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Predictions and Tips
Reading will do battle with visiting team Shrewsbury Town at The Select Car Leasing Stadium in the League One match on Saturday.
Full predictions, stats & game poll for the Reading v Shrewsbury Town match are shown here including the latest game odds.
📊 Form Guide
Reading
WWLLDW
Reading will be looking for another win after a 3-0 EFL Trophy victory versus Newport County.
For Reading, the goals were scored by Harvey Knibbs (73', 87') and Jayden Wareham (75').
It’s been seldom in recent games that Reading have managed to hold out for a full 90 minutes. It will be a concern for them that Reading have seen their defence breached in 5 of their previous 6 games, giving up 8 goals along the way. We will have to find out if that trend will be continued on in this game.
Pre-game facts show that Reading:
- have not registered a win against Shrewsbury Town in their previous 2 league matches.
- are undefeated in their last 4 home league matches.
Shrewsbury Town
WLLLLL 🔻
Following on from tasting defeat last time out to Walsall in EFL Trophy competition, Shrewsbury Town will be aiming to make amends here.
Reyes Cleary (53'), George Hall (63') and Nathan Lowe (85') scored for Walsall.
The stats tell the story, and Shrewsbury Town have been scored against in 6 of their last 6 matches, conceding 14 goals in total. In defence, Shrewsbury Town have not been doing too well.
Going into this contest, Shrewsbury Town haven’t won away from home in the past 2 matches in the league.
👥 Head to head
Inspecting their most recent head-to-head clashes dating back to 23/04/1991 shows us that Reading have won 2 of these & Shrewsbury Town 4, with the number of drawn games being 0.
There were also goals galore in those games, with 25 in all which averages out at 4.17 goals per match.
The last league clash featuring these clubs was League One match day 35 on 24/02/2024 which finished with the scoreline of Reading 2-3 Shrewsbury Town.
The referee was Ollie Yates.
⚡ Prediction
We feel that Reading will likely create enough chances to score more than one when they face Shrewsbury Town, who will be up against it to score.
We’re tipping a fairly comfortable 2-0 win for Reading when the full-time whistle blows.
Our expert partners are tipping over 1.5 goals for this match. Check out their VIP predictions here.
Lucas Pereira, 11:36 16/11/2024
📊 Poll: Who Will Win?
⚽️ Team Focus:
Reading
Formed: 1871
Stadium: The Select Car Leasing Stadium (24,161)
Captain: Andy Yiadom
Chairman: Dai Yongge
Manager: Rubén Sellés
Competitions: League One position 9, EFL Trophy (Group H - South)
🔑 Star Player: Charlie Savage
Typically taking up the Central Defensive Midfielder position, Charlie Savage was born in Leicester, England. Having made a first senior appearance for Forest Green Rovers in the 2022 - 2023 season, the dangerous Midfielder has netted 3 league goals in this League One 2024 - 2025 campaign to date in a total of 13 appearances.
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Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | +/- | Pts | Form |
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14 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 32 | WWWWW |
2 |
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13 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 30 | LWWDD |
3 |
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14 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 28 | WWDDW |
4 |
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15 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 26 | LWWDD |
5 |
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14 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 25 | LWDWW |
6 |
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15 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 24 | DLWLW |
7 |
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13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 24 | WLWDL |
8 |
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14 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 23 | WWDWD |
9 |
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14 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 23 | WLLWD |
10 |
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14 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 23 | WWWLD |
11 |
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14 | 7 | 2 | 5 | -2 | 23 | WLWWL |
12 |
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15 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 21 | DLWLW |
13 |
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14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 19 | WDDDL |
14 |
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15 | 5 | 3 | 7 | -5 | 18 | WLLLD |
15 |
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15 | 4 | 5 | 6 | -4 | 17 | DLLWL |
16 |
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14 | 5 | 2 | 7 | -5 | 17 | WLWLD |
17 |
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14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | -3 | 16 | WDWLD |
18 |
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14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | -7 | 16 | LLLDL |
19 |
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14 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 14 | DLLDL |
20 |
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14 | 4 | 2 | 8 | -4 | 14 | LLWLW |
21 |
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15 | 3 | 3 | 9 | -13 | 12 | LWLDD |
22 |
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13 | 3 | 1 | 9 | -11 | 10 | LWWWL |
23 |
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14 | 1 | 5 | 8 | -10 | 8 | LLLDW |
24 |
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15 | 2 | 2 | 11 | -14 | 8 | WLLLL |
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Cambridge United |
Barnsley |
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Peterborough United |
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Newport County |
Cambridge United |
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Blackpool |
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Birmingham City |
Walsall |
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Burton Albion |
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Barnsley |
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Bristol Rovers |
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Crawley Town |
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Burton Albion |
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Huddersfield |
Reading |
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Leyton Orient |
Reading |
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Charlton Athletic |
Burton Albion |
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Shrewsbury Town |
Bristol Rovers |
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Crawley Town |
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Bolton Wanderers |
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Mansfield Town |
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Wrexham |
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Goals scored | 2 |
Goals conceded | 0.6 |
Time first goal scored | 35 |
Time first goal conceded | 41 |
Yellow cards | 1.3 |
Red cards | 0 |
Subs used | 3.7 |
Biggest victory | 4-1 |
Biggest defeat | 1-0 |
Goals scored | 1 |
Goals conceded | 1.9 |
Time first goal scored | 16 |
Time first goal conceded | 36 |
Yellow cards | 3 |
Red cards | 0 |
Subs used | 3.5 |
Biggest victory | 5-3 |
Biggest defeat | 3-0 |
Sam Smith | 7 |
Harvey Knibbs | 5 |
Lewis Wing | 4 |
Chem Campbell | 3 |
Charlie Savage | 3 |
John Marquis | 4 |
Tom Bloxham | 3 |
George Lloyd | 3 |
Leo Castledine | 2 |
Mal Benning | 1 |
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Lincoln City |
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Northampton Town |
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Mansfield Town |
Cambridge United |
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Charlton Athletic |
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Wrexham |
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Burnley |
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Stockport County |
Leyton Orient |
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Wycombe Wanderers |
Wigan |
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Lincoln City |
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Northampton Town |
Blackpool |
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Leyton Orient |
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Huddersfield |
Shrewsbury Town |
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Wrexham |
Charlton Athletic |
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Stockport County |
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