Reading will face off against visiting side Blackpool at The Select Car Leasing Stadium in this League One meeting on Saturday.
All Reading v Blackpool match predictions, user poll and stats are shown below - plus the latest betting odds.
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Form Guide
Reading
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Reading will be hoping to return to winning ways here following the 3-2 League One loss in their previous game against Burton Albion.
For Reading, the goalscorers were 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
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Blackpool come into this encounter after a 3-2 League One win over Barnsley in their most recent fixture.
For Blackpool, goals were scored by 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.
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Head to head
Looking at their past head-to-head clashes dating back to 14/01/2020 shows that Reading have won 2 of these games and Blackpool 4, with the tally of drawn matches being 0.
There were also plenty of goals scored in those games, 22 in all at an average of 3.67 goals per match.
The last league match featuring these sides was League One match day 9 on 23/09/2023 when it ended Blackpool 4-1 Reading.
The match was refereed by Tom Reeves.
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Team News: Reading
Sam Hutchinson (Knee injury) and Dom Ballard (Patellar tendon rupture) won’t be playing for Reading gaffer Rubén Sellés.
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Team News: Blackpool
Owing to a completely healthy group available for selection, the Blackpool boss Neil Critchley doesn’t have any fitness worries at all coming into this clash.
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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,
12:02 26/04/2024
🏟️ Team Focus:
Reading
Formed: 1871
Stadium: The Select Car Leasing Stadium (24,161)
Captain: Andy Yiadom
Chairman: Dai Yongge and Dai Xiuli
Manager: Rubén Sellés
Competitions: League One position 17
⭐ Star Player: Harvey Knibbs
Mostly taking to the field in the Striker position, Harvey Knibbs was born in England. Having made his senior debut playing for Cambridge United in the 2022 - 2023 season, the gifted Forward has hit 10 league goals in this League One 2023 - 2024 season so far in 44 appearances.