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Tuesday 27 January 2026 · 20:00 · HT 1-1 · Referee Charles Breakspear

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

In Reading's last 10 home games and Exeter City's last 10 away games in League One before kick-off, both teams scored in 11 of 20, over 2.5 goals in 8 of 20, with 9.8 corners per match (league 10.0) and 3.5 cards (league 3.9).

Based on Reading's 26 League One games and Exeter City's 26 this season.

Overview

Lineups

Bet builder

Form

Table

Match stats

Reading v Exeter City, full match

57%

Possession

43%

1.14

Expected goals (xG)

0.92

9

Shots

11

5

Shots on target

2

5

Corners

3

7

Fouls

15

4

Yellow cards

2

0

Red cards

0

2

Offsides

1

Goals and cards

14'

Goal

Pierce Sweeney EXE

45+1'

Goal

Will Keane REA

69'

Yellow card

Jeriel Dorsett REA

74'

Yellow card

Luca Woodhouse EXE

75'

Goal

Paudie O’Connor REA

78'

Yellow card

Paudie O’Connor REA

79'

Yellow card

Haydon Roberts REA

90+3'

Goal

Luca Woodhouse EXE

90+6'

Yellow card

Ryan Nyambe REA

90+11'

Yellow card

Timur Tuterov EXE

At a glance

Reading

12th in the table

D

L

W

D

Exeter City

21st in the table

W

D

W

Last 5, latest first

Top picks

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

High

Low

Both teams to score

55%

11/20 games · League 53%

Over 1.5 goals

60%

12/20 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

40%

8/20 games · League 52%

Over 3.5 cards

45%

9/20 games · League 56%

Reading clean sheet

40%

4/10 games · League 27%

Exeter City clean sheet

20%

2/10 games · League 27%

Reading fail to score

0%

0/10 games · League 27%

Exeter City fail to score

30%

3/10 games · League 27%

Averages per match

Same games, both teams added together

Goals

2.3

League 2.6

Corners

9.8

League 10.0

Cards

3.5

League 3.9

Lineups

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

Reading

4-4-2

Confirmed

GOALKEEPER

1

Joel Pereira

DEFENDERS

3

5

15

24

MIDFIELDERS

8

10

11

29

FORWARDS

7

Jack Marriott

27

Will Keane

SUBSTITUTES

25

12

17

6

30

9

32

Exeter City

3-4-2-1

Confirmed

GOALKEEPER

1

Joe Whitworth

DEFENDERS

5

14

20

26

34

MIDFIELDERS

2

Jack McMillan

6

Ethan Brierley

FORWARDS

9

Jayden Wareham

12

Reece Cole

19

Sonny Cox

SUBSTITUTES

23

4

15

10

17

27

28

Referee: Charles Breakspear

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

Cards per game

4.0

League 3.9

Yellow cards per game

3.8

Red cards per game

0.25

Fouls per game

23.2

League 22.9

Penalties per game

0.17

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

EXE

Match

League

Goals per match

2.6

2.1

2.4

2.5

Over 0.5

100%

26/26

100%

26/26

100%

52/52

95%

Over 1.5

85%

22/26

58%

15/26

71%

37/52

73%

Over 2.5

42%

11/26

38%

10/26

40%

21/52

49%

Over 3.5

23%

6/26

12%

3/26

17%

9/52

24%

Over 4.5

12%

3/26

4%

1/26

8%

4/52

10%

Bet

REA

EXE

Match

League

Yes

65%

17/26

35%

9/26

50%

26/52

51%

Yes and win

12%

3/26

8%

2/26

16%

Yes and over 2.5 goals

38%

10/26

27%

7/26

33%

17/52

38%

Yes and draw

35%

9/26

12%

3/26

23%

12/52

18%

Yes and loss

19%

5/26

15%

4/26

16%

Yes in both halves

8%

2/26

0%

0/26

4%

2/52

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Bet

REA

EXE

Match

League

Corners per match

9.1

10.0

9.5

9.9

Over 7.5

69%

18/26

81%

21/26

75%

39/52

74%

Over 8.5

46%

12/26

69%

18/26

58%

30/52

62%

Over 9.5

35%

9/26

54%

14/26

44%

23/52

49%

Over 10.5

31%

8/26

35%

9/26

33%

17/52

38%

Over 11.5

27%

7/26

31%

8/26

29%

15/52

31%

Over 12.5

15%

4/26

23%

6/26

19%

10/52

21%

Referee Charles Breakspear: 4.0 cards and 23.2 fouls per game in 12 games this season

Bet

REA

EXE

Match

League

Cards per match

3.7

3.4

3.6

3.9

Over 2.5

65%

17/26

62%

16/26

63%

33/52

75%

Over 3.5

50%

13/26

50%

13/26

50%

26/52

57%

Over 4.5

35%

9/26

27%

7/26

31%

16/52

33%

Over 5.5

23%

6/26

8%

2/26

15%

8/52

20%

Player

First

1+

2+

3+

Jack Marriott

13 starts · 0.8 per 90

23%

3/13

77%

10/13

0%

0/13

0%

0/13

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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.