Northampton Town 0-2 Reading: result and report
League One · Saturday 31 January 2026
Result
Northampton Town 0-2 Reading
League One · Saturday 31 January 2026, 14:00 UTC · half-time 0-0
Northampton Town 0-2 Reading: match report
Northampton Town were beaten by Reading 0-2 in the League One on Saturday 31 January 2026. It was 0-0 at half-time.
Jack Marriott opened the scoring in the 55th minute. Northampton Town did not score. Reading scored through Jack Marriott (55') and Will Keane (58').
Discipline: Northampton Town received 2 yellow cards; Reading received 3 yellow cards.
Going into the game Northampton Town were 22nd on 29 points from 27 and Reading 13th on 37 points from 27. Northampton Town went on to finish that season 24th with 35 points, and Reading 12th with 63.
Northampton Town lined up in a 3-4-3 and Reading in a 4-4-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Lewis Wing of Reading (8.2), level with Joel Pereira (8.2).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Northampton Town win, 1 draw and 3 for Reading.
Going into the match Northampton Town's last five read L-L-L-D-D and Reading's D-D-L-W-W.
Key events
- 52'Yellow card · Charlie Savage
- 55'Goal · Jack Marriott
- 57'Yellow card · Elliott Moore
- 58'Goal · Will Keane
- 67'Yellow card · Cameron McGeehan
- 90+2'Yellow card · Andy Yiadom
- 90+4'Yellow card · Haydon Roberts
Head-to-head
Team news
Northampton Town line-up (3-4-3)
Ross Fitzsimons, Conor McCarthy, Jon Guthrie, Nesta Guinness-Walker, Sam Hoskins, Terry Taylor, Dean Campbell, Jack Perkins, Elliott List, Tom Eaves, Kamarai Swyer
Reading line-up (4-4-2)
Joel Pereira, Ryan Nyambe, Paudie O'Connor, Jeriel Dorsett, Haydon Roberts, Paddy Lane, Lewis Wing, Charlie Savage, Kamari Doyle, Jack Marriott, Will Keane