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Saturday 20 September 2025 · 15:00 · HT 1-0 · Referee Oliver Yates

Reading v Leyton Orient: stats, form and bet builder picks

In Reading's last 3 home games and Leyton Orient's last 4 away games in League One before kick-off, both teams scored in 3 of 7, over 2.5 goals in 4 of 7, with 9.4 corners per match (league 10.0) and 3.9 cards (league 3.9).

Based on Reading's 7 League One games and Leyton Orient's 8 this season.

Overview

Lineups

Bet builder

Form

Table

Match stats

Reading v Leyton Orient, full match

30%

Possession

70%

1.58

Expected goals (xG)

1.48

12

Shots

17

6

Shots on target

6

2

Corners

6

13

Fouls

11

5

Yellow cards

3

0

Red cards

0

Offsides

2

Goals and cards

21'

Goal

Jack Marriott REA

45+5'

Yellow card

Derrick Williams REA

48'

Goal

Idris El Mizouni LEY

50'

Yellow card

Tom James LEY

51'

Yellow card

Ashqar Ahmed REA

76'

Yellow card

Lewis Wing REA

79'

Goal

Liam Fraser REA

84'

Yellow card

Azeem Abdulai LEY

90+1'

Yellow card

Josh Koroma LEY

90+5'

Yellow card

Andre Garcia REA

90+8'

Yellow card

Matt Ritchie REA

At a glance

Reading

12th in the table

L

W

D

L

Leyton Orient

20th in the table

D

W

L

W

Last 5, latest first

Top picks

From Reading's home games and Leyton Orient'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 3 home games and Leyton Orient's last 4 away games this season, before kick-off, with the league rate beside it.

High

Low

Both teams to score

43%

3/7 games · League 53%

Over 1.5 goals

71%

5/7 games · League 73%

Over 2.5 goals

57%

4/7 games · League 51%

Over 3.5 goals

29%

2/7 games · League 28%

Over 9.5 corners

29%

2/7 games · League 52%

Over 3.5 cards

57%

4/7 games · League 56%

Reading clean sheet

33%

1/3 games · League 27%

Leyton Orient clean sheet

25%

1/4 games · League 27%

Reading fail to score

33%

1/3 games · League 27%

Leyton Orient fail to score

25%

1/4 games · League 27%

Averages per match

Same games, both teams added together

Goals

2.9

League 2.6

Corners

9.4

League 10.0

Cards

3.9

League 3.9

Lineups

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

Reading

4-3-3

Confirmed

GOALKEEPER

1

Joel Pereira

DEFENDERS

3

12

33

39

MIDFIELDERS

6

Liam Fraser

8

Charlie Savage

10

Lewis Wing

FORWARDS

7

Jack Marriott

11

Daniel Kyerewaa

32

Paddy Lane

SUBSTITUTES

25

5

19

29

30

9

20

Leyton Orient

4-2-3-1

Confirmed

GOALKEEPER

1

Tommy Simkin

DEFENDERS

2

4

11

19

MIDFIELDERS

8

Idris El Mizouni

10

Aaron Connolly

21

Jack Moorhouse

FORWARDS

17

Josh Koroma

20

Sonny Perkins

32

Dominic Ballard

SUBSTITUTES

33

Killian Cahill

18

Rarmani Edmonds-Green

28

3

15

22

25

Referee: Oliver Yates

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

Cards per game

5.3

League 3.9

Yellow cards per game

5.2

Red cards per game

0.16

Fouls per game

23.6

League 22.9

Penalties per game

0.53

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

LEY

Match

League

Goals per match

2.7

2.9

2.8

2.6

Over 0.5

100%

7/7

100%

8/8

100%

15/15

97%

Over 1.5

86%

6/7

75%

6/8

80%

12/15

74%

Over 2.5

43%

3/7

50%

4/8

47%

7/15

47%

Over 3.5

29%

2/7

38%

3/8

33%

5/15

26%

Over 4.5

14%

1/7

25%

2/8

20%

3/15

14%

Bet

REA

LEY

Match

League

Yes

57%

4/7

50%

4/8

53%

8/15

51%

Yes and win

0%

0/7

13%

1/8

18%

Yes and over 2.5 goals

43%

3/7

38%

3/8

40%

6/15

39%

Yes and draw

29%

2/7

25%

2/8

27%

4/15

16%

Yes and loss

29%

2/7

13%

1/8

18%

Yes in both halves

14%

1/7

13%

1/8

13%

2/15

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Bet

REA

LEY

Match

League

Corners per match

9.7

9.3

9.5

10.0

Over 7.5

86%

6/7

63%

5/8

73%

11/15

76%

Over 8.5

57%

4/7

63%

5/8

60%

9/15

66%

Over 9.5

43%

3/7

50%

4/8

47%

7/15

51%

Over 10.5

43%

3/7

38%

3/8

40%

6/15

38%

Over 11.5

43%

3/7

25%

2/8

33%

5/15

32%

Over 12.5

29%

2/7

13%

1/8

20%

3/15

22%

Referee Oliver Yates: 5.3 cards and 23.6 fouls per game in 19 games this season

Bet

REA

LEY

Match

League

Cards per match

4.3

4.0

4.1

4.0

Over 2.5

71%

5/7

88%

7/8

80%

12/15

81%

Over 3.5

71%

5/7

63%

5/8

67%

10/15

61%

Over 4.5

43%

3/7

38%

3/8

40%

6/15

34%

Over 5.5

29%

2/7

13%

1/8

20%

3/15

22%

Player

First

1+

2+

3+

Josh Koroma

8 starts · 0.4 per 90

25%

2/8

38%

3/8

0%

0/8

0%

0/8

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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

Reading

Last 5 games before this match

13 Sep

Barnsley

(A)

2-3

L

30 Aug

Port Vale

(H)

1-0

W

23 Aug

Wycombe Wanderers

(A)

2-2

D

20 Aug

Bolton Wanderers

(A)

1-1

D

16 Aug

AFC Wimbledon

(H)

1-2

L

Leyton Orient

Last 5 games before this match

13 Sep

Bolton Wanderers

(H)

1-1

D

6 Sep

Port Vale

(A)

3-2

W

30 Aug

Northampton Town

(H)

0-1

L

23 Aug

Mansfield Town

(A)

1-4

L

19 Aug

Plymouth Argyle

(A)

1-0

W

Head to head

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

Reading and Leyton Orient 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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Reading v Leyton Orient: stats, form and bet builder picks

Match stats

Goals and cards

At a glance

Match probabilities

Averages per match

Lineups

Reading

Leyton Orient

Referee: Oliver Yates

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

Reading

Leyton Orient

Head to head

League One table