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Reading v Barnsley, EFL League One, Sat, 3 May 2025: statistics and head to head

2024-25. Sat, 3 May 2025

ReadingHome
24Full time, half-time 0–0
BarnsleyAway

Barnsley won by 2 goals.

DLWWLLeague form, oldest to newestWLDLW

Restored from the 11 October backup. Current updates are not connected.

Madejski Stadium. Photo: TheSportsDB, CC0, cropped and resized.

Stored context before this match

Before this match, Reading have 22 scored home results and Barnsley 22 scored away results stored in 2024-25. Statistical pre-kickoff PPG: Reading at home: 2.09 points per match (22 measured matches); Barnsley away: 1.45 points per match (22 measured matches). Observed points use 3 for a win, 1 for a draw and 0 for a loss, before official adjustments. Reading scored 1.59 per home match (22 measured matches); Barnsley scored 1.45 away (22). The competition's pooled scoring average was 1.28 per club appearance across 1080 measured appearances. Both sides scored in 25 of 44 pooled club appearances (56.8%). A shared fixture counts once for each club's record. Earlier stored meetings: 10. Reading: 3 wins; Barnsley: 1 wins; draws: 6.

Only scored source results before the recorded kickoff enter this statistical brief; same-day records with unknown kickoff order are excluded.

A plain reading of the stored figures. No verified written preview is current for this match.

How the goals came

No timeline: goal minutes, cards and substitutions are not stored for this match. The goals are shown by half instead.

First half00
Second half24

The match in numbers

ReadingBarnsley
  • 8Shots12
  • 4Shots on target9
  • 5Corners3
  • 9Fouls10
  • 1Yellow cards2
  • 0Red cards0

From shots to goals

Reading

  • Shots8
  • On target4
  • Goals2

50% of shots on target, 50% of those scored.

Barnsley

  • Shots12
  • On target9
  • Goals4

75% of shots on target, 44% of those scored.

Counts only. Shot positions are not stored, so no shot map is drawn.

Prediction

Prototype model, not yet validated

No prediction is shown for a finished match. The model keeps no figure from before kick-off, so showing one now would be written with the result already known.

How the model works

Head to head

Meetings before this match. Same-day meetings qualify only when both recorded kickoff times establish an earlier start.

10 valid scored meetings from a bounded window of up to 10 stored meetings, any competition. Clean sheets count each named club separately; a 0–0 gives both clubs a clean sheet.

3
Reading wins
6
Draws
1
Barnsley wins
Goals / meeting
2.50
25 goals in 10 meetings
Both scored
70%
7 of 10 meetings
Over 1.5
90%
9 of 10 meetings
Over 2.5
30%
3 of 10 meetings
Over 3.5
30%
3 of 10 meetings
Reading clean sheets
30%
3 of 10 meetings
Barnsley clean sheets
0%
0 of 10 meetings
Corners / meeting
10.80
10 with corner data
Cards / meeting
3.20
10 with card data
  1. Barnsley v ReadingTue, 26 Nov 2024 · EFL League One 2024-252–2HT 1–0
  2. Barnsley v ReadingSat, 13 Apr 2024 · EFL League One 2023-242–2HT 1–1
  3. Reading v BarnsleySat, 9 Dec 2023 · EFL League One 2023-241–3HT 1–1
  4. Barnsley v ReadingSat, 2 Apr 2022 · EFL Championship 2021-221–1HT 1–0
  5. Reading v BarnsleySat, 16 Oct 2021 · EFL Championship 2021-221–0HT 0–0
  6. Barnsley v ReadingFri, 2 Apr 2021 · EFL Championship 2020-211–1HT 0–1
  7. Reading v BarnsleySat, 19 Sept 2020 · EFL Championship 2020-212–0HT 0–0
  8. Reading v BarnsleySat, 29 Feb 2020 · EFL Championship 2019-202–0HT 1–0
  9. Barnsley v ReadingWed, 11 Dec 2019 · EFL Championship 2019-201–1HT 0–0
  10. Barnsley v ReadingSat, 30 Dec 2017 · EFL Championship 2017-181–1HT 0–0

Latest stored form

These are the clubs’ latest stored results across competitions, independent of this fixture’s date.

Home and awayAll matches
Reading at homeDWWLWD
Barnsley awayDWLDLL

Any competition, newest first. The form chips read oldest to newest. C = corners, Y = cards (for and against).

