Reading 2–4 Barnsley – England League One, 3 May 2025

Match facts

Reading Barnsley

8 Shots 12

4 Shots on target 9

5 Corners 3

9 Fouls 10

1 Yellow cards 2

0 Red cards 0

Our pre-match prediction

✗ Result missed ✓ Goals correct ✓ BTTS correct Calculated after the match, using only matches played before kick-off (540 league matches this season so far).

Result Reading to win

Goals Over 2.5

Both teams score Yes fair 1.72

Expected goals 1.78 – 1.20

Home / Draw / Away

51% 23% 26%

ReadingDrawBarnsley

Under / Over 2.5 goals

43% 57%

Under 2.5Over 2.5

Both teams to score

42% 58%

NoYes

Total goals in the match

5% 0

15% 1

23% 2

22% 3

17% 4

18% 5+

Most likely scores

1–1 10.9% 2–1 9.7% 1–0 9%

Statistics 2024/2025, before this match

Reading before this match, all matches

1.67points / match

1.47scored / match

1.18conceded / match

21 12 12

WonDrawnLost 45 played · 66:53

Barnsley before this match, all matches

1.29points / match

1.44scored / match

1.58conceded / match

16 10 19

WonDrawnLost 45 played · 65:71

Reading all matches all matches Barnsley

Per match

1.47 Goals scored 1.44

1.18 Goals conceded 1.58

2.64 Total goals 3.02

11.33 Shots 13.02

4.00 Shots on target 4.93

13.47 Shots faced 11.27

4.16 Corners 5.80

6.16 Corners against 5.29

11.47 Fouls 11.07

1.53 Yellow cards 1.87

0.56 1st-half goals scored 0.67

0.53 1st-half goals conceded 0.42

How often Full Time

47% Wins 36%

27% Draws 22%

27% Losses 42%

89% Over 0.5 goals 98%

78% Over 1.5 goals 87%

51% Over 2.5 goals 69%

27% Over 3.5 goals 24%

13% Over 4.5 goals 9%

4% Over 5.5 goals 7%

56% Both teams scored 69%

29% Clean sheets 13%

27% Failed to score 20%

How often Half Time

33% Wins 42%

42% Draws 31%

24% Losses 27%

64% Over 0.5 goals 78%

31% Over 1.5 goals 27%

7% Over 2.5 goals 4%

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

Reading all matches

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Barnsley all matches

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Reading before this match, at home

2.09points / match

1.59scored / match

0.77conceded / match

14 4 4

WonDrawnLost 22 played · 35:17

Barnsley before this match, away

1.45points / match

1.45scored / match

1.59conceded / match

10 2 10

WonDrawnLost 22 played · 32:35

Reading at home away Barnsley

Per match

1.59 Goals scored 1.45

0.77 Goals conceded 1.59

2.36 Total goals 3.05

11.41 Shots 10.95

4.23 Shots on target 4.55

12.86 Shots faced 11.91

3.77 Corners 5.41

6.00 Corners against 5.64

11.45 Fouls 11.55

1.59 Yellow cards 1.86

0.55 1st-half goals scored 0.64

0.36 1st-half goals conceded 0.41

How often Full Time

64% Wins 45%

18% Draws 9%

18% Losses 45%

91% Over 0.5 goals 100%

68% Over 1.5 goals 86%

45% Over 2.5 goals 68%

23% Over 3.5 goals 18%

9% Over 4.5 goals 9%

0% Over 5.5 goals 9%

45% Both teams scored 68%

41% Clean sheets 14%

23% Failed to score 18%

How often Half Time

32% Wins 41%

55% Draws 32%

14% Losses 27%

55% Over 0.5 goals 77%

32% Over 1.5 goals 23%

5% Over 2.5 goals 5%

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

Reading at home

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Barnsley away

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Last 10 matches before this match

Reading all matches

Date	Match	Score	1	X	2	O	U
26.04.25	Bristol Rvs – Reading	0–2 (0–0)	3.00	3.50	2.20	1.80	2.00
21.04.25	Mansfield – Reading	1–5 (0–1)	2.10	3.50	3.25	1.73	2.08
18.04.25	Reading – Lincoln	0–1 (0–0)	2.20	3.50	3.10	2.05	1.80
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

