Reading 2–2 Barnsley – England League One, 24 Jan 2026

Match facts

Reading Barnsley

10 Shots 3

3 Shots on target 2

9 Corners 6

7 Fouls 12

0 Yellow cards 3

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 (308 league matches this season so far).

Result Reading to win

Goals Over 2.5

Both teams score Yes fair 1.79

Expected goals 1.62 – 1.19

Home / Draw / Away

47% 25% 28%

ReadingDrawBarnsley

Under / Over 2.5 goals

47% 53%

Under 2.5Over 2.5

Both teams to score

44% 56%

NoYes

Total goals in the match

6% 0

17% 1

24% 2

22% 3

16% 4

15% 5+

Most likely scores

1–1 11.6% 1–0 9.8% 2–1 9.4%

Statistics 2025/2026, before this match

Reading before this match, all matches

1.40points / match

1.32scored / match

1.24conceded / match

9 8 8

WonDrawnLost 25 played · 33:31

Barnsley before this match, all matches

1.45points / match

1.59scored / match

1.55conceded / match

9 5 8

WonDrawnLost 22 played · 35:34

Reading all matches all matches Barnsley

Per match

1.32 Goals scored 1.59

1.24 Goals conceded 1.55

2.56 Total goals 3.14

12.12 Shots 11.73

4.08 Shots on target 3.82

11.84 Shots faced 12.09

4.00 Corners 5.41

4.84 Corners against 5.09

11.52 Fouls 11.05

2.16 Yellow cards 1.86

0.60 1st-half goals scored 0.77

0.40 1st-half goals conceded 0.64

How often Full Time

36% Wins 41%

32% Draws 23%

32% Losses 36%

100% Over 0.5 goals 100%

84% Over 1.5 goals 86%

40% Over 2.5 goals 59%

20% Over 3.5 goals 45%

12% Over 4.5 goals 23%

0% Over 5.5 goals 0%

64% Both teams scored 64%

24% Clean sheets 9%

12% Failed to score 27%

How often Half Time

36% Wins 36%

36% Draws 27%

28% Losses 36%

72% Over 0.5 goals 82%

20% Over 1.5 goals 41%

8% Over 2.5 goals 18%

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

1.85points / match

1.23scored / match

0.92conceded / match

7 3 3

WonDrawnLost 13 played · 16:12

Barnsley before this match, away

1.18points / match

1.18scored / match

1.55conceded / match

3 4 4

WonDrawnLost 11 played · 13:17

Reading at home away Barnsley

Per match

1.23 Goals scored 1.18

0.92 Goals conceded 1.55

2.15 Total goals 2.73

12.69 Shots 11.18

4.08 Shots on target 3.73

10.85 Shots faced 14.36

3.31 Corners 5.64

5.23 Corners against 6.64

10.38 Fouls 10.09

2.08 Yellow cards 1.64

0.38 1st-half goals scored 0.64

0.31 1st-half goals conceded 0.64

How often Full Time

54% Wins 27%

23% Draws 36%

23% Losses 36%

100% Over 0.5 goals 100%

69% Over 1.5 goals 82%

31% Over 2.5 goals 55%

8% Over 3.5 goals 36%

8% Over 4.5 goals 0%

0% Over 5.5 goals 0%

54% Both teams scored 64%

38% Clean sheets 9%

8% Failed to score 27%

How often Half Time

31% Wins 36%

38% Draws 18%

31% Losses 45%

62% Over 0.5 goals 91%

8% Over 1.5 goals 27%

0% Over 2.5 goals 9%

