Reading 0–1 Lincoln – England League One, 18 Apr 2025

Match facts

Reading Lincoln

14 Shots 11

2 Shots on target 5

3 Corners 9

12 Fouls 19

4 Yellow cards 4

0 Red cards 0

Our pre-match prediction

✗ Result missed ✓ Goals correct ✗ BTTS missed Calculated after the match, using only matches played before kick-off (501 league matches this season so far).

Result Reading to win

Goals Under 2.5

Both teams score Yes fair 1.90

Expected goals 1.51 – 1.12

Home / Draw / Away

46% 26% 28%

ReadingDrawLincoln

Under / Over 2.5 goals

51% 49%

Under 2.5Over 2.5

Both teams to score

47% 53%

NoYes

Total goals in the match

7% 0

19% 1

25% 2

22% 3

14% 4

13% 5+

Most likely scores

1–1 12.2% 1–0 10.9% 2–1 9.2%

Statistics 2024/2025, before this match

Reading before this match, all matches

1.64points / match

1.40scored / match

1.21conceded / match

19 12 11

WonDrawnLost 42 played · 59:51

Lincoln before this match, all matches

1.31points / match

1.36scored / match

1.17conceded / match

14 13 15

WonDrawnLost 42 played · 57:49

Reading all matches all matches Lincoln

Per match

1.40 Goals scored 1.36

1.21 Goals conceded 1.17

2.62 Total goals 2.52

11.33 Shots 10.67

3.98 Shots on target 3.76

13.43 Shots faced 9.36

4.17 Corners 5.17

6.17 Corners against 4.24

11.43 Fouls 13.17

1.50 Yellow cards 1.86

0.57 1st-half goals scored 0.62

0.57 1st-half goals conceded 0.50

How often Full Time

45% Wins 33%

29% Draws 31%

26% Losses 36%

88% Over 0.5 goals 88%

79% Over 1.5 goals 67%

52% Over 2.5 goals 45%

26% Over 3.5 goals 26%

12% Over 4.5 goals 19%

2% Over 5.5 goals 5%

57% Both teams scored 50%

29% Clean sheets 29%

26% Failed to score 33%

How often Half Time

33% Wins 29%

40% Draws 48%

26% Losses 24%

67% Over 0.5 goals 67%

33% Over 1.5 goals 31%

7% Over 2.5 goals 10%

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

Reading all matches

2

1

W

D

1

D

2

W

1

D

3

1

W

3

L

1

W

3

1

W

D

Lincoln all matches

1

L

3

4

L

4

1

W

1

L

5

W

D

1

L

1

W

2

D

1

D

Reading before this match, at home

2.19points / match

1.67scored / match

0.76conceded / match

14 4 3

WonDrawnLost 21 played · 35:16

Lincoln before this match, away

1.05points / match

1.14scored / match

1.38conceded / match

5 7 9

WonDrawnLost 21 played · 24:29

Reading at home away Lincoln

Per match

1.67 Goals scored 1.14

0.76 Goals conceded 1.38

2.43 Total goals 2.52

11.29 Shots 9.00

4.33 Shots on target 3.10

12.95 Shots faced 10.43

3.81 Corners 4.38

5.86 Corners against 4.67

11.43 Fouls 13.95

1.48 Yellow cards 2.19

0.57 1st-half goals scored 0.48

0.38 1st-half goals conceded 0.52

How often Full Time

67% Wins 24%

