Reading 4–0 Cambridge – England League One, 16 Mar 2024

Match facts

Reading Cambridge

16 Shots 8

8 Shots on target 2

7 Corners 4

9 Fouls 10

0 Yellow cards 1

0 Red cards 0

Our pre-match prediction

✓ Result correct ✗ Goals missed ✗ BTTS missed Calculated after the match, using only matches played before kick-off (450 league matches this season so far).

Result Reading to win

Goals Under 2.5

Both teams score Yes fair 1.92

Expected goals 1.62 – 1.05

Home / Draw / Away

51% 25% 25%

ReadingDrawCambridge

Under / Over 2.5 goals

50% 50%

Under 2.5Over 2.5

Both teams to score

48% 52%

NoYes

Total goals in the match

7% 0

19% 1

25% 2

22% 3

15% 4

13% 5+

Most likely scores

1–1 11.8% 1–0 11.2% 2–1 9.6%

Statistics 2023/2024, before this match

Reading before this match, all matches

1.18points / match

1.34scored / match

1.50conceded / match

12 9 17

WonDrawnLost 38 played · 51:57

Cambridge before this match, all matches

1.05points / match

0.86scored / match

1.38conceded / match

10 9 18

WonDrawnLost 37 played · 32:51

Reading all matches all matches Cambridge

Per match

1.34 Goals scored 0.86

1.50 Goals conceded 1.38

2.84 Total goals 2.24

12.13 Shots 10.78

4.45 Shots on target 3.14

12.68 Shots faced 12.24

4.84 Corners 4.32

5.76 Corners against 5.68

12.63 Fouls 10.73

2.21 Yellow cards 1.89

0.71 1st-half goals scored 0.32

0.79 1st-half goals conceded 0.54

How often Full Time

32% Wins 27%

24% Draws 24%

45% Losses 49%

97% Over 0.5 goals 86%

79% Over 1.5 goals 70%

53% Over 2.5 goals 43%

34% Over 3.5 goals 16%

18% Over 4.5 goals 5%

3% Over 5.5 goals 3%

66% Both teams scored 38%

21% Clean sheets 32%

16% Failed to score 43%

How often Half Time

26% Wins 22%

42% Draws 49%

32% Losses 30%

76% Over 0.5 goals 57%

39% Over 1.5 goals 24%

21% Over 2.5 goals 5%

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

Reading all matches

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4

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Cambridge all matches

2

1

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4

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1

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6

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Reading before this match, at home

1.63points / match

1.58scored / match

1.11conceded / match

9 4 6

WonDrawnLost 19 played · 30:21

Cambridge before this match, away

0.72points / match

0.83scored / match

1.72conceded / match

3 4 11

WonDrawnLost 18 played · 15:31

Reading at home away Cambridge

Per match

1.58 Goals scored 0.83

1.11 Goals conceded 1.72

2.68 Total goals 2.56

14.05 Shots 10.50

4.84 Shots on target 2.83

11.26 Shots faced 13.39

5.32 Corners 4.39

5.00 Corners against 6.28

12.37 Fouls 11.06

2.00 Yellow cards 2.00

0.84 1st-half goals scored 0.28

0.74 1st-half goals conceded 0.72

How often Full Time

47% Wins 17%

21% Draws 22%

32% Losses 61%

95% Over 0.5 goals 83%

79% Over 1.5 goals 72%

42% Over 2.5 goals 56%

26% Over 3.5 goals 28%

21% Over 4.5 goals 11%

5% Over 5.5 goals 6%

58% Both teams scored 39%

37% Clean sheets 28%

11% Failed to score 50%

How often Half Time

32% Wins 17%

42% Draws 44%

26% Losses 39%

79% Over 0.5 goals 67%

37% Over 1.5 goals 28%

21% Over 2.5 goals 6%

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

Reading at home

1

3

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2

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2

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1

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1

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2

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2

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2

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1

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Cambridge away

1

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2

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4

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6

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Last 10 matches before this match

