Reading vs Bolton

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🕒 Sat, 01 Feb 2025 15:00 Europe/London 📍 Select Car Leasing Stadium 🧑‍⚖️ Anthony Backhouse 🔁 Regular Season - 30 🏁 match finished
Season
2024-2025 Season
Stage
Regular Season - 30
Regular Season Table
Reading 7 · Bolton 8
Referee Stats
6 matches · 0.00 yellow cards avg
Yellow cards avg 0.00
Reds avg 0.00
Penalties avg 0.00
Over 4.5 cards 0%
Home wins 50%
Draws 0%
Away wins 50%
How the match was won
  • Shots were tight (10-11).
  • Reading controlled possession (57%).
  • Bolton had the sharper finishing (2-4 shots on target).

Team Overview

Reading (Home stats)

Games / Record

23
W-D-L: 14-4-5

Goals For / Against

37 / 21
Avg: 1.61 / 0.91

Points

46
Avg: 2.00

Clean Sheets

9

Failed to Score

5
Bolton (Away stats)

Games / Record

23
W-D-L: 9-4-10

Goals For / Against

31 / 38
Avg: 1.35 / 1.65

Points

31
Avg: 1.35

Clean Sheets

5

Failed to Score

6

Match Context & Trends

Venue-only form, goal timing, first-goal trends and league context around this League One fixture.

Quick comparison bars

2.00
PPG
1.35
1.61
GF
1.35
0.91
GA
1.65
48%
O2.5
57%
48%
BTTS
61%
0%
Score 1st
0%

League-position context

Reading rank7th
Bolton rank8th
Reading points75
Bolton points68
Reading: #7 · 75 pts · GD +11
17 pts off the top 2. 8 pts above the play-off edge. 29 pts clear of the relegation zone.
Bolton: #8 · 68 pts · GD -3
24 pts off the top 2. 1 pts above the play-off edge. 22 pts clear of the relegation zone.
7-point gap between the two sides coming into kick-off.

Reading last 5 home

L L W W D
Points7/15
Weighted index36
Goals7-7
Record2-1-2
Weighted index gives more importance to the most recent venue-specific matches. 100 means maximum recent points return.
Recent venue-specific form is balanced.

Bolton last 5 away

D L L W L
Points4/15
Weighted index24
Goals6-11
Record1-1-3
Weighted index gives more importance to the most recent venue-specific matches. 100 means maximum recent points return.
Recent venue-specific form has been unstable.

Reading trend breakdown

Over 2.548%
BTTS48%
BTTS + O2.539%
1H Over 0.552%
Also: Over 0.5 91% · Over 1.5 70% · Over 3.5 26% · 1H BTTS 13%

Bolton trend breakdown

Over 2.557%
BTTS61%
BTTS + O2.552%
1H Over 0.570%
Also: Over 0.5 91% · Over 1.5 78% · Over 3.5 35% · 1H BTTS 26%

Scoring reliability

Reading score at home78%
Reading clean sheet at home39%
Bolton score away74%
Bolton clean sheet away22%

First-goal patterns

Reading score first0%
Reading win after scoring first0%
Bolton score first0%
Bolton win after scoring first0%
Comeback rate after conceding first: Reading 0% · Bolton 0%

Vs league average

Reading score at home1.61 vs 1.40
Reading concede at home0.91 vs 1.18
Bolton score away1.35 vs 1.18
Bolton concede away1.65 vs 1.40
Reading score 15% above league average, while Bolton score 14% above league average.
Defensive side: Reading are 23% below league average at home, and Bolton are 18% above league average away.

Head-to-head trends

Recent games5
Avg goals3.80
BTTS80%
Over 2.540%
At this venue setup: 2.00 goals on average across the last 3.

Reading goal timing (home)

Goal-event timing is not populated enough for this venue split yet.

Bolton goal timing (away)

Goal-event timing is not populated enough for this venue split yet.

Match Statistics

Shots on Goal
2
4
Total Shots
10
11
Shots off Goal
2
6
Blocked Shots
6
1
Shots Inside Box
5
5
Shots Outside Box
5
6
Ball Possession
57%
43%
Corner Kicks
2
4
Fouls
14
11
Offsides
2
3
Yellow Cards
1
3
Red Cards
—
—
Goalkeeper Saves
4
1
Total Passes
439
334
Passes Accurate
355
257
Passes %
81%
77%

Head-to-Head Overview

All Meetings (Any Venue)
Total Games6
Home Wins2
Draws2
Away Wins2
Over 2.5 Goals3 (50.0%)
BTTS5 (83.3%)
Home vs Away as Scheduled
Total Games3
Home Wins2
Draws1
Away Wins0
Over 2.5 Goals1 (33.3%)
BTTS2 (66.7%)

Reading vs Bolton Head-to-Head History by Season