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Saturday 17 January 2026 · 15:00 · HT 1-0 · Referee Elliot Bell

Leyton Orient v Reading: stats, form and bet builder picks

In Leyton Orient's last 10 home games and Reading's last 10 away games in League One before kick-off, both teams scored in 16 of 20, over 2.5 goals in 10 of 20, with 9.4 corners per match (league 10.0) and 3.9 cards (league 3.9).

Based on Leyton Orient's 25 League One games and Reading's 24 this season.

Overview

Lineups

Bet builder

Form

Table

Match stats

Leyton Orient v Reading, full match

45%

Possession

55%

2.08

Expected goals (xG)

0.36

15

Shots

7

5

Shots on target

1

6

Corners

1

13

Fouls

17

3

Yellow cards

3

0

Red cards

0

7

Offsides

1

Goals and cards

7'

Yellow card

Andy Yiadom REA

39'

Yellow card

Charlie Savage REA

45'

Goal

Dominic Ballard LEY

52'

Goal

Jack Marriott REA

57'

Yellow card

Theo Archibald LEY

65'

Goal

Dominic Ballard LEY

77'

Yellow card

Paudie O’Connor REA

78'

Yellow card

Sean Clare LEY

85'

Goal

Dominic Ballard LEY

90+9'

Yellow card

Killian Cahill LEY

At a glance

Leyton Orient

20th in the table

D

L

W

Reading

12th in the table

W

D

W

Last 5, latest first

Top picks

From Leyton Orient'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 Leyton Orient's last 10 home games and Reading's last 10 away games this season, before kick-off, with the league rate beside it.

High

Low

Both teams to score

80%

16/20 games · League 53%

Over 1.5 goals

95%

19/20 games · League 73%

Over 2.5 goals

50%

10/20 games · League 51%

Over 3.5 goals

30%

6/20 games · League 28%

Over 9.5 corners

45%

9/20 games · League 52%

Over 3.5 cards

55%

11/20 games · League 56%

Leyton Orient clean sheet

20%

2/10 games · League 27%

Reading clean sheet

10%

1/10 games · League 27%

Leyton Orient fail to score

0%

0/10 games · League 27%

Reading fail to score

10%

1/10 games · League 27%

Averages per match

Same games, both teams added together

Goals

2.9

League 2.6

Corners

9.4

League 10.0

Cards

3.9

League 3.9

Lineups

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

Leyton Orient

3-1-4-2

Confirmed

GOALKEEPER

33

Killian Cahill

DEFENDERS

2

4

6

28

44

MIDFIELDERS

7

Ollie O'Neill

15

Tyreeq Bakinson

25

Charlie Wellens

FORWARDS

9

Ajay Matthews

32

Dominic Ballard

SUBSTITUTES

5

14

16

11

17

21

22

Reading

4-2-3-1

Confirmed

GOALKEEPER

1

Joel Pereira

DEFENDERS

3

12

15

17

MIDFIELDERS

8

Charlie Savage

10

Lewis Wing

29

Kamari Doyle

FORWARDS

7

Jack Marriott

11

Daniel Kyerewaa

30

Matt Ritchie

SUBSTITUTES

25

22

39

6

9

27

32

Referee: Elliot Bell

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

Cards per game

3.4

League 3.9

Yellow cards per game

3.4

Red cards per game

0.10

Fouls per game

23.8

League 22.9

Penalties per game

0.15

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

LEY

REA

Match

League

Goals per match

3.1

2.5

2.8

2.5

Over 0.5

100%

25/25

100%

24/24

100%

49/49

95%

Over 1.5

80%

20/25

83%

20/24

82%

40/49

72%

Over 2.5

60%

15/25

38%

9/24

49%

24/49

48%

Over 3.5

40%

10/25

17%

4/24

29%

14/49

24%

Over 4.5

24%

6/25

13%

3/24

18%

9/49

11%

Bet

LEY

REA

Match

League

Yes

60%

15/25

63%

15/24

61%

30/49

50%

Yes and win

12%

3/25

13%

3/24

16%

Yes and over 2.5 goals

44%

11/25

33%

8/24

39%

19/49

37%

Yes and draw

20%

5/25

33%

8/24

27%

13/49

18%

Yes and loss

28%

7/25

17%

4/24

16%

Yes in both halves

12%

3/25

4%

1/24

8%

4/49

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Bet

LEY

REA

Match

League

Corners per match

10.0

8.9

9.5

9.8

Over 7.5

80%

20/25

71%

17/24

76%

37/49

74%

Over 8.5

68%

17/25

46%

11/24

57%

28/49

62%

Over 9.5

56%

14/25

33%

8/24

45%

22/49

48%

Over 10.5

48%

12/25

29%

7/24

39%

19/49

38%

Over 11.5

36%

9/25

25%

6/24

31%

15/49

31%

Over 12.5

24%

6/25

13%

3/24

18%

9/49

21%

Referee Elliot Bell: 3.4 cards and 23.8 fouls per game in 20 games this season

Bet

LEY

REA

Match

League

Cards per match

4.1

3.7

3.9

3.8

Over 2.5

76%

19/25

63%

15/24

69%

34/49

75%

Over 3.5

60%

15/25

50%

12/24

55%

27/49

56%

Over 4.5

40%

10/25

33%

8/24

37%

18/49

32%

Over 5.5

24%

6/25

21%

5/24

22%

11/49

19%

Player

First

1+

2+

3+

Jack Marriott

11 starts · 0.8 per 90

27%

3/11

73%

8/11

0%

0/11

0%

0/11

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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.