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Stevenage
FT
0–3
25 Aug 2026
Reading
Carabao Cup Tue 25 Aug, 19:45London Lamex Stadium, Stevenage Richard Eley 2,013 attendance

Timeline

  1. 9' Jacob Brown assist Paddy Lane
  2. 24' Paddy Lane
  3. 29' Dan Butler Yellow Card
  4. 41' Jeriel Dorsett Yellow Card
  5. 45' Carl Piergianni for Terence Vancooten
  6. 59' Michael Mellon for Jordan Roberts
  7. 59' Joe Knight for Terry Taylor
  8. 71' Josh Magennis for Phoenix Patterson
  9. 71' Daniel Kemp for Oliver Sanderson
  10. 81' Kyreece Lisbie for George Earthy
  11. 85' Randell Williams assist Kyreece Lisbie
  12. 89' Carl Piergianni Yellow Card
  13. 89' Benn Ward Yellow Card
  14. 90' Daniel Kyerewaa for Paddy Lane

Match stats

57.1% Possession 42.9%
13 Shots 10
3 On target 5
6 Fouls 13
2 Yellow cards 2
0 Red cards 0
2 Offsides 1
2 Saves 4
442 Accurate passes 308

Lineups

Stevenage 3-4-1-2
1 Marschall
6 Freestone 22 Taylor 15 Vancooten
3 Butler 4 Houghton 7 Taylor 8 Phillips
44 Patterson
18 Sanderson 11 Roberts
Reading 4-2-3-1
1 Pereira
3 Dorsett 16 Ward 23 Masterson 39 Ahmed
8 Savage 6 Fraser
32 Lane 17 Earthy 14 Williams
18 Brown
Stevenage 3-4-1-2
  1. 1 Filip Marschall G
  2. 22 Jack Taylor CD
  3. 6 Lewis Freestone CD-L
  4. 15 Terence Vancooten ▼ CD-R
  5. 4 Jordan Houghton CM-L
  6. 7 Terry Taylor ▼ CM-R
  7. 44 Phoenix Patterson ▼ AM
  8. 3 Dan Butler LM
  9. 8 Daniel Phillips RM
  10. 18 Oliver Sanderson ▼ CF-L
  11. 11 Jordan Roberts ▼ CF-R

Came on

  1. 5 Carl Piergianni ▲ SUB
  2. 10 Daniel Kemp ▲ SUB
  3. 9 Josh Magennis ▲ SUB
  4. 28 Michael Mellon ▲ SUB
  5. 26 Joe Knight ▲ SUB
Unused substitutes (4)
  1. 43 Charlie Brown SUB
  2. 12 Daniel Barden SUB
  3. 14 Saxon Earley SUB
  4. 19 Jamie Reid SUB
Reading 4-2-3-1
  1. 1 Joel Pereira G
  2. 16 Benn Ward CD-L
  3. 23 Conor Masterson CD-R
  4. 3 Jeriel Dorsett LB
  5. 39 Ashqar Ahmed RB
  6. 17 George Earthy ▼ AM
  7. 8 Charlie Savage LM
  8. 6 Liam Fraser RM
  9. 18 Jacob Brown F
  10. 32 Paddy Lane ▼ AM-L
  11. 14 Randell Williams AM-R

Came on

  1. 19 Kyreece Lisbie ▲ SUB
  2. 11 Daniel Kyerewaa ▲ SUB
Unused substitutes (7)
  1. 5 Hayden Roberts SUB
  2. 49 Emmanuel Osho SUB
  3. 4 Andy Rinomhota SUB
  4. 25 Jack Stephens SUB
  5. 42 Boyd Beacroft SUB
  6. 28 Joshua Stokes SUB
  7. 10 Lewis Wing SUB

