Burton Albion 3-2 Reading: result and report

League One · Saturday 20 April 2024

Result

Burton Albion 3-2 Reading

League One · Saturday 20 April 2024, 14:00 UTC · half-time 3-1

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Burton Albion 3-2 Reading: match report

Burton Albion defeated Reading 3-2 in the League One on Saturday 20 April 2024. It was 3-1 at half-time.

Mason Bennett opened the scoring in the 5th minute. Burton Albion's goals came from Mason Bennett (5'), Mustapha Carayol (11') and Bobby Kamwa (42'). Reading scored through Lewis Wing (34') and Sam Smith (59', penalty).

Discipline: Burton Albion received 2 yellow cards; Reading received no yellow cards.

Going into the game Burton Albion were 20th on 43 points from 44 and Reading 16th on 56 points from 44. Burton Albion went on to finish that season 20th with 46 points, and Reading 15th with 59.

Burton Albion lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Reading in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Lewis Wing of Reading (8.4), ahead of Ryan Sweeney (7.8).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Burton Albion win, 1 draw and 3 for Reading.

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 5'Goal · Mason BennettBurton Albion · 1-0
  • 11'Goal · Mustapha CarayolBurton Albion · 2-0
  • 34'Goal · Lewis WingReading · 2-1
  • 42'Goal · Bobby KamwaBurton Albion · 3-1
  • 59'Penalty goal · Sam SmithReading · 3-2
  • 75'Yellow card · Mason BennettBurton Albion
  • 90+7'Yellow card · Ademola Ola-AdebomiBurton Albion

Head-to-head

5 meetings: Burton Albion 1, draws 1, Reading 3.

Team news

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Burton Albion line-up (4-2-3-1)

Max Crocombe, Jasper Moon, Sam Hughes, Ryan Sweeney, Steve Seddon, Joe Powell, Rekeem Harper, Bobby Kamwa, Mark Helm, Mustapha Carayol, M. Bennett

Reading line-up (4-2-3-1)

Joel Pereira, Kelvin Abrefa, Amadou Mbengue, Tyler Bindon, Jeriel Dorsett, Lewis Wing, Ben Elliott, Femi Azeez, Harvey Knibbs, Kelvin Ehibhatiomhan, Sam Smith