Northampton 0–2 Reading – England League One, 31 Jan 2026

Match facts

Northampton Reading

14 Shots 10

5 Shots on target 6

9 Corners 3

5 Fouls 12

2 Yellow cards 3

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 (329 league matches this season so far).

Result Northampton to win

Goals Under 2.5

Both teams score Yes fair 1.97

Expected goals 1.33 – 1.17

Home / Draw / Away

40% 27% 33%

NorthamptonDrawReading

Under / Over 2.5 goals

54% 46%

Under 2.5Over 2.5

Both teams to score

49% 51%

NoYes

Total goals in the match

8% 0

21% 1

26% 2

21% 3

13% 4

11% 5+

Most likely scores

1–1 12.8% 1–0 10.9% 0–1 9.6%

Statistics 2025/2026, before this match

Northampton before this match, all matches

1.07points / match

0.89scored / match

1.26conceded / match

8 5 14

WonDrawnLost 27 played · 24:34

Reading before this match, all matches

1.37points / match

1.37scored / match

1.30conceded / match

9 10 8

WonDrawnLost 27 played · 37:35

Northampton all matches all matches Reading

Per match

0.89 Goals scored 1.37

1.26 Goals conceded 1.30

2.15 Total goals 2.67

9.04 Shots 11.93

2.85 Shots on target 4.07

13.48 Shots faced 11.44

4.89 Corners 4.22

5.11 Corners against 4.81

10.19 Fouls 11.19

1.30 Yellow cards 2.15

0.30 1st-half goals scored 0.63

0.63 1st-half goals conceded 0.44

How often Full Time

30% Wins 33%

19% Draws 37%

52% Losses 30%

85% Over 0.5 goals 100%

67% Over 1.5 goals 85%

41% Over 2.5 goals 44%

15% Over 3.5 goals 26%

4% Over 4.5 goals 11%

4% Over 5.5 goals 0%

41% Both teams scored 67%

33% Clean sheets 22%

41% Failed to score 11%

How often Half Time

11% Wins 33%

52% Draws 41%

37% Losses 26%

59% Over 0.5 goals 74%

22% Over 1.5 goals 26%

4% Over 2.5 goals 7%

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

Northampton all matches

1

D

1

2

L

3

1

W

1

5

L

2

L

D

1

2

L

2

L

1

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L

Reading all matches

1

2

L

2

L

3

2

W

4

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W

1

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2

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1

W

1

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2

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2

D

Northampton before this match, at home

1.38points / match

1.08scored / match

0.92conceded / match

5 3 5

WonDrawnLost 13 played · 14:12

Reading before this match, away

0.92points / match

1.42scored / match

1.58conceded / match

2 5 5

WonDrawnLost 12 played · 17:19

Northampton at home away Reading

Per match

1.08 Goals scored 1.42

0.92 Goals conceded 1.58

2.00 Total goals 3.00

9.08 Shots 11.50

3.15 Shots on target 4.08

11.15 Shots faced 12.92

4.85 Corners 4.75

4.31 Corners against 4.42

9.92 Fouls 12.75

1.46 Yellow cards 2.25

0.46 1st-half goals scored 0.83

0.46 1st-half goals conceded 0.50

How often Full Time

38% Wins 17%

23% Draws 42%

38% Losses 42%

85% Over 0.5 goals 100%

62% Over 1.5 goals 100%

38% Over 2.5 goals 50%

15% Over 3.5 goals 33%

0% Over 4.5 goals 17%

0% Over 5.5 goals 0%

46% Both teams scored 75%

38% Clean sheets 8%

31% Failed to score 17%

How often Half Time

15% Wins 42%

62% Draws 33%

23% Losses 25%

62% Over 0.5 goals 83%

31% Over 1.5 goals 33%

0% Over 2.5 goals 17%

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

Northampton at home

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W

2

W

1

2

L

1

L

2

1

W

1

3

L

1

D

3

1

W

D

1

2

L

Reading away

2

D

2

3

L

1

D

1

D

1

2

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3

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2

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4

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Last 10 matches before this match

