Reading 2-1 Bradford City: result and report
League One · Saturday 28 February 2026
Result
Reading 2-1 Bradford City
League One · Saturday 28 February 2026, 15:00 UTC · half-time 0-0
Reading 2-1 Bradford City: match report
Reading defeated Bradford City 2-1 in the League One on Saturday 28 February 2026. It was 0-0 at half-time.
Matthew Pennington opened the scoring in the 68th minute. Reading's goals came from Paddy Lane (90') and Matt Ritchie (90+7'). Bradford City scored through Matthew Pennington (68').
Discipline: Reading received 4 yellow cards; Bradford City received no yellow cards.
Going into the game Reading were 7th on 48 points from 33 and Bradford City 4th on 58 points from 33. Reading went on to finish that season 12th with 63 points, and Bradford City 5th with 77.
Reading lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Bradford City in a 3-4-2-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Lewis Wing of Reading (7.5), ahead of Matthew Pennington (7.3).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Reading wins, 0 draws and 1 for Bradford City.
Going into the match Reading's last five read D-D-W-W-L and Bradford City's W-L-W-W-L.
Key events
- 34'Yellow card · Derrick Williams
- 68'Goal · Matthew Pennington
- 87'Yellow card · Sean Patton
- 90'Goal · Paddy Lane
- 90+3'Yellow card · Leam Richardson
- 90+7'Goal · Matt Ritchie
- 90+10'Yellow card · Kelvin Ehibhatiomhan
Head-to-head
Team news
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Reading line-up (4-2-3-1)
Joel Pereira, Ryan Nyambe, Paudie O'Connor, Derrick Williams, Benn Ward, Lewis Wing, Liam Fraser, Kamari Doyle, Charlie Savage, Randell Williams, Kelvin Ehibhatiomhan
Bradford City line-up (3-4-2-1)
Sam Walker, Matthew Pennington, Aden Baldwin, Curtis Tilt, Josh Neufville, Jenson Metcalfe, Max Power, Tyreik Wright, Antoni Sarcevic, Bobby Pointon, Ethan Wheatley