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Barnsley

Vs

Reading

Since 19/09/2020

BAR wins

Draws

REA wins

Meetings

on record

Total goals

18 Barnsley · 16 Reading

Goals per game

3.40

both sides combined

Over 1.5

90%

of meetings

Over 2.5

60%

of meetings

BTTS

80%

of meetings

Last meeting

2-2

24 Jan 2026

Next game

24 Oct

Saturday, League One

01 Head-to-head record 02 Recent meetings 03 Goal Analysis 04 Current form 05 The Goal Clock – in this fixture 06 League Table 07 Squad value analysis 08 Recent results 09 Upcoming fixtures

Next meeting

Reading vs Barnsley

Saturday 24 October 2026 · League One

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01Head-to-head record⚖

Barnsley

Reading

wins

goals

clean sheets

The last 10 games between these two clubs

30%

win %

20%

3.40

avg goals

3.40

90%

over 1.5 %

90%

60%

over 2.5 %

60%

over 3.5 %

60%

1.80

scored

1.60

conceded

1.80

80%

btts

80%

clean sheet

20%

11.00

corners

11.00

3.80

cards

3.80

Top three rows are this fixture: 10 meetings, 3 to Barnsley, 5 drawn, 2 to Reading, at 3.40 goals a game. Everything below is these same meetings, seen from each club's side.

02Recent meetings📅

Barnsley

Won at home

20%

1 of 5 home meetings

Won away

40%

2 of 5 away meetings

Drawn

50%

5 of 10 meetings

Each figure is a share of its own group, so the three do not add to 100.

Reading

Won at home

40%

2 of 5 home meetings

Won away

0 of 5 away meetings

Drawn

50%

5 of 10 meetings

Each figure is a share of its own group, so the three do not add to 100.

Date	Competition	Home	Score	Away	Barnsley
24 Jan 2026	League One	Reading	2-2	Barnsley	D	view
13 Sep 2025	League One	Barnsley	3-2	Reading	W	view
03 May 2025	League One	Reading	2-4	Barnsley	W	view
26 Nov 2024	League One	Barnsley	2-2	Reading	D	view
13 Apr 2024	League One	Barnsley	2-2	Reading	D	view
09 Dec 2023	League One	Reading	1-3	Barnsley	W	view
02 Apr 2022	Championship	Barnsley	1-1	Reading	D	view
16 Oct 2021	Championship	Reading	1-0	Barnsley	L	view
02 Apr 2021	Championship	Barnsley	1-1	Reading	D	view
19 Sep 2020	Championship	Reading	2-0	Barnsley	L	view

03Goal Analysis⚽

Barnsley · Last 10 – goals for & against

Avg total

2.4

Avg scored

1.2

Avg conceded

1.2

Goal Analysis – by opponent strength (last 30)

Scored/conceded split by opponent tier, then home and away. Green beats the league's per-team average of 1.31 goals/game; red is worse.

Split	Total Scored	Total Conceded	Home Scored	Home Conceded	Away Scored	Away Conceded
All games (30)	1.40	1.50	1.44	1.56	1.36	1.43
vs Stronger (0)	-	-	-	-	-	-
vs Similar (28)	1.29	1.43	1.21	1.43	1.36	1.43
vs Weaker (2)	3.00	2.50	3.00	2.50	-	-
Clean sheet %	10% (-18pp vs league)

Reading · Last 10 – goals for & against

Avg total

2.8

Avg scored

1.5

Avg conceded

1.3

Goal Analysis – by opponent strength (last 30)

Scored/conceded split by opponent tier, then home and away. Green beats the league's per-team average of 1.31 goals/game; red is worse.

Split	Total Scored	Total Conceded	Home Scored	Home Conceded	Away Scored	Away Conceded
All games (30)	1.60	1.27	2.00	1.43	1.25	1.12
vs Stronger (5)	2.00	1.80	1.75	1.75	3.00	2.00
vs Similar (25)	1.52	1.16	2.10	1.30	1.13	1.07
vs Weaker (0)	-	-	-	-	-	-
Clean sheet %	23% (-5pp vs league)

04Current form📈

Barnsley

LLWLDLDWWW

Last 10: 12 scored, 12 conceded.

