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• Reading x Cardiff City

Reading - Cardiff City 18.04.2026

• 18/04/26 10:00 |
  Round 44
• Reading

  Kankam Kyerewaa D. - 73'
  • 1 : 3
  • Finished
  Cardiff City

  Colwill R. - 40'

  Kellyman O. - 55'

  Ng P. - 86'

Who will win?

• Reading
• Draw
• Cardiff City

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Match details

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1st Half 0:1

40 Colwill R.

41 Osho G.

2nd Half 1:2

55 Kellyman O.

63 Kankam Kyerewaa D.

63 Wintle R.

64 O'Connor P.

67 Turnbull D. Out: Robertson A.

69 Burns F.

72 Lawlor D.

73 Kankam Kyerewaa D.

74 Marriott J. Out: Lane P.

82 Colwill J. Out: Colwill R.

82 Fish W. Out: Lawlor D.

82 Salech Y. Out: Willock C.

86 Ng P.

88 Ritchie M. Out: Roberts H.

88 Fraser L. Out: Rinomhota A.

88 Abrefa K. Out: Nyambe R.

90 Robinson C. Out: Tanner O.

90 + 10 Fish W.

Predictions

6 / 10 of last matches in all competitions Reading did not lose

6 / 10 of last matches in League One did not lose

3 / 10 of the last matches between the teams ended in a victory Cardiff City

Bet::Double chance - 1X

Odds

2.22

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Match details

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Match stats Prematch

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first_half

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second_half

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Home Away Overall Home Away Overall

10 Matches

5 - Wins

4 - Draws

1 - Losses

10 Matches

4 - Wins

2 - Draws

4 - Losses

10 Matches

4 - Wins

2 - Draws

4 - Losses

10 Matches

Wins - 6

Draws - 2

Losses - 2

10 Matches

Wins - 4

Draws - 5

Losses - 1

10 Matches

Wins - 3

Draws - 4

Losses - 3

Goal Difference

+7

19

12

+1

13

12

+2

14

12

scored

conceded

+9

17

8

+9

21

12

+3

15

12

• 1.9 1.3 1.4
• Goals scored per match
• 1.7 2.1 1.5

• 1.2 1.2 1.2
• Goals conceded per match
• 0.8 1.2 1.2

• 29' 36' 34.6'
• Minutes/Goal scored
• 36' 27.3' 33.3'

• 3.1 2.5 2.6
• Match goals average
• 2.5 3.3 2.7

• 31 25 26
• Goals
• 25 33 27

Top Scorers

Goals Goals+Assists Assists Red card Yellow red card Yelow card Own goal

England League One

#

Goals

• 1 Ballard D.

  FW

  
  22
• 2 Wareham J.

  FW

  
  19
• 3 Wootton K.

  FW

  
  18
• 4 Tolaj L.

  FW

  
  17
• 5 Marriott J.

  FW

  
  16
• 6 Pepple A.

  FW

  
  16
• 7 McGoldrick D.

  FW

  
  15
• 8 Fletcher A.

  FW

  
  15
• 9 Taylor J.

  FW

  
  15
• 10 Leonard H.

  FW

  
  15
• 11 Reid J.

  FW

  
  14
• 12 Salech Y.

  FW

  
  14
• 13 Keillor-Dunn D.

  FW

  
  13
• 14 Bailey O.

  DF

  
  13
• 15 Beesley J.

  FW

  
  13
• 16 Nombe S.

  FW

  
  12
• 17 Burstow M.

  DF

  
  12
• 18 Browne M.

  MD

  
  12
• 19 Morgan J.

  FW

  
  12
• 20 Hackett-Fairchild R.

  FW

  
  11

Current Form

Last 5 matches

Reading

Cardiff City

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Starting

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Pereira J. Goalkeeper Dorsett J. Defender Burns F. Defender O'Connor P. Defender Nyambe R. 88' Abrefa K.

