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

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League One · 2025-26

Reading FC

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Blackpool FC

Sat 2 May 2026 · 14:00 UTC Select Car Leasing Stadium 12,602 HT 45' · FT 45'

0–1 75' Christopher Hamilton

Y 81' Oliver Casey

Overview

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Reading FC vs Blackpool FC — League One at Select Car Leasing Stadium.

Reading FC 7 games · 11 pts (2026/27)
Blackpool FC 7 games · 8 pts (2026/27)

Match Details

Referee Elliot Bell (England)
Assistant 1 Paul Kelly
Assistant 2 Stuart Butler

6 games this season 🟨 2.7/game ⚽ 11.5 goals/game

Standings

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

Head-to-Head

Reading FC 11 games · Avg 3.5 goals Blackpool FC

Last 5 meetings

2026-05-02 Reading FC 0–1 Blackpool FC 2025-11-29 Blackpool FC 0–3 Reading FC 2025-04-01 Blackpool FC 3–0 Reading FC 2024-12-14 Reading FC 0–3 Blackpool FC 2024-04-27 Reading FC 3–2 Blackpool FC

Recent Form

Reading FC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
02 May	Blackpool FC	H	0–1	L
25 Apr	Rotherham United FC	A	1–1	D
18 Apr	Cardiff City FC	H	1–3	L
11 Apr	Doncaster Rovers FC	A	0–1	L
06 Apr	Lincoln City FC	H	1–2	L
03 Apr	Huddersfield Town AFC	A	1–1	D

Blackpool FC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
02 May	Reading FC	A	1–0	W
25 Apr	Leyton Orient FC	H	1–0	W
18 Apr	Wycombe Wanderers FC	A	1–0	W
11 Apr	Peterborough United FC	H	3–1	W
06 Apr	Stevenage FC	A	0–1	L
03 Apr	Exeter City FC	H	1–0	W

Season Stats

Reading FC		Blackpool FC
#9	Position	#15
11	Points	8
7	Played	7
3 / 2 / 2	W / D / L	2 / 2 / 3
16	Scored	13
9	Conceded	13
+7	GD	+0
1.57	PPG	1.14
43%	Win %	29%

Key Stats

55% Both Teams to Score
H2H (11 games)

82% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

43% Clean Sheets
Reading FC this season

14% Clean Sheets
Blackpool FC this season

Reading FC are 9th (11 pts). Blackpool FC are 15th (8 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

Reading FC

0-15

2/1

16-30

–/–

31-45

6/–

46-60

4/3

61-75

1/2

76+

3/3

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Blackpool FC

0-15

1/2

16-30

4/1

31-45

2/1

46-60

1/3

61-75

3/1

76+

2/4

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Top Scorers (This Season)

Reading FC

Jack Marriott	8 G
Jacob Brown	2 G
George Earthy	2 G

Blackpool FC

Josh Bowler	2 G	1 A
Tom Bloxham	2 G	1 A
Jerry Yates	2 G
Finley Munroe	1 G

Events

Match Events

0' The game is set. Reading FC kicks off things out of here…
5' The clock is ticking and both teams know a goal could change everything at this point.
10' It’s high time Ian Evatt made some changes to put the his team’s game back to action.
15' Portugal international Joel Pereira has been a key figure this campaign — 0 goals and 0 assists in the Array this season.
20' Both teams are passing the ball around with high level of urgency. Reading FC needs to do something about it to get closer to the goal.
25' Reading FC currently sit 10 in the Array table. A result here could be decisive in the race for the top positions.
30' Not even hints on scoring a goal over the last 30 minutes.
35' Reading FC has dominated the recent head-to-head record, winning 1 of the last 1 meetings.
40' Karoy Anderson has been one of the livelier players on the pitch with 1 goals to his name this season.
45' Ashley Fletcher needs to be pretty careful with his discipline considering 1 Red cards this season.
50' It looks surprising Blackpool FC does not make any changes. Ryan Nyambe has some obvious troubles when approaching to the goal.
55' Matchday of the Array and both teams know exactly what is at stake tonight.
60' The Array continues to deliver drama. Both Reading FC and Blackpool FC are desperate not to drop points on matchday .
65' Players seem to put ease on their energy level Spectators hardly appreciate such approach. Teams need to speed up the tempo.
70' A moment of individual brilliance could settle this. Both teams are waiting for that decisive action.
75' What composure from Christopher Hamilton! The Ireland international strokes it home. 0-1.
80' Reading FC started playing very sharply right from the kick off. However, it slowed down the tempo rapidly by 80.
81' Poor challenge from Oliver Casey. The referee spots it immediately and shows the card.
86' Blackpool FC seems to be on a short break. The game is mainly concentrated in the center. It’s high time they got back to action. Otherwise, it looks like a goalless game.
With this win, Blackpool FC is likely to improve its situation in the overall team standings.

