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Friday 26 December 2025 · 15:00 · HT 0-3 · Referee James Durkin

Plymouth Argyle v Reading: stats, form and bet builder picks

In Plymouth Argyle's last 10 home games and Reading's last 9 away games in League One before kick-off, both teams scored in 10 of 19, over 2.5 goals in 8 of 19, with 9.9 corners per match (league 10.0) and 4.0 cards (league 3.9).

Based on Plymouth Argyle's 21 League One games and Reading's 20 this season.

Overview

Lineups

Bet builder

Form

Table

Match stats

Plymouth Argyle v Reading, full match

44%

Possession

56%

1.08

Expected goals (xG)

3.66

8

Shots

21

2

Shots on target

8

5

Corners

7

10

Fouls

9

3

Yellow cards

3

1

Red cards

0

1

Offsides

0

Goals and cards

4'

Yellow card

Matthew Sorinola PLY

12'

Red card

Joe Ralls PLY

14'

Penalty

Lewis Wing REA

18'

Goal

Lewis Wing REA

20'

Goal

Kamari Doyle REA

23'

Yellow card

Lewis Wing REA

30'

Yellow card

Andy Yiadom REA

66'

Yellow card

Alex Mitchell PLY

68'

Goal

Xavier Amaechi PLY

73'

Yellow card

Joe Edwards PLY

73'

Penalty missed

Lorent Tolaj PLY

80'

Yellow card

Jeriel Dorsett REA

86'

Goal

Jack Marriott REA

At a glance

Plymouth Argyle

8th in the table

W

L

Reading

12th in the table

W

L

W

D

Last 5, latest first

Top picks

From Plymouth Argyle'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 Plymouth Argyle's last 10 home games and Reading's last 9 away games this season, before kick-off, with the league rate beside it.

High

Low

Both teams to score

53%

10/19 games · League 53%

Over 1.5 goals

74%

14/19 games · League 73%

Over 2.5 goals

42%

8/19 games · League 51%

Over 3.5 goals

21%

4/19 games · League 28%

Over 9.5 corners

53%

10/19 games · League 52%

Over 3.5 cards

58%

11/19 games · League 56%

Plymouth Argyle clean sheet

20%

2/10 games · League 27%

Reading clean sheet

11%

1/9 games · League 27%

Plymouth Argyle fail to score

40%

4/10 games · League 27%

Reading fail to score

22%

2/9 games · League 27%

Averages per match

Same games, both teams added together

Goals

2.5

League 2.6

Corners

9.9

League 10.0

Cards

4.0

League 3.9

Lineups

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

Plymouth Argyle

4-4-2

Confirmed

GOALKEEPER

1

Conor Hazard

DEFENDERS

2

8

15

29

MIDFIELDERS

11

14

19

32

FORWARDS

9

Lorent Tolaj

18

Owen Oseni

SUBSTITUTES

21

Luca Ashby-Hammond

6

Kornél Szűcs

4

Brendan Sarpong-Wiredu

20

10

27

39

Reading

4-2-3-1

Confirmed

GOALKEEPER

1

Joel Pereira

DEFENDERS

3

15

17

33

MIDFIELDERS

8

Charlie Savage

10

Lewis Wing

29

Kamari Doyle

FORWARDS

7

Jack Marriott

11

Daniel Kyerewaa

21

Randell Williams

SUBSTITUTES

25

2

12

19

6

9

20

Referee: James Durkin

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

Cards per game

4.0

League 3.9

Yellow cards per game

3.9

Red cards per game

0.25

Fouls per game

25.3

League 22.9

Penalties per game

0.25

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

PLY

REA

Match

League

Goals per match

2.8

2.5

2.7

2.5

Over 0.5

100%

21/21

100%

20/20

100%

41/41

95%

Over 1.5

67%

14/21

85%

17/20

76%

31/41

72%

Over 2.5

48%

10/21

40%

8/20

44%

18/41

49%

Over 3.5

38%

8/21

15%

3/20

27%

11/41

23%

Over 4.5

19%

4/21

10%

2/20

15%

6/41

10%

Bet

PLY

REA

Match

League

Yes

38%

8/21

65%

13/20

51%

21/41

51%

Yes and win

14%

3/21

10%

2/20

16%

Yes and over 2.5 goals

33%

7/21

35%

7/20

34%

14/41

38%

Yes and draw

5%

1/21

35%

7/20

20%

8/41

18%

Yes and loss

19%

4/21

20%

4/20

16%

Yes in both halves

10%

2/21

5%

1/20

7%

3/41

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Bet

PLY

REA

Match

League

Corners per match

11.3

8.9

10.1

9.9

Over 7.5

90%

19/21

70%

14/20

80%

33/41

75%

Over 8.5

71%

15/21

45%

9/20

59%

24/41

61%

Over 9.5

67%

14/21

35%

7/20

51%

21/41

48%

Over 10.5

57%

12/21

30%

6/20

44%

18/41

39%

Over 11.5

43%

9/21

25%

5/20

34%

14/41

32%

Over 12.5

29%

6/21

15%

3/20

22%

9/41

22%

Referee James Durkin: 4.0 cards and 25.3 fouls per game in 8 games this season

Bet

PLY

REA

Match

League

Cards per match

5.0

3.8

4.4

3.8

Over 2.5

95%

20/21

65%

13/20

80%

33/41

76%

Over 3.5

76%

16/21

50%

10/20

63%

26/41

54%

Over 4.5

52%

11/21

30%

6/20

41%

17/41

31%

Over 5.5

38%

8/21

20%

4/20

29%

12/41

20%

Player

First

1+

2+

3+

Jack Marriott

7 starts · 0.9 per 90

29%

2/7

86%

6/7

0%

0/7

0%

0/7

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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

Plymouth Argyle

Last 5 games before this match

20 Dec

Doncaster Rovers

(A)

5-1

W

13 Dec

Rotherham United

(H)

1-0

W

9 Dec

Wycombe Wanderers

(A)

1-0

W

6 Dec

Bradford City

(H)

0-1

L

29 Nov

Northampton Town

(H)

0-3

L

Reading

Last 5 games before this match

18 Dec

Luton Town

(H)

3-2

W

13 Dec

Bradford City

(A)

0-2

L

9 Dec

Peterborough United

(H)

1-2

L

29 Nov

Blackpool

(A)

3-0

W

22 Nov

Rotherham United

(H)

1-1

D

Head to head

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

Plymouth Argyle 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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Plymouth Argyle v Reading: stats, form and bet builder picks

Match stats

Goals and cards

At a glance

Match probabilities

Averages per match

Lineups

Plymouth Argyle

Reading

Referee: James Durkin

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

Plymouth Argyle

Reading

Head to head

League One table