Cheltenham 2–2 Reading – England League One, 29 Dec 2023

Match facts

Cheltenham Reading

20 Shots 13

8 Shots on target 5

7 Corners 5

10 Fouls 13

2 Yellow cards 4

0 Red cards 0

Our pre-match prediction

✗ Result missed ✗ Goals missed ✓ BTTS correct Calculated after the match, using only matches played before kick-off (274 league matches this season so far).

Result Cheltenham to win

Goals Under 2.5

Both teams score Yes fair 1.93

Expected goals 1.35 – 1.21

Home / Draw / Away

40% 27% 33%

CheltenhamDrawReading

Under / Over 2.5 goals

53% 47%

Under 2.5Over 2.5

Both teams to score

48% 52%

NoYes

Total goals in the match

8% 0

20% 1

25% 2

22% 3

14% 4

12% 5+

Most likely scores

1–1 12.6% 1–0 10.5% 0–1 9.4%

Statistics 2023/2024, before this match

Cheltenham before this match, all matches

0.86points / match

0.68scored / match

1.36conceded / match

5 4 13

WonDrawnLost 22 played · 15:30

Reading before this match, all matches

1.00points / match

1.26scored / match

1.61conceded / match

6 5 12

WonDrawnLost 23 played · 29:37

Cheltenham all matches all matches Reading

Per match

0.68 Goals scored 1.26

1.36 Goals conceded 1.61

2.05 Total goals 2.87

10.59 Shots 12.35

2.77 Shots on target 4.65

15.41 Shots faced 13.43

4.18 Corners 4.96

6.09 Corners against 6.39

12.05 Fouls 12.57

2.23 Yellow cards 2.17

0.45 1st-half goals scored 0.74

0.68 1st-half goals conceded 0.83

How often Full Time

23% Wins 26%

18% Draws 22%

59% Losses 52%

95% Over 0.5 goals 96%

68% Over 1.5 goals 78%

32% Over 2.5 goals 57%

5% Over 3.5 goals 35%

5% Over 4.5 goals 17%

0% Over 5.5 goals 4%

32% Both teams scored 65%

23% Clean sheets 17%

50% Failed to score 22%

How often Half Time

23% Wins 30%

50% Draws 39%

27% Losses 30%

68% Over 0.5 goals 83%

32% Over 1.5 goals 43%

9% Over 2.5 goals 22%

Goals in the last 10 matches (scored up, conceded down; oldest left)

Cheltenham all matches

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Reading all matches

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Cheltenham before this match, at home

1.00points / match

0.73scored / match

1.36conceded / match

3 2 6

WonDrawnLost 11 played · 8:15

Reading before this match, away

0.45points / match

1.00scored / match

2.18conceded / match

1 2 8

WonDrawnLost 11 played · 11:24

Cheltenham at home away Reading

Per match

0.73 Goals scored 1.00

1.36 Goals conceded 2.18

2.09 Total goals 3.18

11.82 Shots 10.64

3.64 Shots on target 3.91

15.73 Shots faced 14.91

3.91 Corners 5.00

5.45 Corners against 7.64

11.73 Fouls 12.00

2.09 Yellow cards 2.18

0.45 1st-half goals scored 0.55

0.64 1st-half goals conceded 1.00

How often Full Time

27% Wins 9%

18% Draws 18%

55% Losses 73%

100% Over 0.5 goals 100%

82% Over 1.5 goals 82%

27% Over 2.5 goals 73%

0% Over 3.5 goals 45%

0% Over 4.5 goals 18%

0% Over 5.5 goals 0%

27% Both teams scored 73%

27% Clean sheets 0%

45% Failed to score 27%

How often Half Time

27% Wins 18%

45% Draws 45%

27% Losses 36%

73% Over 0.5 goals 73%

27% Over 1.5 goals 55%

9% Over 2.5 goals 27%

Goals in the last 10 matches (scored up, conceded down; oldest left)

Cheltenham at home

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Reading away

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Last 10 matches before this match

