Reading 1–3 Cardiff – England League One, 18 Apr 2026

Match facts

Reading Cardiff

15 Shots 15

7 Shots on target 9

7 Corners 9

6 Fouls 11

3 Yellow cards 4

0 Red cards 0

Our pre-match prediction

✓ Result correct ✓ Goals correct ✓ BTTS correct Calculated after the match, using only matches played before kick-off (509 league matches this season so far).

Result Cardiff to win

Goals Over 2.5

Both teams score Yes fair 1.75

Expected goals 1.37 – 1.45

Home / Draw / Away

36% 25% 39%

ReadingDrawCardiff

Under / Over 2.5 goals

46% 54%

Under 2.5Over 2.5

Both teams to score

43% 57%

NoYes

Total goals in the match

6% 0

17% 1

24% 2

22% 3

16% 4

16% 5+

Most likely scores

1–1 11.8% 0–1 8.6% 1–2 8.6%

Statistics 2025/2026, before this match

Reading before this match, all matches

1.44points / match

1.44scored / match

1.28conceded / match

16 14 13

WonDrawnLost 43 played · 62:55

Cardiff before this match, all matches

1.95points / match

1.83scored / match

1.02conceded / match

24 10 8

WonDrawnLost 42 played · 77:43

Reading all matches all matches Cardiff

Per match

1.44 Goals scored 1.83

1.28 Goals conceded 1.02

2.72 Total goals 2.86

10.88 Shots 15.50

3.74 Shots on target 5.19

12.37 Shots faced 11.93

3.88 Corners 6.21

5.33 Corners against 4.14

11.65 Fouls 9.74

2.14 Yellow cards 1.71

0.67 1st-half goals scored 0.69

0.40 1st-half goals conceded 0.48

How often Full Time

37% Wins 57%

33% Draws 24%

30% Losses 19%

100% Over 0.5 goals 95%

84% Over 1.5 goals 79%

49% Over 2.5 goals 52%

26% Over 3.5 goals 33%

14% Over 4.5 goals 12%

0% Over 5.5 goals 7%

67% Both teams scored 52%

19% Clean sheets 38%

14% Failed to score 14%

How often Half Time

35% Wins 31%

47% Draws 50%

19% Losses 19%

70% Over 0.5 goals 67%

30% Over 1.5 goals 33%

7% Over 2.5 goals 7%

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

Reading all matches

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Cardiff all matches

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Reading before this match, at home

1.76points / match

1.52scored / match

1.14conceded / match

10 7 4

WonDrawnLost 21 played · 32:24

Cardiff before this match, away

1.67points / match

1.57scored / match

1.00conceded / match

9 8 4

WonDrawnLost 21 played · 33:21

Reading at home away Cardiff

Per match

1.52 Goals scored 1.57

1.14 Goals conceded 1.00

2.67 Total goals 2.57

11.62 Shots 14.43

3.95 Shots on target 4.38

11.24 Shots faced 13.38

3.62 Corners 5.76

5.33 Corners against 4.43

10.52 Fouls 9.52

2.05 Yellow cards 1.62

0.67 1st-half goals scored 0.62

0.38 1st-half goals conceded 0.48

How often Full Time

48% Wins 43%

33% Draws 38%

19% Losses 19%

100% Over 0.5 goals 95%

81% Over 1.5 goals 76%

52% Over 2.5 goals 43%

24% Over 3.5 goals 29%

10% Over 4.5 goals 5%

0% Over 5.5 goals 5%

67% Both teams scored 57%

29% Clean sheets 38%

5% Failed to score 10%

How often Half Time

38% Wins 29%

38% Draws 48%

24% Losses 24%

71% Over 0.5 goals 67%

29% Over 1.5 goals 29%

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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Cardiff away

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Last 10 matches before this match

Reading all matches

Date	Match	Score	1	X	2	O	U
11.04.26	Doncaster – Reading	1–0 (0–0)	1.86	3.70	3.60	1.85	2.00
06.04.26	Reading – Lincoln	1–2 (0–1)	4.10	3.25	1.79	2.10	1.70
03.04.26	Huddersfield – Reading	1–1 (0–1)	1.71	3.60	4.50	1.95	1.85
28.03.26	Reading – Wigan	3–0 (2–0)	2.15	3.30	3.20	2.15	1.67
21.03.26	Stevenage – Reading	1–0 (0–0)	1.86	3.20	4.20	2.35	1.57
17.03.26	Burton – Reading	1–2 (1–1)	2.20	3.25	3.20	1.98	1.88
14.03.26	Reading – Plymouth	2–2 (2–1)	3.00	3.40	2.20	1.80	2.00
10.03.26	Mansfield – Reading	1–0 (0–0)	2.10	3.40	3.10	1.85	1.95
07.03.26	Luton – Reading	2–3 (1–1)	1.76	3.60	4.33	1.90	1.95
28.02.26	Reading – Bradford	2–1 (0–0)	2.25	3.25	3.00	2.00	1.80