Barnsley all matches

Date	Match	Score	1	X	2	O	U
26.04.25	Barnsley – Shrewsbury	1–2 (0–1)	1.53	4.10	5.50	1.62	2.25
21.04.25	Barnsley – Peterboro	1–1 (1–1)	2.30	3.50	2.90	1.44	2.70
18.04.25	Leyton Orient – Barnsley	4–3 (0–2)	1.67	3.80	5.00	1.65	2.20
12.04.25	Barnsley – Bolton	4–1 (2–0)	3.30	3.75	2.00	1.70	2.10
05.04.25	Birmingham – Barnsley	6–2 (1–1)	1.33	5.00	7.50	1.60	2.30
01.04.25	Barnsley – Exeter	1–2 (0–1)	1.90	3.50	3.90	1.80	2.00
29.03.25	Wigan – Barnsley	1–1 (0–1)	2.40	3.40	2.90	2.08	1.73
22.03.25	Barnsley – Cambridge	1–1 (0–1)	1.67	4.00	4.50	1.73	2.08
15.03.25	Mansfield – Barnsley	2–1 (1–0)	2.45	3.60	2.63	1.80	2.00
08.03.25	Barnsley – Blackpool	0–3 (0–0)	2.25	3.40	3.00	1.75	2.05

Reading at home

Date	Match	Score	1	X	2	O	U
18.04.25	Reading – Lincoln	0–1 (0–0)	2.20	3.50	3.10	2.05	1.80
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

Barnsley away

Date	Match	Score	1	X	2	O	U
18.04.25	Leyton Orient – Barnsley	4–3 (0–2)	1.67	3.80	5.00	1.65	2.20
05.04.25	Birmingham – Barnsley	6–2 (1–1)	1.33	5.00	7.50	1.60	2.30
29.03.25	Wigan – Barnsley	1–1 (0–1)	2.40	3.40	2.90	2.08	1.73
15.03.25	Mansfield – Barnsley	2–1 (1–0)	2.45	3.60	2.63	1.80	2.00
04.03.25	Charlton – Barnsley	1–0 (1–0)	1.75	3.50	4.75	1.98	1.88
25.02.25	Northampton – Barnsley	1–2 (0–1)	3.40	3.50	2.00	1.95	1.90
22.02.25	Rotherham – Barnsley	0–1 (0–0)	2.40	3.30	2.80	1.90	1.95
08.02.25	Stockport – Barnsley	2–1 (2–0)	1.80	3.60	4.10	1.88	1.98
28.01.25	Wycombe – Barnsley	2–1 (0–1)	2.05	3.50	3.40	1.95	1.90
18.01.25	Bristol Rvs – Barnsley	3–1 (1–0)	3.75	3.75	1.83	1.73	2.08

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 3 1

Reading winsDrawsBarnsley wins

5matches

3.00goals / match

60%over 2.5

80%both scored

Date	Match	Score	1	X	2	O	U
26.11.24E2	Barnsley – Reading	2–2 (1–0)	1.67	3.80	4.75	1.57	2.35
13.04.24E2	Barnsley – Reading	2–2 (1–1)	1.80	3.75	4.20	1.65	2.20
09.12.23E2	Reading – Barnsley	1–3 (1–1)	2.80	3.40	2.50	1.75	2.05
02.04.22E1	Barnsley – Reading	1–1 (1–0)	2.20	3.30	3.40	2.10	1.72
16.10.21E1	Reading – Barnsley	1–0 (0–0)	2.15	3.25	3.60	2.20	1.66

England League One table 2024/2025, before this match

All matches – league table
#	Team	MP	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Birmingham	45	33	9	3	82	30	+52	108
2	Wrexham	45	26	11	8	65	34	+31	89
3	Stockport	45	24	12	9	69	41	+28	84
4	Wycombe	45	24	12	9	69	42	+27	84
5	Charlton	45	24	10	11	64	42	+22	82
6	Leyton Orient	45	23	6	16	68	47	+21	75
7	Reading	45	21	12	12	66	53	+13	75
8	Bolton	45	20	7	18	66	69	-3	67
9	Blackpool	45	16	16	13	68	59	+9	64
10	Huddersfield	45	19	7	19	57	51	+6	64
11	Lincoln	45	16	13	16	64	54	+10	61
12	Barnsley	45	16	10	19	65	71	-6	58
13	Rotherham	45	15	11	19	52	58	-6	56
14	Stevenage	45	15	11	19	41	49	-8	56
15	Exeter	45	15	11	19	49	62	-13	56
16	Wigan	45	13	16	16	39	41	-2	55
17	Peterboro	45	13	12	20	67	79	-12	51
18	Mansfield	45	14	9	22	57	73	-16	51
19	Northampton	45	12	14	19	47	65	-18	50
20	Burton	45	11	14	20	48	63	-15	47
21	Crawley Town	45	11	10	24	55	82	-27	43
22	Bristol Rvs	45	12	7	26	43	72	-29	43
23	Cambridge	45	9	11	25	44	71	-27	38
24	Shrewsbury	45	8	9	28	40	77	-37	33