Cheltenham all matches

Date	Match	Score	1	X	2	O	U
26.12.23	Cheltenham – Shrewsbury	2–0 (1–0)	2.20	3.50	3.25	2.30	1.60
23.12.23	Carlisle – Cheltenham	0–1 (0–1)	2.15	3.20	3.60	2.15	1.67
16.12.23	Cheltenham – Leyton Orient	1–2 (0–0)	2.88	3.20	2.55	2.15	1.67
09.12.23	Bristol Rvs – Cheltenham	1–1 (0–1)	1.60	3.80	5.75	1.85	2.00
28.11.23	Charlton – Cheltenham	2–1 (1–1)	1.53	4.20	6.00	1.70	2.10
25.11.23	Cheltenham – Oxford	2–0 (1–0)	4.50	3.90	1.73	1.88	1.98
11.11.23	Cheltenham – Wigan	1–1 (1–1)	3.25	3.50	2.15	2.00	1.85
28.10.23	Port Vale – Cheltenham	1–2 (1–1)	1.67	3.75	5.50	1.95	1.90
24.10.23	Blackpool – Cheltenham	3–2 (3–1)	1.33	4.75	10.00	1.83	2.03
21.10.23	Cheltenham – Cambridge	1–0 (1–0)	3.00	3.25	2.38	2.15	1.67

Reading all matches

Date	Match	Score	1	X	2	O	U
26.12.23	Peterboro – Reading	2–2 (1–0)	1.50	4.50	6.50	1.60	2.30
23.12.23	Reading – Wigan	2–0 (1–0)	2.10	3.40	3.60	1.93	1.93
16.12.23	Lincoln – Reading	1–1 (1–0)	2.20	3.30	3.40	2.08	1.73
12.12.23	Reading – Oxford	1–1 (1–1)	2.88	3.50	2.45	1.93	1.93
09.12.23	Reading – Barnsley	1–3 (1–1)	2.80	3.40	2.50	1.75	2.05
28.11.23	Reading – Carlisle	5–1 (3–1)	1.91	3.60	4.00	1.95	1.90
25.11.23	Wycombe – Reading	1–2 (1–2)	1.83	3.60	4.20	1.83	2.03
11.11.23	Shrewsbury – Reading	3–2 (1–2)	2.35	3.40	3.00	2.05	1.75
07.11.23	Reading – Bristol Rvs	1–1 (1–0)	2.63	3.40	2.70	1.73	2.08
28.10.23	Reading – Portsmouth	2–3 (2–2)	3.40	3.50	2.10	1.85	2.00

Cheltenham at home

Date	Match	Score	1	X	2	O	U
26.12.23	Cheltenham – Shrewsbury	2–0 (1–0)	2.20	3.50	3.25	2.30	1.60
16.12.23	Cheltenham – Leyton Orient	1–2 (0–0)	2.88	3.20	2.55	2.15	1.67
25.11.23	Cheltenham – Oxford	2–0 (1–0)	4.50	3.90	1.73	1.88	1.98
11.11.23	Cheltenham – Wigan	1–1 (1–1)	3.25	3.50	2.15	2.00	1.85
21.10.23	Cheltenham – Cambridge	1–0 (1–0)	3.00	3.25	2.38	2.15	1.67
07.10.23	Cheltenham – Derby	1–1 (1–1)	7.00	4.00	1.50	1.88	1.98
03.10.23	Cheltenham – Fleetwood Town	0–2 (0–1)	3.10	3.50	2.25	2.03	1.83
23.09.23	Cheltenham – Stevenage	0–3 (0–1)	4.00	3.40	1.95	2.10	1.70
02.09.23	Cheltenham – Barnsley	0–2 (0–0)	4.00	3.75	1.85	1.93	1.93
26.08.23	Cheltenham – Northampton	0–1 (0–0)	2.50	3.40	2.80	2.05	1.80

Reading away

Date	Match	Score	1	X	2	O	U
26.12.23	Peterboro – Reading	2–2 (1–0)	1.50	4.50	6.50	1.60	2.30
16.12.23	Lincoln – Reading	1–1 (1–0)	2.20	3.30	3.40	2.08	1.73
25.11.23	Wycombe – Reading	1–2 (1–2)	1.83	3.60	4.20	1.83	2.03
11.11.23	Shrewsbury – Reading	3–2 (1–2)	2.35	3.40	3.00	2.05	1.75
21.10.23	Charlton – Reading	4–0 (0–0)	1.73	4.00	4.50	1.70	2.10
07.10.23	Leyton Orient – Reading	2–1 (1–1)	2.20	3.60	3.10	2.00	1.85
03.10.23	Northampton – Reading	3–1 (2–0)	2.38	3.60	2.90	2.00	1.85
23.09.23	Blackpool – Reading	4–1 (3–0)	1.85	3.60	4.20	1.98	1.88
04.09.23	Cambridge – Reading	1–0 (0–0)	2.40	3.40	2.90	2.10	1.70
26.08.23	Exeter – Reading	2–1 (1–1)	2.00	3.50	3.80	2.00	1.85

