Barnsley vs Reading betting tip 2024/2025 - Picks and Predictions for the League One match on November 26th, 2024

Barnsley will be playing against Reading in a League One football match scheduled to take place on Tuesday, November 26th, 2024, at 19:45h (UTC), in England, check the Barnsley vs Reading betting tip 2024/2025 to win with your bets.

Stadium and City where Barnsley vs Reading will occur

The game will be played in the small Oakwell Stadium stadium, in the city of Barnsley, with a capacity for 23287 spectators, that will try to help the team achieve a positive result.

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Introduction to the Barnsley vs Reading betting tip 2024/2025

Despite the season change, the League One has not changed much regarding goals. Today's average goals in the competition are still similar to what was seen in the tournament's last edition. The current mark is 2.61 goals per game, which is very close to the 2.59 goals per game of the last championship.

Barnsley last match

Barnsley in its last official match drew (1-1) against Cambridge United, in a match valid for League One. Coach D. Clarke's lined up a 3-4-3 formation.

A very balanced game was expected, so a draw was somewhat anticipated, with odds around 3.50.

Despite the team's less-than-exciting average performance, Max Watters is certainly one of the players on the roster to watch for the future. On the field he showed a good physical presence and good footwork, proving to be crucial to Barnsley game.

Reading last match

On the other hand, the visiting team arrives at this match after a victory in the last round. In a dispute valid for EFL Trophy, Reading, who used a 4-3-3 formation, faced the Newport County team with a final score of 3-0.

The odds of 1.33 before the match made clear the favoritism of the team before the match, a condition that was ratified with the final positive result.

Barnsley vs Reading h2h

When these teams last played against each other in League One, Reading ranked 17th place while Barnsley was in 5th place. Reading initiated hostilities with a 4-1-4-1 formation while Barnsley played using a 3-4-2-1 tactic.

Their last League One game of 2023/2024 season which took place on 13-04-2024 game ended in a staggering 2-2 draw.

Last time a draw between these teams, what to expect now?

In charge of this football game will be Z. Kennard-Kettle, while M. Sowerby and J. Topp will assist him.

Barnsley

League One leaderboard now

The Barnsley team with 26 points currently occupies the 5th place of the leaderboard, being in the qualifying place for the Promotion Play-off, with a campaign of 7 wins, 5 draws and 3 losses.

This means that in the 11th round the team has no advantage in relation to the Lincoln City team that is in the 6th place.

Barnsley analysis

At the end of round 10 in League One, Barnsley scored 24 goals and conceded 19 goals.

Barnsley is not a team that imposes its rhythms on the field, it usually has a rather counterattacking game: in fact, during this league we see that it has an average ball possession of 49.67%. In the next match against Reading a change of attitude on the field will be needed, Barnsley will have to try to maintain possession to create goal chances and win.

Barnsley has demonstrated their offensive prowess by scoring 24 times with 1296 attacks, while Reading has only scored 22 times with 1202 attacks.

Increasingly prominent within the team, Marc Roberts, a defender who arrived for this season, did another fine performance in the last duel of the club. In the match against Cambridge United, he was a fundamental piece, providing great security for the whole team and showing he is already fully adapted to the new club.

Best goalscorer from Barnsley

In the individual highlights of the team in the offensive sector, the focus falls on Adam Phillips so far in the competition. With 5 goals with his signature, the Midfielder has helped his team Barnsley to achieve victorious results this season.

It should also be noted that 2 of the goals scored by the player were from the penalty spot.

Reading

League One leaderboard now

Reading arrives in this game with 23 points, and in 10th place in the League One, having won 7 games in total and lost 5 times, making a total of 2 draws.

Reading analysis

After 10 rounds, Reading has a positive ratio of goals scored and goals against. The team sums 22 goals for and 21 conceded.

Best goalscorer from Reading

Individually, the team's most offensive player in the competition so far is Sam Smith. He has scored 5 times in the current season and has helped Reading come out with a positive result on several occasions.

It should also be noted that 1 of the goals scored by the player were from the penalty spot.

For punters some entries may be interesting for this match, namely:

Goals Top Betting Tips

It can also be interesting to bet on who will score in this match. The featured player of Barnsley is Adam Phillips, who has already scored 5 goals in the competition. On the other hand, the leading scorer of Reading is Sam Smith, he has scored in 5 opportunities.

Most goals occur during 75-90 minutes of the game, making this a good bet for those watching the live game.

Taking into consideration that Reading scores an average of 1.14 goals per match when playing away, we should consider the under 2.5 betting market, especially because this team usually does not concede goals when playing out of their stadium.

At the bookmaker Bet365, the market of Total Goals Under 2.5 is with great odds.

Corners Top Betting Tips

Good betting results could be obtained if one notes that there is an average of 5.64 corners per game.

Barnsley is usually quite offensive in their matches, and this has resulted in a high average of corner kicks in the competition. Currently, the team averages 7.07 corners per game played. Therefore, it might be interesting to bet on the over corner kicks of Barnsley in this match.

Cards Top Betting Tips

These teams together have a combined average of 5.1 yellow cards per match. Therefore, it might be a good option to bet on the 'Over 4.5 cards' option in this duel.

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