Home – league table
#	Team	MP	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Birmingham	23	19	4	0	47	11	+36	61
2	Wrexham	23	16	5	2	41	15	+26	53
3	Stockport	23	16	4	3	42	22	+20	52
4	Charlton	22	14	6	2	35	15	+20	48
5	Reading	22	14	4	4	35	17	+18	46
6	Wycombe	22	12	6	4	26	15	+11	42
7	Leyton Orient	23	12	4	7	33	19	+14	40
8	Lincoln	22	10	6	6	37	22	+15	36
9	Bolton	22	11	3	8	35	31	+4	36
10	Rotherham	22	10	5	7	33	29	+4	35
11	Huddersfield	22	10	4	8	26	20	+6	34
12	Stevenage	23	9	5	9	28	26	+2	32
13	Peterboro	23	8	7	8	38	36	+2	31
14	Bristol Rvs	23	9	4	10	31	33	-2	31
15	Exeter	23	8	6	9	30	33	-3	30
16	Blackpool	22	6	11	5	31	28	+3	29
17	Wigan	23	7	7	9	20	23	-3	28
18	Crawley Town	23	7	6	10	31	35	-4	27
19	Northampton	22	7	6	9	23	30	-7	27
20	Barnsley	23	6	8	9	33	36	-3	26
21	Mansfield	22	7	4	11	27	34	-7	25
22	Burton	23	6	6	11	30	34	-4	24
23	Cambridge	22	5	6	11	24	31	-7	21
24	Shrewsbury	22	5	3	14	19	35	-16	18

Away – league table
#	Team	MP	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Birmingham	22	14	5	3	35	19	+16	47
2	Wycombe	23	12	6	5	43	27	+16	42
3	Wrexham	22	10	6	6	24	19	+5	36
4	Leyton Orient	22	11	2	9	35	28	+7	35
5	Blackpool	23	10	5	8	37	31	+6	35
6	Charlton	23	10	4	9	29	27	+2	34
7	Stockport	22	8	8	6	27	19	+8	32
8	Barnsley	22	10	2	10	32	35	-3	32
9	Bolton	23	9	4	10	31	38	-7	31
10	Huddersfield	23	9	3	11	31	31	0	30
11	Reading	23	7	8	8	31	36	-5	29
12	Wigan	22	6	9	7	19	18	+1	27
13	Mansfield	23	7	5	11	30	39	-9	26
14	Exeter	22	7	5	10	19	29	-10	26
15	Lincoln	23	6	7	10	27	32	-5	25
16	Stevenage	22	6	6	10	13	23	-10	24
17	Northampton	23	5	8	10	24	35	-11	23
18	Burton	22	5	8	9	18	29	-11	23
19	Rotherham	23	5	6	12	19	29	-10	21
20	Peterboro	22	5	5	12	29	43	-14	20
21	Cambridge	23	4	5	14	20	40	-20	17
22	Crawley Town	22	4	4	14	24	47	-23	16
23	Shrewsbury	23	3	6	14	21	42	-21	15
24	Bristol Rvs	22	3	3	16	12	39	-27	12

Reading Barnsley

Under / Over goals 2024/2025, before this match

All matches – Under/Over goals
#
1	12	Barnsley	45	14	31	1.4	1.6	16	10	19	65	71	58
2	9	Blackpool	45	16	29	1.5	1.3	16	16	13	68	59	64
3	17	Peterboro	45	17	28	1.5	1.8	13	12	20	67	79	51
4	18	Mansfield	45	17	28	1.3	1.6	14	9	22	57	73	51
5	8	Bolton	45	18	27	1.5	1.5	20	7	18	66	69	67
6	6	Leyton Orient	45	20	25	1.5	1.0	23	6	16	68	47	75
7	21	Crawley Town	45	20	25	1.2	1.8	11	10	24	55	82	43
8	5	Charlton	45	22	23	1.4	0.9	24	10	11	64	42	82
9	7	Reading	45	22	23	1.5	1.2	21	12	12	66	53	75
10	10	Huddersfield	45	22	23	1.3	1.1	19	7	19	57	51	64
11	20	Burton	45	22	23	1.1	1.4	11	14	20	48	63	47
12	19	Northampton	45	23	22	1.0	1.4	12	14	19	47	65	50
13	2	Wrexham	45	24	21	1.4	0.8	26	11	8	65	34	89
14	4	Wycombe	45	24	21	1.5	0.9	24	12	9	69	42	84
15	11	Lincoln	45	24	21	1.4	1.2	16	13	16	64	54	61
16	22	Bristol Rvs	45	24	21	1.0	1.6	12	7	26	43	72	43
17	15	Exeter	45	25	20	1.1	1.4	15	11	19	49	62	56
18	24	Shrewsbury	45	25	20	0.9	1.7	8	9	28	40	77	33
19	1	Birmingham	45	26	19	1.8	0.7	33	9	3	82	30	108
20	13	Rotherham	45	26	19	1.2	1.3	15	11	19	52	58	56
21	23	Cambridge	45	26	19	1.0	1.6	9	11	25	44	71	38
22	3	Stockport	45	27	18	1.5	0.9	24	12	9	69	41	84
23	14	Stevenage	45	29	16	0.9	1.1	15	11	19	41	49	56
24	16	Wigan	45	31	14	0.9	0.9	13	16	16	39	41	55

