Reading vs Exeter City

3 - 2

🕒 Mon, 01 Jan 2024 15:00 Europe/London 📍 Select Car Leasing Stadium 🧑‍⚖️ Anthony Backhouse 🔁 Regular Season - 26 🏁 match finished

Season

2023-2024 Season

Stage

Regular Season - 26

Regular Season Table

Reading 15 · Exeter City 13

Referee Stats

Anthony Backhouse

7 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	57%
Draws	29%
Away wins	14%

How the match was won

Reading outshot their opponent (14-8).
Possession was balanced (48%-52%).

Team Overview

Reading (Home stats)

Games / Record

W-D-L: 12-5-6

Goals For / Against

39 / 24

Avg: 1.70 / 1.04

Points

Avg: 1.78

Clean Sheets

Failed to Score

Exeter City (Away stats)

Games / Record

W-D-L: 10-2-11

Goals For / Against

29 / 39

Avg: 1.26 / 1.70

Points

Avg: 1.39

Clean Sheets

Failed to Score

Match Context & Trends

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

Quick comparison bars

1.78

PPG

1.39

1.70

1.26

1.04

1.70

43%

O2.5

61%

57%

BTTS

43%

Score 1st

League-position context

Reading rank15th

Exeter City rank13th

Reading points59

Exeter City points61

Reading: #15 · 59 pts · GD -2

33 pts off the top 2. 14 pts off the play-off line. 15 pts clear of the relegation zone.

Exeter City: #13 · 61 pts · GD -15

31 pts off the top 2. 12 pts off the play-off line. 17 pts clear of the relegation zone.

2-point gap between the two sides coming into kick-off.

Reading last 5 home

W D W W L

Points10/15

Weighted index76

Goals10-5

Record3-1-1

Weighted index gives more importance to the most recent venue-specific matches. 100 means maximum recent points return.

Strong wins profile across the latest venue-specific run.

Exeter City last 5 away

W W D W W

Points13/15

Weighted index87

Goals13-6

Record4-1-0

Weighted index gives more importance to the most recent venue-specific matches. 100 means maximum recent points return.

Strong wins profile across the latest venue-specific run.

Reading trend breakdown

Over 2.543%

BTTS57%

BTTS + O2.539%

1H Over 0.574%

Also: Over 0.5 96% · Over 1.5 78% · Over 3.5 30% · 1H BTTS 35%

Exeter City trend breakdown

Over 2.561%

BTTS43%

BTTS + O2.539%

1H Over 0.578%

Also: Over 0.5 100% · Over 1.5 83% · Over 3.5 22% · 1H BTTS 13%

Scoring reliability

Reading score at home91%

Reading clean sheet at home39%

Exeter City score away65%

Exeter City clean sheet away22%

First-goal patterns

Reading score first0%

Reading win after scoring first0%

Exeter City score first0%

Exeter City win after scoring first0%

Comeback rate after conceding first: Reading 0% · Exeter City 0%

Vs league average

Reading score at home1.70 vs 1.41

Reading concede at home1.04 vs 1.18

Exeter City score away1.26 vs 1.18

Exeter City concede away1.70 vs 1.41

Reading score 20% above league average, while Exeter City score 7% above league average.

Defensive side: Reading are 11% below league average at home, and Exeter City are 20% above league average away.

Head-to-head trends

Recent games5

Avg goals2.80

BTTS80%

Over 2.560%

At this venue setup: 3.00 goals on average across the last 3.

Reading goal timing (home)

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

Exeter City goal timing (away)

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

Match Statistics

Shots on Goal

Total Shots

Shots off Goal

Blocked Shots

Shots Inside Box

Shots Outside Box

Ball Possession

48%

52%

Corner Kicks

Fouls

Offsides

Yellow Cards

Red Cards

—

Goalkeeper Saves

—

Total Passes

474

502

Passes Accurate

360

383

Passes %

76%

Head-to-Head Overview

All Meetings (Any Venue)

Total Games	6
Home Wins	2
Draws	3
Away Wins	1
Over 2.5 Goals	4 (66.7%)
BTTS	5 (83.3%)

Home vs Away as Scheduled

Total Games	3
Home Wins	1
Draws	2
Away Wins	0
Over 2.5 Goals	2 (66.7%)
BTTS	2 (66.7%)

Reading vs Exeter City Head-to-Head History by Season

2025-2026 Season

27 Jan 2026 Reading vs Exeter City 2 - 2 11 Oct 2025 Exeter City vs Reading 1 - 1

2024-2025 Season

04 Mar 2025 Reading vs Exeter City 0 - 0 22 Oct 2024 Exeter City vs Reading 1 - 2

2023-2024 Season

01 Jan 2024 Reading vs Exeter City 3 - 2 26 Aug 2023 Exeter City vs Reading 2 - 1