Commentary

  1. Match ends, Stevenage 0, Reading 3.
  2. 90'+4' Second Half ends, Stevenage 0, Reading 3.
  3. 90'+3' Dan Butler (Stevenage) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  4. 90'+3' Foul by Ashqar Ahmed (Reading).
  5. 90' Fourth official has announced 4 minutes of added time.
  6. 90' Substitution, Reading. Daniel Kyerewaa replaces Paddy Lane.
  7. 89' Carl Piergianni (Stevenage) is shown the yellow card.
  8. 89' Benn Ward (Reading) is shown the yellow card.
  9. 88' Carl Piergianni (Stevenage).
  10. 88' (Reading) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  11. 87' Dan Kemp (Stevenage) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  12. 87' Foul by Liam Fraser (Reading).
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  1. 86' Attempt blocked. Joe Knight (Stevenage) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Dan Kemp.
  2. 85' Goal! Stevenage 0, Reading 3. Randell Williams (Reading) right footed shot from very close range to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Kyreece Lisbie.
  3. 85' Attempt missed. Kyreece Lisbie (Reading) right footed shot from the left side of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Jacob Brown.
  4. 84' Attempt missed. Carl Piergianni (Stevenage) right footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Dan Butler with a cross following a corner.
  5. 84' Corner, Stevenage. Conceded by Benn Ward.
  6. 81' Substitution, Reading. Kyreece Lisbie replaces George Earthy.
  7. 79' Attempt blocked. Joe Knight (Stevenage) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
  8. 79' Corner, Stevenage. Conceded by Benn Ward.
  9. 74' Foul by Michael Mellon (Stevenage).
  10. 74' Ashqar Ahmed (Reading) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  11. 74' Daniel Phillips (Stevenage) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  12. 74' Foul by Jacob Brown (Reading).
  13. 73' Corner, Stevenage. Conceded by Conor Masterson.
  14. 73' Attempt blocked. Josh Magennis (Stevenage) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Dan Butler with a cross.
  15. 72' Michael Mellon (Stevenage) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  16. 72' Foul by Ashqar Ahmed (Reading).
  17. 71' Handball by Joe Knight (Stevenage).
  18. 71' Substitution, Stevenage. Dan Kemp replaces Oliver Sanderson.
  19. 71' Substitution, Stevenage. Josh Magennis replaces Phoenix Patterson.
  20. 70' Attempt blocked. Michael Mellon (Stevenage) right footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Jordan Houghton.
  21. 68' Corner, Reading. Conceded by Carl Piergianni.
  22. 68' Attempt blocked. George Earthy (Reading) right footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Liam Fraser.
  23. 66' Offside, Reading. Paddy Lane is caught offside.
  24. 63' Attempt missed. Michael Mellon (Stevenage) header from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Dan Butler with a cross.
  25. 61' Attempt saved. Phoenix Patterson (Stevenage) left footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the top left corner by Joel Pereira (Reading). Assisted by Carl Piergianni.
  26. 60' Jordan Houghton (Stevenage) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  27. 60' Foul by George Earthy (Reading).
  28. 59' Substitution, Stevenage. Joe Knight replaces Terry Taylor.
  29. 59' Substitution, Stevenage. Michael Mellon replaces Jordan Roberts.
  30. 58' Attempt blocked. Paddy Lane (Reading) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
  31. 52' Offside, Stevenage. Oliver Sanderson is caught offside.
  32. 52' Phoenix Patterson (Stevenage) wins a free kick on the left wing.
  33. 52' Foul by Ashqar Ahmed (Reading).
  34. 50' Attempt missed. Jeriel Dorsett (Reading) header from very close range misses to the right. Assisted by George Earthy with a cross following a corner.
  35. 49' Corner, Reading. Conceded by Filip Marschall.
  36. 49' Attempt saved. George Earthy (Reading) left footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the top left corner by Filip Marschall (Stevenage). Assisted by Jacob Brown with a headed pass.
  37. 49' Attempt missed. Jordan Roberts (Stevenage) header from the right side of the six yard box misses to the right. Assisted by Phoenix Patterson with a cross following a corner.
