Cardiff City FC vs Reading FC, League One 2025-26 REGULAR SEASON

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League One · 2025-26

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Sat 18 Oct 2025 · 14:00 UTC HT 45' · FT 45'

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Cardiff City FC vs Reading FC — League One .

Cardiff City FC 46 games · 91 pts (2026/27)
Reading FC 0 games · 0 pts (2026/27)

Match Details

Referee Lee Swabey

Standings

#	Team	P	Pts
1	Lincoln City FC	46	103
2	Cardiff City FC	46	91
3	Bolton Wanderers FC	46	75
4	Exeter City FC	46	49
5	Port Vale FC	46	42
6	Rotherham United FC	46	41
7	Northampton Town FC	46	35
8	Stockport County FC	0	0
9	Bradford City AFC	0	0
10	Stevenage FC	0	0
11	Luton Town FC	0	0
12	Plymouth Argyle FC	0	0
13	Huddersfield Town AFC	0	0
14	Mansfield Town FC	0	0
15	Wycombe Wanderers FC	0	0
16	Reading FC	0	0
17	Blackpool FC	0	0
18	Doncaster Rovers FC	0	0
19	Barnsley FC	0	0
20	Wigan Athletic FC	0	0
21	Burton Albion FC	0	0
22	Peterborough United FC	0	0
23	AFC Wimbledon	0	0
24	Leyton Orient FC	0	0
25	Leicester City FC	0	0
26	Cambridge United FC	0	0
27	Bromley FC	0	0
28	Sheffield Wednesday FC	0	0
29	Oxford United FC	0	0
30	Milton Keynes Dons FC	0	0
31	Notts County FC	0	0

Head-to-Head

Cardiff City FC 10 games · Avg 2.5 goals Reading FC

Last 5 meetings

2025-10-18 Cardiff City FC 2–1 Reading FC 2023-02-17 Cardiff City FC 1–0 Reading FC 2022-08-06 Reading FC 2–1 Cardiff City FC 2022-04-09 Reading FC 1–2 Cardiff City FC 2021-10-02 Cardiff City FC 0–1 Reading FC

Recent Form

Cardiff City FC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
18 Oct	Reading FC	H	2–1	W
04 Oct	Leyton Orient FC	H	4–3	W
30 Sep	Burton Albion FC	H	0–1	L
27 Sep	Wigan Athletic FC	A	2–0	W
20 Sep	Bradford City AFC	H	1–3	L
13 Sep	Stockport County FC	A	1–1	D

Reading FC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
18 Oct	Cardiff City FC	A	1–2	L
11 Oct	Exeter City FC	A	1–1	D
04 Oct	Mansfield Town FC	H	1–1	D
27 Sep	Stockport County FC	A	1–1	D
20 Sep	Leyton Orient FC	H	2–1	W
13 Sep	Barnsley FC	A	2–3	L

Season Stats

Cardiff City FC		Reading FC
#2	Position	#16
91	Points	0
46	Played	0
27 / 10 / 9	W / D / L	0 / 0 / 0
90	Scored	0
50	Conceded	0
+40	GD	+0
1.98	PPG	–
59%	Win %	–

Key Stats

70% Both Teams to Score
H2H (10 games)

60% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

Cardiff City FC are 2nd (91 pts). Reading FC are 16th (0 pts).

Events

Match Events

0' KICK OFF: Reading FC gets underway.
It finishes all square. Cardiff City FC and Reading FC share the spoils 2-1.

Lineups

Cardiff City FC Lineups

Reading FC Lineups

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

Player	Goals
Lucas Joao	3
George Puscas	2
Yakou Meite	2
Michael Morrison	1
Daniel Kankam Kyerewaa	1
Perry Ng	1
Lee Tomlin	1
Rubin Colwill	1

Head to Head

Cardiff City FC Form

2025-10-18 Cardiff City FC 2–1 Reading FC W 2025-10-04 Cardiff City FC 4–3 Leyton Orient FC W 2025-09-30 Cardiff City FC 0–1 Burton Albion FC L 2025-09-27 Wigan Athletic FC 0–2 Cardiff City FC W 2025-09-20 Cardiff City FC 1–3 Bradford City AFC L 2025-09-13 Stockport County FC 1–1 Cardiff City FC D

Reading FC Form

2025-10-18 Cardiff City FC 2–1 Reading FC L 2025-10-11 Exeter City FC 1–1 Reading FC D 2025-10-04 Reading FC 1–1 Mansfield Town FC D 2025-09-27 Stockport County FC 1–1 Reading FC D 2025-09-20 Reading FC 2–1 Leyton Orient FC W 2025-09-13 Barnsley FC 3–2 Reading FC L

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

1 / 4

0.81 Cardiff City FC xG

Expected Goals

Dixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo

0.69 Reading FC xG

I would bet for: Under 2.5 goals 80% + Cardiff City FC or Draw 75%

Match Result

✓ Correct

Cardiff City FC40% Draw35% Reading FC25%

Actual: Cardiff City FC win

Both Teams to Score

✗ Wrong

Yes29% 0% No71%

Avg goals/match: 1.5

Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✗ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	75%	25%
± 1.5	45%	55%
± 2.5	20%	80%
± 3.5	7%	93%
± 4.5	2%	98%

Double Chance

Cardiff City FC or Draw

75%

Draw or Reading FC

60%

Cardiff City FC or Reading FC

65%

Half-Time Result

✗ Wrong

Cardiff City FC21% Draw63% Reading FC16%

Actual: Reading FC win at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

0 – 0

25.1%

1 – 0

16.5%

0 – 1

13.8%

1 – 1

13.5%

2 – 0

6.8%

2 – 1

Actual

0 – 2

4.9%

1 – 2

4.3%

2 – 2

1.9%

3 – 0

1.8%

3 – 1

1.4%

0 – 3

1.1%

Asian Handicap — Cardiff City FC

Handicap	Cardiff City FC covers	Push	Reading FC covers
-2.5	3%	—	97%
-2	3%	8%	89%
-1.5	11%	—	89%
-1	11%	22%	67%
-0.5	33%	—	67%
+0.5	74%	—	26%
+1	74%	19%	8%
+1.5	92%	—	8%
+2	92%	6%	2%
+2.5	98%	—	2%

Clean Sheet

Cardiff City FC keeps clean sheet

51% ✗

Reading FC keeps clean sheet

45% ✓

Predictions are statistical estimates based on season form, H2H history, and a Poisson model. Not financial advice.