goals

29%

5/17 games · League 28%

Over 9.5 corners

47%

8/17 games · League 52%

Over 3.5 cards

53%

9/17 games · League 56%

Bradford City clean sheet

33%

3/9 games · League 27%

Reading clean sheet

13%

1/8 games · League 27%

Bradford City fail to score

11%

1/9 games · League 27%

Reading fail to score

13%

1/8 games · League 27%

Averages per match

Same games, both teams added together

Goals

2.8

League 2.6

Corners

10.5

League 10.0

Cards

3.6

League 3.9

Lineups

Listed by position group: goalkeepers, defenders, midfielders, forwards.

Bradford City

3-4-2-1

Confirmed

GOALKEEPER

1

Sam Walker

DEFENDERS

2

3

4

15

18

MIDFIELDERS

6

Max Power

21

Jenson Metcalfe

FORWARDS

10

Antoni Sarcevic

11

Stephen Humphrys

17

Tyreik Wright

SUBSTITUTES

25

14

26

7

20

23

24

Reading

3-4-2-1

Confirmed

GOALKEEPER

1

Joel Pereira

DEFENDERS

2

3

15

21

33

MIDFIELDERS

8

Charlie Savage

10

Lewis Wing

FORWARDS

9

Kelvin Ehibhatiomhan

11

Daniel Kyerewaa

29

Kamari Doyle

SUBSTITUTES

25

12

17

19

6

28

7

Referee: Paul Howard

9 games in League One this season, both teams added together

Cards per game

3.6

League 3.9

Yellow cards per game

3.4

Red cards per game

0.11

Fouls per game

22.6

League 22.9

Penalties per game

0.11

A player sent off for two yellows counts as two cards, so cards can be fewer than yellows plus reds.

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Bet builder stats

How often each bet would have won in each team's games this season, before kick-off, with the league rate. Each team column is that team's own record: "Win" is that team winning, "Goals scored" its own goals. "Match", on lines about the whole match, puts both teams' games together. These follow the switches below, so they can differ from the Overview, which always uses the same set of games.

Home/Away

All games

Season

Last 5

Last 10

Confirmed XI only

All players

Both teams home and away, this season.

High

Low

Bet

BRA

REA

Match

League

Goals per match

2.4

Over 0.5

83%

15/18

100%

18/18

92%

33/36

95%

Over 1.5

67%

12/18

83%

15/18

75%

27/36

71%

Over 2.5

56%

10/18

39%

7/18

47%

17/36

46%

Over 3.5

33%

6/18

11%

2/18

22%

8/36

21%

Over 4.5

6%

1/18

6%

1/18

6%

2/36

10%

Bet

BRA

REA

Match

League

Yes

67%

12/18

67%

12/18

67%

24/36

48%

Yes and win

33%

6/18

6%

1/18

15%

Yes and over 2.5 goals

56%

10/18

33%

6/18

44%

16/36

35%

Yes and draw

22%

4/18

39%

7/18

31%

11/36

18%

Yes and loss

11%

2/18

22%

4/18

15%

Yes in both halves

6%

1/18

6%

1/18

6%

2/36

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Bet

BRA

REA

Match

League

Corners per match

10.6

9.4

10.0

9.9

Over 7.5

83%

15/18

78%

14/18

81%

29/36

76%

Over 8.5

67%

12/18

50%

9/18

58%

21/36

62%

Over 9.5

44%

8/18

39%

7/18

42%

15/36

48%

Over 10.5

39%

7/18

33%

6/18

36%

13/36

38%

Over 11.5

28%

5/18

28%

5/18

28%

10/36

31%

Over 12.5

28%

5/18

17%

3/18

22%

8/36

22%

Referee Paul Howard: 3.6 cards and 22.6 fouls per game in 9 games this season

Bet

BRA

REA

Match

League

Cards per match

4.7

3.8

4.3

3.9

Over 2.5

78%

14/18

61%

11/18

69%

25/36

75%

Over 3.5

67%

12/18

50%

9/18

58%

21/36

53%

Over 4.5

50%

9/18

33%

6/18

42%

15/36

33%

Over 5.5

44%

8/18

22%

4/18

33%

12/36

21%

Player

First

1+

2+

3+

Antoni Sarcevic

13 starts · 0.5 per 90

23%

3/13

46%

6/13

0%

0/13

0%

0/13

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Players listed: the confirmed XI for each side. Players with fewer than 3 starts are listed last, greyed. Per 90 figures show once a player has 90 minutes in the starts picked.

