Blackpool 1-0 Reading: result and report

Championship · Saturday 30 July 2022

Result

Blackpool 1-0 Reading

Championship · Saturday 30 July 2022, 14:00 UTC · half-time 1-0

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Blackpool 1-0 Reading: match report

Blackpool beat Reading 1-0 in the Championship on Saturday 30 July 2022. It was 1-0 at half-time.

The only goal came from Callum Connolly of Blackpool in the 9th minute.

Discipline: Blackpool received 1 yellow card; Reading received no yellow cards.

Blackpool went on to finish that season 24th with 44 points, and Reading 20th with 50.

Blackpool lined up in a 4-3-3 and Reading in a 5-4-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Callum Connolly of Blackpool (8.5), ahead of Josh Bowler (7.7).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 5 Blackpool wins, 1 draw and 4 for Reading.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 9'Goal · Callum ConnollyBlackpool · 1-0
  • 80'Yellow card · Kenny DougallBlackpool

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Blackpool 5, draws 1, Reading 4.

Team news

Unavailable

  • Grant WardBlackpool · injury (Achilles tendon problems)

Blackpool line-up (4-3-3)

Daniel Grimshaw, Callum Connolly, Marvin Ekpiteta, Rhys Williams, Dominic Thompson, Sonny Carey, Lewis Fiorini, Matty Virtue, Josh Bowler, Gary Madine, Jerry Yates

Reading line-up (5-4-1)

Joe Lumley, Junior Hoilett, Andy Yiadom, Tom Holmes, Tom McIntyre, Nesta Guinness-Walker, Tom Ince, Tyrese Fornah, Jeff Hendrick, Ovie Ejaria, Yakou Méïté