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
17.01.26	Leyton Orient – Reading	3–1 (1–0)	2.55	3.20	2.65	2.10	1.70
04.01.26	Reading – Stockport	1–0 (0–0)	2.45	3.30	2.65	1.95	1.85
01.01.26	Reading – Burton	2–0 (2–0)	1.91	3.30	3.80	1.95	1.85
29.12.25	Peterboro – Reading	1–1 (0–1)	2.32	3.40	2.85	1.85	1.95
26.12.25	Plymouth – Reading	1–4 (0–3)	2.35	3.50	2.57	1.95	1.85
18.12.25	Reading – Luton	3–2 (1–0)	2.65	3.40	2.40	1.98	1.88
13.12.25	Bradford – Reading	2–0 (0–0)	1.91	3.60	3.60	1.80	2.00
09.12.25	Reading – Peterboro	1–2 (0–1)	2.15	3.25	3.05	1.88	1.98
29.11.25	Blackpool – Reading	0–3 (0–1)	2.50	3.40	2.55	2.00	1.80
22.11.25	Reading – Rotherham	1–1 (0–1)	1.79	3.75	4.00	1.93	1.93

Barnsley all matches

Date	Match	Score	1	X	2	O	U
17.01.26	Barnsley – Blackpool	2–1 (1–0)	2.10	3.40	3.20	1.73	2.08
01.01.26	Wigan – Barnsley	1–1 (1–0)	2.05	3.25	3.40	2.08	1.73
29.12.25	Barnsley – Lincoln	0–2 (0–1)	2.65	3.25	2.50	1.80	2.00
26.12.25	Barnsley – Mansfield	2–3 (2–1)	1.86	3.50	3.75	1.75	2.05
20.12.25	Exeter – Barnsley	3–0 (1–0)	3.20	3.50	2.10	1.83	2.03
13.12.25	Barnsley – Leyton Orient	3–2 (1–2)	2.10	3.60	2.95	1.67	2.15
09.12.25	Lincoln – Barnsley	3–1 (1–0)	1.86	3.50	3.90	1.93	1.93
29.11.25	Stockport – Barnsley	1–1 (0–1)	1.91	3.50	3.60	1.70	2.10
22.11.25	Barnsley – Luton	5–0 (3–0)	3.05	3.40	2.15	1.75	2.05
08.11.25	Doncaster – Barnsley	1–2 (1–1)	2.15	3.50	2.95	1.73	2.08

Reading at home

Date	Match	Score	1	X	2	O	U
04.01.26	Reading – Stockport	1–0 (0–0)	2.45	3.30	2.65	1.95	1.85
01.01.26	Reading – Burton	2–0 (2–0)	1.91	3.30	3.80	1.95	1.85
18.12.25	Reading – Luton	3–2 (1–0)	2.65	3.40	2.40	1.98	1.88
09.12.25	Reading – Peterboro	1–2 (0–1)	2.15	3.25	3.05	1.88	1.98
22.11.25	Reading – Rotherham	1–1 (0–1)	1.79	3.75	4.00	1.93	1.93
06.11.25	Reading – Stevenage	1–0 (1–0)	2.75	3.25	2.45	2.15	1.67
25.10.25	Reading – Doncaster	1–1 (0–0)	2.15	3.25	3.20	1.88	1.98
21.10.25	Reading – Northampton	1–0 (0–0)	1.91	3.50	3.60	2.00	1.85
04.10.25	Reading – Mansfield	1–1 (0–1)	2.30	3.30	2.85	1.93	1.93
20.09.25	Reading – Leyton Orient	2–1 (1–0)	2.55	3.30	2.55	1.95	1.90

Barnsley away

Date	Match	Score	1	X	2	O	U
01.01.26	Wigan – Barnsley	1–1 (1–0)	2.05	3.25	3.40	2.08	1.73
20.12.25	Exeter – Barnsley	3–0 (1–0)	3.20	3.50	2.10	1.83	2.03
09.12.25	Lincoln – Barnsley	3–1 (1–0)	1.86	3.50	3.90	1.93	1.93
29.11.25	Stockport – Barnsley	1–1 (0–1)	1.91	3.50	3.60	1.70	2.10
08.11.25	Doncaster – Barnsley	1–2 (1–1)	2.15	3.50	2.95	1.73	2.08
18.10.25	Bradford – Barnsley	2–2 (2–1)	2.01	3.60	3.20	1.62	2.25
04.10.25	Wycombe – Barnsley	2–2 (0–1)	1.91	3.60	3.50	1.70	2.10
20.09.25	Blackpool – Barnsley	1–0 (0–0)	2.40	3.50	2.55	1.73	2.08
23.08.25	AFC Wimbledon – Barnsley	2–0 (1–0)	2.90	3.40	2.30	2.05	1.75
19.08.25	Peterboro – Barnsley	0–1 (0–1)	3.00	3.60	2.15	1.60	2.30

