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League 1

RU EN апр 18, 2026 at 17:00

Reading

1:3

Cardiff City

1.45

1.23

League 1: Reading vs Cardiff City on 18 Apr 2026 finished 1:3.

Reading are out of form: 2-3-5 in their last 10, 1.1 scored and 1.3 conceded per game.

Cardiff City are in good form: 5-3-2 in their last 10, 2.1 scored and 1.1 conceded per game.

Over 2.5 lands in 50% of Reading's games and 40% of Cardiff City's; both teams score in 60% and 50%.

Chance quality: xG 1.5 vs 1.2.

Head-to-head (2): Reading 0, Cardiff City 2, 0 draws.

Lineups

Reading

1Pereira GKReading U21

24NyambeNamibia

15O'ConnorLincoln

33WilliamsAtlanta Utd

3DorsettMontserrat

10WingWycombe

6FraserCrawley

11KyerewaaPreussen Mun…

8SavageWales U21

19YoungAston Villa …

9EhibhatiomhanReading U21

Cardiff

13Trott GKFC Copenhagen

38NgCrewe

2FishHibernian

48LawlorWales

3BaganWaregem

18RobertsonPortsmouth

6WintleMillwall

11TannerYork City

10ColwillWales

45AshfordWales U21

8KellymanChelsea U21

Match statistics

38%

69%

Possession

1.45

1.23

Shots on target

Shots off target

Blocked shots

Corners

Dangerous attacks

Yellow cards

Goalkeeper saves

By half (1H / 2H)

	1H		2H		FT
Metric	H	A	H	A	H	A
Shots on	1	6	5	3	6	9
Corners	4	6	3	3	7	9
Dangerous	16	23	14	15	30	38
Fouls	—	—	—	—	—	—
Yellow	0	1	3	2	3	3

Detailed statistics

	Goals Threshold: 2,8			Yellow cards Threshold: 4,5			Corners Threshold: 9,5
Metric			Total			Total			Total
Matches played	20	20	—	20	20	—	20	20	—
Total less	8 40%	11 55%	—	13 65%	13 65%	—	12 60%	8 40%	—
Total more	12 60%	9 45%	—	7 35%	7 35%	—	8 40%	12 60%	—
Matches home / away	20	20	—	20	20	—	20	20	—
Total less (home / away)	9 45%	9 45%	—	12 60%	15 75%	—	13 65%	7 35%	—
Total more (home / away)	11 55%	11 55%	—	8 40%	5 25%	—	7 35%	13 65%	—
Individual total (home / away)	1,70	1,70	3,40	1,95	1,65	3,60	4,25	6,20	10,45
Individual total (overall)	1,55	1,85	3,40	2,10	1,65	3,75	3,45	7,80	11,25
Avg total	2,90	2,85	2,88	3,35	3,30	3,33	9,40	10,80	10,10
Avg total (home / away)	2,80	2,85	2,83	3,65	3,35	3,50	8,80	10,45	9,63
Avg opponents' total	1,35	1,00	2,35	1,25	1,65	2,90	5,95	3,00	8,95
Avg opponents' total (home / away)	1,10	1,15	2,25	1,70	1,70	3,40	4,55	4,25	8,80
Predicted total	—	—	3,11	—	—	3,63	—	—	10,44

Last 10 matches

Reading10 matches

Both teams to score60%

Clean sheets1 / 10

Scored7 / 10

Cardiff City10 matches

Both teams to score50%

Clean sheets4 / 10

Scored8 / 10

unbeaten 4

Line trends

Reading

↑Goals (match) over 0.5100%

↑Goals (match) over 1.5100%

↑Goals (team) over 0.5100%

↓Cards (match) under 5.5100%

↓Goals (match) under 5.5100%

↓Goals (match) under 4.590%

Combined

↑Goals (match) over 0.5100%

↑Goals (match) over 1.5100%

↑Goals (team) over 0.5100%

↓Goals (match) under 5.596%

↓Cards (match) under 5.596%

↓Goals (match) under 4.590%

Cardiff City

↑Goals (match) over 0.5100%

↑Goals (match) over 1.5100%

↑Goals (team) over 0.5100%

↑Corners (match) over 7.5100%

↑Corners (team) over 3.5100%

↑Corners (team) over 4.5100%

OverUnder

Goals

BK line2.75

100%

0.5

16 of 16

100%

1.5

16 of 16

75%

25%

2.5

12 of 16

50%

3.5

8 of 16

88%

4.5

14 of 16

Corners

BK line9.5

88%

7.5

14 of 16

75%

25%

8.5

12 of 16

69%

31%

9.5

11 of 16

50%

10.5

8 of 16

31%

69%

11.5

11 of 16

Head-to-head

Date	League	Home	Away			xG		%		On		Off		DA
18.10.25	League 1	Cardiff City	Reading	2	1	1.49	1.53	57%	43%	2	10	5	12	44	56	4	10	1	0

