League One: Reading vs Northampton – Betting preview

Ace Football previews the League One round 22 match between Reading and Northampton and offers team stats, betting tips and the latest odds.

Bookmakers favour Reading to be victorious against Northampton in their upcoming League One encounter. Despite their recent unconvincing form, a win for the former seems likely on Thursday. They should not underestimate Northampton, though.

Reading approach round 22 as number 7 in the League One table with 31 points on their account so far. With 20 rounds behind them, Northampton have amassed 21 points, placing them as number 20 in the standings.

Form: Reading vs Northampton

Reading Form

A draw was the best Reading could muster in their previous three games. They claimed a 1-1 draw against Wycombe, before getting trounced 0-3 against Blackpool. Last time out, more disappointment followed as Lincoln City ran out 2-0 winners. Reading showed little mercy in their past six matches at Select Car Leasing Stadium, of which they won five, drew none and lost once. They hit the target 13 times, while letting in six themselves.

Northampton Form

Northampton have only one win in their last three matches, as they did beat Peterborough by 2-1. Disappointment followed, going down 3-0 against Rotherham, and 0-5 against Charlton. Northampton came through their last six away games in the League One without a single win. Of those six matches, they drew two and lost four in which, they were outscored by ten goals to three.

Betting facts for Reading and Northampton

Let’s have a look at some of the most interesting betting-relevant facts based on the stats from the last couple of matches that Reading and Northampton played across all tournaments.

Players on top: Reading vs Northampton

Cameron McGeehan shows decent form right now for Northampton, as he scored two goals in his last six games in the League One. The visitors need more from him, though, when facing Reading, who are strong favourites this coming Thursday. Siding with Harvey Knibbs also look a nice prospect as he scored three goals in his last six League One matches.

Betting markets: Reading vs Northampton

Full-time result

Reading won eight of their last 10 home matches across all tournaments, while losing two times. Northampton won one of their last 10 games away from home, with three draws and six defeats as well. Reading have not lost to Northampton in 3 consecutive home meetings.

Both teams to score

Reading scored first in six of their last ten home games. Curiously, Northampton only scored the opening goal of the match in two of the last ten away games. Reading managed two wins without conceding a goal in their previous 10 matches across all tournaments. Reading have scored in 4 consecutive league meetings with Northampton.

Total goals

Over 2.5 goals came out six times in the previous ten matches across all tournaments for Reading, who scored an average of 1.8 goals along the way. In the last ten games for Northampton, six of them had more than 2.5 goals, and they scored an average of 0.6 times goals per game themselves.