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 3

Reading winsDrawsBarnsley wins

7matches

3.71goals / match

71%over 2.5

86%both scored

Date	Match	Score	1	X	2	O	U
13.09.25E2	Barnsley – Reading	3–2 (1–1)	1.76	3.80	4.20	1.62	2.25
03.05.25E2	Reading – Barnsley	2–4 (0–0)	1.70	3.80	4.50	1.50	2.40
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 2025/2026, before this match

All matches – league table
#	Team	MP	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Cardiff	27	17	5	5	46	27	+19	56
2	Lincoln	27	15	7	5	44	29	+15	52
3	Bradford	26	13	7	6	35	28	+7	46
4	Stockport	27	13	7	7	38	33	+5	46
5	Bolton	27	11	10	6	33	25	+8	43
6	Huddersfield	28	12	6	10	47	38	+9	42
7	Luton	27	11	6	10	37	33	+4	39
8	Stevenage	25	10	8	7	27	23	+4	38
9	Wycombe	26	9	9	8	34	29	+5	36
10	Plymouth	27	11	3	13	34	39	-5	36
11	Mansfield	24	10	5	9	34	28	+6	35
12	Reading	25	9	8	8	33	31	+2	35
13	Peterboro	26	11	2	13	33	35	-2	35
14	Exeter	25	10	3	12	28	23	+5	33
15	Barnsley	22	9	5	8	35	34	+1	32
16	Leyton Orient	26	9	5	12	39	43	-4	32
17	AFC Wimbledon	25	9	4	12	27	34	-7	31
18	Wigan	25	7	9	9	26	28	-2	30
19	Burton	26	8	6	12	27	37	-10	30
20	Blackpool	26	8	5	13	32	39	-7	29
21	Northampton	25	8	5	12	23	30	-7	29
22	Doncaster	25	7	5	13	25	41	-16	26
23	Rotherham	25	6	6	13	24	38	-14	24
24	Port Vale	24	4	6	14	18	34	-16	18

Home – league table
#	Team	MP	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Cardiff	14	11	1	2	31	16	+15	34
2	Lincoln	14	10	3	1	28	14	+14	33
3	Bradford	13	9	2	2	21	12	+9	29
4	Huddersfield	14	8	4	2	28	13	+15	28
5	Bolton	13	8	4	1	22	7	+15	28
6	Luton	14	7	4	3	21	13	+8	25
7	Wycombe	13	7	3	3	24	13	+11	24
8	Reading	13	7	3	3	16	12	+4	24
9	Stockport	14	7	3	4	20	18	+2	24
10	Exeter	12	7	2	3	20	8	+12	23
11	Leyton Orient	14	6	5	3	23	16	+7	23
12	Mansfield	12	6	2	4	21	12	+9	20
13	Stevenage	11	5	5	1	12	6	+6	20
14	Peterboro	14	6	2	6	19	15	+4	20
15	Barnsley	11	6	1	4	22	17	+5	19
16	Blackpool	13	5	4	4	21	19	+2	19
17	Wigan	12	5	3	4	12	9	+3	18
18	Northampton	13	5	3	5	14	12	+2	18
19	Plymouth	14	5	2	7	15	19	-4	17
20	Burton	13	5	2	6	14	18	-4	17
21	Rotherham	12	4	4	4	15	17	-2	16
22	AFC Wimbledon	12	4	3	5	10	9	+1	15
23	Doncaster	12	4	3	5	14	18	-4	15
24	Port Vale	11	2	3	6	10	13	-3	9