Cardiff all matches

Date	Match	Score	1	X	2	O	U
14.04.26	Huddersfield – Cardiff	1–1 (1–0)	3.00	3.60	2.15	1.73	2.08
11.04.26	Cardiff – Bolton	2–0 (0–0)	1.71	4.00	4.00	1.50	2.50
06.04.26	Peterboro – Cardiff	1–1 (0–0)	4.00	3.80	1.68	1.50	2.50
21.03.26	Cardiff – Blackpool	0–0 (0–0)	1.33	4.75	7.50	1.57	2.35
17.03.26	Cardiff – Wycombe	0–2 (0–0)	1.62	3.80	4.75	1.70	2.10
14.03.26	Exeter – Cardiff	0–4 (0–2)	4.20	3.60	1.76	1.80	2.00
10.03.26	Barnsley – Cardiff	1–1 (1–1)	3.50	3.80	1.86	1.57	2.35
07.03.26	Cardiff – Lincoln	0–2 (0–0)	2.25	3.30	3.00	1.85	1.95
28.02.26	Doncaster – Cardiff	0–4 (0–1)	3.20	3.80	1.96	1.67	2.15
21.02.26	Plymouth – Cardiff	5–2 (3–2)	2.85	3.60	2.20	1.75	2.05

Reading at home

Date	Match	Score	1	X	2	O	U
06.04.26	Reading – Lincoln	1–2 (0–1)	4.10	3.25	1.79	2.10	1.70
28.03.26	Reading – Wigan	3–0 (2–0)	2.15	3.30	3.20	2.15	1.67
14.03.26	Reading – Plymouth	2–2 (2–1)	3.00	3.40	2.20	1.80	2.00
28.02.26	Reading – Bradford	2–1 (0–0)	2.25	3.25	3.00	2.00	1.80
17.02.26	Reading – Bolton	1–1 (1–0)	3.10	3.50	2.10	1.93	1.93
14.02.26	Reading – Wycombe	3–2 (2–0)	2.70	3.25	2.30	1.98	1.88
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
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

Cardiff away

Date	Match	Score	1	X	2	O	U
14.04.26	Huddersfield – Cardiff	1–1 (1–0)	3.00	3.60	2.15	1.73	2.08
06.04.26	Peterboro – Cardiff	1–1 (0–0)	4.00	3.80	1.68	1.50	2.50
14.03.26	Exeter – Cardiff	0–4 (0–2)	4.20	3.60	1.76	1.80	2.00
10.03.26	Barnsley – Cardiff	1–1 (1–1)	3.50	3.80	1.86	1.57	2.35
28.02.26	Doncaster – Cardiff	0–4 (0–1)	3.20	3.80	1.96	1.67	2.15
21.02.26	Plymouth – Cardiff	5–2 (3–2)	2.85	3.60	2.20	1.75	2.05
07.02.26	Rotherham – Cardiff	0–3 (0–1)	3.80	3.50	1.86	1.95	1.85
31.01.26	Burton – Cardiff	2–2 (1–0)	4.33	3.70	1.71	1.85	2.00
17.01.26	Bradford – Cardiff	1–2 (0–2)	2.75	3.60	2.20	1.75	2.05
10.01.26	Leyton Orient – Cardiff	1–1 (1–1)	3.80	3.80	1.79	1.65	2.20

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 3

Reading winsDrawsCardiff wins

5matches

2.20goals / match

60%over 2.5

60%both scored

Date	Match	Score	1	X	2	O	U
18.10.25E2	Cardiff – Reading	2–1 (0–1)	1.53	4.00	5.25	1.70	2.10
17.02.23E1	Cardiff – Reading	1–0 (0–0)	1.95	3.25	4.20	2.30	1.62
06.08.22E1	Reading – Cardiff	2–1 (1–1)	2.50	3.25	2.90	2.20	1.66
09.04.22E1	Reading – Cardiff	1–2 (1–0)	2.37	3.20	3.20	2.30	1.61
02.10.21E1	Cardiff – Reading	0–1 (0–1)	2.00	3.40	3.80	1.90	1.90

