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Saturday 31 January 2026 · 14:00 · HT 0-0 · Referee Jamie O'Connor

Northampton Town v Reading: stats, form and bet builder picks

In Northampton Town's last 10 home games and Reading's last 10 away games in League One before kick-off, both teams scored in 14 of 20, over 2.5 goals in 11 of 20, with 9.6 corners per match (league 10.0) and 3.6 cards (league 3.9).

Based on Northampton Town's 27 League One games and Reading's 27 this season.

Overview

Lineups

Bet builder

Form

Table

Match stats

Northampton Town v Reading, full match

42%

Possession

58%

1.78

Expected goals (xG)

1.37

14

Shots

10

5

Shots on target

6

9

Corners

3

5

Fouls

12

2

Yellow cards

3

0

Red cards

0

2

Offsides

1

Goals and cards

52'

Yellow card

Charlie Savage REA

55'

Goal

Jack Marriott REA

57'

Yellow card

Elliott Moore NOR

58'

Goal

Will Keane REA

67'

Yellow card

Cameron McGeehan NOR

90+2'

Yellow card

Andy Yiadom REA

90+4'

Yellow card

Haydon Roberts REA

At a glance

Northampton Town

24th in the table

L

D

Reading

12th in the table

D

L

W

Last 5, latest first

Top picks

From Northampton Town'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 Northampton Town'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

70%

14/20 games · League 53%

Over 1.5 goals

85%

17/20 games · League 73%

Over 2.5 goals

55%

11/20 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%

Northampton Town clean sheet

30%

3/10 games · League 27%

Reading clean sheet

10%

1/10 games · League 27%

Northampton Town fail to score

20%

2/10 games · League 27%

Reading fail to score

10%

1/10 games · League 27%

Averages per match

Same games, both teams added together

Goals

2.8

League 2.6

Corners

9.6

League 10.0

Cards

3.6

League 3.9

Lineups

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

Northampton Town

3-4-3

Confirmed

GOALKEEPER

34

Ross Fitzsimons

DEFENDERS

3

Conor McCarthy

5

Jon Guthrie

7

Sam Hoskins

12

Nesta Guinness-Walker

21

Jack Perkins

MIDFIELDERS

4

Dean Campbell

23

Terry Taylor

FORWARDS

9

Tom Eaves

10

Elliot List

11

Kamarai Swyer

SUBSTITUTES

1

24

35

8

17

15

27

Reading

4-4-2

Confirmed

GOALKEEPER

1

Joel Pereira

DEFENDERS

3

5

15

24

MIDFIELDERS

8

10

29

32

FORWARDS

7

Jack Marriott

27

Will Keane

SUBSTITUTES

25

12

16

17

6

30

9

Referee: Jamie O'Connor

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

Cards per game

4.3

League 3.9

Yellow cards per game

4.3

Red cards per game

0.00

Fouls per game

19.3

League 22.9

Penalties per game

0.00

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

NOR

REA

Match

League

Goals per match

2.1

2.7

2.4

2.5

Over 0.5

85%

23/27

100%

27/27

93%

50/54

95%

Over 1.5

67%

18/27

85%

23/27

76%

41/54

72%

Over 2.5

41%

11/27

44%

12/27

43%

23/54

49%

Over 3.5

15%

4/27

26%

7/27

20%

11/54

24%

Over 4.5

4%

1/27

11%

3/27

7%

4/54

10%

Bet

NOR

REA

Match

League

Yes

41%

11/27

67%

18/27

54%

29/54

50%

Yes and win

11%

3/27

11%

3/27

16%

Yes and over 2.5 goals

37%

10/27

41%

11/27

39%

21/54

38%

Yes and draw

4%

1/27

37%

10/27

20%

11/54

18%

Yes and loss

26%

7/27

19%

5/27

16%

Yes in both halves

0%

0/27

11%

3/27

6%

3/54

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Bet

NOR

REA

Match

League

Corners per match

10.0

9.0

9.5

9.9

Over 7.5

78%

21/27

70%

19/27

74%

40/54

74%

Over 8.5

67%

18/27

44%

12/27

56%

30/54

62%

Over 9.5

52%

14/27

33%

9/27

43%

23/54

49%

Over 10.5

44%

12/27

30%

8/27

37%

20/54

38%

Over 11.5

37%

10/27

26%

7/27

31%

17/54

31%

Over 12.5

11%

3/27

15%

4/27

13%

7/54

21%

Referee Jamie O'Connor: 4.3 cards and 19.3 fouls per game in 6 games this season

Bet

NOR

REA

Match

League

Cards per match

3.5

3.8

3.7

3.9

Over 2.5

74%

20/27

67%

18/27

70%

38/54

75%

Over 3.5

44%

12/27

52%

14/27

48%

26/54

57%

Over 4.5

26%

7/27

37%

10/27

31%

17/54

33%

Over 5.5

11%

3/27

26%

7/27

19%

10/54

20%

Player

First

1+

2+

3+

Jack Marriott

14 starts · 0.8 per 90

21%

3/14

71%

10/14

0%

0/14

0%

0/14

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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.