Reading all matches

Date	Match	Score	1	X	2	O	U
12.03.24	Derby – Reading	2–1 (0–0)	1.70	3.60	5.25	1.98	1.88
09.03.24	Reading – Wycombe	1–2 (0–1)	2.15	3.50	3.20	1.95	1.90
02.03.24	Carlisle – Reading	1–3 (0–2)	3.40	3.50	2.10	2.00	1.85
24.02.24	Reading – Shrewsbury	2–3 (2–3)	1.85	3.60	4.33	2.00	1.85
20.02.24	Reading – Port Vale	2–0 (0–0)	1.80	3.75	4.33	1.85	2.00
17.02.24	Portsmouth – Reading	4–1 (1–0)	1.57	4.00	6.00	1.67	2.15
13.02.24	Fleetwood Town – Reading	1–1 (0–0)	2.88	3.50	2.45	1.80	2.03
10.02.24	Reading – Charlton	2–0 (0–0)	2.25	3.50	3.20	1.75	2.05
06.02.24	Stevenage – Reading	0–1 (0–1)	1.67	3.80	5.25	1.93	1.93
03.02.24	Oxford – Reading	1–1 (1–0)	1.85	3.75	4.00	1.75	2.05

Cambridge all matches

Date	Match	Score	1	X	2	O	U
12.03.24	Lincoln – Cambridge	6–0 (2–0)	1.65	3.60	5.75	2.35	1.57
09.03.24	Cambridge – Northampton	1–1 (1–0)	2.10	3.40	3.60	2.15	1.67
02.03.24	Bolton – Cambridge	2–0 (1–0)	1.55	4.00	6.00	1.93	1.93
27.02.24	Stevenage – Cambridge	1–0 (1–0)	1.67	3.80	5.50	2.15	1.67
24.02.24	Cambridge – Peterboro	0–1 (0–0)	3.75	3.80	1.91	1.75	2.05
20.02.24	Cambridge – Bolton	1–2 (1–0)	3.10	3.30	2.38	2.15	1.67
17.02.24	Carlisle – Cambridge	0–4 (0–1)	2.90	3.10	2.55	2.25	1.62
13.02.24	Portsmouth – Cambridge	3–1 (1–1)	1.44	4.33	8.00	1.88	1.98
10.02.24	Cambridge – Cheltenham	0–1 (0–0)	2.20	3.30	3.40	2.10	1.70
03.02.24	Shrewsbury – Cambridge	1–2 (1–1)	2.50	3.30	2.88	2.40	1.53

Reading at home

Date	Match	Score	1	X	2	O	U
09.03.24	Reading – Wycombe	1–2 (0–1)	2.15	3.50	3.20	1.95	1.90
24.02.24	Reading – Shrewsbury	2–3 (2–3)	1.85	3.60	4.33	2.00	1.85
20.02.24	Reading – Port Vale	2–0 (0–0)	1.80	3.75	4.33	1.85	2.00
10.02.24	Reading – Charlton	2–0 (0–0)	2.25	3.50	3.20	1.75	2.05
27.01.24	Reading – Leyton Orient	1–1 (1–1)	2.55	3.40	2.75	2.05	1.75
23.01.24	Reading – Derby	1–0 (0–0)	4.00	3.80	1.85	1.73	2.08
01.01.24	Reading – Exeter	3–2 (2–1)	1.83	3.50	4.50	1.90	1.95
23.12.23	Reading – Wigan	2–0 (1–0)	2.10	3.40	3.60	1.93	1.93
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

Cambridge away

Date	Match	Score	1	X	2	O	U
12.03.24	Lincoln – Cambridge	6–0 (2–0)	1.65	3.60	5.75	2.35	1.57
02.03.24	Bolton – Cambridge	2–0 (1–0)	1.55	4.00	6.00	1.93	1.93
27.02.24	Stevenage – Cambridge	1–0 (1–0)	1.67	3.80	5.50	2.15	1.67
17.02.24	Carlisle – Cambridge	0–4 (0–1)	2.90	3.10	2.55	2.25	1.62
13.02.24	Portsmouth – Cambridge	3–1 (1–1)	1.44	4.33	8.00	1.88	1.98
03.02.24	Shrewsbury – Cambridge	1–2 (1–1)	2.50	3.30	2.88	2.40	1.53
20.01.24	Exeter – Cambridge	0–0 (0–0)	2.30	3.25	3.20	2.20	1.65
26.12.23	Oxford – Cambridge	2–1 (0–1)	1.73	3.80	4.75	2.00	1.85
09.12.23	Charlton – Cambridge	2–2 (0–0)	1.62	3.75	5.50	1.83	2.03
25.11.23	Northampton – Cambridge	2–1 (0–0)	2.00	3.40	3.80	2.10	1.70