  38. 48' Corner, Stevenage. Conceded by Jacob Brown.
  39. 47' Corner, Stevenage. Conceded by Ashqar Ahmed.
  40. 45' Substitution, Stevenage. Carl Piergianni replaces Terence Vancooten.
  41. 45' Second Half begins Stevenage 0, Reading 2.
  42. 45'+2' First Half ends, Stevenage 0, Reading 2.
  43. 45'+1' Fourth official has announced 1 minutes of added time.
  44. 42' Attempt missed. Phoenix Patterson (Stevenage) left footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Oliver Sanderson.
  45. 41' Jordan Roberts (Stevenage) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  46. 41' Foul by Benn Ward (Reading).
  47. 41' Jeriel Dorsett (Reading) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  48. 40' Foul by Jeriel Dorsett (Reading).
  49. 40' Jordan Roberts (Stevenage) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  50. 39' Offside, Stevenage. Oliver Sanderson is caught offside.
  51. 37' Foul by Benn Ward (Reading).
  52. 37' Terence Vancooten (Stevenage) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  53. 36' Corner, Reading. Conceded by Dan Butler.
  54. 32' Attempt missed. Phoenix Patterson (Stevenage) right footed shot from outside the box is just a bit too high from a direct free kick.
  55. 31' Foul by Paddy Lane (Reading).
  56. 31' Terry Taylor (Stevenage) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  57. 30' Attempt saved. Charlie Savage (Reading) left footed shot from long range on the right is saved in the bottom right corner by Filip Marschall (Stevenage).
  58. 29' Dan Butler (Stevenage) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  59. 29' Ashqar Ahmed (Reading) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  60. 29' Foul by Dan Butler (Stevenage).
  61. 24' Goal! Stevenage 0, Reading 2. Paddy Lane (Reading) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal.
  62. 23' Charlie Savage (Reading) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  63. 23' Foul by Jordan Roberts (Stevenage).
  64. 21' Attempt saved. Jordan Roberts (Stevenage) left footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the bottom right corner by Joel Pereira (Reading). Assisted by Jordan Houghton.
  65. 18' Attempt saved. Jack Taylor (Stevenage) header from the left side of the box is saved in the top centre of the goal by Joel Pereira (Reading). Assisted by Phoenix Patterson.
  66. 17' Foul by Jeriel Dorsett (Reading).
  67. 17' Jordan Roberts (Stevenage) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  68. 14' Corner, Reading. Conceded by Dan Butler.
  69. 13' Foul by Jacob Brown (Reading).
  70. 13' Daniel Phillips (Stevenage) wins a free kick on the right wing.
  71. 9' Goal! Stevenage 0, Reading 1. Jacob Brown (Reading) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Paddy Lane with a cross.
  72. 9' Foul by Dan Butler (Stevenage).
  73. 9' Randell Williams (Reading) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  74. 7' Corner, Reading. Conceded by Lewis Freestone.
  75. 6' Attempt missed. Jacob Brown (Reading) header from the centre of the box is too high. Assisted by Randell Williams with a cross.
  76. 4' Phoenix Patterson (Stevenage) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  77. 4' Foul by Liam Fraser (Reading).
  78. 1' Attempt blocked. Jordan Roberts (Stevenage) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
  79. First Half begins.
  80. Lineups are announced and players are warming up.

Recent form

Stevenage L D W L L

  • L Stockport County 1-0 EFL League One
  • L at Stockport County 2-0 EFL League One
  • W at Wycombe Wanderers 2-1 Carabao Cup
  • D at Burton Albion 1-1 EFL League One
  • L Oxford United 2-1 EFL League One

Reading D W L W L

  • L Blackpool 1-0 EFL League One
  • W at Bromley 1-1 Carabao Cup
  • L Luton Town 4-3 EFL League One
  • W Wycombe Wanderers 1-1 EFL Trophy
  • D at AFC Wimbledon 0-0 EFL League One

Head to head

REA leads series 2-1-2

  • 21 Mar 2026 Stevenage 1–0 Reading 2025-26 English League One
  • 6 Nov 2025 Reading 1–0 Stevenage 2025-26 English League One
  • 15 Mar 2025 Reading 1–1 Stevenage 2024-25 English League One
  • 9 Nov 2024 Stevenage 1–1 Reading 2024-25 English League One
  • 6 Feb 2024 Stevenage 0–1 Reading 2023-24 English League One