Cardiff Reading prediction 2025-10-18

Cardiff vs Reading prediction: ENGLAND: League One betting tips on match 2025-10-17 14:00.
[p]Cardiff and Reading will meet in the League One competition in round 13. The match will take place at Cardiff City Stadium in Cardiff.[/p]

[p]Cardiff is currently ranked 3rd in the standings after playing eleven matches, with seven wins, two draws, and two losses. The total score for these matches is 19:9, resulting in a score difference of ten and a total of 23 points. In home matches, Cardiff is ranked 6th, having played six matches with four wins and two losses, scoring a total of 14:8 and earning twelve points. In the last competitive match, Cardiff played away against Barnsley and won. Key players for Cardiff include Dylan Lawlor (defender) and Yousef Salech (forward), both selected based on average rating of last five matches in tournament. Perry Ng (defender) is missing due to a hamstring injury. Absences for Cardiff are Jak Alnwick (hamstring injury), Alex Robertson (hamstring injury), and Ollie Tanner (ankle injury).[/p]

[p]Reading is currently ranked 21st in the standings after eleven matches, with two wins, five draws, and four losses. The total score for these matches is 12:16, resulting in a score difference of minus four and a total of eleven points. In away matches, Reading is ranked 18th, having played six matches with four draws and two losses, scoring a total of 7:10 and earning four points. In the last competitive match, Reading played away against Exeter and the match ended in a 1:1 draw. Key players for Reading are Lewis Wing (midfielder) and Finley Burns (defender), both of whom did not miss any minute in last five matches, and Charlie Savage (midfielder), selected based on average rating of last five matches in tournament. Absences for Reading are Derrick Williams (hamstring injury) and Liam Fraser (inactive).[/p]

[p]In the last five matches between Cardiff and Reading in League One, Cardiff has won two times, Reading has won two times, and there has been one draw. The last match between these teams took place in February 2023, with Cardiff winning 1:0 against Reading.[/p]

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[p]The offence of Cardiff is outstanding and is better than offence of Reading. Reading has scored twelve goals (shared 16th to 17th position in the competition) so far. Cardiff has scored nineteen goals (3rd in the competition) so far. The defence of Cardiff is outstanding and is better than the defence of Reading. Cardiff has conceded nine goals (2nd in the competition) so far. Reading has conceded sixteen goals (shared 17th to 19th position in the competition) so far.[/p]

[p]Hot Stats[/p]

[p] – Cardiff are in the Top 3 teams for the most wins in the league this season, winning 7 out of 12 matches. [/p]

[p] – Cardiff are in the Top 3 teams for goals scored in the league this season. In 12 matches they have scored 19 goals (the league average is 14.5) at an average of 1.6 per match. [/p]

[p] – Reading are in the Top 3 teams for the least amount of wins in the league this season, winning 2 out of 12 matches. [/p]

[p]Streaks[/p]

[p] – Reading failed to win any of their last 6 away league matches this season.[/p]

[p] – Reading have scored in their last 9 league matches this season.[/p]

[p] – Cardiff have won 3 out of the last 4 league matches against Reading.[/p]

[p]Betting Tips, Prediction[/p]

[p] – Only 1 of the last 8 H2H league matches saw Reading score at least one goal in both halves.[/p]

[p] – Only 1 of the last 8 H2H league matches saw Cardiff score 3 or more goals.[/p]

[p] – Reading have scored at least one goal in 7 of the last 8 H2H league matches.[/p]

[p] – Score prediction: At least 3 goals in total (over 2.5).[/p]

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