Northampton all matches

Date	Match	Score	1	X	2	O	U
27.01.26	Rotherham – Northampton	2–1 (0–1)	2.05	3.10	3.50	2.25	1.62
24.01.26	Blackpool – Northampton	2–0 (1–0)	1.91	3.40	3.80	2.10	1.70
17.01.26	Northampton – Wycombe	1–2 (1–1)	3.20	3.30	2.15	2.10	1.70
04.01.26	Bolton – Northampton	0–0 (0–0)	1.35	4.50	8.00	1.62	2.25
01.01.26	Northampton – Stockport	0–0 (0–0)	3.50	3.30	2.01	2.10	1.70
29.12.25	Huddersfield – Northampton	2–0 (1–0)	1.49	3.75	6.25	1.95	1.85
26.12.25	Burton – Northampton	5–1 (4–1)	2.20	3.05	3.25	2.25	1.62
19.12.25	Northampton – AFC Wimbledon	3–1 (1–1)	2.20	3.05	3.30	2.50	1.50
13.12.25	Peterboro – Northampton	2–1 (1–0)	2.01	3.30	3.50	2.05	1.75
09.12.25	Northampton – Huddersfield	1–1 (1–1)	3.30	3.40	2.05	2.00	1.85

Reading all matches

Date	Match	Score	1	X	2	O	U
27.01.26	Reading – Exeter	2–2 (1–1)	2.15	3.50	3.00	1.85	1.95
24.01.26	Reading – Barnsley	2–2 (1–1)	2.25	3.60	2.82	1.73	2.08
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

Northampton at home

Date	Match	Score	1	X	2	O	U
17.01.26	Northampton – Wycombe	1–2 (1–1)	3.20	3.30	2.15	2.10	1.70
01.01.26	Northampton – Stockport	0–0 (0–0)	3.50	3.30	2.01	2.10	1.70
19.12.25	Northampton – AFC Wimbledon	3–1 (1–1)	2.20	3.05	3.30	2.50	1.50
09.12.25	Northampton – Huddersfield	1–1 (1–1)	3.30	3.40	2.05	2.00	1.85
22.11.25	Northampton – Cardiff	1–3 (0–1)	3.40	3.50	2.01	2.03	1.83
08.11.25	Northampton – Mansfield	2–1 (0–1)	3.30	3.25	2.10	2.25	1.62
25.10.25	Northampton – Luton	0–1 (0–0)	4.20	3.20	1.86	2.25	1.62
11.10.25	Northampton – Rotherham	1–2 (1–0)	2.01	3.30	3.50	2.20	1.65
27.09.25	Northampton – Bolton	2–0 (0–0)	4.33	3.60	1.76	2.08	1.73
13.09.25	Northampton – Blackpool	1–0 (0–0)	2.57	3.40	2.57	2.40	1.53

Reading away

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
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
13.12.25	Bradford – Reading	2–0 (0–0)	1.91	3.60	3.60	1.80	2.00
29.11.25	Blackpool – Reading	0–3 (0–1)	2.50	3.40	2.55	2.00	1.80
18.10.25	Cardiff – Reading	2–1 (0–1)	1.53	4.00	5.25	1.70	2.10
11.10.25	Exeter – Reading	1–1 (1–1)	3.00	3.30	2.25	1.88	1.98
27.09.25	Stockport – Reading	1–1 (1–0)	1.62	3.90	4.75	1.93	1.93
13.09.25	Barnsley – Reading	3–2 (1–1)	1.76	3.80	4.20	1.62	2.25
23.08.25	Wycombe – Reading	2–2 (1–2)	1.80	3.40	4.50	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 1 3

