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Saturday 24 January 2026 · 15:00 · HT 1-1 · Referee Leigh Doughty

Reading v Barnsley: stats, form and bet builder picks

In Reading's last 10 home games and Barnsley's last 10 away games in League One before kick-off, both teams scored in 12 of 20, over 2.5 goals in 8 of 20, with 10.1 corners per match (league 10.0) and 3.0 cards (league 3.9).

Based on Reading's 25 League One games and Barnsley's 22 this season.

Overview

Lineups

Bet builder

Form

Table

Match stats

Reading v Barnsley, full match

64%

Possession

36%

1.38

Expected goals (xG)

1.03

10

Shots

3

Shots on target

2

9

Corners

6

7

Fouls

12

0

Yellow cards

3

0

Red cards

0

1

Offsides

5

Goals and cards

19'

Yellow card

Jack Shepherd BAR

32'

Goal

Haydon Roberts REA

38'

Goal

David McGoldrick BAR

57'

Yellow card

Corey O'Keeffe BAR

67'

Goal

Adam Phillips BAR

84'

Yellow card

Davis Keillor-Dunn BAR

84'

Goal

Jack Marriott REA

At a glance

Reading

12th in the table

L

W

D

W

Barnsley

15th in the table

W

D

L

Last 5, latest first

Top picks

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

High

Low

Both teams to score

60%

12/20 games · League 53%

Over 1.5 goals

75%

15/20 games · League 73%

Over 2.5 goals

40%

8/20 games · League 51%

Over 3.5 goals

20%

4/20 games · League 28%

Over 9.5 corners

45%

9/20 games · League 52%

Over 3.5 cards

30%

6/20 games · League 56%

Reading clean sheet

40%

4/10 games · League 27%

Barnsley clean sheet

10%

1/10 games · League 27%

Reading fail to score

0%

0/10 games · League 27%

Barnsley fail to score

30%

3/10 games · League 27%

Averages per match

Same games, both teams added together

Goals

2.4

League 2.6

Corners

10.1

League 10.0

Cards

3.0

League 3.9

Lineups

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

Reading

4-2-3-1

Confirmed

GOALKEEPER

1

Joel Pereira

DEFENDERS

3

5

15

17

MIDFIELDERS

8

Charlie Savage

10

Lewis Wing

29

Kamari Doyle

FORWARDS

7

Jack Marriott

11

Daniel Kyerewaa

32

Paddy Lane

SUBSTITUTES

25

12

24

6

30

9

27

Barnsley

5-4-1

Confirmed

GOALKEEPER

1

Owen Goodman

DEFENDERS

5

7

14

15

27

MIDFIELDERS

22

Patrick Kelly

30

Jonathan Bland

FORWARDS

8

Adam Phillips

10

David McGoldrick

19

Reyes Cleary

SUBSTITUTES

51

4

6

20

40

45

39

Referee: Leigh Doughty

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

Cards per game

5.0

League 3.9

Yellow cards per game

5.0

Red cards per game

0.33

Fouls per game

27.0

League 22.9

Penalties per game

0.33

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

REA

BAR

Match

League

Goals per match

2.6

3.1

2.8

2.5

Over 0.5

100%

25/25

100%

22/22

100%

47/47

94%

Over 1.5

84%

21/25

86%

19/22

85%

40/47

72%

Over 2.5

40%

10/25

59%

13/22

49%

23/47

48%

Over 3.5

20%

5/25

45%

10/22

32%

15/47

24%

Over 4.5

12%

3/25

23%

5/22

17%

8/47

11%

Bet

REA

BAR

Match

League

Yes

64%

16/25

64%

14/22

64%

30/47

50%

Yes and win

12%

3/25

32%

7/22

16%

Yes and over 2.5 goals

36%

9/25

50%

11/22

43%

20/47

38%

Yes and draw

32%

8/25

23%

5/22

28%

13/47

18%

Yes and loss

20%

5/25

9%

2/22

16%

Yes in both halves

4%

1/25

5%

1/22

4%

2/47

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Bet

REA

BAR

Match

League

Corners per match

8.8

10.5

9.6

9.8

Over 7.5

68%

17/25

68%

15/22

68%

32/47

73%

Over 8.5

44%

11/25

68%

15/22

55%

26/47

62%

Over 9.5

32%

8/25

55%

12/22

43%

20/47

49%

Over 10.5

28%

7/25

41%

9/22

34%

16/47

38%

Over 11.5

24%

6/25

32%

7/22

28%

13/47

30%

Over 12.5

12%

3/25

32%

7/22

21%

10/47

20%

Referee Leigh Doughty: 5.0 cards and 27.0 fouls per game in 3 games this season

Bet

REA

BAR

Match

League

Cards per match

3.8

3.9

Over 2.5

64%

16/25

82%

18/22

72%

34/47

76%

Over 3.5

52%

13/25

59%

13/22

55%

26/47

57%

Over 4.5

36%

9/25

18%

4/22

28%

13/47

34%

Over 5.5

24%

6/25

18%

4/22

21%

10/47

20%

Player

First

1+

2+

3+

Jack Marriott

12 starts · 0.8 per 90

25%

3/12

75%

9/12

0%

0/12

0%

0/12

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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.