Reading vs Blackpool Live Stream, Predictions

📊 Form Guide

Reading

WLDWDL ⚖

Reading will be hoping to return to winning ways here after the 3-2 League One losing effort in their last game against Burton Albion.

For Reading, goals were scored by Lewis Wing (34') and Sam Smith (59'). Mason Bennett (5'), Mustapha Carayol (11') and Bobby Kamwa (42') scored for Burton Albion.

Reading have been on a persistent run of goalscoring form, hitting the target in one hundred percent of their last 6 games.

They have managed to rack up 10 during that time while seeing the number of goals scored against them stand at 11. We will have to see if that trend will be continued on into this next match.

Ahead of this clash, Reading are undefeated in their last 3 home league matches.

Blackpool

LDWWWW 📈

Blackpool will go into this match after a 3-2 League One win against Barnsley in their last fixture.

For Blackpool, the goalscorers were Sonny Carey (12'), James Husband (45') and Hayden Coulson (47'). John McAtee (67') and Adam Phillips (94') scored for Barnsley.

The trend of at least one team drawing a blank in games involving Blackpool has become apparent of late. A glance at their last 6 meetings reveals that this has happened 5 times. In these clashes, opposing sides have managed a goal tally of 3 while Blackpool have scored 6.

↔️ Head to head

Checking on their past head-to-head meetings stretching back to 14/01/2020 shows us that Reading have won 2 of these & Blackpool 4, with the tally of drawn matches being 0.

There were also goals galore in those games, with 22 overall which averages out at 3.67 goals per meeting.

The previous league encounter between these clubs was League One match day 9 on 23/09/2023 when it ended Blackpool 4-1 Reading.

The match was refereed by Tom Reeves.

📋 Team News: Reading

Sam Hutchinson (Knee injury) and Dom Ballard (Patellar tendon rupture) are unavailable for Reading manager Rubén Sellés.

📰 Team News: Blackpool

Owing to a fully injury-free group to pick from, the Blackpool boss Neil Critchley does not have any fitness concerns at all coming into this match.

⚡ Prediction

In our view, Reading will do well to see themselves scoring against this Blackpool lineup who will likely get the vital goal that wins it.

We therefore think that it’s going to be a highly competitive game with a 0-1 advantage for Blackpool at the end of this game.

There should be little in it.

Our expert partners are tipping over 1.5 goals for this match. Check out their VIP predictions here.

Victor Martins, 22:02 24/04/2024