England League One table 2025/2026, before this match

All matches – league table
#	Team	MP	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Lincoln	42	28	9	5	79	36	+43	93
2	Cardiff	42	24	10	8	77	43	+34	82
3	Bolton	44	19	17	8	67	48	+19	74
4	Bradford	43	21	9	13	54	48	+6	72
5	Stockport	41	20	10	11	61	50	+11	70
6	Stevenage	42	19	10	13	44	43	+1	67
7	Huddersfield	44	17	13	14	69	60	+9	64
8	Luton	42	18	10	14	59	51	+8	64
9	Plymouth	42	19	6	17	66	58	+8	63
10	Reading	43	16	14	13	62	55	+7	62
11	Wycombe	43	16	12	15	63	51	+12	60
12	Barnsley	42	14	14	14	65	67	-2	56
13	Wigan	43	14	13	16	49	56	-7	55
14	Mansfield	41	13	15	13	50	43	+7	54
15	Doncaster	42	15	8	19	43	64	-21	53
16	Peterboro	42	15	6	21	61	61	0	51
17	Leyton Orient	43	14	9	20	57	66	-9	51
18	Burton	43	13	12	18	46	56	-10	51
19	Blackpool	43	14	9	20	51	65	-14	51
20	AFC Wimbledon	43	14	8	21	49	65	-16	50
21	Exeter	43	12	11	20	47	55	-8	47
22	Port Vale	41	9	11	21	33	55	-22	38
23	Rotherham	42	9	10	23	36	65	-29	37
24	Northampton	42	9	8	25	35	62	-27	35

Home – league table
#	Team	MP	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Lincoln	22	17	4	1	49	17	+32	55
2	Bradford	21	15	3	3	30	15	+15	48
3	Bolton	22	13	8	1	44	21	+23	47
4	Cardiff	21	15	2	4	44	22	+22	47
5	Huddersfield	22	11	9	2	41	23	+18	42
6	Luton	22	12	6	4	35	23	+12	42
7	Stevenage	20	12	6	2	23	11	+12	42
8	Stockport	20	12	4	4	34	22	+12	40
9	Wycombe	21	12	3	6	42	20	+22	39
10	Blackpool	22	11	5	6	34	29	+5	38
11	Reading	21	10	7	4	32	24	+8	37
12	Wigan	22	11	4	7	24	16	+8	37
13	Barnsley	22	9	6	7	38	34	+4	33
14	Doncaster	21	9	5	7	26	29	-3	32
15	Mansfield	21	8	7	6	31	21	+10	31
16	Plymouth	22	9	4	9	31	32	-1	31
17	Burton	22	9	4	9	26	27	-1	31
18	Leyton Orient	21	8	6	7	30	26	+4	30
19	Exeter	21	8	6	7	26	24	+2	30
20	Peterboro	20	8	4	8	37	26	+11	28
21	AFC Wimbledon	21	8	4	9	24	24	0	28
22	Rotherham	21	6	8	7	23	29	-6	26
23	Northampton	20	6	4	10	20	24	-4	22
24	Port Vale	21	4	8	9	17	23	-6	20

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

Reading Cardiff

Under / Over goals 2025/2026, before this match

All matches – Under/Over goals
#
1	12	Barnsley	42	15	27	1.5	1.6	14	14	14	65	67	56
2	17	Leyton Orient	43	16	27	1.3	1.5	14	9	20	57	66	51
3	7	Huddersfield	44	19	25	1.6	1.4	17	13	14	69	60	64
4	5	Stockport	41	17	24	1.5	1.2	20	10	11	61	50	70
5	9	Plymouth	42	18	24	1.6	1.4	19	6	17	66	58	63
6	16	Peterboro	42	18	24	1.5	1.5	15	6	21	61	61	51
7	1	Lincoln	42	19	23	1.9	0.9	28	9	5	79	36	93
8	4	Bradford	43	20	23	1.3	1.1	21	9	13	54	48	72
9	23	Rotherham	42	19	23	0.9	1.5	9	10	23	36	65	37
10	2	Cardiff	42	20	22	1.8	1.0	24	10	8	77	43	82
11	8	Luton	42	20	22	1.4	1.2	18	10	14	59	51	64
12	11	Wycombe	43	21	22	1.5	1.2	16	12	15	63	51	60
13	18	Burton	43	21	22	1.1	1.3	13	12	18	46	56	51
14	19	Blackpool	43	21	22	1.2	1.5	14	9	20	51	65	51
15	3	Bolton	44	23	21	1.5	1.1	19	17	8	67	48	74
16	10	Reading	43	22	21	1.4	1.3	16	14	13	62	55	62
17	15	Doncaster	42	21	21	1.0	1.5	15	8	19	43	64	53
18	20	AFC Wimbledon	43	22	21	1.1	1.5	14	8	21	49	65	50
19	21	Exeter	43	24	19	1.1	1.3	12	11	20	47	55	47
20	24	Northampton	42	23	19	0.8	1.5	9	8	25	35	62	35
21	14	Mansfield	41	23	18	1.2	1.0	13	15	13	50	43	54
22	6	Stevenage	42	26	16	1.0	1.0	19	10	13	44	43	67
23	13	Wigan	43	27	16	1.1	1.3	14	13	16	49	56	55
24	22	Port Vale	41	25	16	0.8	1.3	9	11	21	33	55	38