Away – league table
#	Team	MP	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Cardiff	13	6	4	3	15	11	+4	22
2	Stockport	13	6	4	3	18	15	+3	22
3	Lincoln	13	5	4	4	16	15	+1	19
4	Plymouth	13	6	1	6	19	20	-1	19
5	Stevenage	14	5	3	6	15	17	-2	18
6	Bradford	13	4	5	4	14	16	-2	17
7	AFC Wimbledon	13	5	1	7	17	25	-8	16
8	Mansfield	12	4	3	5	13	16	-3	15
9	Peterboro	12	5	0	7	14	20	-6	15
10	Bolton	14	3	6	5	11	18	-7	15
11	Luton	13	4	2	7	16	20	-4	14
12	Huddersfield	14	4	2	8	19	25	-6	14
13	Barnsley	11	3	4	4	13	17	-4	13
14	Burton	13	3	4	6	13	19	-6	13
15	Wigan	13	2	6	5	14	19	-5	12
16	Wycombe	13	2	6	5	10	16	-6	12
17	Reading	12	2	5	5	17	19	-2	11
18	Northampton	12	3	2	7	9	18	-9	11
19	Doncaster	13	3	2	8	11	23	-12	11
20	Exeter	13	3	1	9	8	15	-7	10
21	Blackpool	13	3	1	9	11	20	-9	10
22	Leyton Orient	12	3	0	9	16	27	-11	9
23	Port Vale	13	2	3	8	8	21	-13	9
24	Rotherham	13	2	2	9	9	21	-12	8

Reading Barnsley

Under / Over goals 2025/2026, before this match

All matches – Under/Over goals
#
1	6	Huddersfield	28	11	17	1.7	1.4	12	6	10	47	38	42
2	16	Leyton Orient	26	10	16	1.5	1.7	9	5	12	39	43	32
3	3	Bradford	26	11	15	1.3	1.1	13	7	6	35	28	46
4	1	Cardiff	27	13	14	1.7	1.0	17	5	5	46	27	56
5	2	Lincoln	27	13	14	1.6	1.1	15	7	5	44	29	52
6	4	Stockport	27	13	14	1.4	1.2	13	7	7	38	33	46
7	7	Luton	27	13	14	1.4	1.2	11	6	10	37	33	39
8	13	Peterboro	26	12	14	1.3	1.3	11	2	13	33	35	35
9	19	Burton	26	12	14	1.0	1.4	8	6	12	27	37	30
10	23	Rotherham	25	11	14	1.0	1.5	6	6	13	24	38	24
11	11	Mansfield	24	11	13	1.4	1.2	10	5	9	34	28	35
12	15	Barnsley	22	9	13	1.6	1.5	9	5	8	35	34	32
13	20	Blackpool	26	13	13	1.2	1.5	8	5	13	32	39	29
14	9	Wycombe	26	14	12	1.3	1.1	9	9	8	34	29	36
15	10	Plymouth	27	15	12	1.3	1.4	11	3	13	34	39	36
16	17	AFC Wimbledon	25	13	12	1.1	1.4	9	4	12	27	34	31
17	22	Doncaster	25	13	12	1.0	1.6	7	5	13	25	41	26
18	5	Bolton	27	17	10	1.2	0.9	11	10	6	33	25	43
19	12	Reading	25	15	10	1.3	1.2	9	8	8	33	31	35
20	21	Northampton	25	15	10	0.9	1.2	8	5	12	23	30	29
21	24	Port Vale	24	14	10	0.8	1.4	4	6	14	18	34	18
22	8	Stevenage	25	16	9	1.1	0.9	10	8	7	27	23	38
23	14	Exeter	25	16	9	1.1	0.9	10	3	12	28	23	33
24	18	Wigan	25	18	7	1.0	1.1	7	9	9	26	28	30