19% Draws 33%

14% Losses 43%

90% Over 0.5 goals 95%

71% Over 1.5 goals 67%

48% Over 2.5 goals 43%

24% Over 3.5 goals 24%

10% Over 4.5 goals 14%

0% Over 5.5 goals 5%

48% Both teams scored 48%

43% Clean sheets 24%

19% Failed to score 33%

How often Half Time

33% Wins 29%

52% Draws 38%

14% Losses 33%

57% Over 0.5 goals 67%

33% Over 1.5 goals 19%

5% Over 2.5 goals 10%

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

Reading at home

1

3

L

1

W

1

D

2

1

W

D

2

W

1

D

3

1

W

1

W

Lincoln away

1

L

3

L

1

W

1

D

2

3

L

3

W

3

4

L

1

L

1

L

2

D

Last 10 matches before this match

Reading all matches

Date	Match	Score	1	X	2	O	U
12.04.25	Northampton – Reading	0–0 (0–0)	2.30	3.40	2.90	1.88	1.98
08.04.25	Shrewsbury – Reading	1–3 (0–1)	3.60	3.40	2.01	2.05	1.75
05.04.25	Reading – Wycombe	1–0 (0–0)	3.90	3.50	1.85	1.98	1.88
01.04.25	Blackpool – Reading	3–0 (0–0)	1.75	3.75	4.33	1.80	2.00
29.03.25	Reading – Peterboro	3–1 (1–0)	2.50	3.50	2.63	1.67	2.15
15.03.25	Reading – Stevenage	1–1 (0–0)	2.30	3.50	2.90	2.15	1.67
11.03.25	Reading – Wrexham	2–0 (0–0)	3.00	3.40	2.20	1.98	1.88
08.03.25	Crawley Town – Reading	1–1 (0–1)	2.38	3.60	2.70	1.65	2.20
04.03.25	Reading – Exeter	0–0 (0–0)	1.73	3.80	4.50	1.90	1.95
01.03.25	Wigan – Reading	1–2 (0–0)	1.91	3.60	3.80	2.05	1.75

Lincoln all matches

Date	Match	Score	1	X	2	O	U
12.04.25	Lincoln – Shrewsbury	1–1 (1–1)	1.48	3.90	7.00	2.15	1.67
05.04.25	Charlton – Lincoln	2–2 (0–1)	1.80	3.50	4.75	2.25	1.62
01.04.25	Lincoln – Huddersfield	1–0 (1–0)	2.38	3.20	2.90	2.25	1.62
29.03.25	Wycombe – Lincoln	1–0 (0–0)	1.95	3.25	4.00	2.15	1.67
22.03.25	Lincoln – Exeter	0–0 (0–0)	1.75	3.50	4.50	2.20	1.65
15.03.25	Lincoln – Bristol Rvs	5–0 (1–0)	1.53	4.10	6.00	2.00	1.85
08.03.25	Birmingham – Lincoln	1–0 (0–0)	1.50	3.80	6.50	2.08	1.73
04.03.25	Lincoln – Crawley Town	4–1 (3–1)	1.71	3.40	4.75	2.05	1.75
01.03.25	Barnsley – Lincoln	4–3 (2–0)	2.00	3.40	3.60	2.00	1.85
22.02.25	Lincoln – Burton	0–1 (0–0)	1.83	3.40	4.33	2.15	1.67

Reading at home

Date	Match	Score	1	X	2	O	U
05.04.25	Reading – Wycombe	1–0 (0–0)	3.90	3.50	1.85	1.98	1.88
29.03.25	Reading – Peterboro	3–1 (1–0)	2.50	3.50	2.63	1.67	2.15
15.03.25	Reading – Stevenage	1–1 (0–0)	2.30	3.50	2.90	2.15	1.67
11.03.25	Reading – Wrexham	2–0 (0–0)	3.00	3.40	2.20	1.98	1.88
04.03.25	Reading – Exeter	0–0 (0–0)	1.73	3.80	4.50	1.90	1.95
22.02.25	Reading – Birmingham	0–0 (0–0)	7.00	4.33	1.42	1.73	2.08
15.02.25	Reading – Rotherham	2–1 (1–0)	2.90	3.30	2.30	1.93	1.93
11.02.25	Reading – Shrewsbury	1–1 (1–0)	2.15	3.10	3.50	2.10	1.70
01.02.25	Reading – Bolton	1–0 (0–0)	3.30	3.60	2.05	1.70	2.10
18.01.25	Reading – Stockport	1–3 (0–2)	3.20	3.30	2.20	1.95	1.90

