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Reading
FT
1–2
15 Sep 2026
Brentford
Carabao Cup Tue 15 Sep, 20:00London Madejski Stadium, Reading Tom Nield 13,489 attendance

Timeline

  1. 3' Callum Wilson assist Dango Ouattara
  2. 45'+1' Fábio Carvalho assist Dango Ouattara
  3. 45' Yehor Yarmoliuk for Mamadou Sangare
  4. 61' Jannik Schuster for El Hadji Malick Diouf
  5. 63' Paddy Lane for Hayden Roberts
  6. 63' Jacob Brown for Jamie Reid
  7. 72' Paudie O'Conner assist Charlie Savage
  8. 77' Aaron Hickey for Fábio Carvalho
  9. 77' Igor Thiago for Callum Wilson
  10. 77' Jaidon Anthony for Dango Ouattara
  11. 79' Kyreece Lisbie for Daniel Kyerewaa
  12. 79' Jeriel Dorsett for Paudie O'Conner
  13. 88' George Earthy for Joshua Stokes

Match stats

29.1% Possession 70.9%
17 Shots 24
3 On target 8
8 Fouls 11
0 Yellow cards 0
0 Red cards 0
2 Offsides 3
7 Saves 2
188 Accurate passes 593

Lineups

Reading 4-2-3-1
1 Pereira
5 Roberts 23 Masterson 15 O'Conner 39 Ahmed
8 Savage 6 Fraser
11 Kyerewaa 28 Stokes 14 Williams
9 Reid
Brentford 4-2-3-1
31 Balcombe
25 Diouf 3 Henry 20 Ajer 33 Kayode
18 Sangare 24 Damsgaard
23 Lewis-Potter 14 Carvalho 11 Ouattara
13 Wilson
Reading 4-2-3-1
  1. 1 Joel Pereira G
  2. 23 Conor Masterson CD-L
  3. 15 Paudie O'Conner ▼ CD-R
  4. 5 Hayden Roberts ▼ LB
  5. 39 Ashqar Ahmed RB
  6. 28 Joshua Stokes ▼ AM
  7. 8 Charlie Savage LM
  8. 6 Liam Fraser RM
  9. 9 Jamie Reid ▼ F
  10. 11 Daniel Kyerewaa ▼ AM-L
  11. 14 Randell Williams AM-R

Came on

  1. 3 Jeriel Dorsett ▲ SUB
  2. 17 George Earthy ▲ SUB
  3. 32 Paddy Lane ▲ SUB
  4. 18 Jacob Brown ▲ SUB
  5. 19 Kyreece Lisbie ▲ SUB
Unused substitutes (4)
  1. 25 Jack Stephens SUB
  2. 42 Boyd Beacroft SUB
  3. 2 Udoka Godwin-Malife SUB
  4. 10 Lewis Wing SUB
Brentford 4-2-3-1
  1. 31 Ellery Balcombe G
  2. 3 Rico Henry CD-L
  3. 20 Kristoffer Ajer CD-R
  4. 25 El Hadji Malick Diouf ▼ LB
  5. 33 Michael Kayode RB
  6. 14 Fábio Carvalho ▼ AM
  7. 18 Mamadou Sangare ▼ LM
  8. 24 Mikkel Damsgaard RM
  9. 13 Callum Wilson ▼ F
  10. 23 Keane Lewis-Potter AM-L
  11. 11 Dango Ouattara ▼ AM-R

Came on

  1. 9 Igor Thiago ▲ SUB
  2. 44 Jannik Schuster ▲ SUB
  3. 19 Jaidon Anthony ▲ SUB
  4. 2 Aaron Hickey ▲ SUB
  5. 6 Yehor Yarmoliuk ▲ SUB
Unused substitutes (4)
  1. 1 Caoimhín Kelleher SUB
  2. 48 Benjamin Fredrick SUB
  3. 7 Kevin Schade SUB
  4. 27 Vitaly Janelt SUB

