League One

League One | Gameweek 46

May 3, 2025 at 3pm UK

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Reading
2 - 4
Barnsley

Wing (67'), Bodin (90+4')
Yiadom (60')

FT(HT: 0-0)

Humphrys (52'), Russell (57'), Keillor-Dunn (79', 85')
Connell (75'), Russell (76')

The Match

Preview

Sports Mole previews Saturday's League One clash between Reading and Barnsley, including predictions, team news and possible lineups.

Form, Standings, Stats

Reading

All competitions

Last Game: Bristol Rovers 0-2 Reading
Saturday, April 26 at 12.30pm in League One

Goals
for

Barnsley

All competitions

Last Game: Barnsley 1-2 Shrewsbury
Saturday, April 26 at 3pm in League One

Goals
for

Data Analysis

Our analysis of all available data, including recent performances and player stats up until an hour before kickoff, suggested the most likely outcome of this match was a Reading win with a probability of 44.8%. A win for Barnsley had a probability of 31.39% and a draw had a probability of 23.8%.

The most likely scoreline for a Reading win was 2-1 with a probability of 9.16%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 1-0 (8.01%) and 2-0 (6.7%). The likeliest Barnsley win was 1-2 (7.47%), while for a drawn scoreline it was 1-1 (10.93%). The actual scoreline of 2-4 was predicted with a 1% likelihood.

Result
Reading	Draw	Barnsley
44.8% ( 0.14)	23.81% ( 0.08)	31.39% ( -0.23)

Both teams to score 60.53% (

-0.41)

Goals

Over 2.5

Under 2.5

58.57% (

-0.49)

41.42% (

0.49)

Over 3.5

Under 3.5

36.18% (

-0.5)

63.82% (

0.5)

Reading Goals

Over 0.5

Under 0.5

81.25% (

-0.14)

18.75% (

0.14)

Over 1.5

Under 1.5

49.86% (

-0.23)

50.13% (

0.23)

Barnsley Goals

Over 0.5

Under 0.5

74.49% (

-0.37)

25.51% (

0.37)

Over 1.5

Under 1.5

39.64% (

-0.52)

60.36% (

0.51)

Score Analysis

Reading 44.8%

Barnsley 31.39%

Draw 23.8%

Reading	Draw	Barnsley
2-1 @ 9.16% ( 0.02) 1-0 @ 8.01% ( 0.14) 2-0 @ 6.7% ( 0.09) 3-1 @ 5.11% ( -0.01) 3-0 @ 3.74% ( 0.03) 3-2 @ 3.49% ( -0.04) 4-1 @ 2.14% ( -0.01) 4-0 @ 1.57% ( 0.01) 4-2 @ 1.46% ( -0.03) Other @ 3.43% Total : 44.8%	1-1 @ 10.93% ( 0.07) 2-2 @ 6.25% ( -0.05) 0-0 @ 4.78% ( 0.11) 3-3 @ 1.59% ( -0.04) Other @ 0.25% Total : 23.8%	1-2 @ 7.47% ( -0.03) 0-1 @ 6.53% ( 0.07) 0-2 @ 4.46% ( 0) 1-3 @ 3.4% ( -0.05) 2-3 @ 2.85% ( -0.06) 0-3 @ 2.03% ( -0.02) 1-4 @ 1.16% ( -0.03) 2-4 @ 0.97% ( -0.03) Other @ 2.5% Total : 31.39%

How you voted: Reading vs Barnsley

Reading

81.0%

Draw

9.5%

Barnsley

9.5%

Head to Head

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Reading

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Phillips (49')

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Barnsley

2-2

Reading

Phillips (29'), Jalo (83')
Phillips (64')

Smith (21'), Wing (81')

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Reading

1-3

Barnsley

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Craig (11'), Selles (12'), Smith (39')

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Barnsley

1-1

Reading

Morris (5')
Andersen (11'), Brittain (66')

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Swift (34'), Ince (56')

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Reading

1-0

Barnsley

Swift (77')

Brittain (29'), Gomes (56')

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Form Guide

Bristol Rovers 0-2 Reading

Mansfield 1-5 Reading

Reading 0-1 Lincoln

Northampton 0-0 Reading

Shrewsbury 1-3 Reading

Reading 1-0 Wycombe

Barnsley 1-2 Shrewsbury

Barnsley 1-1 Peterborough

Leyton Orient 4-3 Barnsley

Barnsley 4-1 Bolton

Birmingham 6-2 Barnsley

Nations League

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COSAFA Cup

Lesotho

	Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	PTS
C	Birmingham City Birmingham	46	34	9	3	84	31	53	111
P	Wrexham	46	27	11	8	67	34	33	92
3	Stockport County Stockport	46	25	12	9	72	42	30	87
P	Charlton Athletic Charlton	46	25	10	11	67	43	24	85
5	Wycombe Wanderers Wycombe	46	24	12	10	70	45	25	84
6	Leyton Orient	46	24	6	16	72	48	24	78
7	Reading	46	21	12	13	68	57	11	75
8	Bolton Wanderers Bolton	46	20	8	18	67	70	-3	68
9	Blackpool	46	17	16	13	72	60	12	67
10	Huddersfield Town Huddersfield	46	19	7	20	58	55	3	64
11	Lincoln City Lincoln	46	16	13	17	64	56	8	61
12	Barnsley	46	17	10	19	69	73	-4	61
13	Rotherham United Rotherham	46	16	11	19	54	59	-5	59
14	Stevenage	46	15	12	19	42	50	-8	57
15	Wigan Athletic Wigan	46	13	17	16	40	42	-2	56
16	Exeter City Exeter	46	15	11	20	49	65	-16	56
17	Mansfield Town Mansfield	46	15	9	22	60	73	-13	54
18	Peterborough United Peterborough	46	13	12	21	68	81	-13	51
19	Northampton Town Northampton	46	12	15	19	48	66	-18	51
20	Burton Albion	46	11	14	21	49	66	-17	47
R	Crawley Town Crawley	46	12	10	24	57	83	-26	46
R	Bristol Rovers	46	12	7	27	44	76	-32	43
R	Cambridge United Cambridge	46	9	11	26	45	73	-28	38
R	Shrewsbury Town Shrewsbury	46	8	9	29	41	79	-38	33
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