Lincoln away

Date	Match	Score	1	X	2	O	U
05.04.25	Charlton – Lincoln	2–2 (0–1)	1.80	3.50	4.75	2.25	1.62
29.03.25	Wycombe – Lincoln	1–0 (0–0)	1.95	3.25	4.00	2.15	1.67
08.03.25	Birmingham – Lincoln	1–0 (0–0)	1.50	3.80	6.50	2.08	1.73
01.03.25	Barnsley – Lincoln	4–3 (2–0)	2.00	3.40	3.60	2.00	1.85
18.02.25	Mansfield – Lincoln	0–3 (0–1)	2.45	3.25	2.80	2.35	1.57
15.02.25	Leyton Orient – Lincoln	3–2 (2–1)	1.83	3.60	4.00	2.30	1.60
01.02.25	Wigan – Lincoln	1–1 (1–0)	2.70	3.00	2.88	2.70	1.44
18.01.25	Northampton – Lincoln	0–1 (0–1)	4.00	3.25	1.95	2.20	1.65
29.12.24	Bolton – Lincoln	3–0 (1–0)	2.10	3.40	3.40	2.05	1.80
26.12.24	Shrewsbury – Lincoln	1–0 (1–0)	4.20	3.60	1.80	2.05	1.75

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

2 1

Reading winsDrawsLincoln wins

3matches

2.00goals / match

0%over 2.5

67%both scored

Date	Match	Score	1	X	2	O	U
21.12.24E2	Lincoln – Reading	2–0 (1–0)	1.75	3.70	4.33	1.85	2.00
06.04.24E2	Reading – Lincoln	1–1 (0–0)	2.80	3.40	2.50	1.98	1.88
16.12.23E2	Lincoln – Reading	1–1 (1–0)	2.20	3.30	3.40	2.08	1.73

England League One table 2024/2025, before this match

All matches – league table
#	Team	MP	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Birmingham	40	29	8	3	73	29	+44	95
2	Wrexham	42	24	10	8	59	32	+27	82
3	Wycombe	42	23	12	7	67	37	+30	81
4	Stockport	42	22	11	9	63	37	+26	77
5	Charlton	42	22	10	10	58	38	+20	76
6	Reading	42	19	12	11	59	51	+8	69
7	Leyton Orient	42	20	6	16	61	43	+18	66
8	Bolton	42	20	6	16	63	62	+1	66
9	Huddersfield	42	19	7	16	54	44	+10	64
10	Blackpool	41	15	15	11	63	53	+10	60
11	Barnsley	42	16	9	17	60	64	-4	57
12	Lincoln	42	14	13	15	57	49	+8	55
13	Rotherham	42	15	9	18	48	53	-5	54
14	Exeter	43	14	11	18	45	58	-13	53
15	Stevenage	41	14	10	17	38	44	-6	52
16	Peterboro	41	13	9	19	62	72	-10	48
17	Wigan	41	11	14	16	35	39	-4	47
18	Mansfield	41	13	8	20	49	59	-10	47
19	Northampton	42	11	14	17	42	59	-17	47
20	Burton	42	10	13	19	44	59	-15	43
21	Bristol Rvs	42	12	6	24	42	68	-26	42
22	Crawley Town	42	9	9	24	49	81	-32	36
23	Cambridge	42	8	11	23	40	66	-26	35
24	Shrewsbury	42	7	9	26	37	71	-34	30

Home – league table
#	Team	MP	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Birmingham	21	18	3	0	43	11	+32	57
2	Wrexham	21	15	4	2	37	14	+23	49
3	Reading	21	14	4	3	35	16	+19	46
4	Stockport	21	14	4	3	37	19	+18	46
5	Charlton	21	13	6	2	33	14	+19	45
6	Wycombe	21	12	6	3	26	11	+15	42
7	Bolton	21	11	3	7	35	29	+6	36
8	Leyton Orient	21	10	4	7	28	16	+12	34
9	Huddersfield	21	10	4	7	25	18	+7	34
10	Rotherham	21	10	4	7	30	26	+4	34
11	Lincoln	21	9	6	6	33	20	+13	33
12	Stevenage	20	9	4	7	26	21	+5	31
13	Bristol Rvs	21	9	4	8	31	30	+1	31
14	Blackpool	20	6	11	3	30	24	+6	29
15	Peterboro	21	8	5	8	36	34	+2	29
16	Exeter	22	7	6	9	27	32	-5	27
17	Barnsley	21	6	7	8	31	33	-2	25
18	Wigan	21	6	6	9	18	22	-4	24
19	Northampton	21	6	6	9	19	29	-10	24
20	Mansfield	20	6	4	10	22	27	-5	22
21	Cambridge	21	5	6	10	23	29	-6	21
22	Crawley Town	21	5	6	10	25	34	-9	21
23	Burton	20	5	5	10	26	30	-4	20
24	Shrewsbury	21	5	3	13	19	34	-15	18

