Reading vs Blackpool

League One · 2026 · Regular Season - 5

Reading

Full time

Blackpool

Select Car Leasing Stadium, Reading, BerkshireCapacity 24,200

Timeline

Kick-off
12'1-0Goal. George Earthy (K. Lisbie)Normal GoalTeam: Reading
16'Yellow card. J. WilliamsYellow Card · FoulTeam: Blackpool
1-0Half time
Second half
49'2-0Goal. K. LisbieNormal GoalTeam: Reading
59'Substitution. Finley Munroe replaced by I. NiskanenSubstitution 1Team: Blackpool
59'Substitution. D. Charles replaced by T. BloxhamSubstitution 2Team: Blackpool
68'Substitution. A. Morgan replaced by J. BrownSubstitution 3Team: Blackpool
70'Substitution. George Earthy replaced by R. WilliamsSubstitution 1Team: Reading
70'Substitution. J. Marriott replaced by J. BrownSubstitution 2Team: Reading
76'Substitution. K. Lisbie replaced by D. KyerewaaSubstitution 3Team: Reading
80'2-1Goal. L. Clarkson (T. Bloxham)Normal GoalTeam: Blackpool
85'Substitution. P. Lane replaced by J. ReidSubstitution 4Team: Reading
85'Substitution. A. Rinomhota replaced by C. SavageSubstitution 5Team: Reading
90+4'3-1Goal. J. Brown (D. Kyerewaa)Normal GoalTeam: Reading
3-1Full time

Line-ups

Reading

Formation 4-2-3-1

Joel Pereira6.2

U. Godwin-Malife6.3

H. Roberts6.0

P. O'Connor6.6

Benn David Ward6.5

A. Rinomhota6.3

L. Wing6.4

George Earthy7.8

K. Lisbie8.8

P. Lane6.1

J. Marriott6.4

Blackpool

Formation 4-2-3-1

B. Peacock-Farrell5.9

O. Casey6.5

Finley Munroe6.2

J. Williams5.6

J. Earl6.6

L. Clarkson8.2

A. Morgan6.6

J. Bowler6.4

Karoy Anderson6.3

D. Charles6.3

J. Yates6.5

Reading

4-2-3-1

Substitutes

8C. Savage
9J. Reid
11D. Kyerewaa
14R. Williams
18J. Brown
23C. Masterson
25J. Stevens

Coach: L. Richardson

Blackpool

4-2-3-1

Substitutes

2A. Lyons
3Z. Ashworth
6J. Brown
14T. Bloxham
21I. Niskanen
23L. Southwood
46O. Hunter

Coach: I. Evatt

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Match statistics

33%
Possession: 67%; 18
Shots: 8; 5
Shots on target: 1; 8
Shots off target: 4; 5
Shots blocked: 3; 11
Shots inside the box: 5; 7
Shots outside the box: 3; 0
Saves: 3; 6
Corners: 3; 4
Offsides: 0; 12
Fouls: 10; 0
Yellow cards: 1; 275
Passes: 584; 191
Accurate passes: 476

League One

League One
Team	P	W	D	L	GD	Pts
1Bradford	7	5	0	2	+3	15
2Sheffield Wednesday	7	4	2	1	+7	14
3Plymouth	7	4	1	2	+4	13
4Huddersfield	7	3	3	1	+5	12
5Cambridge United	7	3	3	1	+2	12
6Oxford United	6	3	2	1	+6	11
7AFC Wimbledon	7	3	2	2	-2	11
8Reading	6	3	1	2	+7	10
9Stockport County	7	3	1	3	+6	10
10Leyton Orient	7	3	1	3	+4	10
11Stevenage	7	2	3	2	+3	9
12Burton Albion	7	2	3	2	0	9
13Leicester	7	2	3	2	-2	9
14Wycombe	7	2	3	2	-3	9
15Blackpool	7	2	2	3	0	8
16Luton	7	2	2	3	-2	8
17Mansfield Town	7	2	2	3	-3	8
18Barnsley	7	2	2	3	-5	8
19Bromley	7	2	2	3	-10	8
20Notts County	7	1	4	2	-2	7
21Doncaster	7	1	3	3	-1	6
22Milton Keynes Dons	7	0	6	1	-2	6
23Peterborough	7	1	2	4	-8	5
24Wigan	7	1	1	5	-7	4

Head to head

Up to the ten most recent meetings between these clubs in the fixtures we hold.

Reading: 3
Drawn: 0
Blackpool: 7

The record over the 10 meetings listed below.

Sat 2 May2:00 pm UTCReadingBlackpoolFTLeague One
Sat 29 Nov12:30 pm UTCBlackpoolReadingFTLeague One
Tue 1 Apr6:45 pm UTCBlackpoolReadingFTLeague One
Sat 14 Dec3:00 pm UTCReadingBlackpoolFTLeague One
Sat 27 Apr11:30 am UTCReadingBlackpoolFTLeague One
Sat 23 Sept2:00 pm UTCBlackpoolReadingFTLeague One
Sat 25 Feb3:00 pm UTCReadingBlackpoolFTChampionship
Sat 30 Jul2:00 pm UTCBlackpoolReadingFTChampionship
Sat 26 Feb3:00 pm UTCBlackpoolReadingFTChampionship
Wed 20 Oct7:00 pm UTCReadingBlackpoolFTChampionship

Reading beat Blackpool 3-1 in the League One on Saturday 5 September. 442ball records this match from the fixture feed and recomputes every table and total from the match record rather than copying a feed.

Times are shown in UTC.