League One: Rotherham vs Reading – Betting preview

Ace Football previews the League One round 45 match between Rotherham and Reading and offers team stats, betting tips and the latest odds.

Rotherham welcome Reading at New York Stadium this coming Saturday for a match in the penultimate round of the current League One season.

Team form: Rotherham vs Reading

Rotherham Form

Showing inconsistent form, Rotherham lost two of their past three matches, going down 3-0 against Wigan, before beating Leyton Orient 0-2. The joy was short-lived, as Luton proved too strong in a 0-2 defeat. Rotherham just have a single home win to show from their efforts in the past six League One matches at the New York Stadium. They also drew three and lost two of these six encounters, in which they scored four and conceded seven goals.

Reading Form

Reading were unable to pick up a single good result in their last three matches, as they were first beaten 1-2 by Lincoln City. Next up, Doncaster won 1-0, before losing 1-3 against Cardiff. Reading won twice, while also recording one draw, and three defeats in their last six away matches in the League One. The scoreline from these matches says seven goals conceded and six scored.

Betting stats and facts for Rotherham and Reading

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 Rotherham and Reading played across all tournaments.

In-form players: Rotherham vs Reading

Sam Nombe is the most prolific League One marksman for the home team, scoring twice recently. Reading look to Lewis Wing, hoping he can add to his current total of two League One goals in his latest games.

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Full-time result

Rotherham claimed all three points two times in their last 10 home matches across all tournaments, while also drawing four along the way. They endured defeat in four of the games in this run. Reading won four of their last 10 games away, while drawing two and losing four in this series of matches.

Both teams to score

Rotherham scored the first goal of the match in four games from a possible ten. Reading got the opening goal in five out of their last ten away games. Reading should feel cheery over the chances of getting at least one goal in this coming Saturday, as Rotherham only managed two clean sheets in the previous 10 matches. Reading claimed one clean sheets in their last 10 games. Rotherham have scored in 5 consecutive league meetings with Reading.

Total goals

Over 2.5 goals came out five times in the previous ten matches across all tournaments for Rotherham, who scored an average of 0.5 goals along the way. Of the last ten games for Reading, six had more than 2.5 goals, while they managed to score an average of 1.3 times goals per game.