Away – league table
#	Team	MP	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Wycombe	21	11	6	4	41	26	+15	39
2	Birmingham	19	11	5	3	30	18	+12	38
3	Wrexham	21	9	6	6	22	18	+4	33
4	Leyton Orient	21	10	2	9	33	27	+6	32
5	Barnsley	21	10	2	9	29	31	-2	32
6	Stockport	21	8	7	6	26	18	+8	31
7	Blackpool	21	9	4	8	33	29	+4	31
8	Charlton	21	9	4	8	25	24	+1	31
9	Huddersfield	21	9	3	9	29	26	+3	30
10	Bolton	21	9	3	9	28	33	-5	30
11	Exeter	21	7	5	9	18	26	-8	26
12	Mansfield	21	7	4	10	27	32	-5	25
13	Wigan	20	5	8	7	17	17	0	23
14	Northampton	21	5	8	8	23	30	-7	23
15	Reading	21	5	8	8	24	35	-11	23
16	Burton	22	5	8	9	18	29	-11	23
17	Lincoln	21	5	7	9	24	29	-5	22
18	Stevenage	21	5	6	10	12	23	-11	21
19	Rotherham	21	5	5	11	18	27	-9	20
20	Peterboro	20	5	4	11	26	38	-12	19
21	Crawley Town	21	4	3	14	24	47	-23	15
22	Cambridge	21	3	5	13	17	37	-20	14
23	Shrewsbury	21	2	6	13	18	37	-19	12
24	Bristol Rvs	21	3	2	16	11	38	-27	11

Reading Lincoln

Under / Over goals 2024/2025, before this match

All matches – Under/Over goals
#
1	11	Barnsley	42	13	29	1.4	1.5	16	9	17	60	64	57
2	10	Blackpool	41	14	27	1.5	1.3	15	15	11	63	53	60
3	16	Peterboro	41	14	27	1.5	1.8	13	9	19	62	72	48
4	8	Bolton	42	16	26	1.5	1.5	20	6	16	63	62	66
5	18	Mansfield	41	17	24	1.2	1.4	13	8	20	49	59	47
6	7	Leyton Orient	42	19	23	1.5	1.0	20	6	16	61	43	66
7	22	Crawley Town	42	19	23	1.2	1.9	9	9	24	49	81	36
8	6	Reading	42	20	22	1.4	1.2	19	12	11	59	51	69
9	20	Burton	42	21	21	1.0	1.4	10	13	19	44	59	43
10	21	Bristol Rvs	42	21	21	1.0	1.6	12	6	24	42	68	42
11	3	Wycombe	42	22	20	1.6	0.9	23	12	7	67	37	81
12	5	Charlton	42	22	20	1.4	0.9	22	10	10	58	38	76
13	9	Huddersfield	42	22	20	1.3	1.0	19	7	16	54	44	64
14	2	Wrexham	42	23	19	1.4	0.8	24	10	8	59	32	82
15	12	Lincoln	42	23	19	1.4	1.2	14	13	15	57	49	55
16	19	Northampton	42	23	19	1.0	1.4	11	14	17	42	59	47
17	13	Rotherham	42	24	18	1.1	1.3	15	9	18	48	53	54
18	14	Exeter	43	25	18	1.0	1.3	14	11	18	45	58	53
19	24	Shrewsbury	42	24	18	0.9	1.7	7	9	26	37	71	30
20	1	Birmingham	40	23	17	1.8	0.7	29	8	3	73	29	95
21	4	Stockport	42	26	16	1.5	0.9	22	11	9	63	37	77
22	23	Cambridge	42	26	16	1.0	1.6	8	11	23	40	66	35
23	15	Stevenage	41	26	15	0.9	1.1	14	10	17	38	44	52
24	17	Wigan	41	27	14	0.9	1.0	11	14	16	35	39	47