Form

Home / Away

All games

Bradford City

Last 5 games before this match

6 Dec

Plymouth Argyle

(A)

1-0

W

29 Nov

Exeter City

(H)

1-0

W

22 Nov

Bolton Wanderers

(A)

0-0

D

8 Nov

Burton Albion

(H)

1-2

L

28 Oct

Lincoln City

(H)

0-0

D

Reading

Last 5 games before this match

9 Dec

Peterborough United

(H)

1-2

L

29 Nov

Blackpool

(A)

3-0

W

22 Nov

Rotherham United

(H)

1-1

D

6 Nov

Stevenage

(H)

1-0

W

25 Oct

Doncaster Rovers

(H)

1-1

D

Head to head

League games since 2025/26 (as far back as our data goes), latest first

Bradford City and Reading haven't met in a league game since 2025/26.

League One table

2025/26 · as it stands now

#

Team

P

W

D

L

F

A

GD

Pts

Form (latest first)

1

Lincoln

46

31

10

5

89

41

+48

103

W

D

W

2

Cardiff

46

27

10

9

90

50

+40

91

L

W

D

3

Stockport

46

22

11

13

71

58

+13

77

W

L

W

L

D

4

Bradford

46

22

11

13

58

51

+7

77

W

D

L

5

Bolton

46

19

18

9

70

52

+18

75

L

D

W

L

6

Stevenage

46

21

12

13

49

46

+3

75

W

D

W

D

L

7

Luton Town

46

21

11

14

68

56

+12

74

W

D

W

8

Plymouth

46

22

7

17

75

63

+12

73

W

D

W

D

9

Huddersfield

46

18

13

15

74

64

+10

67

W

L

D

10

Mansfield

46

16

17

13

62

50

+12

65

W

D

W

D

11

Wycombe

46

17

12

17

69

58

+11

63

W

L

D

L

12

Reading

46

16

15

64

60

+4

63

L

D

L

13

Blackpool

46

17

9

20

54

65

-11

60

W

L

14

Doncaster

46

17

9

20

50

69

-19

60

W

D

L

W

15

Barnsley

46

15

14

17

68

73

-5

59

L

W

L

D

16

Wigan

46

14

18

49

58

-9

56

L

D

W

17

Burton

46

13

15

18

50

60

-10

54

D

W

D

18

Peterborough

46

15

8

23

64

68

-4

53

L

D

L

D

L

19

AFC Wimbledon

46

15

8

23

51

72

-21

53

L

W

L

20

Leyton Orient

46

14

10

22

59

71

-12

52

D

L

D

L

21

Exeter City

46

12

13

21

52

61

-9

49

L

D

W

22

Port Vale

46

10

12

24

36

61

-25

42

L

W

L

D

23

Rotherham

46

10

11

25

41

71

-30

41

L

D

L

W

L

24

Northampton

46

9

8

29

39

74

-35

35

L

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Bradford City v Reading: stats, form and bet builder picks

Match stats

Goals and cards

At a glance

Match probabilities

Averages per match

Lineups

Bradford City

Reading

Referee: Paul Howard

Bet builder stats

Match result›

Clean sheet, win to nil, to score›

Total match goals›

Both teams to score›

Total match corners›

Total match cards›

GoalscorerPer start this season›

Player shots on targetPer start this season›

Player to be cardedPer start this season›

Form

Bradford City

Reading

Head to head

League One table