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Reading FC — Brentford: 1:2, League Cup

League Cup
Reading FC W25 Aug · Away Stevenage · 3:0W2 Sep · Home Mansfield Town FC · 5:0W5 Sep · Home Blackpool · 3:1L12 Sep · Away Cambridge United · 1:2L15 Sep · Home Brentford · 1:2W19 Sep · Home Notts County · 2:0
1:2
Finished

Kick-off was BST

Brentford W25 Aug · Away Birmingham · 6:1D30 Aug · Away Leeds · 1:1D5 Sep · Home Sunderland · 1:1D12 Sep · Away Bournemouth · 2:2W15 Sep · Away Reading FC · 2:1W18 Sep · Home Chelsea · 3:0
Venue: Select Car Leasing Stadium City: Reading

In the League Cup game on 15 September 2026, Brentford beat Reading FC 1:2. Match numbers: shots on target 3:8, corners 5:7.

Match report

Brentford beat Reading 2-1 in the League Cup Round of 32 at Select Car Leasing Stadium on Tuesday evening. The visitors took control early and held on despite a late reading fightback. The result sends them through to the next stage while reading's cup hopes came to an end.

Callum Wilson opened the scoring in the third minute, catching reading off guard. Fabio Carvalho made it 2-0 before half-time on 45+1, and that was enough to see Brentford through to the break with a comfortable lead. Mamadou Sangare came off for reading at the break, perhaps an attempt to shift momentum.

Reading pulled one back through Paudie O'Connor in the 72nd minute, and for a moment the tie looked alive again. But Brentford responded with three substitutions on 77 minutes, bringing on Dango Ouattara alongside Carvalho and Wilson. By then the game was effectively over, and reading's effort came too late.

Brentford owned 71 per cent of possession and created eight big chances against reading's three. Their expected goals figure stood at 3.21 compared to 1.4, and they registered eight shots on target to reading's three. The statistics tell you everything about how one-sided the match was, and yet reading's goal gave them something to talk about afterwards.

For reading, this is another exit to add to a recent run of mixed results. They beat Cambridge 2-1 last week and had five wins in their previous six games, but that goal was not enough against a superior opposition. Brentford move on, reading go home.

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Key numbers

Possession, % 29.00 – 71
Shots on target 3 – 8
Shots off target 8 – 10
Expected goals 1.40 – 3.21

Match events

  1. 3' 0:1 Brentford Goal Callum Wilson assist: Dango Ouattara
  2. 45' 0:1 Brentford Substitution Mamadou Sangare off: Yehor Yarmoliuk
  3. 45+1' 0:2 Brentford Goal Fabio Carvalho assist: Dango Ouattara
  4. 61' 0:2 Brentford Substitution El Hadji Malick Diouf off: Jannik Schuster
  5. 63' 0:2 Reading FC Substitution Haydon Roberts off: P. Lane
  6. 63' 0:2 Reading FC Substitution Jamie Reid off: Jacob Brown
  7. 72' 1:2 Reading FC Goal Paudie O’Connor assist: Charlie Savage
  8. 77' 1:2 Brentford Substitution Fabio Carvalho off: Aaron Hickey
  9. 77' 1:2 Brentford Substitution Callum Wilson off: Igor Thiago
  10. 77' 1:2 Brentford Substitution Dango Ouattara off: Jaidon Anthony
  11. 79' 1:2 Reading FC Substitution Daniel·Kyerewaa off: Kyreece Joshua Lisbie
  12. 79' 1:2 Reading FC Substitution Paudie O’Connor off: Jeriel Dorsett
  13. 88' 1:2 Reading FC Substitution Josh Stokes off: George Earthy

Statistics

29.00 Possession, % 71
3 Shots on target 8
8 Shots off target 10
1.40 Expected goals 3.21
3 Big chances 8
54 Attacks 124
5 Corners 7
8 Fouls 11
11 Free kicks 8
2 Offsides 3
0 Yellow cards 0
0 Red cards 0
13 Goal kicks 7
17 Throw-ins 18
All statistics
9/2438% Aerial duels 15/2463%
45 Backward passes 109
6 Blocked shots 6
20 Clearances 31
5/1436% Crosses 7/2232%
8/1267% Dribbles 9/1850%
1.44 Expected assists 2.14
71 Failed passes 59
7 Goalkeeper saves 2
10 Interceptions 7
13 Key passes 18
17/5431% Long passes 18/3453%
47 Passes into the final third 150
137 Passes in the opposition half 352
136 Passes in own half 322
0.18 Shot accuracy 0.33
7 Shots from outside the box 8
10 Shots inside the box 16
10/1471% Tackles 9/1090%
259 Total passes 652

Line-ups

Reading FC

Starting XI
# Player number
1 Joel Pereira 1
5 Haydon Cameron Roberts 5
15 Padhraic John O'Connor 15
23 Conor Ciaran Masterson 23
39 A. Ahmed 39
6 Liam Fraser 6
8 Charlie William Henry Savage 8
11 Daniel Kankam Kyerewaa 11
14 Randell Williams 14
28 Josh Stokes 28
9 Jamie Tyrrell Reid 9
Substitutes
# Player number
25 Jack Stevens 25
2 Udoka Godwin-Malife 2
3 Jeriel Dorsett 3
42 Boyd Beacroft 42
10 Lewis Wing 10
17 George Earthy 17
18 Jacob Samuel Brown 18
19 Kyreece Joshua Lisbie 19
32 Patrick John Lane 32
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Brentford

Starting XI
# Player number
31 Ellery Ronald Balcombe 31
3 Rico Antonio Henry 3
20 Kristoffer Vassbakk Ajer 20
25 El-Hadji Malik Diouf 25
33 Michael Kayode 33
11 Dango Aboubacar Faissal Ouattara 11
14 Fabio Carvalho 14
18 Mamadou Sangaré 18
23 Keane William Lewis-Potter 23
24 Mikkel Damsgaard 24
13 Callum Eddie Graham Wilson 13
Substitutes
# Player number
1 Caoimhin Kelleher 1
2 Aaron Buchanan Hickey 2
44 Yannik Schuster 44
48 B. Fredrick 48
6 Yehor Yarmolyuk 6
7 Kevin Schade 7
27 Vitaly Janelt 27
9 Igor Thiago Nascimento Rodrigues 9
19 Jaidon Kya Denley Anthony 19
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