Home – Under/Over goals
#
1	11	Barnsley	21	6	15	1.5	1.6	6	7	8	31	33	25
2	8	Bolton	21	7	14	1.7	1.4	11	3	7	35	29	36
3	10	Blackpool	20	6	14	1.5	1.2	6	11	3	30	24	29
4	16	Peterboro	21	8	13	1.7	1.6	8	5	8	36	34	29
5	2	Wrexham	21	9	12	1.8	0.7	15	4	2	37	14	49
6	13	Rotherham	21	9	12	1.4	1.2	10	4	7	30	26	34
7	20	Burton	20	8	12	1.3	1.5	5	5	10	26	30	20
8	21	Bristol Rvs	21	9	12	1.5	1.4	9	4	8	31	30	31
9	4	Stockport	21	10	11	1.8	0.9	14	4	3	37	19	46
10	18	Mansfield	20	9	11	1.1	1.4	6	4	10	22	27	22
11	5	Charlton	21	11	10	1.6	0.7	13	6	2	33	14	45
12	6	Reading	21	11	10	1.7	0.8	14	4	3	35	16	46
13	7	Leyton Orient	21	11	10	1.3	0.8	10	4	7	28	16	34
14	12	Lincoln	21	11	10	1.6	1.0	9	6	6	33	20	33
15	14	Exeter	22	13	9	1.2	1.5	7	6	9	27	32	27
16	15	Stevenage	20	11	9	1.3	1.1	9	4	7	26	21	31
17	19	Northampton	21	12	9	0.9	1.4	6	6	9	19	29	24
18	22	Crawley Town	21	12	9	1.2	1.6	5	6	10	25	34	21
19	24	Shrewsbury	21	12	9	0.9	1.6	5	3	13	19	34	18
20	1	Birmingham	21	13	8	2.0	0.5	18	3	0	43	11	57
21	17	Wigan	21	13	8	0.9	1.0	6	6	9	18	22	24
22	9	Huddersfield	21	14	7	1.2	0.9	10	4	7	25	18	34
23	3	Wycombe	21	15	6	1.2	0.5	12	6	3	26	11	42
24	23	Cambridge	21	15	6	1.1	1.4	5	6	10	23	29	21

Away – Under/Over goals
#
1	3	Wycombe	21	7	14	2.0	1.2	11	6	4	41	26	39
2	11	Barnsley	21	7	14	1.4	1.5	10	2	9	29	31	32
3	16	Peterboro	20	6	14	1.3	1.9	5	4	11	26	38	19
4	22	Crawley Town	21	7	14	1.1	2.2	4	3	14	24	47	15
5	7	Leyton Orient	21	8	13	1.6	1.3	10	2	9	33	27	32
6	9	Huddersfield	21	8	13	1.4	1.2	9	3	9	29	26	30
7	10	Blackpool	21	8	13	1.6	1.4	9	4	8	33	29	31
8	18	Mansfield	21	8	13	1.3	1.5	7	4	10	27	32	25
9	6	Reading	21	9	12	1.1	1.7	5	8	8	24	35	23
10	8	Bolton	21	9	12	1.3	1.6	9	3	9	28	33	30
11	5	Charlton	21	11	10	1.2	1.1	9	4	8	25	24	31
12	19	Northampton	21	11	10	1.1	1.4	5	8	8	23	30	23
13	23	Cambridge	21	11	10	0.8	1.8	3	5	13	17	37	14
14	1	Birmingham	19	10	9	1.6	0.9	11	5	3	30	18	38
15	12	Lincoln	21	12	9	1.1	1.4	5	7	9	24	29	22
16	14	Exeter	21	12	9	0.9	1.2	7	5	9	18	26	26
17	20	Burton	22	13	9	0.8	1.3	5	8	9	18	29	23
18	21	Bristol Rvs	21	12	9	0.5	1.8	3	2	16	11	38	11
19	24	Shrewsbury	21	12	9	0.9	1.8	2	6	13	18	37	12
20	2	Wrexham	21	14	7	1.0	0.9	9	6	6	22	18	33
21	13	Rotherham	21	15	6	0.9	1.3	5	5	11	18	27	20
22	15	Stevenage	21	15	6	0.6	1.1	5	6	10	12	23	21
23	17	Wigan	20	14	6	0.8	0.8	5	8	7	17	17	23
24	4	Stockport	21	16	5	1.2	0.9	8	7	6	26	18	31

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.