Home – Under/Over goals
#
1	1	Lincoln	22	8	14	2.2	0.8	17	4	1	49	17	55
2	3	Bolton	22	8	14	2.0	1.0	13	8	1	44	21	47
3	12	Barnsley	22	8	14	1.7	1.5	9	6	7	38	34	33
4	2	Cardiff	21	8	13	2.1	1.0	15	2	4	44	22	47
5	11	Wycombe	21	8	13	2.0	1.0	12	3	6	42	20	39
6	5	Stockport	20	8	12	1.7	1.1	12	4	4	34	22	40
7	7	Huddersfield	22	10	12	1.9	1.0	11	9	2	41	23	42
8	8	Luton	22	10	12	1.6	1.0	12	6	4	35	23	42
9	9	Plymouth	22	10	12	1.4	1.5	9	4	9	31	32	31
10	16	Peterboro	20	8	12	1.9	1.3	8	4	8	37	26	28
11	18	Burton	22	10	12	1.2	1.2	9	4	9	26	27	31
12	19	Blackpool	22	10	12	1.5	1.3	11	5	6	34	29	38
13	23	Rotherham	21	9	12	1.1	1.4	6	8	7	23	29	26
14	10	Reading	21	10	11	1.5	1.1	10	7	4	32	24	37
15	14	Mansfield	21	10	11	1.5	1.0	8	7	6	31	21	31
16	17	Leyton Orient	21	10	11	1.4	1.2	8	6	7	30	26	30
17	15	Doncaster	21	11	10	1.2	1.4	9	5	7	26	29	32
18	4	Bradford	21	12	9	1.4	0.7	15	3	3	30	15	48
19	21	Exeter	21	12	9	1.2	1.1	8	6	7	26	24	30
20	20	AFC Wimbledon	21	13	8	1.1	1.1	8	4	9	24	24	28
21	24	Northampton	20	12	8	1.0	1.2	6	4	10	20	24	22
22	22	Port Vale	21	14	7	0.8	1.1	4	8	9	17	23	20
23	13	Wigan	22	16	6	1.1	0.7	11	4	7	24	16	37
24	6	Stevenage	20	15	5	1.1	0.6	12	6	2	23	11	42

Away – Under/Over goals
#
1	17	Leyton Orient	22	6	16	1.2	1.8	6	3	13	27	40	21
2	4	Bradford	22	8	14	1.1	1.5	6	6	10	24	33	24
3	7	Huddersfield	22	9	13	1.3	1.7	6	4	12	28	37	22
4	12	Barnsley	20	7	13	1.4	1.6	5	8	7	27	33	23
5	20	AFC Wimbledon	22	9	13	1.1	1.9	6	4	12	25	41	22
6	5	Stockport	21	9	12	1.3	1.3	8	6	7	27	28	30
7	9	Plymouth	20	8	12	1.8	1.3	10	2	8	35	26	32
8	16	Peterboro	22	10	12	1.1	1.6	7	2	13	24	35	23
9	6	Stevenage	22	11	11	1.0	1.5	7	4	11	21	32	25
10	15	Doncaster	21	10	11	0.8	1.7	6	3	12	17	35	21
11	23	Rotherham	21	10	11	0.6	1.7	3	2	16	13	36	11
12	24	Northampton	22	11	11	0.7	1.7	3	4	15	15	38	13
13	8	Luton	20	10	10	1.2	1.4	6	4	10	24	28	22
14	10	Reading	22	12	10	1.4	1.4	6	7	9	30	31	25
15	13	Wigan	21	11	10	1.2	1.9	3	9	9	25	40	18
16	18	Burton	21	11	10	1.0	1.4	4	8	9	20	29	20
17	19	Blackpool	21	11	10	0.8	1.7	3	4	14	17	36	13
18	21	Exeter	22	12	10	1.0	1.4	4	5	13	21	31	17
19	1	Lincoln	20	11	9	1.5	0.9	11	5	4	30	19	38
20	2	Cardiff	21	12	9	1.6	1.0	9	8	4	33	21	35
21	11	Wycombe	22	13	9	1.0	1.4	4	9	9	21	31	21
22	22	Port Vale	20	11	9	0.8	1.6	5	3	12	16	32	18
23	3	Bolton	22	15	7	1.0	1.2	6	9	7	23	27	27
24	14	Mansfield	20	13	7	0.9	1.1	5	8	7	19	22	23

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.