Score badge: green win, amber draw, red loss for the team named above. Half-time score in brackets. Bold odds = the outcome that happened. A league code next to the date means the match was played in another league.

Head-to-head since 2021/2022, before this match

1

Cheltenham winsDrawsReading wins

1matches

1.00goals / match

0%over 2.5

0%both scored

Date	Match	Score	1	X	2	O	U
15.08.23E2	Reading – Cheltenham	1–0 (1–0)	1.75	3.50	5.00	2.00	1.85

England League One table 2023/2024, before this match

All matches – league table
#	Team	MP	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Portsmouth	23	14	7	2	39	19	+20	49
2	Peterboro	23	13	6	4	45	23	+22	45
3	Bolton	22	14	3	5	42	24	+18	45
4	Derby	22	13	4	5	39	18	+21	43
5	Oxford	23	13	4	6	38	25	+13	43
6	Stevenage	24	12	7	5	36	23	+13	43
7	Barnsley	22	12	5	5	43	25	+18	41
8	Blackpool	24	10	6	8	40	29	+11	36
9	Wigan	24	10	4	10	34	29	+5	34
10	Lincoln	24	8	8	8	28	25	+3	32
11	Bristol Rvs	22	8	7	7	30	29	+1	31
12	Northampton	23	9	3	11	28	32	-4	30
13	Charlton	22	7	8	7	34	30	+4	29
14	Leyton Orient	23	7	7	9	23	31	-8	28
15	Cambridge	23	7	6	10	21	30	-9	27
16	Shrewsbury	24	8	3	13	14	34	-20	27
17	Port Vale	22	7	5	10	21	33	-12	26
18	Wycombe	22	6	6	10	25	31	-6	24
19	Burton	23	6	6	11	19	33	-14	24
20	Reading	23	6	5	12	29	37	-8	23
21	Exeter	22	6	4	12	14	33	-19	22
22	Cheltenham	22	5	4	13	15	30	-15	19
23	Fleetwood Town	22	4	6	12	20	37	-17	18
24	Carlisle	24	3	8	13	18	35	-17	17

Home – league table
#	Team	MP	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Blackpool	13	8	2	3	28	14	+14	26
2	Bolton	12	8	1	3	27	17	+10	25
3	Portsmouth	12	7	4	1	17	11	+6	25
4	Peterboro	11	7	3	1	27	9	+18	24
5	Oxford	11	7	3	1	20	8	+12	24
6	Wigan	12	7	1	4	18	11	+7	22
7	Derby	11	6	3	2	19	8	+11	21
8	Charlton	12	6	3	3	24	16	+8	21
9	Stevenage	12	5	6	1	17	10	+7	21
10	Cambridge	12	6	3	3	13	12	+1	21
11	Northampton	12	6	2	4	18	14	+4	20
12	Shrewsbury	12	6	1	5	11	14	-3	19
13	Reading	12	5	3	4	18	13	+5	18
14	Barnsley	11	5	2	4	22	14	+8	17
15	Bristol Rvs	10	4	5	1	17	10	+7	17
16	Lincoln	11	4	4	3	16	10	+6	16
17	Burton	11	4	3	4	12	13	-1	15
18	Leyton Orient	11	4	2	5	10	17	-7	14
19	Port Vale	10	4	0	6	11	13	-2	12
20	Wycombe	11	3	3	5	11	14	-3	12
21	Exeter	11	3	3	5	6	10	-4	12
22	Carlisle	12	2	5	5	10	14	-4	11
23	Cheltenham	11	3	2	6	8	15	-7	11
24	Fleetwood Town	11	2	2	7	9	19	-10	8