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

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Reading winsDrawsCambridge wins

1matches

1.00goals / match

0%over 2.5

0%both scored

Date	Match	Score	1	X	2	O	U
04.09.23E2	Cambridge – Reading	1–0 (0–0)	2.40	3.40	2.90	2.10	1.70

England League One table 2023/2024, before this match

All matches – league table
#	Team	MP	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Portsmouth	38	23	11	4	62	32	+30	80
2	Derby	38	23	6	9	68	34	+34	75
3	Bolton	38	22	8	8	71	42	+29	74
4	Peterboro	37	21	8	8	74	45	+29	71
5	Barnsley	37	20	10	7	70	48	+22	70
6	Stevenage	37	17	10	10	49	37	+12	61
7	Blackpool	38	17	9	12	57	41	+16	60
8	Oxford	38	17	9	12	60	52	+8	60
9	Lincoln	38	15	13	10	51	33	+18	58
10	Wigan	38	16	7	15	52	48	+4	55
11	Leyton Orient	38	15	10	13	43	44	-1	55
12	Bristol Rvs	37	14	8	15	48	52	-4	50
13	Northampton	38	14	8	16	50	58	-8	50
14	Wycombe	37	12	11	14	48	49	-1	47
15	Reading	38	12	9	17	51	57	-6	45
16	Charlton	38	10	14	14	56	57	-1	44
17	Exeter	38	12	8	18	32	52	-20	44
18	Shrewsbury	38	12	5	21	28	55	-27	41
19	Burton	37	10	9	18	31	49	-18	39
20	Cambridge	37	10	9	18	32	51	-19	39
21	Cheltenham	36	9	7	20	30	50	-20	34
22	Fleetwood Town	38	7	12	19	40	60	-20	33
23	Port Vale	36	8	9	19	35	59	-24	33
24	Carlisle	37	5	8	24	33	66	-33	23

Home – league table
#	Team	MP	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Portsmouth	19	13	4	2	34	20	+14	43
2	Bolton	19	13	3	3	42	22	+20	42
3	Blackpool	19	11	5	3	38	17	+21	38
4	Peterboro	18	11	4	3	44	20	+24	37
5	Derby	19	11	4	4	34	18	+16	37
6	Wigan	19	11	2	6	26	17	+9	35
7	Oxford	19	9	6	4	34	22	+12	33
8	Lincoln	19	8	7	4	29	13	+16	31
9	Reading	19	9	4	6	30	21	+9	31
10	Stevenage	18	8	7	3	22	14	+8	31
11	Barnsley	19	9	4	6	35	28	+7	31
12	Northampton	19	8	5	6	25	21	+4	29
13	Leyton Orient	19	8	4	7	20	25	-5	28
14	Wycombe	19	7	6	6	27	25	+2	27
15	Charlton	19	7	5	7	32	27	+5	26
16	Bristol Rvs	18	7	5	6	26	23	+3	26
17	Cambridge	19	7	5	7	17	20	-3	26
18	Shrewsbury	19	7	2	10	16	25	-9	23
19	Burton	18	6	4	8	17	21	-4	22
20	Exeter	19	5	7	7	13	19	-6	22
21	Cheltenham	18	6	4	8	19	26	-7	22
22	Port Vale	18	5	3	10	22	26	-4	18
23	Fleetwood Town	19	4	4	11	19	30	-11	16
24	Carlisle	19	3	5	11	17	33	-16	14

