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Reading — Brentford, 15 September 2026, 19:00 UTC : score 1:2

match finished EFL Cup Tuesday 15 September · 19:00 UTC
Reading Reading L
1 : 2 1st half 0:2
Brentford W Brentford
Select Car Leasing Stadium · referee T. Nield
Match predictionSafe

Reading to lose by two at most

93%

Prediction landed. We predicted “Reading to lose by two at most”, and the match finished 1:2.

the market is chosen by our model: not always the obvious one, but a likely one

our forecast this is how the model saw the match before kick-off
Reading 34% draw 25% Brentford 41%
The model was right

The most likely outcome was Brentford win, and the match finished 1:2. Fans backed Brentford win — they got it right.

fans 57 votes
Reading 35% draw 16% Brentford 49%
Voting closed at kick-off

Match events

full timeline
C. Wilson assist: D. Ouattara 0-1 3'
F. Carvalho assist: D. Ouattara 0-2 45+1'
Y. Yarmolyuk for M. Sangare 46'
J. Schuster for M. Diouf 61'
P. Lane for H. Roberts 63'
J. Brown for J. Reid 63'
P. O'Connor assist: C. Savage 1-2 72'
A. Hickey for F. Carvalho 77'
J. Anthony for D. Ouattara 77'
I. Thiago for C. Wilson 77'
J. R. Dorsett A. for P. O'Connor 79'
K. Lisbie for D. Kyerewaa 79'
G. Earthy for J. Stokes 88'

Line-ups

starting eleven and bench
Reading Reading 4-2-3-1 · Leam Richardson 4-2-3-1 · Keith Andrews Brentford Brentford
1 Joel Pereira
39 Ashqar Ahmed 15 Paudie O’Connor 23 Conor Masterson 5 Haydon Roberts
6 Liam Fraser 8 Charlie Savage
14 Randell Williams 28 Josh Stokes 11 Daniel Kyerewaa
9 Jamie Reid
13 Callum Wilson
11 Dango Ouattara 14 Fabio Carvalho 23 Keane Lewis-Potter
24 Mikkel Damsgaard 18 Mamadou Sangare
33 Michael Kayode 20 Kristoffer Ajer 3 Rico Henry 25 El Hadji Malick Diouf
31 Ellery Balcombe
Reading bench
  1. 42Boyd Beacroft
  2. 17George Earthy
  3. 25Jack Stevens
  4. 18Jacob Brown
  5. 3Jeriel Dorsett
  6. 19Kyreece Lisbie
  7. 10Lewis Wing
  8. 32Paddy Lane
  9. 2Udoka Godwin-Malife
Brentford bench
  1. 2Aaron Hickey
  2. 48Benjamin Fredrick
  3. 1Caoimhin Kelleher
  4. 9Igor Thiago
  5. 19Jaidon Anthony
  6. 44Jannik Schuster
  7. 7Kevin Schade
  8. 27Vitaly Janelt
  9. 6Yehor Yarmoliuk

Match stats

19 metrics for the full match
29%Possession71%
17Shots24
3Shots on target8
8Shots off target10
6Blocked shots6
10Shots inside box16
7Shots outside box8
54Attacks124
33Dangerous attacks50
5Corners7
2Offsides3
8Fouls11
7Saves2
259Passes652
188Accurate passes593
0Free kicks0
0Throw-ins0
0Goal kicks0
0Penalties0
ReadingReadingBrentfordBrentfordThe source gives no per-half split — only totals for the match

How the match went

text generated from our data

Reading and Brentford met in the EFL Cup on 15 September at Select Car Leasing Stadium. Final score — 1:2.

Reading have played 1 match (0 wins, 0 draws, 1 loss). Brentford have played 1 match (1 win, 0 draws, 0 losses).

Season form

all competitions of the season
Reading Reading last five Brentford Brentford
L form W
1 Matches 1
0 — 0 — 1 Wins — draws — defeats 1 — 0 — 0
1 — 2 Scored — conceded 2 — 1
0 Points per game 3
1 Goals scored per game 2
0 Clean sheets 0
0 Failed to score 0
winless in 1 Current streak unbeaten in 1

Reading at home: 1 match, 0 wins, 0 draws, 1 loss, goals 1—2, 0 points per match.

Brentford away: 1 match, 1 win, 0 draws, 0 losses, goals 2—1, 3 points per match.