Commentary

  1. Match ends, Reading 1, Brentford 2.
  2. 90'+5' Second Half ends, Reading 1, Brentford 2.
  3. 90'+4' Foul by Jannik Schuster (Brentford).
  4. 90'+4' Conor Masterson (Reading) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  5. 90'+3' Corner, Brentford. Conceded by Jeriel Dorsett.
  6. 90'+1' Offside, Reading. Kyreece Lisbie is caught offside.
  7. 90'+1' Attempt saved. Jannik Schuster (Brentford) header from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal by Joel Pereira (Reading). Assisted by Mikkel Damsgaard with a cross.
  8. 90' Fourth official has announced 4 minutes of added time.
  9. 90' Corner, Brentford. Conceded by Paddy Lane.
  10. 90' Attempt blocked. Jaidon Anthony (Brentford) right footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Mikkel Damsgaard.
  11. 90' Offside, Brentford. Jaidon Anthony is caught offside.
  12. 89' Attempt saved. Igor Thiago (Brentford) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal by Joel Pereira (Reading). Assisted by Keane Lewis-Potter.
102 earlier entries
  1. 88' Substitution, Reading. George Earthy replaces Josh Stokes.
  2. 87' Corner, Reading. Conceded by Igor Thiago.
  3. 86' Foul by Aaron Hickey (Brentford).
  4. 86' Josh Stokes (Reading) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  5. 85' Attempt missed. Mikkel Damsgaard (Brentford) left footed shot from the centre of the box is high and wide to the left. Assisted by Igor Thiago.
  6. 84' Attempt saved. Igor Thiago (Brentford) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal by Joel Pereira (Reading). Assisted by Jaidon Anthony with a cross.
  7. 82' Attempt missed. Yehor Yarmoliuk (Brentford) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right following a corner.
  8. 81' Corner, Brentford. Conceded by Liam Fraser.
  9. 81' Attempt blocked. Aaron Hickey (Brentford) left footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Keane Lewis-Potter.
  10. 80' Michael Kayode (Brentford) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  11. 80' Foul by Jacob Brown (Reading).
  12. 79' Substitution, Reading. Jeriel Dorsett replaces Paudie O'Connor.
  13. 79' Substitution, Reading. Kyreece Lisbie replaces Daniel Kyerewaa.
  14. 78' Attempt missed. Keane Lewis-Potter (Brentford) right footed shot from outside the box is too high from a direct free kick.
  15. 77' Substitution, Brentford. Jaidon Anthony replaces Dango Ouattara.
  16. 77' Substitution, Brentford. Igor Thiago replaces Callum Wilson.
  17. 77' Substitution, Brentford. Aaron Hickey replaces Fábio Carvalho.
  18. 76' Callum Wilson (Brentford) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  19. 76' Foul by Paudie O'Connor (Reading).
  20. 74' Ellery Balcombe (Brentford) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  21. 74' Foul by Jacob Brown (Reading).
  22. 73' Corner, Reading. Conceded by Kristoffer Ajer.
  23. 72' Goal! Reading 1, Brentford 2. Paudie O'Connor (Reading) header from very close range to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Charlie Savage with a cross following a corner.
  24. 72' Corner, Reading. Conceded by Kristoffer Ajer.
  25. 71' Attempt blocked. Josh Stokes (Reading) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Charlie Savage.
  26. 70' Foul by Callum Wilson (Brentford).
  27. 70' Paudie O'Connor (Reading) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  28. 70' Attempt missed. Josh Stokes (Reading) right footed shot from outside the box is too high.
  29. 69' Attempt missed. Dango Ouattara (Brentford) header from the centre of the box is just a bit too high. Assisted by Michael Kayode with a cross.
  30. 67' Attempt missed. Liam Fraser (Reading) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Charlie Savage.
  31. 67' Attempt missed. Charlie Savage (Reading) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the left. Assisted by Randell Williams.
  32. 65' Attempt blocked. Paddy Lane (Reading) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Daniel Kyerewaa.
  33. 65' Foul by Fábio Carvalho (Brentford).
  34. 65' Conor Masterson (Reading) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  35. 64' Attempt missed. Dango Ouattara (Brentford) left footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the left. Assisted by Yehor Yarmoliuk.
  36. 63' Substitution, Reading. Jacob Brown replaces Jamie Reid.
  37. 63' Substitution, Reading. Paddy Lane replaces Haydon Roberts.
  38. 62' Attempt missed. Michael Kayode (Brentford) right footed shot from the right side of the six yard box is close, but misses to the right.
  39. 62' Attempt saved. Dango Ouattara (Brentford) header from the right side of the six yard box is saved in the bottom right corner by Joel Pereira (Reading). Assisted by Rico Henry with a cross.
  40. 61' Substitution, Brentford. Jannik Schuster replaces El Hadji Malick Diouf.
  41. 60' Michael Kayode (Brentford) wins a free kick on the right wing.
  42. 60' Foul by Haydon Roberts (Reading).
  43. 59' Attempt missed. Charlie Savage (Reading) left footed shot from outside the box misses to the right. Assisted by Daniel Kyerewaa.
  44. 58' Foul by Yehor Yarmoliuk (Brentford).
  45. 58' Josh Stokes (Reading) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  46. 56' Corner, Brentford. Conceded by Paudie O'Connor.
  47. 53' Corner, Brentford. Conceded by Josh Stokes.
  48. 53' Attempt blocked. El Hadji Malick Diouf (Brentford) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
  49. 52' Fábio Carvalho (Brentford) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  50. 52' Foul by Charlie Savage (Reading).
  51. 50' Attempt saved. Josh Stokes (Reading) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal by Ellery Balcombe (Brentford).