Against common opponents (2 months)

Reading

Date	League	Home	Away			xG		BC		%		On		Off		DA
11.04.26	League 1	Doncaster	Reading	1	0	1.83	0.98	—	—	43%	57%	5	1	4	8	42	37	2	4	0	2
06.04.26	League 1	Reading	Lincoln	1	2	0.17	0.84	—	—	70%	30%	1	3	9	4	42	57	3	3	1	2
03.04.26	League 1	Huddersfield	Reading	1	1	1.59	1.33	—	—	52%	48%	7	1	6	3	41	20	4	2	1	4
14.03.26	League 1	Reading	Plymouth	2	2	0.88	1.59	2	4	57%	43%	8	2	5	11	—	—	2	3	1	3

Cardiff City

Date	League	Home	Away			xG		%		On		Off		DA
14.04.26	League 1	Huddersfield	Cardiff City	1	1	1.78	0.90	29%	71%	5	3	7	8	28	68	4	7	0	3
07.03.26	League 1	Cardiff City	Lincoln	0	2	0.45	0.90	78%	22%	3	4	6	8	82	34	6	2	0	3
28.02.26	League 1	Doncaster	Cardiff City	0	4	1.29	1.24	42%	58%	1	4	11	10	52	41	3	9	2	0
21.02.26	League 1	Plymouth	Cardiff City	5	2	2.82	1.45	30%	70%	9	5	8	13	45	46	3	8	3	4

Against similar-strength opponents

Matches with the same favourite/underdog setup by the bookmaker line.

Reading (vs a strong favourite)

Record 1-5-6 (W-D-L), 0.5 scored / 1.4 conceded avg.

Date	League	Home	Away			xG		%		On		Off		DA
18.10.25	League 1	Cardiff City	Reading	2	1	1.49	1.53	57%	43%	2	10	5	12	44	56	4	10	1	0
27.09.25	League 1	Stockport County	Reading	1	1	2.24	0.94	46%	54%	4	4	13	4	52	34	5	3	1	1
23.09.25	EFL Cup	Wrexham	Reading	2	0	1.70	0.55	46%	54%	6	5	9	5	49	51	3	4	1	0
20.08.25	League 1	Bolton	Reading	1	1	1.06	0.31	64%	36%	4	2	17	3	66	38	3	1	0	5
12.08.25	EFL Cup	Portsmouth	Reading	1	2	1.33	2.15	—	—	1	4	11	6	52	28	6	6	2	2
19.07.25	Elite Club Friendlies	Reading	Tottenham	0	2	0.65	1.74	35%	65%	2	3	8	9	34	45	5	12	1	0
01.04.25	League 1	Blackpool	Reading	3	0	1.83	0.30	37%	63%	10	1	6	10	32	71	3	5	1	0
22.02.25	League 1	Reading	Birmingham	0	0	0.27	1.63	—	—	4	1	4	10	38	51	4	7	1	1
08.02.25	League 1	Huddersfield	Reading	0	0	0.50	0.58	55%	45%	6	1	11	9	52	31	6	0	2	3
25.01.25	League 1	Leyton Orient	Reading	2	0	0.95	0.15	52%	48%	7	2	5	1	55	43	9	4	2	2
11.01.25	FA Cup	Reading	Burnley	1	3	—	—	40%	60%	4	6	11	14	45	56	1	8	0	1
04.01.25	League 1	Charlton	Reading	0	0	1.26	0.85	54%	46%	6	2	14	7	56	42	7	5	0	2

Cardiff City (as favourite)

Record 2-1-1 (W-D-L), 2.0 scored / 0.5 conceded avg.

