Reading vs Brentford

EFL Cup · 2026 · Round of 32

Reading

Tue 8 Sept, 14:00 UTC

Scheduled

Brentford

Select Car Leasing Stadium, Reading, BerkshireCapacity 24,200

The Squad

Players with recorded minutes for each club in the most recent season we hold, most minutes first. It is who has played for them, not a prediction of this line-up.

Reading2026

Joel Pereira180'
Jacob Brown165'

Brentford2026

The Squad

The eleven each club started in its most recent match we hold a team sheet for. It is what they last did, not a prediction of this line-up.

Reading

Formation 4-2-3-1

Joel Pereira

Ashqar Ahmed

Conor Masterson

Benn Ward

Jeriel Dorsett

Liam Fraser

Charlie Savage

George Earthy

Randell Williams

Paddy Lane

Jacob Brown

From Stevenage, 25 Aug 20263-0

Brentford

Formation 4-2-3-1

Hákon Rafn Valdimarsson

Aaron Hickey

Jannik Schuster

Nathan Collins

Rico Henry

Yehor Yarmoliuk

Vitaly Janelt

Dango Ouattara

Mikkel Damsgaard

Jaidon Anthony

Callum Wilson

From Birmingham, 25 Aug 20266-1

Line-ups

Line-ups are collected about an hour before kickoff. We do not have them for this match yet.

From the archive

They have not met for 5 years in the record we hold.
Their last 10 meetings have produced 32 goals.

Recent form

Reading

Brentford

25 Aug 2026away to Birmingham6-1W
22 Aug 2026home to Tottenham3-0W
24 May 2026away to Liverpool1-1D
17 May 2026home to Crystal Palace2-2D
9 May 2026away to Manchester City0-3L

Head to head

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

Reading: 2
Drawn: 2
Brentford: 6

The record over the 10 meetings listed below.

Wed 10 Feb, 19:00 UTC ReadingBrentfordFTChampionship
Sat 19 Dec, 15:00 UTC BrentfordReadingFTChampionship
Tue 30 Jun, 17:00 UTC ReadingBrentfordFTChampionship
Sat 23 Nov, 15:00 UTC BrentfordReadingFTChampionship
Sat 13 Apr, 14:00 UTC ReadingBrentfordFTChampionship
Sat 29 Sept, 14:00 UTC BrentfordReadingFTChampionship
Sat 20 Jan, 15:00 UTC ReadingBrentfordFTChampionship
Sat 16 Sept, 14:00 UTC BrentfordReadingFTChampionship
Tue 14 Feb, 20:00 UTC ReadingBrentfordFTChampionship
Tue 27 Sept, 18:45 UTC BrentfordReadingFTChampionship

Reading play Brentford in the EFL Cup on Tuesday 8 September. 442ball records this match from the fixture feed and recomputes every table and total from the match record rather than copying a feed.