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As Reading prepares to host Brentford FC in the English League Cup on September 15, 2026, both teams come into the match with recent positive trends. Reading has demonstrated impressive form, securing victories in 4 of their last 5 matches. Their ability to capitalize on opportunities and play cohesively will be crucial as they aim to take advantage of their home pitch.
Conversely, Brentford FC has also shown solid performance, winning 3 of their last 5 encounters. Known for their tactical discipline and effective press, Brentford will likely look to control the midfield and exploit any defensive weaknesses that Reading may present. The contrasting styles—Reading’s potential attacking flair versus Brentford’s organized approach—promises an intriguing contest.
Bookmakers lean heavily towards an away victory, with odds favoring Brentford at 1.35, while Reading stands at 7.59 for a home win. The model predicts a 13.1% chance of Reading winning, a 16.6% likelihood of a draw, and a robust 66.9% chance of an away win for Brentford. While Brentford may be favored, football’s unpredictability means that Reading will undoubtedly seek to leverage their home advantage and challenge the visitors.
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| Reading 11.2% |
Draw 17.7% |
Brentford 71.2% |
Prediction (the most likely score): 0:2
Outrights of English League Cup Brentford: 2.18%
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Betting Odds
| 1 | X | 2 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
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7.75 | 5.75 | 1.34 | |
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7.74 | 5.56 | 1.33 | |
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9.3 | 4.8 | 1.34 | |
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9 | 5.6 | 1.34 | Watch and Bet |
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7.84 | 5.36 | 1.34 | |
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7.6 | 5.6 | 1.32 |
Latest Results
| 05.09.26 Reading – Blackpool – 3:1 02.09.26 Reading – Mansfield Town – 5:0 25.08.26 Stevenage Borough – Reading – 0:3 22.08.26 AFC Wimbledon – Reading – 0:0 18.08.26 Reading – Wycombe Wanderers – 2:1 penalties |
05.09.26 Brentford FC – Sunderland AFC – 1:1 30.08.26 Leeds United – Brentford FC – 1:1 25.08.26 Birmingham City – Brentford FC – 1:6 22.08.26 Brentford FC – Tottenham Hotspur – 3:0 15.08.26 Brentford FC – Eintracht Frankfurt – 7:0 |
Facts
Latest Head To Head
| 10.02.21 Reading – Brentford FC – 1:3 19.12.20 Brentford FC – Reading – 3:1 30.06.20 Reading – Brentford FC – 0:3 23.11.19 Brentford FC – Reading – 1:0 13.04.19 Reading – Brentford FC – 2:1 |
Standings
Draw
Main
1/64-finals
| 1 | Crystal Palace | Bye | |
| 3 | Stockport County | Doncaster | 1 : 2 |
| 4 | Middlesbrough | Wrexham | 1 : 0 |
| 5 | Manchester Utd | Bye | |
| 8 | Bye | Brighton | |
| 9 | Manchester City | Bye | |
| 11 | Cardiff | Swindon | 3 : 2 |
| 12 | Norwich | MK Dons | 4 : 1 |
| 13 | Sunderland | Bye | |
| 15 | Stoke | Oldham | 2 : 0 |
| 16 | Bye | Hull | |
| 17 | Plymouth | Exeter | 2 : 0 |
| 18 | Bye | Coventry | |
| 20 | Bye | Aston Villa | |
| 21 | Chelsea | Bye | |
| 22 | Gillingham | Luton | 0 : 3 |
| 23 | Nottingham | Bye | |
| 24 | Bye | Leeds | |
| 25 | Ipswich | Bye | |
| 26 | Leicester | Northampton | 1 : 0 |
| 28 | Bye | Arsenal | |
| 29 | Colchester | Southampton | 0 : 2 |
| 30 | West Ham | Portsmouth | 3 : 1 |
| 31 | Fulham | Bye | |
| 32 | AFC Wimbledon | Newport | 2 : 1 |
| 33 | Bournemouth | Bye | |
| 35 | Grimsby | Blackpool | 1 : 3 |
| 36 | Derby | Lincoln | 1 : 2 |
| 37 | Liverpool | Bye | |
| 39 | Tottenham | Bye | |
| 40 | Cheltenham | Charlton | 1 : 3 |
| 41 | Cambridge Utd | Barnet | 2 : 1 |
| 42 | QPR | Millwall | 1 : 2 |
| 43 | Newcastle | Bye | |
| 44 | Rotherham | West Brom | 1 : 4 |
| 45 | Fleetwood | Chesterfield | 1 : 0 |
| 46 | Salford | Shrewsbury | 1 : 2 |