Date	League	Home	Away			xG		%		On		Off		DA
21.03.26	League 1	Cardiff City	Blackpool	0	0	1.49	0.53	78%	22%	5	1	21	5	91	18	11	2	2	3
17.02.26	League 1	Cardiff City	Wimbledon	4	1	2.16	1.30	61%	39%	8	5	6	9	49	44	4	4	0	2
30.09.25	League 1	Cardiff City	Burton	0	1	1.96	0.66	77%	23%	7	1	13	7	96	43	8	3	2	3
30.08.25	League 1	Cardiff City	Plymouth	4	0	1.27	0.34	55%	45%	10	3	7	5	54	37	5	5	3	1

Last matches (2 months)

Reading LLDWLWDLWW

Date	League	Home	Away			xG		BC		%		On		Off		DA
11.04.26	League 1	Doncaster	Reading	1	0	1.83	0.98	—	—	43%	57%	5	1	4	8	42	37	2	4	0	2
06.04.26	League 1	Reading	Lincoln	1	2	0.17	0.84	—	—	70%	30%	1	3	9	4	42	57	3	3	1	2
03.04.26	League 1	Huddersfield	Reading	1	1	1.59	1.33	—	—	52%	48%	7	1	6	3	41	20	4	2	1	4
28.03.26	League 1	Reading	Wigan	3	0	1.49	0.42	—	—	47%	53%	6	2	8	6	23	50	3	9	0	0
21.03.26	League 1	Stevenage	Reading	1	0	0.90	0.19	—	—	57%	43%	5	0	10	4	48	28	4	2	2	2
17.03.26	League 1	Burton	Reading	1	2	1.63	0.69	—	—	57%	43%	4	4	12	6	63	26	4	3	0	1
14.03.26	League 1	Reading	Plymouth	2	2	0.88	1.59	2	4	57%	43%	8	2	5	11	—	—	2	3	1	3
10.03.26	League 1	Mansfield	Reading	1	0	0.64	0.50	—	—	50%	50%	7	1	11	6	78	25	13	6	0	2
07.03.26	League 1	Luton	Reading	2	3	1.46	1.78	—	—	56%	44%	2	7	15	5	82	29	10	4	1	4
28.02.26	League 1	Reading	Bradford City	2	1	0.79	0.49	—	—	51%	49%	2	3	8	10	28	52	5	6	3	0

Cardiff City DWDDLWDLWL

Date	League	Home	Away			xG		BC		%		On		Off		DA
14.04.26	League 1	Huddersfield	Cardiff City	1	1	1.78	0.90	—	—	29%	71%	5	3	7	8	28	68	4	7	0	3	0	0
11.04.26	League 1	Cardiff City	Bolton	2	0	1.83	0.24	—	—	51%	49%	5	1	15	6	70	26	8	1	1	0	0	0
06.04.26	League 1	Peterborough	Cardiff City	1	1	1.06	1.79	—	—	40%	60%	3	8	2	8	21	70	6	16	1	2	0	0
21.03.26	League 1	Cardiff City	Blackpool	0	0	1.49	0.53	—	—	78%	22%	5	1	21	5	91	18	11	2	2	3	0	0
17.03.26	League 1	Cardiff City	Wycombe	0	2	1.40	2.01	—	—	57%	43%	2	3	16	12	70	32	8	5	2	1	1	0
14.03.26	League 1	Exeter	Cardiff City	0	4	0.70	3.54	1	4	36%	64%	1	9	5	9	—	—	0	10	—	—	—	—
10.03.26	League 1	Barnsley	Cardiff City	1	1	0.83	0.94	—	—	27%	73%	3	4	8	8	18	76	4	13	0	1	0	0
07.03.26	League 1	Cardiff City	Lincoln	0	2	0.45	0.90	—	—	78%	22%	3	4	6	8	82	34	6	2	0	3	0	0
28.02.26	League 1	Doncaster	Cardiff City	0	4	1.29	1.24	—	—	42%	58%	1	4	11	10	52	41	3	9	2	0	0	0
21.02.26	League 1	Plymouth	Cardiff City	5	2	2.82	1.45	—	—	30%	70%	9	5	8	13	45	46	3	8	3	4	0	0

Bookmaker lines

1X215,25X4,1021,53

Total 2,75O1,88U1,98

AH +1,0011,9321,93

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