Reading have gone over 2.5 goals in 6 of 10 league games this season (60%) — 60% at home, 60% away. They've scored 22 and conceded 12, so their matches average 3.40 goals, and both teams have scored in 60% of them. Record: 4-3-3 in the League One, where the division average is 54% over 2.5.
Full Reading season view in the app →They are one of the division's more open sides: 60% of their games beat 2.5 goals, 6 points above the League One average of 54%. That ranks them 11th of 24 for goals in their matches, 2nd for scoring (2.20 a game) and 17th for goals conceded (1.20). They've kept 3 clean sheets and failed to score 2 times in 10 games.
Across 10 matches with half-time data, 68% of the goals in their games have come after the break (11 before, 23 after). Reading themselves have scored 9 in first halves and 13 in second.
| P | W | D | L | GF | GA | O2.5 | O3.5 | BTTS | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overall | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 22 | 12 | 60% | 50% | 60% |
| Home | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 6 | 60% | 60% | 60% |
| Away | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 60% | 40% | 60% |
Home/away splits are small samples — our 30,582-match study found ~94% of such gaps are indistinguishable from chance, which is why the app's ratings pool them rather than trusting the split.
Their most common result this season is 0–1 (1 time). Biggest win: 5–0 at home to Mansfield Town (Wed 2 Sept). Heaviest defeat: 0–1 away at Wigan. 3 of their 10 games have produced five goals or more.
In 46 league games last season Reading's matches went over 2.5 goals 48% of the time. This season they're running hotter at 60%, up 12 points, though 10 games is a small sample to read much into.
Fixture links open our full rating for that match — form, head-to-head, goal timing and the score projection. How those are built is set out in the methodology.