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

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League One · 2025-26

Cardiff City FC

2 – 1

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Reading FC

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

Overview

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Cardiff City FC vs Reading FC — League One .

Cardiff City FC 46 games · 91 pts (2026/27)
Reading FC 14 games · 22 pts (2026/27)

Match Details

Referee Lee Swabey

Standings

#	Team	P	Pts
1	Huddersfield Town AFC	14	29
2	Stockport County FC	14	26
3	Oxford United FC	13	26
4	Luton Town FC	14	24
5	Plymouth Argyle FC	14	23
6	Reading FC	14	22
7	Bradford City AFC	13	22
8	Cambridge United FC	14	21
9	Sheffield Wednesday FC	13	20
10	Leicester City FC	13	19
11	Mansfield Town FC	13	19
12	Milton Keynes Dons FC	13	18
13	Wycombe Wanderers FC	13	18
14	Leyton Orient FC	13	17
15	Burton Albion FC	14	17
16	Stevenage FC	12	16
17	Notts County FC	12	14
18	AFC Wimbledon	13	13
19	Blackpool FC	12	12
20	Doncaster Rovers FC	13	12
21	Wigan Athletic FC	14	11
22	Peterborough United FC	13	10
23	Barnsley FC	12	9
24	Bromley FC	13	9

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

Key Stats

70% Both Teams to Score
H2H (10 games)

60% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

36% Clean Sheets
Reading FC this season

Goal Timing (This Season)

Reading FC

0-15

2/3

16-30

–/–

31-45

7/–

46-60

7/3

61-75

4/4

76+

5/5

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Top Scorers (This Season)

Reading FC

Jack Marriott	8 G
Jacob Brown	4 G	1 A
Kyrell Lisbie	3 G	1 A
George Earthy	2 G

Events

Match Events

0' Three points are at stake. Cardiff City FC host Reading FC — let the battle begin!
The referee blows the final whistle. Sensational lose for Reading FC.

Lineups

Cardiff City FC Lineups

Reading FC Lineups

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

Player	Goals
Lucas Joao	3
George Puscas	2
Yakou Meite	2
Rubin Colwill	1
Kieffer Moore	1
Omari Kellyman	1
Junior Hoilett	1
Alfie Doughty	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

2 / 4

1.46 Cardiff City FC xG

Expected Goals

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

1.22 Reading FC xG

I would bet for: Markets are evenly balanced — no clear value pick.

Match Result

✓ Correct

Cardiff City FC45% Draw27% Reading FC28%

Actual: Cardiff City FC win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct

Yes54% 0% No46%

Avg goals/match: 2.68

Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✗ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	91%	9%
± 1.5	75%	25%
± 2.5	49%	51%
± 3.5	28%	72%
± 4.5	14%	86%

Double Chance

Cardiff City FC or Draw

72%

Draw or Reading FC

55%

Cardiff City FC or Reading FC

73%

Half-Time Result

✗ Wrong

Cardiff City FC30% Draw47% Reading FC23%

Actual: Reading FC win at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

1 – 1

13.2%

1 – 0

9.1%

0 – 0

8.9%

2 – 1

Actual

0 – 1

7.4%

2 – 0

7.2%

1 – 2

7.2%

2 – 2

5.3%

0 – 2

3 – 1

4.2%

3 – 0

3.4%

1 – 3

2.9%

Asian Handicap — Cardiff City FC

Handicap	Cardiff City FC covers	Push	Reading FC covers
-2.5	8%	—	92%
-2	8%	13%	80%
-1.5	20%	—	80%
-1	20%	21%	59%
-0.5	41%	—	59%
+0.5	70%	—	30%
+1	70%	17%	13%
+1.5	87%	—	13%
+2	87%	9%	4%
+2.5	96%	—	4%

Clean Sheet

Cardiff City FC keeps clean sheet

30% ✓

Reading FC keeps clean sheet

24% ✓

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