Lineups

Reading FC Lineups

3-4-2-1

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Leam Richardson

Blackpool FC Lineups

5-3-2

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Ian Evatt

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

Player	Goals
Sonny Carey	4
Jordan Rhodes	3
Callum Connolly	2
Scott Dann	2
Tom Ince	2
Jerry Yates	2
Jacob Brown	1
Kylian Kouassi	1

Head to Head

Reading FC Form

2026-05-02 Reading FC 0–1 Blackpool FC L 2026-04-25 Rotherham United FC 1–1 Reading FC D 2026-04-18 Reading FC 1–3 Cardiff City FC L 2026-04-11 Doncaster Rovers FC 1–0 Reading FC L 2026-04-06 Reading FC 1–2 Lincoln City FC L 2026-04-03 Huddersfield Town AFC 1–1 Reading FC D

Blackpool FC Form

2026-05-02 Reading FC 0–1 Blackpool FC W 2026-04-25 Blackpool FC 1–0 Leyton Orient FC W 2026-04-18 Wycombe Wanderers FC 0–1 Blackpool FC W 2026-04-11 Blackpool FC 3–1 Peterborough United FC W 2026-04-06 Stevenage FC 1–0 Blackpool FC L 2026-04-03 Blackpool FC 1–0 Exeter City FC W

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

1 / 4

2.06 Reading FC xG

Expected Goals

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

1.58 Blackpool FC xG

I would bet for: Reading FC or Blackpool FC 76% + Over 2.5 goals 69%

Match Result

✗ Wrong

Reading FC42% Draw24% Blackpool FC34%

Actual: Blackpool FC win

Both Teams to Score

✗ Wrong

Yes69% 0% No31%

Avg goals/match: 3.64

Actual: No — clean sheet

Over / Under Goals

✗ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	96%	4%
± 1.5	88%	12%
± 2.5	69%	31%
± 3.5	49%	51%
± 4.5	30%	70%

Double Chance

Reading FC or Draw

66%

Draw or Blackpool FC

58%

Reading FC or Blackpool FC

76%

Half-Time Result

✓ Correct

Reading FC36% Draw40% Blackpool FC24%

Actual: Draw at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

1 – 1

9.4%

2 – 1

8.5%

2 – 2

6.6%

1 – 2

6.5%

3 – 1

5.8%

2 – 0

5.6%

1 – 0

4.9%

3 – 2

4.6%

0 – 0

3.9%

3 – 0

3.8%

0 – 1

Actual

2 – 3

3.5%

Asian Handicap — Reading FC

Handicap	Reading FC covers	Push	Blackpool FC covers
-2.5	14%	—	86%
-2	14%	15%	72%
-1.5	28%	—	72%
-1	28%	20%	52%
-0.5	48%	—	52%
+0.5	71%	—	29%
+1	71%	15%	14%
+1.5	86%	—	14%
+2	86%	9%	6%
+2.5	94%	—	6%

Clean Sheet

Reading FC keeps clean sheet

21% ✓

Blackpool FC keeps clean sheet

14% ✗

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