Reading vs Bradford Prediction & Betting Tips

Recent form

Widening the lens to all competitions, Bradford's away sample shows thirteen wins from twenty games, with plenty of that coming in cup ties and friendlies as well as League One fixtures. Their last two league away days, though, brought back-to-back defeats at Luton and Notts County.

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Reading: 20 completed matches; Bradford: 20 completed matches.

Reading

20 matches

Win

45% 9 / 20

Draw

25% 5 / 20

Loss

30% 6 / 20

Scored

36

Conceded

20

Difference

+16

Bradford

20 matches

Win

65% 13 / 20

Draw

10% 2 / 20

Loss

25% 5 / 20

Scored

33

Conceded

16

Difference

+17

Reading's home sample across all competitions reads nine wins, four draws and seven losses from twenty games. That includes a heavy 5-0 win over Mansfield and a 3-1 league win over Blackpool, but also a cup exit at home to Stevenage.

Bradford's recent away league form has dipped, which slightly narrows the gap suggested by the table alone.

Comparative Team Statistics: Reading vs Bradford

Head-to-head

These two have already met twice this season. Reading won 2-1 at home back in February, and Bradford won 2-0 on their own patch in December. There's an older FA Cup pairing from 2015, but that's too far back to tell us much about either side now.

The pattern from this season's meetings is that the home team has come out on top both times.

Where they stand

Bradford go into this one top of the League One table, with five wins from seven games and just four goals conceded. Reading sit down in eighth, though they've played one fewer match, with three wins, a draw and two defeats.

The gap in points is real, but Reading's goal tally of fourteen from six matches shows they're not short of firepower even if results have been inconsistent.

Bradford's league position looks solid, but Reading's scoring record keeps this from being a one-sided table story.

Players to watch

Reading's J. Marriott has been their standout in front of goal, with eight goals in six matches, and Kyreece Lisbie has chipped in four assists in the same span, so their attacking output has been concentrated in a couple of key men.

Reading:

Best scorers:

J. Marriott - 8

J. Brown - 3

Best assist providers:

Kyreece Lisbie - 4

Bradford:

Penalty cards:

A. Sarcevic x 3

C. Connolly x 3

For Bradford, A. Sarcevic and C. Connolly have both picked up three yellow cards in seven matches. That's not proof either will be unavailable, but it's a discipline note worth being aware of.