What channel is Reading v Huddersfield on?
Reading v Huddersfield kicks off on Saturday 24 April at 3pm UK time, at Select Car Leasing Stadium, in League One, matchday 43. The UK broadcasters have not confirmed a channel for this match yet; this page updates as soon as they do.
Reading are 6th with 18 points from 11 matches (5 won, 3 drawn, 3 lost); Huddersfield are 2nd with 22 points from 11 (6 won, 4 drawn, 1 lost), 2 wins in a row. Goals: Reading have scored 23 and conceded 12 (+11), Huddersfield have scored 22 and conceded 10 (+12). Reading have taken 13 points from 6 home matches, Huddersfield 11 points from 6 away matches. Leading scorers: Jack Marriott (8) for Reading, Joe Taylor (8) for Huddersfield. Arena Rete's model makes Reading favourites (41%), with 1-1 the most likely score. In the 15 previous meetings on record: 5 wins for Reading, 5 draws, 5 wins for Huddersfield.
How to watch Reading v Huddersfield in the UK
The League One TV guide →No channel has been announced for Reading v Huddersfield yet. The UK rights to League One are held by:
- Sky SportsThe selected League One matches on Sky Sports Football and Sky Sports Main Event; Sky shows more than 1,000 EFL matches a season under a deal that runs to 2028/29.
- ITVfreeTen EFL matches a season live and free to air on ITV1 and ITVX, shown alongside Sky.
The streaming services that carry League One:
- Sky Sports+The matches not on the main Sky Sports channels; included with Sky Sports at no extra cost: the Sky Sports+ channel and the Sky Sports app on Sky Q, Sky Glass, Sky Stream and mobile.
- Sky GoEvery match shown on the Sky Sports channels; included for Sky Sports customers, on phones, tablets, laptops and consoles.
- NOWEvery match shown on the Sky Sports channels; with a NOW Sports membership, no long contract.
- ITVXfreeThe ten free-to-air matches and the highlights; free, with registration.
Matches kicking off between 2:45pm and 5:15pm on a Saturday are not shown live anywhere in the UK: it is the long-standing "closed period" that protects attendances across the football pyramid. Ten EFL matches a season are live and free on ITV1 and ITVX. Everything else needs Sky Sports or NOW. ITV shows free highlights with every goal from the three EFL divisions, on ITVX. Rights checked on 1 October 2026.
How they come into it
Full head to head →
- Wed 21 OctReading 1-0 Leyton Orient
- Sat 17 OctWigan 1-0 Reading
- Sat 10 OctMK Dons 1-5 Reading
- Sat 3 OctReading 1-1 Bradford
- Sat 26 SeptWycombe Wanderers 2-2 Reading
- Tue 20 OctHuddersfield 4-1 Peterborough
- Sat 17 OctPlymouth 0-2 Huddersfield
- Sat 10 OctHuddersfield 2-2 Sheffield Wed
- Sat 3 OctBurton Albion 1-3 Huddersfield
- Sat 19 SeptBromley 2-1 Huddersfield
What is at stake
If it ended today →Reading are 6th, in the play-off places: 4 pts off automatic promotion and 9 pts clear of the relegation zone. Huddersfield are 2nd, in the automatic promotion places: 1 pt clear of the play-offs. 4 points separate the two sides.
In League One: The top two go up automatically. Play-offs from third to sixth. The bottom four are relegated. Positions and points are from the official table.
Line-ups appear here as soon as our data provider publishes them, usually an hour before kick-off.
The data forecast
Full head to head →Poisson model on 11 league matches for Reading and 11 for Huddersfield; early in the season teams start from the league average. This is an estimate, not betting advice.
Head-to-head record
Reading v Huddersfield down the years15 meetings in our data provider's archive · goals: Reading 16, Huddersfield 19 · 2.3 per match
- 3 Apr 2026Huddersfield1-1ReadingLeague One
- 9 Aug 2025Reading0-2HuddersfieldLeague One
- 8 Feb 2025Huddersfield0-0ReadingLeague One
- 28 Sept 2024Reading2-1HuddersfieldLeague One
- 8 May 2023Huddersfield2-0ReadingChampionship
- 1 Oct 2022Reading3-1HuddersfieldChampionship
- 22 Jan 2022Reading3-4HuddersfieldChampionship
- 28 Aug 2021Huddersfield4-0ReadingChampionship
- 8 May 2021Reading2-2HuddersfieldChampionship
- 2 Jan 2021Huddersfield1-2ReadingChampionship
and 5 older ones.
The last meeting was on 3 Apr 2026: Huddersfield 1-1 Reading. With Reading at home: 3 home wins, 2 draws and 2 away wins in 7 matches, goals 11-10. Reading last won this fixture on 28 Sept 2024 (Reading 2-1 Huddersfield). Huddersfield last won it on 9 Aug 2025 (Reading 0-2 Huddersfield).
The numbers compared
All League One team stats →Reading on the left, Huddersfield on the right: league matches only, 11 and 11 played.
The questions people ask
- What time does Reading v Huddersfield kick off?
- Saturday 24 April at 3pm UK time, at Select Car Leasing Stadium.
- What channel is Reading v Huddersfield on in the UK?
- The channel has not been confirmed yet. TV selections are usually announced about six weeks before the match.
- Is Reading v Huddersfield on free-to-air TV?
- No. Ten EFL matches a season are live and free on ITV1 and ITVX. Everything else needs Sky Sports or NOW.
- Where can I watch Reading v Huddersfield highlights?
- ITV shows free highlights with every goal from the three EFL divisions, on ITVX.
- Where is Reading v Huddersfield being played?
- At Select Car Leasing Stadium, capacity 24,200. Reading are the home side.
- Where are Reading and Huddersfield in the table?
- Reading are 6th with 18 points from 11 matches; Huddersfield are 2nd with 22 points from 11. Reading are 6th, in the play-off places: 4 pts off automatic promotion and 9 pts clear of the relegation zone. Huddersfield are 2nd, in the automatic promotion places: 1 pt clear of the play-offs.
- What form are Reading and Huddersfield in?
- Last league results, most recent first. Reading: W L W D D. Huddersfield: W W D W L (2 wins in a row).
- Who are the top scorers for Reading and Huddersfield?
- Reading: Jack Marriott (8) and Jacob Brown (4). Huddersfield: Joe Taylor (8), Derensili Sanches (5) and Bojan Radulovic (3). League One goals only.
- Who is the favourite in Reading v Huddersfield?
- Arena Rete's model makes Reading favourites (41%), from the two sides' league results. Most likely score: 1-1. It is an estimate, not betting advice.
- What is the head-to-head record between Reading and Huddersfield?
- 15 meetings on record: 5 wins for Reading, 5 draws, 5 wins for Huddersfield; goals 16-19.
- When did Reading and Huddersfield last meet?
- On 3 Apr 2026 (League One): Huddersfield 1-1 Reading.
- Where can I follow Reading v Huddersfield live?
- On Arena Rete's match page: the score, the goalscorers and the line-ups update on their own.
The rest of the round on TV
The League One TV guide →This page is for viewers in the United Kingdom, and its times are UK time. Rights and channels change: check the broadcaster's own listing on the day. League tables rebuilt from results do not include points deductions; expected goals and team stats come from our data provider, where it supplies them. We earn nothing from these links.