Reading v Blackpool

League One, game week 5 — Saturday, 5 September 2026, kick-off 15:00 UK time

Step 2 of 4 — Home and away form.

What this step says

+0.72 points a game is the venue form gap, in Reading's favour: Reading takes 1.60 a game at home over the last two seasons, Blackpool 0.88 away.

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Reading: 49 league matches in the bank, 3 from this season and the rest from last season. Blackpool: 50 league matches in the bank, 4 from this season and the rest from last season.

Step two is HOME AND AWAY FORM -- the home side judged on its home record, the away side on its away record, because those are the records that will be on the pitch. The last five reach back into last season where this season is too young to answer, and say so.

The two sides

Reading -- at home

Its record at the relevant venue: This season at home: won 1, drew 0, lost 1 of 2, scoring 8 and conceding 4. Last season at home: won 10, drew 7, lost 6 of 23, scoring 33 and conceding 28 -- 1.61 points a game.
Its last five league matches: Newest first: beat Mansfield Town 5-0 at home; drew with AFC Wimbledon 0-0 away; lost to Luton Town 3-4 at home; lost to Blackpool 0-1 at home; drew with Rotherham United 1-1 away. The last 2 of these are from last season.
The dugout: The banked record belongs to the club, not one man: 2 different managers took its 18 matches with one recorded (10, 8 apiece), most recently Leam Richardson with 10. Who picks the team today is not yet recorded this season, so a summer change of manager would not show in these figures.

Blackpool -- away

Its record at the relevant venue: This season away: won 1, drew 0, lost 1 of 2, scoring 3 and conceding 3. Last season away: won 5, drew 4, lost 14 of 23, scoring 19 and conceding 36 -- 0.83 points a game.
Its last five league matches: Newest first: lost to Barnsley 1-2 away; beat Peterborough United 4-0 at home; beat Stockport County 2-1 away; drew with Wycombe Wanderers 1-1 at home; beat Reading 1-0 away. The last of these is from last season.
The dugout: The banked record belongs to the club, not one man: 2 different managers took its 19 matches with one recorded (11, 8 apiece), most recently Ian Ross Evatt with 11. Who picks the team today is not yet recorded this season, so a summer change of manager would not show in these figures.

Built 06:39 from matches completed before kick-off. Every figure is an observed count with its denominator — not a forecast, and nothing here is a tip or a selection.