Reading vs Brentford
EFL Cup · 2026 · third round
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EFL Cup · 2026 · third round
Select Car Leasing Stadium, Reading, BerkshireCapacity 24,200
Timeline
- Kick-off
- 3'0-1Goal. Callum Wilson (Dango Ouattara)Normal GoalTeam: Brentford
- 45'Substitution. Mamadou Sangare replaced by Y. YarmolyukSubstitution 1Team: Brentford
- 45+1'0-2Goal. Fábio Carvalho (Dango Ouattara)Normal GoalTeam: Brentford
- 0-2Half time
- Second half
- 61'Substitution. El Hadji Malick Diouf replaced by Jannik SchusterSubstitution 2Team: Brentford
- 63'Substitution. H. Roberts replaced by P. LaneSubstitution 1Team: Reading
- 63'Substitution. J. Reid replaced by Jacob BrownSubstitution 2Team: Reading
- 72'1-2Goal. P. O'Connor (Charlie Savage)Normal GoalTeam: Reading
- 77'Substitution. Fábio Carvalho replaced by Aaron HickeySubstitution 3Team: Brentford
- 77'Substitution. Callum Wilson replaced by ThiagoSubstitution 4Team: Brentford
- 77'Substitution. Dango Ouattara replaced by Jaidon AnthonySubstitution 5Team: Brentford
- 79'Substitution. D. Kyerewaa replaced by Kyreece LisbieSubstitution 3Team: Reading
- 79'Substitution. P. O'Connor replaced by J. DorsettSubstitution 4Team: Reading
- 88'Substitution. J. Stokes replaced by George EarthySubstitution 5Team: Reading
- 1-2Full time
Line-ups
Reading
Formation 4-2-3-1
Brentford
Formation 4-2-3-1
Reading
4-2-3-1
Substitutes
- 2U. Godwin-Malife
- 3J. Dorsett
- 10L. Wing
- 17George Earthy
- 18Jacob Brown
- 19Kyreece Lisbie
- 25J. Stevens
- 32P. Lane
- 42Boyd Beacroft
Coach: L. Richardson
Brentford
4-2-3-1
Substitutes
Coach: Keith Andrews
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Match statistics
- 44%
- Possession
- 56%
- 17
- Shots
- 24
- 3
- Shots on target
- 8
- 8
- Shots off target
- 10
- 6
- Shots blocked
- 6
- 10
- Shots inside the box
- 16
- 7
- Shots outside the box
- 8
- 7
- Saves
- 2
- 5
- Corners
- 6
- 1
- Offsides
- 3
- 8
- Fouls
- 10
- 0
- Yellow cards
- 0
- 256
- Passes
- 634
- 186
- Accurate passes
- 576
ReadingBrentford
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.
- ReadingBrentfordFTChampionship
- BrentfordReadingFTChampionship
- ReadingBrentfordFTChampionship
- BrentfordReadingFTChampionship
- ReadingBrentfordFTChampionship
- BrentfordReadingFTChampionship
- ReadingBrentfordFTChampionship
- BrentfordReadingFTChampionship
- ReadingBrentfordFTChampionship
- BrentfordReadingFTChampionship
Brentford beat Reading 2-1 in the EFL Cup on Tuesday 15 September. 442ball records this match from the fixture feed and recomputes every table and total from the match record rather than copying a feed.
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