League One: Northampton vs Reading – Betting preview

Ace Football previews the League One round 42 match between Northampton and Reading and offers team news, stats and a free betting tip with the latest odds.

Northampton enjoy home advantage, when visitors Reading swing by on Saturday for a clash in the League One. The former will be looking to make that home advantage count.

Form: Northampton vs Reading

Northampton Form

Northampton delivered a bit of everything as their last three matches resulted in a win, a loss and a draw. An encounter with Cambridge U brought a 1-1 draw, which was followed by a 0-2 defeat at the hands of Rotherham. Their most recent game had them back on the winning trail, as they beat Peterborough by 0-4. Northampton claimed just a single measly home win from a possible six in the League One, which also saw them drawing two and losing three matches, in which they scored five and conceded nine goals.

Reading Form

Reading won twice in their last three matches, but began by losing 3-0 against Blackpool, before beating Wycombe 1-0. Another win followed, this time by 1-3 against Shrewsbury. In their last six away matches in the League One, Reading won twice, while also recording two draws. They endured two defeats in this run, with a scoreline from these matches saying nine goals conceded and eight scored.

Betting stats and facts for Northampton and Reading

Here are some stats and facts that might be useful for betting on the upcoming match between Northampton and Reading. The facts are based on the data from the last couple of matches that these teams played across all competitions.

Players in form: Northampton vs Reading

It’s been a great season for Harvey Knibbs so far with 14 goals to his name across all tournaments this season. He also hit the target three times in his last six games, and no doubt Reading want him to continue this productive spell against Northamptonon Saturday.

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Full-time result

Northampton claimed a modest two wins from their previous 10 home matches across all tournaments. They split the points with the visiting team in three of the games, whilst losing five. Reading won three of their last 10 games away, drew three and lost four of the games in this run.

Both teams to score

Amazingly, Northampton scored the first goal of the match in just three out of the last ten games at home. Curiously, Reading only scored the opening goal of the match in three of the last ten away games. Reading will feel optimistic about scoring on Saturday with Northampton managing a measly one clean sheet in the previous 10 games. The latter fought their way to four clean sheets in their previous 10 games. Reading have scored in 3 consecutive meetings with Northampton when playing at away ground.

Total goals

Over 2.5 goals came out four times in the previous ten matches across all tournaments for Northampton, who scored an average of 1.3 goals along the way. Over 2.5 goals happened in four of the last ten outings for Reading, who managed to score 1.3 times in those matches.