  52. 49' Offside, Brentford. Callum Wilson is caught offside.
  53. 48' Offside, Brentford. Callum Wilson is caught offside.
  54. 47' Foul by Keane Lewis-Potter (Brentford).
  55. 47' Ashqar Ahmed (Reading) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  56. 47' Attempt missed. Dango Ouattara (Brentford) right footed shot from the right side of the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Callum Wilson.
  57. 45' Second Half begins Reading 0, Brentford 2.
  58. 45' Substitution, Brentford. Yehor Yarmoliuk replaces Mamadou Sangaré.
  59. 45'+2' First Half ends, Reading 0, Brentford 2.
  60. 45'+1' Goal! Reading 0, Brentford 2. Fábio Carvalho (Brentford) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Dango Ouattara with a through ball.
  61. 45'+1' Attempt missed. Conor Masterson (Reading) header from very close range misses to the right. Assisted by Josh Stokes with a cross following a corner.
  62. 45'+1' Fourth official has announced 1 minutes of added time.
  63. 45' Corner, Reading. Conceded by Rico Henry.
  64. 38' Attempt blocked. Charlie Savage (Reading) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Ashqar Ahmed.
  65. 36' Attempt blocked. Fábio Carvalho (Brentford) right footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Keane Lewis-Potter.
  66. 35' Attempt saved. Callum Wilson (Brentford) right footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the bottom right corner by Joel Pereira (Reading).
  67. 34' Foul by Rico Henry (Brentford).
  68. 34' Jamie Reid (Reading) wins a free kick on the right wing.
  69. 32' Offside, Reading. Liam Fraser is caught offside.
  70. 31' Foul by Michael Kayode (Brentford).
  71. 31' Paudie O'Connor (Reading) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  72. 27' Attempt blocked. Mamadou Sangaré (Brentford) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Michael Kayode.
  73. 27' Attempt blocked. Mamadou Sangaré (Brentford) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Mikkel Damsgaard.
  74. 26' Corner, Brentford. Conceded by Haydon Roberts.
  75. 25' Attempt missed. El Hadji Malick Diouf (Brentford) left footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the left following a corner.
  76. 24' Corner, Brentford. Conceded by Joel Pereira.
  77. 24' Attempt saved. Keane Lewis-Potter (Brentford) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom left corner by Joel Pereira (Reading). Assisted by Callum Wilson.
  78. 24' Attempt missed. Callum Wilson (Brentford) header from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Mikkel Damsgaard.
  79. 22' Foul by Fábio Carvalho (Brentford).
  80. 22' Conor Masterson (Reading) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  81. 22' Callum Wilson (Brentford) wins a free kick on the left wing.
  82. 22' Foul by Paudie O'Connor (Reading).
  83. 21' Attempt missed. Jamie Reid (Reading) right footed shot from the left side of the six yard box misses to the left.
  84. 21' Attempt blocked. Randell Williams (Reading) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Haydon Roberts.
  85. 20' Attempt saved. Jamie Reid (Reading) right footed shot from the right side of the six yard box is saved in the centre of the goal by Ellery Balcombe (Brentford). Assisted by Randell Williams with a cross.
  86. 20' Attempt blocked. Josh Stokes (Reading) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
  87. 20' Attempt missed. Jamie Reid (Reading) right footed shot from the left side of the six yard box misses to the right. Assisted by Paudie O'Connor with a headed pass following a corner.
  88. 20' Corner, Reading. Conceded by Mamadou Sangaré.
  89. 18' Attempt missed. El Hadji Malick Diouf (Brentford) left footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Rico Henry.
  90. 16' Keane Lewis-Potter (Brentford) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  91. 16' Foul by Liam Fraser (Reading).
  92. 15' Attempt missed. Paudie O'Connor (Reading) header from the centre of the box is just a bit too high. Assisted by Charlie Savage with a cross following a set piece situation.
  93. 14' Foul by Michael Kayode (Brentford).
  94. 14' Daniel Kyerewaa (Reading) wins a free kick on the left wing.
  95. 12' Mamadou Sangaré (Brentford) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  96. 12' Dangerous play by Paudie O'Connor (Reading).
  97. 12' Attempt blocked. Paudie O'Connor (Reading) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Ashqar Ahmed with a headed pass.
  98. 11' Foul by Callum Wilson (Brentford).
  99. 11' Paudie O'Connor (Reading) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  100. 3' Goal! Reading 0, Brentford 1. Callum Wilson (Brentford) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Dango Ouattara.
  101. First Half begins.
  102. Lineups are announced and players are warming up.

Recent form

Reading L W W W D

  • D at AFC Wimbledon 0-0 EFL League One
  • W at Stevenage 3-0 Carabao Cup
  • W Mansfield Town 5-0 EFL League One
  • W Blackpool 3-1 EFL League One
  • L at Cambridge United 2-1 EFL League One

Brentford D D D W W

  • W Tottenham Hotspur 3-0 Premier League
  • W at Birmingham City 6-1 Carabao Cup
  • D at Leeds United 1-1 Premier League
  • D Sunderland 1-1 Premier League
  • D at AFC Bournemouth 2-2 Premier League

Head to head

BRE leads series 4-1

  • 10 Feb 2021 Reading 1–3 Brentford 2020-21 English League Championship
  • 19 Dec 2020 Brentford 3–1 Reading 2020-21 English League Championship
  • 30 Jun 2020 Reading 0–3 Brentford 2019-20 English League Championship
  • 23 Nov 2019 Brentford 1–0 Reading 2019-20 English League Championship
  • 13 Apr 2019 Reading 2–1 Brentford 2018-19 English League Championship

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