Reading

LLLDLDLDWW

Last 10: 15 scored, 13 conceded.

Barnsley

Home · last 10

DDLLDLDLWW

2 won · 11 scored, 16 conceded

Away · last 10

WDDWDLLWDW

4 won · 14 scored, 9 conceded

Reading

Home · last 10

WDWDWLLLLW

4 won · 21 scored, 16 conceded

Away · last 10

WLWLDLDDDW

3 won · 11 scored, 9 conceded

05The Goal Clock – in this fixture⏱

Barnsley

The Goal Clock

Ninety minutes wrapped into a circle – when this team scores (outer, green) and concedes (inner, red).

1st half / 2nd half

Scored40% / 60%

Conceded50% / 50%

Green scored (outer) · red conceded (inner), across 2 games. Most goals land in 46-60'.

From this fixture only: 2 of 10 meetings have goal timings on record. See Barnsley's full Goal Clock across all their games.

Reading

The Goal Clock

Ninety minutes wrapped into a circle – when this team scores (outer, green) and concedes (inner, red).

1st half / 2nd half

Scored50% / 50%

Conceded40% / 60%

Green scored (outer) · red conceded (inner), across 2 games. Most goals land in 31-45'.

From this fixture only: 2 of 10 meetings have goal timings on record. See Reading's full Goal Clock across all their games.

06League Table🏆

Record						Goals							Props / game						Squad value €m				Strengths
Rank	Team	MP	Pts	Win%	PPG	GF	GA	GD	G/G	O1.5	O2.5	O3.5	Cor	Cor O%	Crd	Crd O%	Fls	Fls O%	Tot	Att	Mid	Def	Att/g	Def/g	Poss%
1	Huddersfield	4	10	75%	2.5	9	3	+6	3.0	100%	75%	25%	7.0	0%	3.2	50%	22.2	50%	16	4	4	8	2.2	0.8	50%
2	Sheffield Weds	4	9	75%	2.2	11	5	+6	4.0	75%	75%	25%	12.2	75%	3.0	25%	27.2	100%	21	7	6	8	2.8	1.2	-
3	Blackpool	4	7	50%	1.8	8	4	+4	3.0	100%	75%	25%	12.5	50%	5.0	67%	19.5	25%	11	4	3	4	2.0	1.0	46%
4	Burton	4	7	50%	1.8	8	5	+3	3.2	100%	75%	25%	7.2	25%	4.3	67%	30.0	100%	5	1	1	2	2.0	1.2	46%
5	Barnsley	4	7	50%	1.8	5	3	+2	2.0	50%	50%	25%	13.0	75%	5.5	75%	22.2	75%	8	2	3	3	1.2	0.8	52%
6	Cambridge	4	7	50%	1.8	7	6	+1	3.2	100%	75%	25%	10.5	50%	1.8	0%	20.5	25%	5	2	1	2	1.8	1.5	-
7	Luton	4	7	50%	1.8	10	10	+0	5.0	100%	75%	75%	9.8	75%	4.8	50%	25.5	75%	29	13	4	12	2.5	2.5	56%
8	Leyton Orient	4	6	50%	1.5	9	5	+4	3.5	100%	75%	50%	9.5	50%	5.2	100%	29.2	100%	10	4	3	3	2.2	1.2	52%
9	Stockport	4	6	50%	1.5	9	6	+3	3.8	100%	75%	50%	11.2	75%	2.3	0%	18.0	25%	10	3	3	4	2.2	1.5	55%
10	Notts County	4	6	25%	1.5	6	5	+1	2.8	100%	50%	25%	9.2	50%	5.5	75%	29.0	100%	6	2	2	2	1.5	1.2	-
11	Bradford	4	6	50%	1.5	4	4	+0	2.0	75%	25%	0%	14.0	100%	3.0	25%	24.5	75%	7	3	1	3	1.0	1.0	50%
12	Mansfield	4	6	50%	1.5	8	10	-2	4.5	100%	100%	50%	8.8	25%	3.5	50%	24.2	75%	6	1	3	2	2.0	2.5	46%
13	Leicester	4	5	25%	1.2	4	3	+1	1.8	75%	25%	0%	10.8	50%	3.8	50%	23.5	50%	69	20	13	36	1.0	0.8	-
14	Reading	3	4	33%	1.3	8	4	+4	4.0	67%	67%	67%	9.3	33%	3.0	33%	25.3	100%	10	3	3	4	2.7	1.3	50%
15	Oxford	3	4	33%	1.3	5	6	-1	3.7	100%	100%	67%	11.3	67%	4.7	100%	32.7	100%	20	6	6	8	1.7	2.0	-
16	Plymouth	4	4	25%	1.0	4	6	-2	2.5	100%	25%	25%	11.5	75%	3.2	50%	24.2	75%	13	4	3	6	1.0	1.5	48%
17	Peterboro	4	4	25%	1.0	2	7	-5	2.2	75%	50%	25%	8.2	25%	4.0	67%	23.8	50%	7	3	1	3	0.5	1.8	55%
18	AFC Wimbledon	4	4	25%	1.0	2	7	-5	2.2	50%	50%	25%	12.0	75%	4.8	75%	22.8	75%	5	2	1	2	0.5	1.8	46%
19	Bromley	4	4	25%	1.0	4	13	-9	4.2	75%	50%	50%	8.8	25%	4.0	50%	24.8	75%	4	1	1	2	1.0	3.2	-
20	Doncaster	4	3	0%	0.8	4	5	-1	2.2	75%	50%	25%	11.2	50%	3.2	25%	22.5	75%	7	2	2	3	1.0	1.2	50%
21	Stevenage	4	3	0%	0.8	4	5	-1	2.2	75%	50%	25%	9.8	50%	3.3	33%	29.5	75%	7	2	2	3	1.0	1.2	45%
22	Wigan	4	3	25%	0.8	5	7	-2	3.0	75%	50%	50%	11.0	75%	4.2	75%	23.0	75%	7	2	2	3	1.2	1.8	45%
23	Milton Keynes Dons	4	3	0%	0.8	4	6	-2	2.5	75%	50%	50%	11.8	75%	3.8	50%	21.2	50%	15	5	7	3	1.0	1.5	-
24	Wycombe	4	2	0%	0.5	4	9	-5	3.2	100%	50%	25%	10.5	75%	4.0	67%	22.5	75%	10	3	2	5	1.0	2.2	54%

