Reading vs Lincoln City Predictions

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Reading have been winners in three of their last four League One home games and they should be backed to get the better of Lincoln at the Select Car Leasing Stadium on Friday.

They are sixth in League One, six places and 14 points above Lincoln, with 19 wins, 12 draws and 11 losses. Lincoln sit 12th with 14 wins, 13 draws and 15 defeats from their 42 games this season.

Reading drew 0-0 with ten-man Northampton last weekend, having won four of their previous six League One games. With the pre-game betting suggesting a tight contest, Reading were available at odds of 19/10.

They have been impressive defensively at home this season, conceding just 16 goals in 21 League One games – an average of 0.76 goals per game.

Reading are unbeaten in 14 of their last 15 matches in League One and have momentum on their side as they chase a play-off spot.

Lincoln have won just two of their 17 games as an underdog this season, and backing them in those matches would have resulted in a -11.00-unit loss.

Lincoln are enduring a rough spell on the road. They have not won any of their last four League One away games and have sustained four defeats in the last six of those matches.

They have struggled to keep things tight at the back in recent away games, failing to keep a clean sheet in their last four League One matches on the road.

Reading may be able to edge out Lincoln in a close game, with a 2-1 home win the correct-score pick. Of Reading’s 19 wins this season, six were by a 2-1 scoreline and 11 of Lincoln’s 15 defeats have been by a single goal.

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Edited by Mark Langdon