| 47 | Burton | Blackburn | 1 : 2 |
| 48 | Mansfield | Sheffield Utd | 0 : 3 |
| 49 | Preston | Huddersfield | 2 : 1 |
| 50 | Bye | Everton | |
| 51 | Sheffield Wed | Bolton | 1 : 0 |
| 52 | Wolves | Port Vale | 3 : 0 |
| 53 | Bristol City | Walsall | 0 : 1 |
| 54 | Leyton Orient | Oxford Utd | 2 : 0 |
| 55 | Bradford City | Rochdale | 2 : 0 |
| 56 | Burnley | Notts County | 2 : 1 |
| 57 | Wycombe | Stevenage | 1 : 2 |
| 58 | Bromley | Reading | 1 : 2 |
| 59 | Swansea | Birmingham | 0 : 1 |
| 60 | Bye | Brentford | |
| 61 | Watford | Crawley | 1 : 0 |
| 62 | Bristol Rovers | Peterborough | 0 : 1 |
| 63 | Barnsley | Wigan | 2 : 1 |
| 64 | Crewe | Accrington | 2 : 1 |
1/32-finals
| 1 | Crystal Palace | Bye | |
| 2 | Doncaster | Middlesbrough | 1 : 3 |
| 3 | Manchester Utd | Bye | |
| 4 | Bye | Brighton | |
| 5 | Manchester City | Bye | |
| 6 | Cardiff | Norwich | 1 : 2 |
| 7 | Sunderland | Bye | |
| 8 | Stoke | Hull | 1 : 2 |
| 9 | Plymouth | Coventry | 2 : 4 |
| 10 | Bye | Aston Villa | |
| 11 | Chelsea | Luton | 2 : 0 |
| 12 | Nottingham | Leeds | 0 : 2 |
| 13 | Ipswich | Leicester | 3 : 1 |
| 14 | Bye | Arsenal | |
| 15 | Southampton | West Ham | 1 : 4 |
| 16 | Fulham | AFC Wimbledon | 3 : 0 |
| 17 | Bournemouth | Bye | |
| 18 | Blackpool | Lincoln | 1 : 4 |
| 19 | Liverpool | Bye | |
| 20 | Tottenham | Charlton | 5 : 1 |
| 21 | Cambridge Utd | Millwall | 0 : 1 |
| 22 | Newcastle | West Brom | 3 : 2 |
| 23 | Fleetwood | Shrewsbury | 4 : 0 |
| 24 | Blackburn | Sheffield Utd | 1 : 2 |
| 25 | Preston | Everton | 0 : 4 |
| 26 | Sheffield Wed | Wolves | 0 : 2 |
| 27 | Walsall | Leyton Orient | 0 : 1 |
| 28 | Bradford City | Burnley | 1 : 0 |
| 29 | Stevenage | Reading | 0 : 3 |
| 30 | Birmingham | Brentford | 1 : 6 |
| 31 | Watford | Peterborough | 1 : 5 |
| 32 | Barnsley | Crewe | 3 : 2 |
1/16-finals
| 1 | Crystal Palace | Middlesbrough | 3 : 0 |
| 2 | Manchester Utd | Brighton | |
| 3 | Manchester City | Norwich | |
| 4 | Sunderland | Hull | 1 : 0 |
| 5 | Coventry | Aston Villa | |
| 6 | Chelsea | Leeds | |
| 7 | Ipswich | Arsenal | |
| 8 | West Ham | Fulham | |
| 9 | Bournemouth | Lincoln | 4 : 0 |
| 10 | Liverpool | Tottenham | |
| 11 | Millwall | Newcastle | 0 : 1 |
| 12 | Fleetwood | Sheffield Utd | |
| 13 | Everton | Wolves | |
| 14 | Leyton Orient | Bradford City | 1 : 3 |
| 15 | Reading | Brentford | |
| 16 | Peterborough | Barnsley |
English League Cup Outrights
1. Arsenal: 5.2 (12.51%)
2. Manchester City: 6.12 (10.63%)
3. Liverpool: 7.75 (8.4%)
4. Manchester United: 8.4 (7.75%)
5. Chelsea: 9.05 (7.19%)
6. Tottenham: 13 (5.01%)
7. Aston Villa: 15.67 (4.15%)
8. Newcastle Utd: 20 (3.25%)
9. Brighton: 27.83 (2.34%)
10. Everton: 29.67 (2.19%)
11. Brentford: 29.83 (2.18%)
12. Bournemouth: 35.17 (1.85%)
13. Leeds: 37.33 (1.74%)
14. Fulham: 39 (1.67%)
15. Crystal Palace: 39.83 (1.63%)
16. Nottingham: 41 (1.59%)
17. Sunderland: 60.33 (1.08%)
18. Ipswich: 75.33 (0.86%)
19. Coventry: 75.67 (0.86%)
20. Wolves: 84.67 (0.77%)
21. West Ham: 89 (0.73%)
22. Bristol City: 100 (0.65%)
23. York City: 100 (0.65%)
24. Shrewsbury: 100 (0.65%)
25. Rotherham: 100 (0.65%)
26. Leicester: 100 (0.65%)
27. Plymouth: 100 (0.65%)
28. Stockport County: 100 (0.65%)
29. West Brom: 100 (0.65%)
30. Stoke City: 100 (0.65%)
31. Swansea: 100 (0.65%)
32. Portsmouth: 100 (0.65%)
33. Birmingham: 100 (0.65%)
34. Wigan: 100 (0.65%)
35. Burnley: 100 (0.65%)
36. Oxford Utd: 100 (0.65%)
37. QPR: 100 (0.65%)
38. Preston: 100 (0.65%)
39. Charlton: 100 (0.65%)
40. Wrexham: 100 (0.65%)
41. Blackburn: 100 (0.65%)
42. Southampton: 100 (0.65%)
43. Derby: 100 (0.65%)
44. Watford: 100 (0.65%)
45. Cardiff: 100 (0.65%)
46. Bolton: 100 (0.65%)
47. Sheffield Wed: 100 (0.65%)
48. Southend: 100 (0.65%)
49. Hull City: 101.17 (0.64%)
50. Middlesbrough: 104.5 (0.62%)
51. Norwich: 104.5 (0.62%)
52. Sheffield Utd: 108.67 (0.6%)
53. Millwall: 117 (0.56%)
54. Bradford City: 120.2 (0.54%)
55. Lincoln City: 142 (0.46%)
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