Away – league table
#	Team	MP	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Portsmouth	11	7	3	1	22	8	+14	24
2	Barnsley	11	7	3	1	21	11	+10	24
3	Derby	11	7	1	3	20	10	+10	22
4	Stevenage	12	7	1	4	19	13	+6	22
5	Peterboro	12	6	3	3	18	14	+4	21
6	Bolton	10	6	2	2	15	7	+8	20
7	Oxford	12	6	1	5	18	17	+1	19
8	Lincoln	13	4	4	5	12	15	-3	16
9	Leyton Orient	12	3	5	4	13	14	-1	14
10	Bristol Rvs	12	4	2	6	13	19	-6	14
11	Port Vale	12	3	5	4	10	20	-10	14
12	Wigan	12	3	3	6	16	18	-2	12
13	Wycombe	11	3	3	5	14	17	-3	12
14	Blackpool	11	2	4	5	12	15	-3	10
15	Fleetwood Town	11	2	4	5	11	18	-7	10
16	Northampton	11	3	1	7	10	18	-8	10
17	Exeter	11	3	1	7	8	23	-15	10
18	Burton	12	2	3	7	7	20	-13	9
19	Charlton	10	1	5	4	10	14	-4	8
20	Cheltenham	11	2	2	7	7	15	-8	8
21	Shrewsbury	12	2	2	8	3	20	-17	8
22	Cambridge	11	1	3	7	8	18	-10	6
23	Carlisle	12	1	3	8	8	21	-13	6
24	Reading	11	1	2	8	11	24	-13	5

Cheltenham Reading

Under / Over goals 2023/2024, before this match

All matches – Under/Over goals
#
1	5	Oxford	23	8	15	1.7	1.1	13	4	6	38	25	43
2	8	Blackpool	24	9	15	1.7	1.2	10	6	8	40	29	36
3	12	Northampton	23	8	15	1.2	1.4	9	3	11	28	32	30
4	2	Peterboro	23	10	13	2.0	1.0	13	6	4	45	23	45
5	3	Bolton	22	9	13	1.9	1.1	14	3	5	42	24	45
6	6	Stevenage	24	11	13	1.5	1.0	12	7	5	36	23	43
7	7	Barnsley	22	9	13	2.0	1.1	12	5	5	43	25	41
8	13	Charlton	22	9	13	1.5	1.4	7	8	7	34	30	29
9	20	Reading	23	10	13	1.3	1.6	6	5	12	29	37	23
10	1	Portsmouth	23	11	12	1.7	0.8	14	7	2	39	19	49
11	4	Derby	22	10	12	1.8	0.8	13	4	5	39	18	43
12	9	Wigan	24	12	12	1.4	1.2	10	4	10	34	29	34
13	11	Bristol Rvs	22	11	11	1.4	1.3	8	7	7	30	29	31
14	18	Wycombe	22	11	11	1.1	1.4	6	6	10	25	31	24
15	23	Fleetwood Town	22	11	11	0.9	1.7	4	6	12	20	37	18
16	14	Leyton Orient	23	13	10	1.0	1.3	7	7	9	23	31	28
17	15	Cambridge	23	13	10	0.9	1.3	7	6	10	21	30	27
18	19	Burton	23	13	10	0.8	1.4	6	6	11	19	33	24
19	10	Lincoln	24	15	9	1.2	1.0	8	8	8	28	25	32
20	17	Port Vale	22	13	9	1.0	1.5	7	5	10	21	33	26
21	16	Shrewsbury	24	16	8	0.6	1.4	8	3	13	14	34	27
22	21	Exeter	22	15	7	0.6	1.5	6	4	12	14	33	22
23	22	Cheltenham	22	15	7	0.7	1.4	5	4	13	15	30	19
24	24	Carlisle	24	18	6	0.8	1.5	3	8	13	18	35	17

