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Over/Under 2.5 Goals Prediction
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Over 2.5
The League One tie at The Select Car Leasing Stadium on Saturday sees home side Reading doing battle with Barnsley.
All of our predictions, stats and the user poll for Reading v Barnsley are shown below - along with the latest match odds.
Full-Time Result Prediction
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Reading to Win
📏 Form Guide
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Reading
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Reading will be looking for a repeat result of a 0-2 League One success vs Bristol Rovers.
For Reading, the goalscorers were Lewis Wing (67') and Chem Campbell (94').
Their most recent results shine a light on the fact that huge efforts have been put in by the Reading backline. Reading have been miserly, with the total number of goals that have flown into the back of their net during their past six outings standing at 3.
Leading up to this clash, Reading:
- have not lost a league tie with Barnsley in their last 2 matches.
- are winless against Barnsley in their last 4 league games.
Barnsley
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After a losing effort in their last game against Shrewsbury Town in League One competition, Barnsley and their fans will hope to get a better result this time.
The only scorer from Barnsley was Jon Russell (78'). John Marquis (18', 67') was the scorer for Shrewsbury Town.
The stats tell the story, and Barnsley have been scored against in 6 of their last 6 games, conceding 16 goals overall. In defence, Barnsley could really do with shoring things up. Putting that to one side, we will just have to wait and see if that trend might be maintained here in this match.
Going into this contest, Barnsley are without an away win for the past 5 league matches.
↔️ Head to head
Checking out their prior head to head meetings going back to 02/04/2021, neither club has come out on top overall with Reading winning 1 of those games, Barnsley 1 and 4 being draws in normal time.
A combined sum of 17 goals were yielded between them in this period, with 8 from The Royals and 9 coming from The Tykes. This gives an average number of goals per game equal to 2.83.
The previous league clash between these clubs was League One match day 11 on 26/11/2024 when it ended Barnsley 2-2 Reading.
The match was refereed by Zac Kennard-Kettle.
📋 Team News: Barnsley
Barnsley boss Conor Hourihane has to contend with a number of unavailable players. Josh Earl (unknown injury) and Marc Roberts (unknown injury) can’t be considered.
💡 Prediction
Barnsley will need to play some great football to score against a Reading side who seem set to control this match, should everything go as we’re expecting.
We are anticipating a very comprehensive 3-0 margin for Reading at the end of the 90 minutes.
Andre Moura, 13:04 03/05/2025
Odds correct at time of publishing. All odds subject to change.
📊 Poll: Who Will Win?
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Correct Score Prediction
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3-0
⚽️ Team Focus:
Reading
Formed: 1871
Stadium: The Select Car Leasing Stadium (24,161)
Captain: Andy Yiadom
Chairman: Dai Yongge
Manager: Noel Hunt
Competitions: League One position 7
⭐ Key Player: Harvey Knibbs
Typically deployed in the Striker position, Harvey Knibbs was born in England. After having made a senior debut playing for Cambridge United in the 2022 - 2023 season, the accomplished Forward has managed 14 league goals in this League One 2024 - 2025 season so far from a total of 42 appearances.
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| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | +/- | Pts | Form |
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45 | 33 | 9 | 3 | 52 | 108 | DWWWW |
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45 | 26 | 11 | 8 | 31 | 89 | WDDWW |
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45 | 24 | 12 | 9 | 28 | 84 | WWDWW |
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45 | 24 | 12 | 9 | 27 | 84 | WWWLL |
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45 | 24 | 10 | 11 | 22 | 82 | DWWWL |
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45 | 23 | 6 | 16 | 21 | 75 | WWWWW |
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45 | 21 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 75 | WDLWW |
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45 | 20 | 7 | 18 | -3 | 67 | LLLLD |
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45 | 16 | 16 | 13 | 9 | 64 | LWLDL |
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45 | 19 | 7 | 19 | 6 | 64 | LLLLL |
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45 | 16 | 13 | 16 | 10 | 61 | DDWWL |
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45 | 16 | 10 | 19 | -6 | 58 | LWLDL |
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45 | 15 | 11 | 19 | -6 | 56 | WLDLD |
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45 | 15 | 11 | 19 | -8 | 56 | LLWLD |
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45 | 15 | 11 | 19 | -13 | 56 | DWDLW |
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45 | 13 | 16 | 16 | -2 | 55 | DWWDD |
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45 | 13 | 12 | 20 | -12 | 51 | LDDDL |
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45 | 14 | 9 | 22 | -16 | 51 | LDLLW |
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45 | 12 | 14 | 19 | -18 | 50 | WDLWL |
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45 | 11 | 14 | 20 | -15 | 47 | WDLWD |
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45 | 11 | 10 | 24 | -27 | 43 | LLDWW |
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45 | 12 | 7 | 26 | -29 | 43 | LLDLL |
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45 | 9 | 11 | 25 | -27 | 38 | WLWLL |
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45 | 8 | 9 | 28 | -37 | 33 | LDLLW |
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| Goals scored | 1.6 |
| Goals conceded | 0.8 |
| Time first goal scored | 39 |
| Time first goal conceded | 48 |
| Yellow cards | 1.7 |
| Red cards | 0 |
| Subs used | 3.8 |
| Biggest victory | 4-1 |
| Biggest defeat | 3-0 |
| Goals scored | 1.5 |
| Goals conceded | 1.6 |
| Time first goal scored | 38 |
| Time first goal conceded | 51 |
| Yellow cards | 1.9 |
| Red cards | 0.1 |
| Subs used | 3.9 |
| Biggest victory | 3-0 |
| Biggest defeat | 6-2 |
| Harvey Knibbs | 14 |
| Sam Smith | 11 |
| Lewis Wing | 8 |
| Chem Campbell | 5 |
| Charlie Savage | 5 |
| Davis Keillor-Dunn | 16 |
| Jon Russell | 10 |
| Adam Phillips | 9 |
| Stephen Humphrys | 8 |
| Max Watters | 5 |
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