Northampton winsDrawsReading wins

5matches

2.20goals / match

40%over 2.5

40%both scored

Date	Match	Score	1	X	2	O	U
21.10.25E2	Reading – Northampton	1–0 (0–0)	1.91	3.50	3.60	2.00	1.85
12.04.25E2	Northampton – Reading	0–0 (0–0)	2.30	3.40	2.90	1.88	1.98
26.12.24E2	Reading – Northampton	4–1 (2–0)	1.75	3.80	4.20	1.70	2.10
29.03.24E2	Reading – Northampton	1–0 (0–0)	1.67	4.00	5.00	1.88	1.98
03.10.23E2	Northampton – Reading	3–1 (2–0)	2.38	3.60	2.90	2.00	1.85

England League One table 2025/2026, before this match

All matches – league table
#	Team	MP	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Cardiff	28	18	5	5	50	27	+23	59
2	Lincoln	28	16	7	5	47	29	+18	55
3	Bolton	30	14	10	6	38	27	+11	52
4	Stockport	28	14	7	7	40	34	+6	49
5	Bradford	28	14	7	7	36	31	+5	49
6	Huddersfield	29	13	6	10	48	38	+10	45
7	Stevenage	27	11	9	7	29	24	+5	42
8	Wycombe	28	10	9	9	36	31	+5	39
9	Luton	28	11	6	11	37	34	+3	39
10	Peterboro	28	12	2	14	35	36	-1	38
11	Exeter	27	11	4	12	33	26	+7	37
12	Mansfield	26	10	7	9	36	30	+6	37
13	Reading	27	9	10	8	37	35	+2	37
14	Plymouth	28	11	4	13	35	40	-5	37
15	Barnsley	24	9	6	9	37	40	-3	33
16	Blackpool	28	9	5	14	35	41	-6	32
17	Leyton Orient	28	9	5	14	40	48	-8	32
18	AFC Wimbledon	27	9	5	13	28	36	-8	32
19	Wigan	27	7	10	10	29	33	-4	31
20	Burton	27	8	6	13	28	39	-11	30
21	Doncaster	28	8	6	14	31	45	-14	30
22	Northampton	27	8	5	14	24	34	-10	29
23	Rotherham	27	7	7	13	27	40	-13	28
24	Port Vale	25	4	6	15	19	37	-18	18

Home – league table
#	Team	MP	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Cardiff	15	12	1	2	35	16	+19	37
2	Lincoln	15	11	3	1	31	14	+17	36
3	Bolton	15	10	4	1	26	9	+17	34
4	Bradford	14	10	2	2	22	12	+10	32
5	Huddersfield	15	9	4	2	29	13	+16	31
6	Wycombe	15	8	3	4	26	15	+11	27
7	Reading	15	7	5	3	20	16	+4	26
8	Luton	14	7	4	3	21	13	+8	25
9	Stevenage	13	6	6	1	14	7	+7	24
10	Stockport	14	7	3	4	20	18	+2	24
11	Exeter	12	7	2	3	20	8	+12	23
12	Leyton Orient	14	6	5	3	23	16	+7	23
13	Blackpool	15	6	4	5	24	21	+3	22
14	Mansfield	12	6	2	4	21	12	+9	20
15	Peterboro	14	6	2	6	19	15	+4	20
16	Rotherham	14	5	5	4	18	19	-1	20
17	Barnsley	11	6	1	4	22	17	+5	19
18	Doncaster	14	5	4	5	20	21	-1	19
19	Wigan	12	5	3	4	12	9	+3	18
20	Northampton	13	5	3	5	14	12	+2	18
21	Plymouth	15	5	3	7	16	20	-4	18
22	Burton	13	5	2	6	14	18	-4	17
23	AFC Wimbledon	13	4	3	6	10	10	0	15
24	Port Vale	12	2	3	7	11	16	-5	9

