Northampton Town 3-1 Reading: result and report

League One · Tuesday 3 October 2023

Result

Northampton Town 3-1 Reading

League One · Tuesday 3 October 2023, 18:45 UTC · half-time 2-0

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Northampton Town 3-1 Reading: match report

Northampton Town beat Reading 3-1 in the League One on Tuesday 3 October 2023. The half-time score was 2-0.

Sam Hoskins opened the scoring in the 10th minute. Northampton Town's goals came from Sam Hoskins (10'), Louis Appéré (37') and Mitchell Pinnock (90+6'). Reading scored through Dominic Ballard (66').

Discipline: Northampton Town received 1 yellow card; Reading received 3 yellow cards and 2 red cards.

Going into the game Northampton Town were 18th on 10 points from 9 and Reading 19th on 10 points from 9. Northampton Town went on to finish that season 14th with 60 points, and Reading 15th with 59.

Northampton Town lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Reading in a 4-4-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Sam Hoskins of Northampton Town (8.5), ahead of M. Leonard (8.4).

Going into the match Northampton Town's last five read W-L-L-L-W and Reading's D-L-W-L-L.

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 10'Goal · Sam HoskinsNorthampton Town · 1-0
  • 11'Yellow card · Charlie SavageReading
  • 15'Yellow card · Kelvin EhibhatiomhanReading
  • 37'Goal · Louis AppéréNorthampton Town · 2-0
  • 66'Goal · Dominic BallardReading · 2-1
  • 78'Yellow card · Clinton MolaReading
  • 80'Yellow card · Shaun McWilliamsNorthampton Town
  • 90+1'Red card · Andy YiadomReading
  • 90+6'Goal · Mitchell PinnockNorthampton Town · 3-1
  • 90+8'Second yellow · Clinton MolaReading

Team news

Northampton Town line-up (4-2-3-1)

Lee Burge, Akin Odimayo, Sam Sherring, Jon Guthrie, Patrick Brough, Shaun McWilliams, M. Leonard, Kieron Bowie, Mitch Pinnock, Sam Hoskins, Louis Appéré

Reading line-up (4-4-2)

David Button, Tyler Bindon, Harlee Dean, Nelson Abbey, Matthew Carson, Paul Mukairu, Lewis Wing, Charlie Savage, Caylan Vickers, Femi Azeez, Kelvin Ehibhatiomhan