Reading FC vs Barnsley FC, League One 2025-26 REGULAR SEASON

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League One · 2025-26

Reading FC

2 – 2

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Barnsley FC

Sat 24 Jan 2026 · 15:00 UTC HT 45' · FT 45'

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Reading FC vs Barnsley FC — League One .

Reading FC 46 games · 63 pts (2026/27)
Barnsley FC 46 games · 59 pts (2026/27)

Match Details

Referee Leigh Doughty

Standings

#	Team	P	Pts
1	Lincoln City FC	46	103
2	Cardiff City FC	46	91
3	Stockport County FC	46	77
4	Bradford City AFC	46	77
5	Bolton Wanderers FC	46	75
6	Stevenage FC	46	75
7	Luton Town FC	46	74
8	Plymouth Argyle FC	46	73
9	Huddersfield Town AFC	46	67
10	Mansfield Town FC	46	65
11	Wycombe Wanderers FC	46	63
12	Reading FC	46	63
13	Blackpool FC	46	60
14	Doncaster Rovers FC	46	60
15	Barnsley FC	46	59
16	Wigan Athletic FC	46	56
17	Burton Albion FC	46	54
18	Peterborough United FC	46	53
19	AFC Wimbledon	46	53
20	Leyton Orient FC	46	52
21	Exeter City FC	46	49
22	Port Vale FC	46	42
23	Rotherham United FC	46	41
24	Northampton Town FC	46	35

Head-to-Head

Reading FC 12 games · Avg 3.2 goals Barnsley FC

Last 5 meetings

2026-01-24 Reading FC 2–2 Barnsley FC 2025-09-13 Barnsley FC 3–2 Reading FC 2025-05-03 Reading FC 2–4 Barnsley FC 2024-11-26 Barnsley FC 2–2 Reading FC 2024-04-13 Barnsley FC 2–2 Reading FC

Recent Form

Reading FC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
24 Jan	Barnsley FC	H	2–2	D
17 Jan	Leyton Orient FC	A	1–3	L
04 Jan	Stockport County FC	H	1–0	W
01 Jan	Burton Albion FC	H	2–0	W
29 Dec	Peterborough United FC	A	1–1	D
26 Dec	Plymouth Argyle FC	A	4–1	W

Barnsley FC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
24 Jan	Reading FC	A	2–2	D
17 Jan	Blackpool FC	H	2–1	W
12 Jan	Liverpool FC	A	1–4	L
01 Jan	Wigan Athletic FC	A	1–1	D
29 Dec	Lincoln City FC	H	0–2	L
26 Dec	Mansfield Town FC	H	2–3	L

Season Stats

Reading FC		Barnsley FC
#12	Position	#15
63	Points	59
46	Played	46
16 / 15 / 15	W / D / L	15 / 14 / 17
64	Scored	68
60	Conceded	73
+4	GD	-5
1.37	PPG	1.28
35%	Win %	33%

Key Stats

75% Both Teams to Score
H2H (12 games)

50% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

Reading FC are 12th (63 pts). Barnsley FC are 15th (59 pts).

Events

Match Events

0' KICK OFF: Barnsley FC gets underway.
The final score is 2-2.

Lineups

Reading FC Lineups

Barnsley FC Lineups

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

Player	Goals
Davis Keillor-Dunn	3
Sam Smith	3
Yakou Meite	2
Lewis Wing	2
John Swift	1
Joshua Earl	1
Joshua Laurent	1
Carlton Morris	1

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

3 / 4

2.01 Reading FC xG

Expected Goals

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

1.59 Barnsley FC xG

I would bet for: Both teams to score 69% + Over 2.5 goals 69%

Match Result

✗ Wrong

Reading FC47% Draw24% Barnsley FC29%

Actual: Draw

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct

Yes69% 0% No31%

Avg goals/match: 3.6

Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	96%	4%
± 1.5	87%	13%
± 2.5	69%	31%
± 3.5	48%	52%
± 4.5	29%	71%

Double Chance

Reading FC or Draw

71%

Draw or Barnsley FC

53%

Reading FC or Barnsley FC

76%

Half-Time Result

✓ Correct

Reading FC36% Draw40% Barnsley FC24%

Actual: Draw at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

1 – 1

9.6%

2 – 1

8.5%

1 – 2

6.7%

2 – 2

Actual

3 – 1

5.7%

2 – 0

5.6%

1 – 0

3 – 2

4.5%

0 – 0

4.1%

0 – 1

3.8%

3 – 0

3.7%

2 – 3

3.5%

Asian Handicap — Reading FC

Handicap	Reading FC covers	Push	Barnsley FC covers
-2.5	13%	—	87%
-2	13%	14%	73%
-1.5	27%	—	73%
-1	27%	19%	53%
-0.5	47%	—	53%
+0.5	70%	—	30%
+1	70%	15%	15%
+1.5	85%	—	15%
+2	85%	9%	6%
+2.5	94%	—	6%

Clean Sheet

Reading FC keeps clean sheet

21% ✓

Barnsley FC keeps clean sheet

14% ✓

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