Stored season rate grid

Arithmetic averages of both clubs' stored whole-season rates, with each source sample shown. These aggregates can include results after this fixture.

Home and awayOverall
Reading at home, Barnsley away
  • 59%
    Both teams scored
    League 52%
    23 + 23 matches
  • 96%
    Over 0.5 goals
    League 92%
    23 + 23 matches
  • 78%
    Over 1.5 goals
    League 73%
    23 + 23 matches
  • 59%
    Over 2.5 goals
    League 50%
    23 + 23 matches
  • 24%
    Over 3.5 goals
    League 24%
    23 + 23 matches
  • 13%
    Over 4.5 goals
    League 12%
    23 + 23 matches
  • 2.8
    Avg total goals
    League 2.59
    23 + 23 matches
  • 63%
    1st half over 0.5
    League 68%
    23 + 23 matches
  • 26%
    1st half over 1.5
    League 34%
    23 + 23 matches
  • 10.3
    Corners per match
    League 9.71
    23 + 23 matches
  • 65%
    Corners over 8.5
    League 62%
    23 + 23 matches
  • 54%
    Corners over 9.5
    League 51%
    23 + 23 matches
  • 41%
    Corners over 10.5
    League 38%
    23 + 23 matches
  • 3.9
    Cards per match
    League 3.86
    23 + 23 matches
  • 52%
    Cards over 3.5
    League 54%
    23 + 23 matches
  • 33%
    Cards over 4.5
    League 35%
    23 + 23 matches

Stored season context, 2024-25

Season figures include all stored results in this competition-season. Ratings use the latest stored calculation; these sections can include information after this fixture.

Season comparison, 2024-25

Home and awayOverall
Reading at home, Barnsley away
Reading (home)Barnsley (away)
7Position12
DWWLLLast 5, oldest to newestLDLLW
23Played23
2.00Points per match1.52
61%Win %48%
1.61Scored / match1.57
0.91Conceded / match1.61
2.52Avg total goals3.17
48%Both scored70%
39%Clean sheets13%
22%Failed to score17%
–xG for–
–xG against–

Half by half

ReadingBarnsley
  • 0.521st half scored / match0.61
  • 0.351st half conceded / match0.39
  • 1.092nd half scored / match0.96
  • 0.572nd half conceded / match1.22
  • 30%Leading at half-time39%
  • 52%1st half over 0.574%
  • 30%1st half over 1.522%
  • 87%2nd half over 0.587%
  • 48%2nd half over 1.565%
  • 35%Scored in both halves30%

Goals, shots, corners and cards

Reading at home, Barnsley away, this season.

Goals

ReadingBarnsley
  • 1.61Scored / match1.57
  • 0.91Conceded / match1.61
  • 2.52Match total / match3.17
  • 78%Scored 1+83%
  • 52%Scored 2+52%
  • 61%Conceded 1+87%
  • 13%Conceded 2+39%
  • 70%Match over 1.587%
  • 48%Match over 2.570%
  • 26%Match over 3.522%

Shots and xG

ReadingBarnsley
  • 11.26Shots for11.00
  • 12.83Shots against11.74
  • 4.22On target for4.74
  • 4.39On target against4.87
  • 14%Shot conversion14%

Corners

ReadingBarnsley
  • 3.83Corners for5.30
  • 5.87Corners against5.61
  • 9.70Match total10.91
  • 78%Over 7.578%
  • 65%Over 8.565%
  • 52%Over 9.557%
  • 39%Over 10.544%
  • 30%Over 11.539%

Cards

ReadingBarnsley
  • 1.61Cards for2.00
  • 2.43Cards against1.70
  • 4.04Match total3.70
  • 83%Over 2.570%
  • 57%Over 3.548%
  • 30%Over 4.535%
  • 17%Over 5.526%
  • 11.35Fouls committed11.48
Referee this season
C Brook
Matches
16
Cards / match
4.19
16 matches
Over 3.5 cards
63%
16 matches
Over 4.5 cards
44%
16 matches
Fouls / match
22.13
16 matches

The table, 2024-25

#ClubPGDPts
5Wycombe462584
6Leyton Orient462478
7Reading461175
8Bolton46-368
9Blackpool461267
10Huddersfield46364
11Lincoln46861
12Barnsley46-461
13Rotherham46-559
14Stevenage46-857
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