Reading FC vs Burton Albion FC, League One 2025-26 REGULAR SEASON

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League One · 2025-26

Reading FC

2 – 0

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Burton Albion FC

Thu 1 Jan 2026 · 15:00 UTC HT 45' · FT 45'

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Reading FC vs Burton Albion FC — League One .

Reading FC 7 games · 11 pts (2026/27)
Burton Albion FC 8 games · 12 pts (2026/27)

Match Details

Referee Tom Reeves

7 games this season 🟨 2.7/game ⚽ 11.3 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 6 games · Avg 3.2 goals Burton Albion FC

Last 5 meetings

2026-01-01 Reading FC 2–0 Burton Albion FC 2025-01-28 Burton Albion FC 3–2 Reading FC 2024-10-01 Reading FC 3–1 Burton Albion FC 2024-04-20 Burton Albion FC 3–2 Reading FC 2023-09-30 Reading FC 0–0 Burton Albion FC

Recent Form

Reading FC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
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
18 Dec	Luton Town FC	H	3–2	W
13 Dec	Bradford City AFC	A	0–2	L
09 Dec	Peterborough United FC	H	1–2	L

Burton Albion FC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
01 Jan	Reading FC	A	0–2	L
29 Dec	Wigan Athletic FC	H	0–2	L
26 Dec	Northampton Town FC	H	5–1	W
20 Dec	Stevenage FC	A	2–2	D
13 Dec	Wycombe Wanderers FC	H	0–0	D
08 Dec	Brackley Town FC	A	3–1	W

Season Stats

Reading FC		Burton Albion FC
#9	Position	#7
11	Points	12
7	Played	8
3 / 2 / 2	W / D / L	3 / 3 / 2
16	Scored	13
9	Conceded	12
+7	GD	+1
1.57	PPG	1.50
43%	Win %	38%

Key Stats

67% Both Teams to Score
H2H (6 games)

67% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

43% Clean Sheets
Reading FC this season

13% Clean Sheets
Burton Albion FC this season

Reading FC are 9th (11 pts). Burton Albion FC are 7th (12 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

Burton Albion FC

0-15

1/–

16-30

5/1

31-45

–/3

46-60

1/–

61-75

2/2

76+

2/6

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Top Scorers (This Season)

Reading FC

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

Burton Albion FC

Jack Armer	2 G	1 A
Finn Delap	2 G
Matthew Dennis	1 G
Kgaogelo Chauke	1 G

Events

Match Events

0' Three points are at stake. Reading FC host Burton Albion FC — let the battle begin!
The points are shared — Reading FC 2-0 Burton Albion FC. Honours even.

Lineups

Reading FC Lineups

Burton Albion FC Lineups

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

Player	Goals
Sam Smith	3
Chem Campbell	2
Rumarn Burrell	2
Mason Bennett	1
Mustapha Carayol	1
Bobby Kamwa	1
Danilo Orsi-Dadomo	1
Michael Craig	1

Head to Head

Reading FC Form

2026-01-01 Reading FC 2–0 Burton Albion FC W 2025-12-29 Peterborough United FC 1–1 Reading FC D 2025-12-26 Plymouth Argyle FC 1–4 Reading FC W 2025-12-18 Reading FC 3–2 Luton Town FC W 2025-12-13 Bradford City AFC 2–0 Reading FC L 2025-12-09 Reading FC 1–2 Peterborough United FC L

Burton Albion FC Form

2026-01-01 Reading FC 2–0 Burton Albion FC L 2025-12-29 Burton Albion FC 0–2 Wigan Athletic FC L 2025-12-26 Burton Albion FC 5–1 Northampton Town FC W 2025-12-20 Stevenage FC 2–2 Burton Albion FC D 2025-12-13 Burton Albion FC 0–0 Wycombe Wanderers FC D 2025-12-08 Brackley Town FC 1–3 Burton Albion FC W

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

2 / 4

2.35 Reading FC xG

Expected Goals

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

1.35 Burton Albion FC xG

I would bet for: Over 2.5 goals 70% + Both teams to score 67%

Match Result

✓ Correct

Reading FC57% Draw22% Burton Albion FC21%

Actual: Reading FC win

Both Teams to Score

✗ Wrong

Yes67% 0% No33%

Avg goals/match: 3.7

Actual: No — clean sheet

Over / Under Goals

✗ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	96%	4%
± 1.5	88%	12%
± 2.5	70%	30%
± 3.5	50%	50%
± 4.5	31%	69%

Double Chance

Reading FC or Draw

79%

Draw or Burton Albion FC

43%

Reading FC or Burton Albion FC

78%

Half-Time Result

✓ Correct

Reading FC44% Draw38% Burton Albion FC18%

Actual: Reading FC win at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

2 – 1

8.9%

1 – 1

8.7%

2 – 0

Actual

3 – 1

6.9%

2 – 2

5.9%

1 – 0

5.4%

3 – 0

5.3%

1 – 2

5.2%

3 – 2

4.7%

4 – 1

4.1%

0 – 0

3.7%

4 – 0

3.1%

Asian Handicap — Reading FC

Handicap	Reading FC covers	Push	Burton Albion FC covers
-2.5	20%	—	80%
-2	20%	17%	62%
-1.5	38%	—	62%
-1	38%	21%	42%
-0.5	58%	—	42%
+0.5	79%	—	21%
+1	79%	12%	9%
+1.5	91%	—	9%
+2	91%	6%	3%
+2.5	97%	—	3%

Clean Sheet

Reading FC keeps clean sheet

27% ✗

Burton Albion FC keeps clean sheet

10% ✓

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