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

In Reading's last 5 home games and Northampton Town's last 6 away games in League One before kick-off, both teams scored in 5 of 11, over 2.5 goals in 4 of 11, with 9.5 corners per match (league 10.0) and 3.6 cards (league 3.9).

Based on Reading's 12 League One games and Northampton Town's 12 this season.

Overview

Lineups

Bet builder

Form

Table

Match stats

Reading v Northampton Town, full match

57%

Possession

43%

0.95

Expected goals (xG)

0.33

13

Shots

5

Shots on target

1

8

Corners

4

9

Fouls

9

3

Yellow cards

0

Red cards

0

Offsides

3

Goals and cards

55'

Yellow card

Derrick Williams REA

65'

Goal

Kelvin Ehibhatiomhan REA

87'

Yellow card

Matty Jacob REA

90+2'

Yellow card

Daniel Kyerewaa REA

At a glance

Reading

12th in the table

L

D

W

Northampton Town

24th in the table

W

L

D

W

L

Last 5, latest first

Top picks

From Reading's home games and Northampton 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 5 home games and Northampton Town's last 6 away games this season, before kick-off, with the league rate beside it.

High

Low

Both teams to score

45%

5/11 games · League 53%

Over 1.5 goals

73%

8/11 games · League 73%

Over 2.5 goals

36%

4/11 games · League 51%

Over 3.5 goals

9%

1/11 games · League 28%

Over 9.5 corners

27%

3/11 games · League 52%

Over 3.5 cards

36%

4/11 games · League 56%

Reading clean sheet

20%

1/5 games · League 27%

Northampton Town clean sheet

33%

2/6 games · League 27%

Reading fail to score

20%

1/5 games · League 27%

Northampton Town fail to score

50%

3/6 games · League 27%

Averages per match

Same games, both teams added together

Goals

2.1

League 2.6

Corners

9.5

League 10.0

Cards

3.6

League 3.9

Lineups

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

Reading

4-3-3

Confirmed

GOALKEEPER

25

Jack Stevens

DEFENDERS

2

5

15

33

MIDFIELDERS

4

Ben Elliott

8

Charlie Savage

10

Lewis Wing

FORWARDS

9

Kelvin Ehibhatiomhan

30

Matt Ritchie

32

Paddy Lane

SUBSTITUTES

31

3

12

17

11

29

20

Northampton Town

3-4-3

Confirmed

GOALKEEPER

34

Ross Fitzsimons

DEFENDERS

6

Jordan Willis

7

Sam Hoskins

12

Nesta Guinness-Walker

15

Jordan Thorniley

18

Michael Forbes

MIDFIELDERS

4

Dean Campbell

23

Terry Taylor

FORWARDS

14

Tyrese Fornah

17

Michael Jacobs

19

Ethan Wheatley

SUBSTITUTES

1

20

16

36

21

11

22

36

Referee

The referee hasn't been announced yet.

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

NOR

Match

League

Goals per match

2.6

1.8

2.2

2.5

Over 0.5

100%

12/12

83%

10/12

92%

22/24

97%

Over 1.5

92%

11/12

58%

7/12

75%

18/24

73%

Over 2.5

42%

5/12

25%

3/12

33%

8/24

46%

Over 3.5

17%

2/12

8%

1/12

13%

3/24

22%

Over 4.5

8%

1/12

0%

0/12

4%

1/24

10%

Bet

REA

NOR

Match

League

Yes

75%

9/12

25%

3/12

50%

12/24

51%

Yes and win

8%

1/12

8%

1/12

17%

Yes and over 2.5 goals

42%

5/12

25%

3/12

33%

8/24

39%

Yes and draw

42%

5/12

0%

0/12

21%

5/24

18%

Yes and loss

25%

3/12

17%

2/12

17%

Yes in both halves

8%

1/12

0%

0/12

4%

1/24

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Bet

REA

NOR

Match

League

Corners per match

9.8

9.2

9.5

9.9

Over 7.5

92%

11/12

75%

9/12

83%

20/24

74%

Over 8.5

58%

7/12

58%

7/12

58%

14/24

63%

Over 9.5

42%

5/12

33%

4/12

38%

9/24

47%

Over 10.5

33%

4/12

25%

3/12

29%

7/24

39%

Over 11.5

33%

4/12

25%

3/12

29%

7/24

31%

Over 12.5

25%

3/12

8%

1/12

17%

4/24

22%

Bet

REA

NOR

Match

League

Cards per match

3.8

3.9

3.8

Over 2.5

58%

7/12

75%

9/12

67%

16/24

76%

Over 3.5

50%

6/12

42%

5/12

46%

11/24

53%

Over 4.5

33%

4/12

33%

4/12

33%

8/24

31%

Over 5.5

25%

3/12

17%

2/12

21%

5/24

20%

Player

First

1+

2+

3+

Sam Hoskins

11 starts · 0.4 per 90

18%

2/11

36%

4/11

0%

0/11

0%

0/11

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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

18 Oct

Cardiff City

(A)

1-2

L

11 Oct

Exeter City

(A)

1-1

D

4 Oct

Mansfield Town

(H)

1-1

D

27 Sep

Stockport County

(A)

1-1

D

20 Sep

Leyton Orient

(H)

2-1

W

Northampton Town

Last 5 games before this match

18 Oct

Doncaster Rovers

(A)

2-1

W

11 Oct

Rotherham United

(H)

1-2

L

4 Oct

Port Vale

(A)

0-0

D

27 Sep

Bolton Wanderers

(H)

2-0

W

20 Sep

Wycombe Wanderers

(A)

0-2

L

Head to head

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

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

Match stats

Goals and cards

At a glance

Match probabilities

Averages per match

Lineups

Reading

Northampton Town

Referee

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

Northampton Town

Head to head

League One table