The big picture

Bradford City come in 7th on the ladder with 22 points; Reading are 6th on 22. Only a couple of spots separate them, so there is plenty riding on it.

Bradford City are 6–3–4 in EFL League One 2026-27, averaging 0.8 goals for and 0.6 against.

Reading are 6–4–4 in EFL League One 2026-27, averaging 1.8 goals for and 1.1 against.

Form

Bradford City have won one of their last five and most recently lost to Huddersfield Town 0–3.

Reading have won two of their last five and most recently lost to Oxford United 0–2.

Head to head

These sides have met 53 times on our records since 1926: Bradford City 20, Reading 18, 15 drawn.

Last time out (2026-27, EFL League One), it was a draw 1–1.

Biggest margin between these two: Bradford City by 5 goals in 1930-31 (6–1).

Players to watch

For Bradford City, watch Benito Carbone (0.2 goals a game, 7 assists in 2000-01) and Robbie Blake (0.2 goals a game, 2 assists in 2000-01).

For Reading, watch Tom Ince (0.3 goals a game, 5 assists in 2022-23) and Andy Carroll (0.3 goals a game, 1 assist in 2022-23).

Milestone watch

Robbie Blake is set to play game 100.

What the numbers say

On the numbers this is too close to split.