League One 2026/27 full table · click any column header to sort (click again to reverse). In-cell bars are scaled within each column; scroll right for props, squad value and strengths. Highlighted teams are this fixture's sides. Full League One stats & trends →

07Squad value analysis💰

BarnsleyReading

€7.6m

squad value

€9.6m

€9.1m

attack

€10.7m

€4.3m

midfield

€8.9m

€23.4m

defence

€15.7m

players

Transfermarkt squad values, most recent season on record. Reading carries the more valuable squad.

08Recent results📅

Barnsley

Date	Opponent	Score	Res
21 Apr	@ Stevenage	0-1	L
25 Apr	@ Luton	1-2	L
28 Apr	@ Northampton	1-0	W
02 May	vs Stockport	1-3	L
08 Aug	vs Wigan	1-1	D
15 Aug	vs Bromley	0-1	L
22 Aug	@ Doncaster	0-0	D
25 Aug	vs Crewe	3-2	W
29 Aug	@ Leyton Orient	3-1	W
02 Sep	vs Blackpool	2-1	W

Reading

Date	Opponent	Score	Res
06 Apr	vs Lincoln	1-2	L
11 Apr	@ Doncaster	0-1	L
18 Apr	vs Cardiff	1-3	L
25 Apr	@ Rotherham	1-1	D
02 May	vs Blackpool	0-1	L
08 Aug	@ Bromley	1-1	D
15 Aug	vs Luton	3-4	L
22 Aug	@ AFC Wimbledon	0-0	D
25 Aug	@ Stevenage	3-0	W
02 Sep	vs Mansfield	5-0	W