Away – league table
#	Team	MP	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Stockport	14	7	4	3	20	16	+4	25
2	Cardiff	13	6	4	3	15	11	+4	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	Peterboro	14	6	0	8	16	21	-5	18
7	Bolton	15	4	6	5	12	18	-6	18
8	Mansfield	14	4	5	5	15	18	-3	17
9	Bradford	14	4	5	5	14	19	-5	17
10	AFC Wimbledon	14	5	2	7	18	26	-8	17
11	Luton	14	4	2	8	16	21	-5	14
12	Exeter	15	4	2	9	13	18	-5	14
13	Huddersfield	14	4	2	8	19	25	-6	14
14	Barnsley	13	3	5	5	15	23	-8	14
15	Wigan	15	2	7	6	17	24	-7	13
16	Burton	14	3	4	7	14	21	-7	13
17	Wycombe	13	2	6	5	10	16	-6	12
18	Reading	12	2	5	5	17	19	-2	11
19	Northampton	14	3	2	9	10	22	-12	11
20	Doncaster	14	3	2	9	11	24	-13	11
21	Blackpool	13	3	1	9	11	20	-9	10
22	Port Vale	13	2	3	8	8	21	-13	9
23	Leyton Orient	14	3	0	11	17	32	-15	9
24	Rotherham	13	2	2	9	9	21	-12	8

Northampton Reading

Under / Over goals 2025/2026, before this match

All matches – Under/Over goals
#
1	17	Leyton Orient	28	10	18	1.4	1.7	9	5	14	40	48	32
2	6	Huddersfield	29	12	17	1.7	1.3	13	6	10	48	38	45
3	5	Bradford	28	12	16	1.3	1.1	14	7	7	36	31	49
4	1	Cardiff	28	13	15	1.8	1.0	18	5	5	50	27	59
5	2	Lincoln	28	13	15	1.7	1.0	16	7	5	47	29	55
6	4	Stockport	28	13	15	1.4	1.2	14	7	7	40	34	49
7	15	Barnsley	24	9	15	1.5	1.7	9	6	9	37	40	33
8	20	Burton	27	12	15	1.0	1.4	8	6	13	28	39	30
9	23	Rotherham	27	12	15	1.0	1.5	7	7	13	27	40	28
10	9	Luton	28	14	14	1.3	1.2	11	6	11	37	34	39
11	10	Peterboro	28	14	14	1.2	1.3	12	2	14	35	36	38
12	16	Blackpool	28	14	14	1.2	1.5	9	5	14	35	41	32
13	21	Doncaster	28	14	14	1.1	1.6	8	6	14	31	45	30
14	12	Mansfield	26	13	13	1.4	1.2	10	7	9	36	30	37
15	3	Bolton	30	18	12	1.3	0.9	14	10	6	38	27	52
16	8	Wycombe	28	16	12	1.3	1.1	10	9	9	36	31	39
17	13	Reading	27	15	12	1.4	1.3	9	10	8	37	35	37
18	14	Plymouth	28	16	12	1.2	1.4	11	4	13	35	40	37
19	18	AFC Wimbledon	27	15	12	1.0	1.3	9	5	13	28	36	32
20	11	Exeter	27	16	11	1.2	1.0	11	4	12	33	26	37
21	22	Northampton	27	16	11	0.9	1.3	8	5	14	24	34	29
22	24	Port Vale	25	14	11	0.8	1.5	4	6	15	19	37	18
23	7	Stevenage	27	18	9	1.1	0.9	11	9	7	29	24	42
24	19	Wigan	27	19	8	1.1	1.2	7	10	10	29	33	31

