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Thursday 18 December 2025 · 20:00 · HT 1-0 · Referee Edward Duckworth

Reading v Luton Town: stats, form and bet builder picks

In Reading's last 10 home games and Luton Town's last 10 away games in League One before kick-off, both teams scored in 10 of 20, over 2.5 goals in 9 of 20, with 9.1 corners per match (league 10.0) and 4.2 cards (league 3.9).

Based on Reading's 19 League One games and Luton Town's 20 this season.

Overview

Lineups

Bet builder

Form

Table

Match stats

Reading v Luton Town, full match

35%

Possession

65%

1.19

Expected goals (xG)

0.99

6

Shots

11

4

Shots on target

4

0

Corners

5

8

Fouls

5

2

Yellow cards

1

0

Red cards

0

3

Offsides

2

Goals and cards

8'

Penalty

Lewis Wing REA

52'

Goal

Jack Marriott REA

59'

Goal

Jordan Clark LUT

72'

Yellow card

Andy Yiadom REA

76'

Goal

Nigel Lonwijk LUT

77'

Yellow card

Jacob Brown LUT

78'

Goal

Kelvin Ehibhatiomhan REA

90'

Yellow card

Kelvin Ehibhatiomhan REA

At a glance

Reading

12th in the table

L

W

D

W

Luton Town

7th in the table

D

W

L

Last 5, latest first

Top picks

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

High

Low

Both teams to score

50%

10/20 games · League 53%

Over 1.5 goals

80%

16/20 games · League 73%

Over 2.5 goals

45%

9/20 games · League 51%

Over 3.5 goals

15%

3/20 games · League 28%

Over 9.5 corners

35%

7/20 games · League 52%

Over 3.5 cards

65%

13/20 games · League 56%

Reading clean sheet

30%

3/10 games · League 27%

Luton Town clean sheet

40%

4/10 games · League 27%

Reading fail to score

10%

1/10 games · League 27%

Luton Town fail to score

20%

2/10 games · League 27%

Averages per match

Same games, both teams added together

Goals

2.5

League 2.6

Corners

9.1

League 10.0

Cards

4.2

League 3.9

Lineups

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

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

Luton Town

4-2-3-1

Confirmed

GOALKEEPER

24

Josh Keeley

DEFENDERS

3

5

15

17

MIDFIELDERS

8

Liam Walsh

18

Jordan Clark

22

Lamine Fanne

FORWARDS

21

Nahki Wells

30

Gideon Kodua

33

Cohen Bramall

SUBSTITUTES

1

28

23

37

9

14

19

Referee: Edward Duckworth

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

Cards per game

3.8

League 3.9

Yellow cards per game

3.7

Red cards per game

0.18

Fouls per game

22.3

League 22.9

Penalties per game

0.06

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

LUT

Match

League

Goals per match

2.4

2.5

2.4

2.5

Over 0.5

100%

19/19

95%

19/20

97%

38/39

94%

Over 1.5

84%

16/19

70%

14/20

77%

30/39

71%

Over 2.5

37%

7/19

45%

9/20

41%

16/39

47%

Over 3.5

11%

2/19

25%

5/20

18%

7/39

23%

Over 4.5

5%

1/19

10%

2/20

8%

3/39

10%

Bet

REA

LUT

Match

League

Yes

63%

12/19

40%

8/20

51%

20/39

49%

Yes and win

5%

1/19

5%

1/20

16%

Yes and over 2.5 goals

32%

6/19

30%

6/20

31%

12/39

36%

Yes and draw

37%

7/19

20%

4/20

28%

11/39

18%

Yes and loss

21%

4/19

15%

3/20

16%

Yes in both halves

5%

1/19

10%

2/20

8%

3/39

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Bet

REA

LUT

Match

League

Corners per match

9.2

10.4

9.8

9.9

Over 7.5

74%

14/19

70%

14/20

72%

28/39

77%

Over 8.5

47%

9/19

65%

13/20

56%

22/39

62%

Over 9.5

37%

7/19

50%

10/20

44%

17/39

49%

Over 10.5

32%

6/19

45%

9/20

38%

15/39

39%

Over 11.5

26%

5/19

35%

7/20

31%

12/39

32%

Over 12.5

16%

3/19

25%

5/20

21%

8/39

22%

Referee Edward Duckworth: 3.8 cards and 22.3 fouls per game in 17 games this season

Bet

REA

LUT

Match

League

Cards per match

3.8

3.3

3.5

3.8

Over 2.5

63%

12/19

75%

15/20

69%

27/39

75%

Over 3.5

53%

10/19

45%

9/20

49%

19/39

54%

Over 4.5

32%

6/19

15%

3/20

23%

9/39

32%

Over 5.5

21%

4/19

15%

3/20

18%

7/39

20%

Player

First

1+

2+

3+

Jack Marriott

6 starts · 0.9 per 90

33%

2/6

83%

5/6

0%

0/6

0%

0/6

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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 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

6 Nov

Stevenage

(H)

1-0

W

Luton Town

Last 5 games before this match

13 Dec

Port Vale

(H)

2-2

D

9 Dec

Leyton Orient

(A)

1-1

D

29 Nov

Bolton Wanderers

(H)

1-1

D

25 Nov

Huddersfield Town

(H)

2-1

W

22 Nov

Barnsley

(A)

0-5

L

Head to head

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

Reading and Luton Town 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 Luton Town: stats, form and bet builder picks

Match stats

Goals and cards

At a glance

Match probabilities

Averages per match

Lineups

Reading

Luton Town

Referee: Edward Duckworth

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

Luton Town

Head to head

League One table