Reading vs Bolton stats and head-to-head

2025-26. Tue, 17 Feb 2026

ReadingHome

11Full time, half-time 1–0

BoltonAway

Draw. Goal margin: 0.

LLLDLLeague form, oldest to newestLWDDL

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 16 scored home results and Bolton 16 scored away results stored in 2025-26. Statistical pre-kickoff PPG: Reading at home: 1.81 points per match (16 measured matches); Bolton away: 1.19 points per match (16 measured matches). Observed points use 3 for a win, 1 for a draw and 0 for a loss, before official adjustments. Reading scored 1.44 per home match (16 measured matches); Bolton scored 0.81 away (16). The competition's pooled scoring average was 1.29 per club appearance across 746 measured appearances. Both sides scored in 19 of 32 pooled club appearances (59.4%). A shared fixture counts once for each club's record. Earlier stored meetings: 9. Reading: 2 wins; Bolton: 3 wins; draws: 4.

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 half10

Second half01

The match in numbers

ReadingBolton

6Shots16
2Shots on target5
4Corners6
15Fouls10
4Yellow cards1
0Red cards0

From shots to goals

Reading

Shots6
On target2
Goals1

33% of shots on target, 50% of those scored.

Bolton

Shots16
On target5
Goals1

31% of shots on target, 20% 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.

9 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.

Reading wins

Draws

Bolton wins

Goals / meeting

3.22

29 goals in 9 meetings

Both scored

78%

7 of 9 meetings

Over 1.5

78%

7 of 9 meetings

Over 2.5

44%

4 of 9 meetings

Over 3.5

33%

3 of 9 meetings

Reading clean sheets

11%

1 of 9 meetings

Bolton clean sheets

11%

1 of 9 meetings

Corners / meeting

9.89

9 with corner data

Cards / meeting

4.56

9 with card data

Bolton v ReadingWed, 20 Aug 2025 · EFL League One 2025-261–1HT 0–0
Reading v BoltonSat, 1 Feb 2025 · EFL League One 2024-251–0HT 0–0
Bolton v ReadingSat, 21 Sept 2024 · EFL League One 2024-255–2HT 4–1
Bolton v ReadingMon, 1 Apr 2024 · EFL League One 2023-245–2HT 2–1
Reading v BoltonSat, 16 Sept 2023 · EFL League One 2023-242–1HT 0–1
Bolton v ReadingTue, 29 Jan 2019 · EFL Championship 2018-191–1HT 0–0
Reading v BoltonSat, 18 Aug 2018 · EFL Championship 2018-190–1HT 0–0
Reading v BoltonTue, 6 Mar 2018 · EFL Championship 2017-181–1HT 1–1
Bolton v ReadingTue, 21 Nov 2017 · EFL Championship 2017-182–2HT 2–0

Latest stored form

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

Home and away All matches

Reading at homeDWWLWD

Sat, 3 Octv Bradford1–1C 9–5 · Y 2–3
Sat, 19 Septv Notts County2–0C 4–1 · Y 2–1
Tue, 15 Septv Brentford1–2C ––– · Y –––
Sat, 5 Septv Blackpool3–1C 6–3 · Y 0–1
Wed, 2 Septv Mansfield5–0C 5–2 · Y 1–0
Tue, 18 Augv Wycombe1–1C ––– · Y –––

Bolton awayDLDLLW

Sun, 20 Sept@ Norwich4–3C 2–4 · Y 0–0
Sat, 5 Sept@ Millwall0–4C 9–3 · Y 2–1
Tue, 1 Sept@ Sheffield United2–3C 5–5 · Y 2–0
Sat, 22 Aug@ QPR0–0C 2–9 · Y 2–1
Sat, 8 Aug@ Sheffield Weds0–1C ––– · Y –––
Sat, 25 Apr@ Bradford1–1C 5–6 · Y 2–2

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 away Overall

Reading at home, Bolton away

63%
Both teams scored
League 53%
23 + 23 matches
98%
Over 0.5 goals
League 94%
23 + 23 matches
78%
Over 1.5 goals
League 73%
23 + 23 matches
41%
Over 2.5 goals
League 51%
23 + 23 matches
20%
Over 3.5 goals
League 28%
23 + 23 matches
7%
Over 4.5 goals
League 12%
23 + 23 matches
2.5
Avg total goals
League 2.63
23 + 23 matches
65%
1st half over 0.5
League 70%
23 + 23 matches
17%
1st half over 1.5
League 31%
23 + 23 matches
9.5
Corners per match
League 10.06
23 + 23 matches
52%
Corners over 8.5
League 64%
23 + 23 matches
43%
Corners over 9.5
League 53%
23 + 23 matches
35%
Corners over 10.5
League 42%
23 + 23 matches
3.5
Cards per match
League 3.78
23 + 23 matches
41%
Cards over 3.5
League 55%
23 + 23 matches
30%
Cards over 4.5
League 33%
23 + 23 matches

Stored season context, 2025-26

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, 2025-26

Home and away Overall

Reading at home, Bolton away

Reading (home)		Bolton (away)
12	Position	5
DWLLL	Last 5, oldest to newest	DLWLD
23	Played	23
1.61	Points per match	1.22
43%	Win %	26%
1.43	Scored / match	1.04
1.22	Conceded / match	1.22
2.65	Avg total goals	2.26
65%	Both scored	61%
26%	Clean sheets	17%
9%	Failed to score	26%
–	xG for	–
–	xG against	–

Half by half

ReadingBolton

0.611st half scored / match0.22
0.391st half conceded / match0.52
0.832nd half scored / match0.83
0.832nd half conceded / match0.70
35%Leading at half-time17%
70%1st half over 0.561%
26%1st half over 1.59%
91%2nd half over 0.578%
52%2nd half over 1.552%
26%Scored in both halves4%

Goals, shots, corners and cards

Reading at home, Bolton away, this season.

Goals

ReadingBolton

1.43Scored / match1.04
1.22Conceded / match1.22
2.65Match total / match2.26
91%Scored 1+74%
39%Scored 2+17%
74%Conceded 1+83%
44%Conceded 2+30%
78%Match over 1.578%
52%Match over 2.530%
26%Match over 3.513%

Shots and xG

ReadingBolton

11.83Shots for14.04
11.39Shots against10.83
3.91On target for4.26
3.57On target against3.26
12%Shot conversion7%

Corners

ReadingBolton

3.74Corners for4.96
5.61Corners against4.70
9.35Match total9.65
74%Over 7.565%
48%Over 8.557%
39%Over 9.548%
35%Over 10.535%
22%Over 11.526%

Cards

ReadingBolton

2.00Cards for1.65
1.70Cards against1.57
3.70Match total3.22
74%Over 2.565%
48%Over 3.535%
35%Over 4.526%
22%Over 5.54%
10.26Fouls committed10.61

Referee this season

P Wright

Matches

Cards / match

3.75

8 matches

Over 3.5 cards

50%

8 matches

Over 4.5 cards

50%

8 matches

Fouls / match

21.63

8 matches

The table, 2025-26

#	Club	P	GD	Pts
3	Stockport	46	13	77
4	Bradford	46	7	77
5	Bolton	46	18	75
6	Stevenage	46	3	75
7	Luton	46	12	74
10	Mansfield	46	12	65
11	Wycombe	46	11	63
12	Reading	46	4	63
13	Blackpool	46	-11	60
14	Doncaster	46	-19	60

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