Home – Under/Over goals
#
1	1	Cardiff	15	4	11	2.3	1.1	12	1	2	35	16	37
2	2	Lincoln	15	6	9	2.1	0.9	11	3	1	31	14	36
3	16	Blackpool	15	6	9	1.6	1.4	6	4	5	24	21	22
4	3	Bolton	15	7	8	1.7	0.6	10	4	1	26	9	34
5	5	Bradford	14	6	8	1.6	0.9	10	2	2	22	12	32
6	6	Huddersfield	15	7	8	1.9	0.9	9	4	2	29	13	31
7	21	Doncaster	14	6	8	1.4	1.5	5	4	5	20	21	19
8	23	Rotherham	14	6	8	1.3	1.4	5	5	4	18	19	20
9	4	Stockport	14	7	7	1.4	1.3	7	3	4	20	18	24
10	8	Wycombe	15	8	7	1.7	1.0	8	3	4	26	15	27
11	9	Luton	14	7	7	1.5	0.9	7	4	3	21	13	25
12	10	Peterboro	14	7	7	1.4	1.1	6	2	6	19	15	20
13	12	Mansfield	12	5	7	1.8	1.0	6	2	4	21	12	20
14	15	Barnsley	11	4	7	2.0	1.5	6	1	4	22	17	19
15	17	Leyton Orient	14	7	7	1.6	1.1	6	5	3	23	16	23
16	20	Burton	13	6	7	1.1	1.4	5	2	6	14	18	17
17	13	Reading	15	9	6	1.3	1.1	7	5	3	20	16	26
18	14	Plymouth	15	9	6	1.1	1.3	5	3	7	16	20	18
19	24	Port Vale	12	6	6	0.9	1.3	2	3	7	11	16	9
20	11	Exeter	12	7	5	1.7	0.7	7	2	3	20	8	23
21	22	Northampton	13	8	5	1.1	0.9	5	3	5	14	12	18
22	18	AFC Wimbledon	13	10	3	0.8	0.8	4	3	6	10	10	15
23	7	Stevenage	13	11	2	1.1	0.5	6	6	1	14	7	24
24	19	Wigan	12	10	2	1.0	0.8	5	3	4	12	9	18

Away – Under/Over goals
#
1	17	Leyton Orient	14	3	11	1.2	2.3	3	0	11	17	32	9
2	6	Huddersfield	14	5	9	1.4	1.8	4	2	8	19	25	14
3	18	AFC Wimbledon	14	5	9	1.3	1.9	5	2	7	18	26	17
4	4	Stockport	14	6	8	1.4	1.1	7	4	3	20	16	25
5	5	Bradford	14	6	8	1.0	1.4	4	5	5	14	19	17
6	15	Barnsley	13	5	8	1.2	1.8	3	5	5	15	23	14
7	20	Burton	14	6	8	1.0	1.5	3	4	7	14	21	13
8	7	Stevenage	14	7	7	1.1	1.2	5	3	6	15	17	18
9	9	Luton	14	7	7	1.1	1.5	4	2	8	16	21	14
10	10	Peterboro	14	7	7	1.1	1.5	6	0	8	16	21	18
11	23	Rotherham	13	6	7	0.7	1.6	2	2	9	9	21	8
12	2	Lincoln	13	7	6	1.2	1.2	5	4	4	16	15	19
13	11	Exeter	15	9	6	0.9	1.2	4	2	9	13	18	14
14	12	Mansfield	14	8	6	1.1	1.3	4	5	5	15	18	17
15	13	Reading	12	6	6	1.4	1.6	2	5	5	17	19	11
16	14	Plymouth	13	7	6	1.5	1.5	6	1	6	19	20	19
17	19	Wigan	15	9	6	1.1	1.6	2	7	6	17	24	13
18	21	Doncaster	14	8	6	0.8	1.7	3	2	9	11	24	11
19	22	Northampton	14	8	6	0.7	1.6	3	2	9	10	22	11
20	8	Wycombe	13	8	5	0.8	1.2	2	6	5	10	16	12
21	16	Blackpool	13	8	5	0.8	1.5	3	1	9	11	20	10
22	24	Port Vale	13	8	5	0.6	1.6	2	3	8	8	21	9
23	1	Cardiff	13	9	4	1.2	0.8	6	4	3	15	11	22
24	3	Bolton	15	11	4	0.8	1.2	4	6	5	12	18	18

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.