Home – Under/Over goals
#
1	12	Barnsley	23	7	16	1.4	1.6	6	8	9	33	36	26
2	9	Blackpool	22	7	15	1.4	1.3	6	11	5	31	28	29
3	8	Bolton	22	8	14	1.6	1.4	11	3	8	35	31	36
4	20	Burton	23	9	14	1.3	1.5	6	6	11	30	34	24
5	2	Wrexham	23	10	13	1.8	0.7	16	5	2	41	15	53
6	3	Stockport	23	10	13	1.8	1.0	16	4	3	42	22	52
7	13	Rotherham	22	9	13	1.5	1.3	10	5	7	33	29	35
8	17	Peterboro	23	10	13	1.7	1.6	8	7	8	38	36	31
9	18	Mansfield	22	9	13	1.2	1.5	7	4	11	27	34	25
10	22	Bristol Rvs	23	11	12	1.3	1.4	9	4	10	31	33	31
11	5	Charlton	22	11	11	1.6	0.7	14	6	2	35	15	48
12	6	Leyton Orient	23	12	11	1.4	0.8	12	4	7	33	19	40
13	11	Lincoln	22	11	11	1.7	1.0	10	6	6	37	22	36
14	21	Crawley Town	23	12	11	1.3	1.5	7	6	10	31	35	27
15	7	Reading	22	12	10	1.6	0.8	14	4	4	35	17	46
16	14	Stevenage	23	13	10	1.2	1.1	9	5	9	28	26	32
17	15	Exeter	23	13	10	1.3	1.4	8	6	9	30	33	30
18	19	Northampton	22	12	10	1.0	1.4	7	6	9	23	30	27
19	1	Birmingham	23	14	9	2.0	0.5	19	4	0	47	11	61
20	24	Shrewsbury	22	13	9	0.9	1.6	5	3	14	19	35	18
21	10	Huddersfield	22	14	8	1.2	0.9	10	4	8	26	20	34
22	16	Wigan	23	15	8	0.9	1.0	7	7	9	20	23	28
23	4	Wycombe	22	15	7	1.2	0.7	12	6	4	26	15	42
24	23	Cambridge	22	15	7	1.1	1.4	5	6	11	24	31	21

Away – Under/Over goals
#
1	10	Huddersfield	23	8	15	1.3	1.3	9	3	11	31	31	30
2	12	Barnsley	22	7	15	1.5	1.6	10	2	10	32	35	32
3	17	Peterboro	22	7	15	1.3	2.0	5	5	12	29	43	20
4	18	Mansfield	23	8	15	1.3	1.7	7	5	11	30	39	26
5	4	Wycombe	23	9	14	1.9	1.2	12	6	5	43	27	42
6	6	Leyton Orient	22	8	14	1.6	1.3	11	2	9	35	28	35
7	9	Blackpool	23	9	14	1.6	1.3	10	5	8	37	31	35
8	21	Crawley Town	22	8	14	1.1	2.1	4	4	14	24	47	16
9	7	Reading	23	10	13	1.3	1.6	7	8	8	31	36	29
10	8	Bolton	23	10	13	1.3	1.7	9	4	10	31	38	31
11	5	Charlton	23	11	12	1.3	1.2	10	4	9	29	27	34
12	19	Northampton	23	11	12	1.0	1.5	5	8	10	24	35	23
13	23	Cambridge	23	11	12	0.9	1.7	4	5	14	20	40	17
14	24	Shrewsbury	23	12	11	0.9	1.8	3	6	14	21	42	15
15	1	Birmingham	22	12	10	1.6	0.9	14	5	3	35	19	47
16	11	Lincoln	23	13	10	1.2	1.4	6	7	10	27	32	25
17	15	Exeter	22	12	10	0.9	1.3	7	5	10	19	29	26
18	20	Burton	22	13	9	0.8	1.3	5	8	9	18	29	23
19	22	Bristol Rvs	22	13	9	0.5	1.8	3	3	16	12	39	12
20	2	Wrexham	22	14	8	1.1	0.9	10	6	6	24	19	36
21	13	Rotherham	23	17	6	0.8	1.3	5	6	12	19	29	21
22	14	Stevenage	22	16	6	0.6	1.0	6	6	10	13	23	24
23	16	Wigan	22	16	6	0.9	0.8	6	9	7	19	18	27
24	3	Stockport	22	17	5	1.2	0.9	8	8	6	27	19	32

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.