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Crystal Palace U18 vs Reading U18 prediction and preview

24 Oct 2026, 10:30 UTC

The PunterPick prediction

Over 1.5 GoalsNo price

Published before kick-off and never changed afterwards. See the methodology for how picks are chosen.

Match preview

Crystal Palace U18 host Reading U18 in the U18 Premier League - South (England) on 24 Oct 2026, 10:30 UTC. The prediction PunterPick published for this fixture is Over 1.5 Goals — more than 1.5 goals in the match. No bookmaker price was available for this market when the prediction was published, so no percentage is shown.

Going into the match, Crystal Palace U18 had won 2, drawn 2 and lost 6 of their last 10 matches, scoring 18 and conceding 25. Reading U18 had won 2, drawn 2 and lost 6 of their last 10, with 15 scored and 33 conceded.

Both teams scored in 7 of Crystal Palace U18's last 10 and 9 of Reading U18's last 10; 8 and 9 of those matches respectively went over 2.5 goals. At home Crystal Palace U18 averaged 1.80 goals scored and 3.00 conceded across 5 matches; away from home Reading U18 averaged 1.80 scored and 3.40 conceded across 5.

Our team-strength model expects about 3.01 goals from Crystal Palace U18 and 1.77 from Reading U18. From that it rates a home win at 63%, a draw at 17% and an away win at 20%. For the published pick itself the model gives 96%.

Team comparison

Share of each factor between Crystal Palace U18 (green) and Reading U18 (grey), from our data provider's pre-match comparison.

Recent form50% – 50%
Attack61% – 39%
Defence52% – 48%
Head-to-head93% – 7%
Goals86% – 14%
Overall strength67% – 32%

Form before the match

TeamLast 5ScoredConcededBTTSO2.5
Crystal Palace U18WDLLL1.802.5070%80%
Reading U18LLWLD1.503.3090%90%

Averages over each side's last 10 matches in our results archive before this fixture.

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