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Reading

1 — 2 Sep 16, 2026 · 12:30 AM IST

Brentford

EFL Cup · Round 3

Venue Select Car Leasing Stadium, Reading, Berkshire

Referee Tom Nield

Attendance 13,489

Player of the Match Dango Ouattara 8.7 77' played

Match Events

3' Away ⚽ Callum Wilson ↗ — 0-1

45 + 1' Away ⚽ Fábio Carvalho — 0-2

HT

46' Away ↔ Yehor Yarmoliuk → Mamadou Sangaré

61' Away ↔ Jannik Schuster → Malick Diouf

63' Home ↔ Paddy Lane → Haydon Roberts

63' Home ↔ Jacob Brown → Jamie Reid

72' Home ⚽ Paudie O'Connor — 1-2

77' Away ↔ Aaron Hickey → Fábio Carvalho

77' Away ↔ Igor Thiago → Callum Wilson ↗

77' Away ↔ Jaidon Anthony → Dango Ouattara

79' Home ↔ Kyreece Lisbie → Daniel Kyerewaa

79' Home ↔ Jeriel Dorsett → Paudie O'Connor

88' Home ↔ George Earthy → Josh Stokes

FT

Match Stats

29 71

Ball possession

1.48 3.17

Expected goals (xG)

17 24

Total shots

3 8

Shots on target

19 31

Touches in opposition box

3 7

Big chances

2 5

Big chances missed

188 (73%) 589 (91%)

Accurate passes

0 0

Yellow cards

5 7

Corners

Lineups

Reading (4-2-3-1)

Coach: Leam Richardson

Starting XI

1 Joel Pereira 8.4

39 Ashqar Ahmed 6

15 Paudie O'Connor 7.4

23 Conor Masterson 6.4

5 Haydon Roberts 6.2

6 Liam Fraser 6.7

8 Charlie Savage 7.4

14 Randell Williams 6.8

28 Josh Stokes 6.9

11 Daniel Kyerewaa 6.8

9 Jamie Reid 6.4

Substitutes

18 Jacob Brown 5.9

32 Paddy Lane 6.2

3 Jeriel Dorsett 6.2

19 Kyreece Lisbie 5.9

17 George Earthy

25 Jack Stevens

42 Boyd Beacroft

2 Udoka Godwin-Malife

10 Lewis Wing

Brentford (4-2-3-1)

Coach: Keith Andrews

Starting XI

31 Ellery Balcombe 7.2

33 Michael Kayode 8.3

20 Kristoffer Ajer 7.6

3 Rico Henry 8.1

25 Malick Diouf 7.2

18 Mamadou Sangaré 6.7

23 Keane Lewis-Potter 7.4

11 Dango Ouattara 8.7

24 Mikkel Damsgaard 8.2

14 Fábio Carvalho 7.7

13 Callum Wilson ↗ 8

Substitutes

6 Yehor Yarmoliuk 6.8

44 Jannik Schuster 6.4

2 Aaron Hickey 6.1

9 Igor Thiago 6.5

19 Jaidon Anthony 6.7

1 Caoimhín Kelleher

48 Benjamin Fredrick

27 Vitaly Janelt

7 Kevin Schade