Home – Under/Over goals
#
1	3	Bolton	12	2	10	2.2	1.4	8	1	3	27	17	25
2	8	Blackpool	13	3	10	2.2	1.1	8	2	3	28	14	26
3	13	Charlton	12	3	9	2.0	1.3	6	3	3	24	16	21
4	5	Oxford	11	3	8	1.8	0.7	7	3	1	20	8	24
5	12	Northampton	12	4	8	1.5	1.2	6	2	4	18	14	20
6	2	Peterboro	11	4	7	2.5	0.8	7	3	1	27	9	24
7	7	Barnsley	11	4	7	2.0	1.3	5	2	4	22	14	17
8	4	Derby	11	5	6	1.7	0.7	6	3	2	19	8	21
9	9	Wigan	12	6	6	1.5	0.9	7	1	4	18	11	22
10	1	Portsmouth	12	7	5	1.4	0.9	7	4	1	17	11	25
11	6	Stevenage	12	7	5	1.4	0.8	5	6	1	17	10	21
12	11	Bristol Rvs	10	5	5	1.7	1.0	4	5	1	17	10	17
13	14	Leyton Orient	11	6	5	0.9	1.5	4	2	5	10	17	14
14	16	Shrewsbury	12	7	5	0.9	1.2	6	1	5	11	14	19
15	19	Burton	11	6	5	1.1	1.2	4	3	4	12	13	15
16	20	Reading	12	7	5	1.5	1.1	5	3	4	18	13	18
17	23	Fleetwood Town	11	6	5	0.8	1.7	2	2	7	9	19	8
18	10	Lincoln	11	7	4	1.5	0.9	4	4	3	16	10	16
19	15	Cambridge	12	8	4	1.1	1.0	6	3	3	13	12	21
20	17	Port Vale	10	6	4	1.1	1.3	4	0	6	11	13	12
21	18	Wycombe	11	7	4	1.0	1.3	3	3	5	11	14	12
22	22	Cheltenham	11	8	3	0.7	1.4	3	2	6	8	15	11
23	21	Exeter	11	9	2	0.5	0.9	3	3	5	6	10	12
24	24	Carlisle	12	10	2	0.8	1.2	2	5	5	10	14	11

Away – Under/Over goals
#
1	6	Stevenage	12	4	8	1.6	1.1	7	1	4	19	13	22
2	20	Reading	11	3	8	1.0	2.2	1	2	8	11	24	5
3	1	Portsmouth	11	4	7	2.0	0.7	7	3	1	22	8	24
4	5	Oxford	12	5	7	1.5	1.4	6	1	5	18	17	19
5	12	Northampton	11	4	7	0.9	1.6	3	1	7	10	18	10
6	18	Wycombe	11	4	7	1.3	1.5	3	3	5	14	17	12
7	2	Peterboro	12	6	6	1.5	1.2	6	3	3	18	14	21
8	4	Derby	11	5	6	1.8	0.9	7	1	3	20	10	22
9	7	Barnsley	11	5	6	1.9	1.0	7	3	1	21	11	24
10	9	Wigan	12	6	6	1.3	1.5	3	3	6	16	18	12
11	11	Bristol Rvs	12	6	6	1.1	1.6	4	2	6	13	19	14
12	15	Cambridge	11	5	6	0.7	1.6	1	3	7	8	18	6
13	23	Fleetwood Town	11	5	6	1.0	1.6	2	4	5	11	18	10
14	8	Blackpool	11	6	5	1.1	1.4	2	4	5	12	15	10
15	10	Lincoln	13	8	5	0.9	1.2	4	4	5	12	15	16
16	14	Leyton Orient	12	7	5	1.1	1.2	3	5	4	13	14	14
17	17	Port Vale	12	7	5	0.8	1.7	3	5	4	10	20	14
18	19	Burton	12	7	5	0.6	1.7	2	3	7	7	20	9
19	21	Exeter	11	6	5	0.7	2.1	3	1	7	8	23	10
20	13	Charlton	10	6	4	1.0	1.4	1	5	4	10	14	8
21	22	Cheltenham	11	7	4	0.6	1.4	2	2	7	7	15	8
22	24	Carlisle	12	8	4	0.7	1.8	1	3	8	8	21	6
23	3	Bolton	10	7	3	1.5	0.7	6	2	2	15	7	20
24	16	Shrewsbury	12	9	3	0.2	1.7	2	2	8	3	20	8

U / O = matches with fewer / more goals than the line (both teams' goals). BTTS = both teams to score: Yes when both teams scored, No when at least one didn't. Pos = position in the league table. Click a column heading to sort; click again to reverse.