Reading vs Mansfield Town betting tip 2024/2025 - Picks and Predictions for the League One match on December 29th, 2024

Reading and Mansfield Town will play on Sunday, December 29th, 2024, at 15:00h (UTC), in a League One game to be held in England, check the Reading vs Mansfield Town betting tip 2024/2025 to win with your bets.

Stadium and City where Reading vs Mansfield Town will occur

The game will be played in the small Select Car Leasing Stadium stadium, in the city of Reading, with a capacity for 24161 spectators, who hope to help the team to surprise in this match.

Where to follow the live game

You can follow the match live with access to all the information to help with your sports betting at Betarena, including statistics, events and odds.

Introduction to the Reading vs Mansfield Town 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 2.57 goals per game, which is very close to the 2.59 goals per game of the last championship.

Reading last match

Reading come from a defeat in the last match. The game against Lincoln City, valid for the League One, ended with a 2-0. The team coached by N. Hunt lined up in the last match with a 4-3-3 formation.

The pre-match forecasts made it clear that the defeat was more than clear before the game started. The odds for them to win, of 5.25 were a sign of it.

A defense below expectations, with Louie Holzman, slow and inaccurate. Perhaps he is the player on whom the greatest responsibility for this team result falls. He should regain better form if he wants to make a positive impact in the upcoming matches.

Mansfield Town 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 League One, Mansfield Town, who used a 3-5-2 formation, faced the Rotherham United team with a final score of 1-0.

A very even game was expected, with odds for the home win at 2.20.

Reading vs Mansfield Town h2h

Regarding previous matches between the two teams, we can see that this will be the first time Reading and Mansfield Town will play against each other.

The performance of the Mansfield Town team in their five recent games to date has been relatively good, unlike the Reading team.

M. Woods has been selected to officiate in this football match alongside G. Maskell and A. Mathieson.

Reading

League One leaderboard now

Considering the home team Reading, standing in 7th place with 31 points in the League One competition in England. Their performance statistics have been such as 9 wins, 7 losses and, 4 draws.

The team, in the 23rd round, enjoys the same score that the Bolton Wanderers team which is ranked just below, in position 8 and the same amount of points that the Lincoln City team that is in the 6th place.

Reading analysis

At the end of round 22 of League One, Reading collected 30 goals scored and 30 goals conceded.

In terms of form, the team comes from a 2 losses streak in the League One, which is not a good omen for this next match.

The average shooting on goal for the Reading team in the league is not the best. There are only 4.45 per game. This turns out to be another good indication that the team does not usually score many goals or give much work to the opposing goalkeepers.

Over the course of the tournament, Reading recorded an average ball possession of 49.65%. This indicates that the team usually does not impose its schemes, but adopts more guarded and defensive tactics. For the next game that Reading will play against Mansfield Town, fans would like to see more aggressive soccer from their team, and especially a few more goals.

Having won twice away from home compared to matches played at home which gave them a record of 7 wins, 2 losses, and 0 draws prove the team is stronger when paying in their own yard.

Best goalscorer from Reading

At the individual level in the team's offensive line, we have to highlight Sam Smith. With 7 goals on his own, the Attacker has been instrumental in helping the Reading team achieving several victories this season.

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

Mansfield Town

League One leaderboard now

Mansfield Town arrives in this game with 28 points, and in 10th place in the League One, having won 8 games in total and lost 7 times, making a total of 4 draws.

This means that in the 23rd round, the Charlton Athletic team is closing in at 11th place, with 1 point difference.

Mansfield Town analysis

After 22 rounds, Mansfield Town has a positive ratio of goals scored and goals against. The team sums 23 goals for and 22 conceded.

Best goalscorer from Mansfield Town

There are always individualities that stand out in a squad and in the team's attack Lee Gregory has held that position so far in the competition. Serving Mansfield Town with 7 goals this season, the Attacker has been a key player in winning triumphs.

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

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

Goals Top Betting Tips

It can also be interesting to bet on who will score in this match. The featured player of Reading is Sam Smith, who has already scored 7 goals in the competition. On the other hand, the leading scorer of Mansfield Town is Lee Gregory, he has scored in 7 opportunities.

A good time to bet for those watching the live game is in the 75-90 minute period where most goals happen.

In this game, our system found another interesting opportunity for a successful bet. Both teams score and usually suffer the first goal between the 30-40 minute. With this convergence, it is typically a value market!

Corners Top Betting Tips

The corners market can help a favorable return on your bets, the average team corners per game are 4.52 corners.

Cards Top Betting Tips

Highly disciplined, the teams have an average of only 3.32 yellow cards per match, when added together. In other words, the 'Under 4.5 cards' option looks like a great alternative for bettors.

This is a match with several good betting entries to have some return on sports betting.

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