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

Reading Cambridge

Under / Over goals 2023/2024, before this match

All matches – Under/Over goals
#
1	8	Oxford	38	12	26	1.6	1.4	17	9	12	60	52	60
2	4	Peterboro	37	12	25	2.0	1.2	21	8	8	74	45	71
3	5	Barnsley	37	13	24	1.9	1.3	20	10	7	70	48	70
4	2	Derby	38	15	23	1.8	0.9	23	6	9	68	34	75
5	13	Northampton	38	16	22	1.3	1.5	14	8	16	50	58	50
6	16	Charlton	38	16	22	1.5	1.5	10	14	14	56	57	44
7	1	Portsmouth	38	17	21	1.6	0.8	23	11	4	62	32	80
8	3	Bolton	38	17	21	1.9	1.1	22	8	8	71	42	74
9	12	Bristol Rvs	37	16	21	1.3	1.4	14	8	15	48	52	50
10	15	Reading	38	18	20	1.3	1.5	12	9	17	51	57	45
11	22	Fleetwood Town	38	18	20	1.1	1.6	7	12	19	40	60	33
12	7	Blackpool	38	19	19	1.5	1.1	17	9	12	57	41	60
13	6	Stevenage	37	19	18	1.3	1.0	17	10	10	49	37	61
14	14	Wycombe	37	19	18	1.3	1.3	12	11	14	48	49	47
15	23	Port Vale	36	18	18	1.0	1.6	8	9	19	35	59	33
16	10	Wigan	38	21	17	1.4	1.3	16	7	15	52	48	55
17	24	Carlisle	37	20	17	0.9	1.8	5	8	24	33	66	23
18	11	Leyton Orient	38	22	16	1.1	1.2	15	10	13	43	44	55
19	17	Exeter	38	22	16	0.8	1.4	12	8	18	32	52	44
20	20	Cambridge	37	21	16	0.9	1.4	10	9	18	32	51	39
21	18	Shrewsbury	38	23	15	0.7	1.4	12	5	21	28	55	41
22	19	Burton	37	22	15	0.8	1.3	10	9	18	31	49	39
23	9	Lincoln	38	24	14	1.3	0.9	15	13	10	51	33	58
24	21	Cheltenham	36	22	14	0.8	1.4	9	7	20	30	50	34

Home – Under/Over goals
#
1	4	Peterboro	18	4	14	2.4	1.1	11	4	3	44	20	37
2	5	Barnsley	19	5	14	1.8	1.5	9	4	6	35	28	31
3	8	Oxford	19	5	14	1.8	1.2	9	6	4	34	22	33
4	3	Bolton	19	6	13	2.2	1.2	13	3	3	42	22	42
5	16	Charlton	19	6	13	1.7	1.4	7	5	7	32	27	26
6	1	Portsmouth	19	7	12	1.8	1.1	13	4	2	34	20	43
7	2	Derby	19	7	12	1.8	0.9	11	4	4	34	18	37
8	7	Blackpool	19	8	11	2.0	0.9	11	5	3	38	17	38
9	12	Bristol Rvs	18	7	11	1.4	1.3	7	5	6	26	23	26
10	13	Northampton	19	10	9	1.3	1.1	8	5	6	25	21	29
11	22	Fleetwood Town	19	10	9	1.0	1.6	4	4	11	19	30	16
12	23	Port Vale	18	9	9	1.2	1.4	5	3	10	22	26	18
13	9	Lincoln	19	11	8	1.5	0.7	8	7	4	29	13	31
14	10	Wigan	19	11	8	1.4	0.9	11	2	6	26	17	35
15	11	Leyton Orient	19	11	8	1.1	1.3	8	4	7	20	25	28
16	14	Wycombe	19	11	8	1.4	1.3	7	6	6	27	25	27
17	15	Reading	19	11	8	1.6	1.1	9	4	6	30	21	31
18	18	Shrewsbury	19	11	8	0.8	1.3	7	2	10	16	25	23
19	21	Cheltenham	18	10	8	1.1	1.4	6	4	8	19	26	22
20	24	Carlisle	19	11	8	0.9	1.7	3	5	11	17	33	14
21	6	Stevenage	18	12	6	1.2	0.8	8	7	3	22	14	31
22	17	Exeter	19	13	6	0.7	1.0	5	7	7	13	19	22
23	19	Burton	18	12	6	0.9	1.2	6	4	8	17	21	22
24	20	Cambridge	19	13	6	0.9	1.1	7	5	7	17	20	26

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

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.