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Reading
FT
2–1
28 Feb 2026
Bradford City
Europa League Sat 28 Feb, 15:00London Madejski Stadium, Reading Ben Speedie 13,106 attendance

Timeline

  1. 34' Derrick Williams Yellow Card
  2. 45' Andy Yiadom for Ryan Nyambe
  3. 65' Stephen Humphrys for Ethan Wheatley
  4. 65' Ibou Touray for Aden Baldwin
  5. 68' Matthew Pennington
  6. 79' Matt Ritchie for Liam Fraser
  7. 79' Finley Burns for Derrick Williams
  8. 79' Sean Patton for Kamari Doyle
  9. 86' Paddy Lane for Randell Williams
  10. 87' Sean Patton Yellow Card
  11. 89' Joe Wright for Bobby Pointon
  12. 90' Paddy Lane
  13. 90'+7' Matt Ritchie
  14. 90'+9' Paul Mullin for Tyreik Wright
  15. 90'+10' Kelvin Ehibhatiomhan Yellow Card

Match stats

51.3% Possession 48.7%
9 Shots 12
2 On target 2
10 Fouls 11
3 Yellow cards 0
0 Red cards 0
0 Offsides 0
1 Saves 0
0 Accurate passes 0

Lineups

Reading 4-2-3-1
1 Pereira
16 Ward 33 Williams 15 O'Conner 24 Nyambe
6 Fraser 10 Wing
21 Williams 8 Savage 29 Doyle
9 Ehibhatiomhan
Bradford City 3-4-2-1
1 Walker
26 Tilt 15 Baldwin 28 Pennington
17 Wright 6 Power 21 Metcalfe 7 Neufville
23 Pointon 27 Wheatley
10 Sarcevic
Reading 4-2-3-1
  1. 1 Joel Pereira G
  2. 33 Derrick Williams ▼ CD-L
  3. 15 Paudie O'Conner CD-R
  4. 16 Benn Ward LB
  5. 24 Ryan Nyambe ▼ RB
  6. 8 Charlie Savage AM
  7. 6 Liam Fraser ▼ LM
  8. 10 Lewis Wing RM
  9. 9 Kelvin Ehibhatiomhan F
  10. 21 Randell Williams ▼ AM-L
  11. 29 Kamari Doyle ▼ AM-R

Came on

  1. 17 Andy Yiadom ▲ SUB
  2. 12 Finley Burns ▲ SUB
  3. 32 Paddy Lane ▲ SUB
  4. 57 Sean Patton ▲ SUB
  5. 30 Matt Ritchie ▲ SUB
Unused substitutes (2)
  1. 3 Jeriel Dorsett SUB
  2. 25 Jack Stephens SUB
Bradford City 3-4-2-1
  1. 1 Sam Walker G
  2. 15 Aden Baldwin ▼ CD
  3. 26 Curtis Tilt CD-L
  4. 28 Matthew Pennington CD-R
  5. 6 Max Power CM-L
  6. 21 Jenson Metcalfe CM-R
  7. 17 Tyreik Wright ▼ LM
  8. 7 Josh Neufville RM
  9. 27 Ethan Wheatley ▼ F
  10. 23 Bobby Pointon ▼ CF-L
  11. 10 Antoni Sarcevic CF-R

Came on

  1. 4 Joe Wright ▲ SUB
  2. 14 Paul Mullin ▲ SUB
  3. 3 Ibou Touray ▲ SUB
  4. 11 Stephen Humphrys ▲ SUB
Unused substitutes (3)
  1. 25 Joe Hilton SUB
  2. 8 Lee Evans SUB
  3. 33 Harrison Ashby SUB

Commentary

  1. 90'+10' Kelvin Ehibhatiomhan (Reading) Yellow Card at 100'
  2. 90'+9' Paul Mullin (Bradford City) Substitution at 99'
  3. 90'+7' Matt Ritchie (Reading) Goal at 97'
  4. 90' Paddy Lane (Reading) Goal at 90'
  5. 89' Joe Wright (Bradford City) Substitution at 89'
  6. 87' Sean Patton (Reading) Yellow Card at 87'
  7. 86' Paddy Lane (Reading) Substitution at 86'
  8. 79' Sean Patton (Reading) Substitution at 79'
  9. 79' Finley Burns (Reading) Substitution at 79'
  10. 79' Matt Ritchie (Reading) Substitution at 79'
  11. 68' Matthew Pennington (Bradford City) Goal at 68'
  12. 65' Ibou Touray (Bradford City) Substitution at 65'
3 earlier entries
  1. 65' Stephen Humphrys (Bradford City) Substitution at 65'
  2. 45' Andy Yiadom (Reading) Substitution at 45'
  3. 34' Derrick Williams (Reading) Yellow Card at 34'

Recent form

Reading D D W W L

  • L at AFC Wimbledon 3-2 EFL League One
  • W at Wigan Athletic 2-1 EFL League One
  • W Wycombe Wanderers 3-2 EFL League One
  • D Bolton Wanderers 1-1 EFL League One
  • D at Port Vale 1-1 EFL League One

Bradford City W L W W L

  • L at Luton Town 2-1 EFL League One
  • W Peterborough United 2-0 EFL League One
  • W Stockport County 1-0 EFL League One
  • L at AFC Wimbledon 3-1 EFL League One
  • W Rotherham United 1-0 EFL League One

Head to head

BRD leads series 2-1-2

  • 13 Dec 2025 Bradford City 2–0 Reading 2025-26 English League One
  • 16 Mar 2015 Reading 3–0 Bradford City 2014-15 English FA Cup
  • 7 Mar 2015 Bradford City 0–0 Reading 2014-15 English FA Cup
  • 10 Apr 2004 Bradford City 2–1 Reading 2003/04 English League Championship
  • 4 Oct 2003 Reading 2–2 Bradford City 2003/04 English League Championship

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