Trott N. Goalkeeper Bagan J. Defender Lawlor D. 82' Fish W. Ng P. Defender Osho G. Defender

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H2H Stats

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All tournaments FA Cup Championship League One Club Friendly Games 5 matches 10 matches 15 matches All matches 5 matches 5 matches 10 matches 15 matches All matches 5 matches 5 matches

• 20% 1wins
• 0draws
• 80% 4wins

• 5
• Score
• 9

• 5
• Yellow cards
• 4

• 0
• Red cards
• 0

Head to head

England League One 2

FT 18/04/26 10:00

Reading Cardiff City

1 3

FT 18/10/25 10:00

Cardiff City Reading

2 1

World Club Friendly Games 1

FT 31/07/24 14:30

Cardiff City Reading

2 1

England Championship 2

FT 17/02/23 15:00

Cardiff City Reading

1 0

FT 06/08/22 10:00

Reading Cardiff City

2 1

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Last results: Reading

England League One 5

FT 25/04/26 10:00

Rotherham United Reading

1 1

FT 18/04/26 10:00

Reading Cardiff City

1 3

FT 11/04/26 10:00

Doncaster Rovers Reading

1 0

FT 06/04/26 10:00

Reading Lincoln City

1 2

FT 03/04/26 10:00

Huddersfield Town Reading

1 1

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Last results: Cardiff City

England League One 5

FT 25/04/26 10:00

Cardiff City Northampton Town

5 1

FT 22/04/26 14:45

Cardiff City Port Vale

1 0

FT 18/04/26 10:00

Reading Cardiff City

1 3

FT 14/04/26 14:45

Huddersfield Town Cardiff City

1 1

FT 11/04/26 07:30

Cardiff City Bolton Wanderers

2 0

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Standings

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Overall Home Away

England League One

#	Team	GP	W	D	L	G	GD	P
1	Lincoln City	45	30	10	5	87:41	46	100
2	Cardiff City	45	27	10	8	86:45	41	91
3	Bolton Wanderers	45	19	18	8	68:49	19	75
4	Stockport County	44	21	11	12	67:55	12	74
5	Bradford City	45	21	11	13	56:50	6	74
6	Stevenage	45	20	12	13	48:46	2	72
7	Luton Town	45	20	11	14	65:54	11	71
8	Plymouth Argyle	45	21	7	17	72:61	11	70
9	Huddersfield Town	45	17	13	15	70:64	6	64
10	Reading	45	16	15	14	64:59	5	63
11	Mansfield Town	44	15	16	13	57:46	11	61
12	Wycombe Wanderers	45	16	12	17	66:56	10	60
13	Blackpool	45	16	9	20	53:65	-12	57
14	Doncaster Rovers	45	16	9	20	47:68	-21	57
15	Barnsley	44	14	14	16	66:70	-4	56
16	Wigan Athletic	45	14	14	17	49:57	-8	56
17	Burton Albion	45	13	14	18	48:58	-10	53
18	Wimbledon	45	15	8	22	51:68	-17	53
19	Peterborough United	44	15	7	22	63:65	-2	52
20	Leyton Orient	45	14	9	22	57:69	-12	51
21	Exeter City	45	12	13	20	51:59	-8	49
22	Rotherham United	45	10	11	24	39:68	-29	41
23	Port Vale	44	9	12	23	34:58	-24	39
24	Northampton Town	44	9	8	27	37:70	-33	35

• Promotion
• Promotion Playoffs
• Relegation

#	Team	GP	W	D	L	G	GD	P
1	Lincoln City	23	18	4	1	53:20	33	58
2	Cardiff City	23	17	2	4	50:23	27	53
3	Bradford City	23	15	5	3	32:17	15	50
4	Bolton Wanderers	22	13	8	1	44:21	23	47
5	Stevenage	22	13	7	2	26:13	13	46
6	Luton Town	23	13	6	4	37:24	13	45
7	Stockport County	22	13	4	5	37:24	13	43
8	Huddersfield Town	23	11	9	3	42:27	15	42
9	Blackpool	23	12	5	6	35:29	6	41
10	Wycombe Wanderers	22	12	3	7	42:21	21	39
11	Wigan Athletic	23	11	4	8	24:17	7	37
12	Reading	22	10	7	5	33:27	6	37
13	Plymouth Argyle	23	10	4	9	33:33	0	34
14	Barnsley	22	9	6	7	38:34	4	33
15	Doncaster Rovers	23	9	6	8	27:32	-5	33
16	Mansfield Town	22	8	8	6	33:23	10	32
17	Burton Albion	23	9	5	9	27:28	-1	32
18	Exeter City	22	8	7	7	29:27	2	31
19	Leyton Orient	22	8	6	8	30:28	2	30
20	Peterborough United	21	8	5	8	38:27	11	29
21	Wimbledon	22	8	4	10	25:27	-2	28
22	Rotherham United	23	6	9	8	24:32	-8	27
23	Northampton Town	21	6	4	11	21:27	-6	22
24	Port Vale	22	4	9	9	17:23	-6	21

