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Saturday 28 February 2026 · 15:00 · HT 0-0 · Referee Benjamin Speedie

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

In Reading's last 10 home games and Bradford City's last 10 away games in League One before kick-off, both teams scored in 12 of 20, over 2.5 goals in 11 of 20, with 8.2 corners per match (league 10.0) and 3.9 cards (league 3.9).

Based on Reading's 33 League One games and Bradford City's 33 this season.

Overview

Lineups

Bet builder

Form

Table

Match stats

Reading v Bradford City, full match

51%

Possession

49%

0.85

Expected goals (xG)

0.58

9

Shots

12

2

Shots on target

2

5

Corners

6

10

Fouls

11

3

Yellow cards

0

Red cards

0

2

Offsides

1

Goals and cards

34'

Yellow card

Derrick Williams REA

68'

Goal

Matthew Pennington BRA

87'

Yellow card

Sean Patton REA

90'

Goal

Paddy Lane REA

90+7'

Goal

Matt Ritchie REA

90+10'

Yellow card

Kelvin Ehibhatiomhan REA

At a glance

Reading

12th in the table

D

W

L

Bradford City

4th in the table

W

L

W

L

Last 5, latest first

Top picks

From Reading's home games and Bradford City'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 Bradford City'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

55%

11/20 games · League 51%

Over 3.5 goals

25%

5/20 games · League 28%

Over 9.5 corners

30%

6/20 games · League 52%

Over 3.5 cards

60%

12/20 games · League 56%

Reading clean sheet

30%

3/10 games · League 27%

Bradford City clean sheet

20%

2/10 games · League 27%

Reading fail to score

0%

0/10 games · League 27%

Bradford City fail to score

40%

4/10 games · League 27%

Averages per match

Same games, both teams added together

Goals

2.6

League 2.6

Corners

8.2

League 10.0

Cards

3.9

League 3.9

Lineups

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

Reading

4-2-3-1

Confirmed

GOALKEEPER

1

Joel Pereira

DEFENDERS

15

16

24

33

MIDFIELDERS

6

Liam Fraser

8

Charlie Savage

10

Lewis Wing

FORWARDS

9

Kelvin Ehibhatiomhan

21

Randell Williams

29

Kamari Doyle

SUBSTITUTES

25

3

12

17

30

19

32

57

Bradford City

3-4-2-1

Confirmed

GOALKEEPER

1

Sam Walker

DEFENDERS

7

15

17

26

28

MIDFIELDERS

6

Max Power

21

Jenson Metcalfe

FORWARDS

10

Antoni Sarcevic

23

Bobby Pointon

27

Ethan Wheatley

SUBSTITUTES

25

3

4

33

8

11

14

Referee: Benjamin Speedie

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

Cards per game

3.6

League 3.9

Yellow cards per game

3.5

Red cards per game

0.14

Fouls per game

23.2

League 22.9

Penalties per game

0.14

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

BRA

Match

League

Goals per match

2.8

2.4

2.6

Over 0.5

100%

33/33

91%

30/33

95%

63/66

95%

Over 1.5

88%

29/33

67%

22/33

77%

51/66

73%

Over 2.5

45%

15/33

55%

18/33

50%

33/66

51%

Over 3.5

27%

9/33

21%

7/33

24%

16/66

27%

Over 4.5

15%

5/33

3%

1/33

9%

6/66

11%

Bet

REA

BRA

Match

League

Yes

70%

23/33

55%

18/33

62%

41/66

52%

Yes and win

15%

5/33

24%

8/33

17%

Yes and over 2.5 goals

42%

14/33

48%

16/33

45%

30/66

40%

Yes and draw

36%

12/33

12%

4/33

24%

16/66

19%

Yes and loss

18%

6/33

18%

6/33

17%

Yes in both halves

12%

4/33

3%

1/33

8%

5/66

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Bet

REA

BRA

Match

League

Corners per match

9.2

9.8

9.5

9.9

Over 7.5

73%

24/33

70%

23/33

71%

47/66

73%

Over 8.5

52%

17/33

61%

20/33

56%

37/66

62%

Over 9.5

36%

12/33

45%

15/33

41%

27/66

50%

Over 10.5

30%

10/33

39%

13/33

35%

23/66

39%

Over 11.5

27%

9/33

30%

10/33

29%

19/66

31%

Over 12.5

12%

4/33

24%

8/33

18%

12/66

20%

Referee Benjamin Speedie: 3.6 cards and 23.2 fouls per game in 14 games this season

Bet

REA

BRA

Match

League

Cards per match

3.7

4.4

4.0

3.9

Over 2.5

64%

21/33

73%

24/33

68%

45/66

75%

Over 3.5

52%

17/33

64%

21/33

58%

38/66

57%

Over 4.5

39%

13/33

48%

16/33

44%

29/66

36%

Over 5.5

21%

7/33

36%

12/33

29%

19/66

20%

Player

First

1+

2+

3+

Antoni Sarcevic

22 starts · 0.4 per 90

23%

5/22

36%

8/22

0%

0/22

0%

0/22

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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.