Reading 3-2 Blackpool: result and report

League One · Saturday 27 April 2024

Result

Reading 3-2 Blackpool

League One · Saturday 27 April 2024, 11:30 UTC · half-time 1-1

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Reading 3-2 Blackpool: match report

Reading beat Blackpool 3-2 in the League One on Saturday 27 April 2024. The half-time score was 1-1.

Karamoko Dembélé opened the scoring in the 4th minute. Reading's goals came from Sam Smith (45+2'), Harvey Knibbs (68') and O. Azeez (71'). Blackpool scored through Karamoko Dembélé (4') and Jordan Lawrence-Gabriel (90+2').

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

Going into the game Reading were 16th on 56 points from 45 and Blackpool 8th on 73 points from 45. Reading went on to finish that season 15th with 59 points, and Blackpool 8th with 73.

Reading lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Blackpool in a 3-5-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Femi Azeez of Reading (9.4), ahead of Sam Smith (8.2).

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

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

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 4'Goal · Karamoko DembéléBlackpool · 0-1
  • 45+2'Goal · Sam SmithReading · 1-1
  • 68'Goal · Harvey KnibbsReading · 2-1
  • 71'Goal · O. AzeezReading · 3-1
  • 90+2'Goal · Jordan Lawrence-GabrielBlackpool · 3-2
  • 90+6'Yellow card · J. WarehamReading

Head-to-head

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

Team news

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

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

Blackpool line-up (3-5-2)

Daniel Grimshaw, Matthew Pennington, Marvin Ekpiteta, James Husband, CJ Hamilton, Karamoko Dembélé, George Byers, Sonny Carey, Hayden Coulson, Kyle Joseph, Jake Beesley