Home – Under/Over goals
#
1	1	Cardiff	14	4	10	2.2	1.1	11	1	2	31	16	34
2	2	Lincoln	14	6	8	2.0	1.0	10	3	1	28	14	33
3	3	Bradford	13	5	8	1.6	0.9	9	2	2	21	12	29
4	6	Huddersfield	14	6	8	2.0	0.9	8	4	2	28	13	28
5	20	Blackpool	13	5	8	1.6	1.5	5	4	4	21	19	19
6	4	Stockport	14	7	7	1.4	1.3	7	3	4	20	18	24
7	7	Luton	14	7	7	1.5	0.9	7	4	3	21	13	25
8	9	Wycombe	13	6	7	1.8	1.0	7	3	3	24	13	24
9	11	Mansfield	12	5	7	1.8	1.0	6	2	4	21	12	20
10	13	Peterboro	14	7	7	1.4	1.1	6	2	6	19	15	20
11	15	Barnsley	11	4	7	2.0	1.5	6	1	4	22	17	19
12	16	Leyton Orient	14	7	7	1.6	1.1	6	5	3	23	16	23
13	19	Burton	13	6	7	1.1	1.4	5	2	6	14	18	17
14	23	Rotherham	12	5	7	1.2	1.4	4	4	4	15	17	16
15	5	Bolton	13	7	6	1.7	0.5	8	4	1	22	7	28
16	10	Plymouth	14	8	6	1.1	1.4	5	2	7	15	19	17
17	22	Doncaster	12	6	6	1.2	1.5	4	3	5	14	18	15
18	14	Exeter	12	7	5	1.7	0.7	7	2	3	20	8	23
19	21	Northampton	13	8	5	1.1	0.9	5	3	5	14	12	18
20	24	Port Vale	11	6	5	0.9	1.2	2	3	6	10	13	9
21	12	Reading	13	9	4	1.2	0.9	7	3	3	16	12	24
22	17	AFC Wimbledon	12	9	3	0.8	0.8	4	3	5	10	9	15
23	8	Stevenage	11	9	2	1.1	0.5	5	5	1	12	6	20
24	18	Wigan	12	10	2	1.0	0.8	5	3	4	12	9	18

Away – Under/Over goals
#
1	6	Huddersfield	14	5	9	1.4	1.8	4	2	8	19	25	14
2	16	Leyton Orient	12	3	9	1.3	2.2	3	0	9	16	27	9
3	17	AFC Wimbledon	13	4	9	1.3	1.9	5	1	7	17	25	16
4	3	Bradford	13	6	7	1.1	1.2	4	5	4	14	16	17
5	4	Stockport	13	6	7	1.4	1.2	6	4	3	18	15	22
6	7	Luton	13	6	7	1.2	1.5	4	2	7	16	20	14
7	8	Stevenage	14	7	7	1.1	1.2	5	3	6	15	17	18
8	13	Peterboro	12	5	7	1.2	1.7	5	0	7	14	20	15
9	19	Burton	13	6	7	1.0	1.5	3	4	6	13	19	13
10	23	Rotherham	13	6	7	0.7	1.6	2	2	9	9	21	8
11	2	Lincoln	13	7	6	1.2	1.2	5	4	4	16	15	19
12	10	Plymouth	13	7	6	1.5	1.5	6	1	6	19	20	19
13	11	Mansfield	12	6	6	1.1	1.3	4	3	5	13	16	15
14	12	Reading	12	6	6	1.4	1.6	2	5	5	17	19	11
15	15	Barnsley	11	5	6	1.2	1.5	3	4	4	13	17	13
16	22	Doncaster	13	7	6	0.8	1.8	3	2	8	11	23	11
17	9	Wycombe	13	8	5	0.8	1.2	2	6	5	10	16	12
18	18	Wigan	13	8	5	1.1	1.5	2	6	5	14	19	12
19	20	Blackpool	13	8	5	0.8	1.5	3	1	9	11	20	10
20	21	Northampton	12	7	5	0.8	1.5	3	2	7	9	18	11
21	24	Port Vale	13	8	5	0.6	1.6	2	3	8	8	21	9
22	1	Cardiff	13	9	4	1.2	0.8	6	4	3	15	11	22
23	5	Bolton	14	10	4	0.8	1.3	3	6	5	11	18	15
24	14	Exeter	13	9	4	0.6	1.2	3	1	9	8	15	10

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.