Luton Town 0-5 Reading: result and report

Championship · Saturday 4 July 2020

Result

Luton Town 0-5 Reading

Championship · Saturday 4 July 2020, 14:00 UTC · half-time 0-3

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Luton Town 0-5 Reading: match report

Luton Town lost to Reading 0-5 in the Championship on Saturday 4 July 2020. The half-time score was 0-3.

Yakou Méïté opened the scoring in the 17th minute. Luton Town did not score. Reading scored through Yakou Méïté (17'), Yakou Méïté (18'), Yakou Méïté (35'), G. Pușcaș (57') and Yakou Méïté (62').

Discipline: Luton Town received no yellow cards; Reading received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Luton Town were 24th on 40 points from 40 and Reading 16th on 49 points from 40. Luton Town went on to finish that season 20th with 51 points, and Reading 15th with 56.

Luton Town lined up in a 5-3-2 and Reading in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Yakou Méïté of Reading (9.8), ahead of G. Pușcaș (9.0).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Luton Town win, 0 draws and 2 for Reading.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 15'Yellow card · PeléReading
  • 17'Goal · Yakou MéïtéReading · 0-1
  • 18'Goal · Yakou MéïtéReading · 0-2
  • 35'Goal · Yakou MéïtéReading · 0-3
  • 57'Goal · G. PușcașReading · 0-4
  • 62'Goal · Yakou MéïtéReading · 0-5

Head-to-head

3 meetings: Luton Town 1, draws 0, Reading 2.

Team news

Luton Town expected line-up (5-3-2)

Simon Sluga, Cameron Carter-Vickers, Matty Pearson, Daniel Potts, Sonny Bradley, Pelly Ruddock Mpanzu, Ryan Tunnicliffe, Martin Cranie, Glen Rea

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

Rafael Cabral, Gabriel Osho, Michael Morrison, Tom McIntyre, Tyler Blackett, Andrew Farai Rinomhota, John Swift, Yakou Méïté, Pelé, Ovie Ejaria, G. Pușcaș