Reading FC vs Peterborough United FC, League One 2025-26 REGULAR SEASON

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League One · 2025-26

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Peterborough United FC

Tue 9 Dec 2025 · 20:00 UTC HT 45' · FT 45'

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Reading FC vs Peterborough United FC — League One .

Reading FC 15 games · 22 pts (2026/27)
Peterborough United FC 13 games · 10 pts (2026/27)

Match Details

Referee Craig Hicks

5 games this season 🟨 2.6/game ⚽ 6.4 goals/game

Standings

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

Head-to-Head

Reading FC 9 games · Avg 2.9 goals Peterborough United FC

Last 5 meetings

2025-12-09 Reading FC 1–2 Peterborough United FC 2025-03-29 Reading FC 3–1 Peterborough United FC 2024-11-23 Peterborough United FC 1–2 Reading FC 2023-12-26 Peterborough United FC 2–2 Reading FC 2023-08-05 Reading FC 0–1 Peterborough United FC

Recent Form

Reading FC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
09 Dec	Peterborough United FC	H	1–2	L
29 Nov	Blackpool FC	A	3–0	W
22 Nov	Rotherham United FC	H	1–1	D
06 Nov	Stevenage FC	H	1–0	W
01 Nov	Carlisle United FC	H	2–3	L
25 Oct	Doncaster Rovers FC	H	1–1	D

Peterborough United FC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
09 Dec	Reading FC	A	2–1	W
06 Dec	Barnsley FC	H	0–1	L
29 Nov	Doncaster Rovers FC	A	1–2	L
25 Nov	Stevenage FC	H	0–1	L
20 Nov	Stockport County FC	H	3–0	W
08 Nov	AFC Wimbledon	H	5–0	W

Season Stats

Reading FC		Peterborough United FC
#7	Position	#22
22	Points	10
15	Played	13
6 / 4 / 5	W / D / L	2 / 4 / 7
26	Scored	11
18	Conceded	23
+8	GD	-12
1.47	PPG	0.77
40%	Win %	15%

Key Stats

67% Both Teams to Score
H2H (9 games)

67% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

33% Clean Sheets
Reading FC this season

8% Clean Sheets
Peterborough United FC this season

Reading FC are 7th (22 pts). Peterborough United FC are 22nd (10 pts).

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

Peterborough United FC

0-15

2/4

16-30

–/4

31-45

2/1

46-60

2/4

61-75

1/5

76+

4/4

■ 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

Peterborough United FC

Harry Leonard	3 G	1 A
Benjamin Woods	2 G

Events

Match Events

0' The game is set. Peterborough United FC kicks off things out of here…
The referee blows the final whistle. Sensational lose for Reading FC.

Lineups

Reading FC Lineups

Peterborough United FC Lineups

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

Player	Goals
Tom Dele-Bashiru	3
Harvey Knibbs	3
Jamie Reid	2
Nathan Thompson	2
Ephron Mason-Clark	2
Charlie Savage	2
Kwame Poku	1
John Swift	1

Head to Head

Reading FC Form

2025-12-09 Reading FC 1–2 Peterborough United FC L 2025-11-29 Blackpool FC 0–3 Reading FC W 2025-11-22 Reading FC 1–1 Rotherham United FC D 2025-11-06 Reading FC 1–0 Stevenage FC W 2025-11-01 Reading FC 2–3 Carlisle United FC L 2025-10-25 Reading FC 1–1 Doncaster Rovers FC D

Peterborough United FC Form

2025-12-09 Reading FC 1–2 Peterborough United FC W 2025-12-06 Peterborough United FC 0–1 Barnsley FC L 2025-11-29 Doncaster Rovers FC 2–1 Peterborough United FC L 2025-11-25 Peterborough United FC 0–1 Stevenage FC L 2025-11-20 Peterborough United FC 3–0 Stockport County FC W 2025-11-08 Peterborough United FC 5–0 AFC Wimbledon W

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

2 / 4

1.99 Reading FC xG

Expected Goals

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

1.11 Peterborough United FC xG

I would bet for: Over 2.5 goals 59% + Both teams to score 58%

Match Result

✗ Wrong

Reading FC51% Draw25% Peterborough United FC24%

Actual: Peterborough United FC win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct

Yes58% 0% No42%

Avg goals/match: 3.1

Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	94%	6%
± 1.5	81%	19%
± 2.5	59%	41%
± 3.5	37%	63%
± 4.5	20%	80%

Double Chance

Reading FC or Draw

77%

Draw or Peterborough United FC

49%

Reading FC or Peterborough United FC

75%

Half-Time Result

✗ Wrong

Reading FC41% Draw42% Peterborough United FC17%

Actual: Peterborough United FC win at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

1 – 1

10.8%

2 – 1

9.5%

2 – 0

8.9%

1 – 0

8.4%

3 – 1

6.3%

0 – 0

6.2%

3 – 0

5.7%

1 – 2

Actual

2 – 2

5.3%

0 – 1

4.3%

3 – 2

3.6%

4 – 1

3.2%

Asian Handicap — Reading FC

Handicap	Reading FC covers	Push	Peterborough United FC covers
-2.5	17%	—	83%
-2	17%	17%	66%
-1.5	34%	—	66%
-1	34%	22%	44%
-0.5	56%	—	44%
+0.5	80%	—	20%
+1	80%	12%	8%
+1.5	92%	—	8%
+2	92%	5%	2%
+2.5	98%	—	2%

Clean Sheet

Reading FC keeps clean sheet

34% ✓

Peterborough United FC keeps clean sheet

15% ✓

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