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 7 games · 11 pts (2026/27)
Peterborough United FC 8 games · 5 pts (2026/27)

Match Details

Referee Craig Hicks

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 8 games · Avg 2.6 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
#9	Position	#23
11	Points	5
7	Played	8
3 / 2 / 2	W / D / L	1 / 2 / 5
16	Scored	4
9	Conceded	13
+7	GD	-9
1.57	PPG	0.63
43%	Win %	13%

Key Stats

75% Both Teams to Score
H2H (8 games)

63% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

43% Clean Sheets
Reading FC this season

13% Clean Sheets
Peterborough United FC this season

Reading FC are 9th (11 pts). Peterborough United FC are 23rd (5 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

Peterborough United FC

0-15

–/1

16-30

–/3

31-45

–/1

46-60

2/4

61-75

–/2

76+

2/2

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Top Scorers (This Season)

Reading FC

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

Peterborough United FC

Benjamin Woods

2 G

Events

Match Events

0' Three points are at stake. Reading FC host Peterborough United FC — let the battle begin!
The points are shared — Reading FC 1-2 Peterborough United FC. Honours even.

Lineups

Reading FC Lineups

Peterborough United FC Lineups

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

Player	Goals
Harvey Knibbs	3
Tom Dele-Bashiru	3
Nathan Thompson	2
Ephron Mason-Clark	2
Femi Azeez	1
Josh Knight	1
Emmanuel Fernandez	1
Charlie Savage	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

2.22 Reading FC xG

Expected Goals

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

0.97 Peterborough United FC xG

I would bet for: Over 2.5 goals 61% + Reading FC to win 57%

Match Result

✗ Wrong

Reading FC57% Draw23% Peterborough United FC20%

Actual: Peterborough United FC win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct

Yes56% 0% No44%

Avg goals/match: 3.19

Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	94%	6%
± 1.5	82%	18%
± 2.5	61%	39%
± 3.5	39%	61%
± 4.5	22%	78%

Double Chance

Reading FC or Draw

80%

Draw or Peterborough United FC

43%

Reading FC or Peterborough United FC

77%

Half-Time Result

✗ Wrong

Reading FC46% Draw40% Peterborough United FC14%

Actual: Peterborough United FC win at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

2 – 0

10%

1 – 1

9.7%

2 – 1

9.5%

1 – 0

8.6%

3 – 0

7.2%

3 – 1

0 – 0

5.6%

2 – 2

4.6%

1 – 2

Actual

4 – 0

4 – 1

3.9%

3 – 2

3.5%

Asian Handicap — Reading FC

Handicap	Reading FC covers	Push	Peterborough United FC covers
-2.5	22%	—	78%
-2	22%	19%	58%
-1.5	42%	—	58%
-1	42%	22%	36%
-0.5	64%	—	36%
+0.5	85%	—	15%
+1	85%	9%	5%
+1.5	95%	—	5%
+2	95%	4%	1%
+2.5	99%	—	1%

Clean Sheet

Reading FC keeps clean sheet

38% ✓

Peterborough United FC keeps clean sheet

12% ✓

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