#	Team	GP	W	D	L	G	GD	P
1	Lincoln City	22	12	6	4	34:21	13	42
2	Cardiff City	22	10	8	4	36:22	14	38
3	Plymouth Argyle	22	11	3	8	39:28	11	36
4	Stockport County	22	8	7	7	30:31	-1	31
5	Mansfield Town	22	7	8	7	24:23	1	29
6	Bolton Wanderers	23	6	10	7	24:28	-4	28
7	Reading	23	6	8	9	31:32	-1	26
8	Luton Town	22	7	5	10	28:30	-2	26
9	Stevenage	23	7	5	11	22:33	-11	26
10	Wimbledon	23	7	4	12	26:41	-15	25
11	Bradford City	22	6	6	10	24:33	-9	24
12	Doncaster Rovers	22	7	3	12	20:36	-16	24
13	Barnsley	22	5	8	9	28:36	-8	23
14	Peterborough United	23	7	2	14	25:38	-13	23
15	Huddersfield Town	22	6	4	12	28:37	-9	22
16	Burton Albion	22	4	9	9	21:30	-9	21
17	Wycombe Wanderers	23	4	9	10	24:35	-11	21
18	Leyton Orient	23	6	3	14	27:41	-14	21
19	Wigan Athletic	22	3	10	9	25:40	-15	19
20	Exeter City	23	4	6	13	22:32	-10	18
21	Port Vale	22	5	3	14	17:35	-18	18
22	Blackpool	22	4	4	14	18:36	-18	16
23	Rotherham United	22	4	2	16	15:36	-21	14
24	Northampton Town	23	3	4	16	16:43	-27	13

Match facts

The most common result of matches between Reading FC and Cardiff City when Reading FC is playing at home is 1-1. 6 matches have ended with this result.

The most common result of matches between Reading FC and Cardiff City is 1-1. 7 matches have ended with this result.

During the last 17 meetings with Reading FC playing at home, Reading FC have won 6 times, there have been 8 draws while Cardiff City have won 3 times. The goal difference is 26-18 in favour of Reading FC.

During the last 38 meetings, Reading FC have won 13 times, there have been 14 draws while Cardiff City have won 11 times. The goal difference is 54-47 in favour of Reading FC.

Did you know that Reading FC scores 26% of their goals between the minutes 76-90?

Did you know that Cardiff City scores 25% of their goals between the minutes 46-60?

Cardiff City have lost none of their last 5 away matches.

Reading FC haven't won any of their last 3 games against Cardiff City.

Reading FC haven't scored in 1 of their 21 home matches in League One this season.

Cardiff City haven't scored in 2 of their 21 away matches in League One this season.

Jack David Marriott is Reading FC's top scorer with 16 goals. Yousef Salech has scored 12 times for Cardiff City.

Padhraic John O'Connor has more yellow cards (10) than any other player at Reading FC. Joel Matthew Bagan has collected 8 for Cardiff City.

Reading FC wins 1st half in 31% of their matches, Cardiff City in 34% of their matches.

Reading FC wins 31% of halftimes, Cardiff City wins 34%.

The winner of their last meeting was Cardiff City.

On their last meeting Cardiff City won by 1 goals.

When Reading FC leads 1-0 at home, they win in 73% of their matches.

When Cardiff City leads 0-1 away, they win in 75% of their matches.

When Reading FC is down 0-1 home, they win 14% of their matches.

When Cardiff City is down 1-0 away, they win 0% of their matches.

In League One, Cardiff City has better performance than Reading FC.

Cardiff City's performance of the last 5 matches is better than Reading FC's.

Cardiff City have lost just 1 of their last 5 games against Reading FC (in all competitions).

In the last 5 meetings Reading FC won 1, Cardiff City won 4, 0 draws.

Reading FC scores 1 goals in a match against Cardiff City and Cardiff City scores 1.6 goals against Reading FC (on average).

Average number of goals in meetings between Reading FC and Cardiff City is 2.6.

Average number of goals in the first half in meetings between Reading FC and Cardiff City is 1.2.

Reading FC scores 1.45 goals when playing at home and Cardiff City scores 1.63 goals when playing away (on average).

Cardiff City haven't lost in their last 4 games.

Both teams haven't won their last match in League One.

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