Reading 1-1 Bradford City: result and report

League One · Saturday 3 October 2026

Result

Reading 1-1 Bradford City

League One · Saturday 3 October 2026, 14:00 UTC · Select Car Leasing Stadium, Reading · half-time 0-1

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Reading 1-1 Bradford City: match report

Reading drew with Bradford City 1-1 in the League One on Saturday 3 October 2026 at Select Car Leasing Stadium. The half-time score was 0-1.

Jake Beesley opened the scoring in the 4th minute. Reading's goal came from Udoka Godwin-Malife (66'). Bradford City scored through Jake Beesley (4').

Discipline: Reading received 2 yellow cards; Bradford City received 3 yellow cards.

Going into the game Reading were 9th on 11 points from 7 and Bradford City 1st on 15 points from 7. In the current table Reading are 6th on 22 points and Bradford City are 7th on 22 points.

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 Udoka Godwin-Malife of Reading (7.5), ahead of Bobby Pointon (7.4).

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

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 4'Goal · Jake BeesleyBradford City · 0-1
  • 12'Yellow card · Andrew Farai RinomhotaReading
  • 18'Yellow card · Haydon RobertsReading
  • 35'Yellow card · Ibou TourayBradford City
  • 39'Yellow card · Aden BaldwinBradford City
  • 66'Goal · Udoka Godwin-MalifeReading · 1-1
  • 71'Yellow card · Bobby PointonBradford City

Form and table

#TeamPWDLGFGAGDPtsForm
6Reading146442515+1022LWWDL
7Bradford City13643108+222DWDDL

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Head-to-head

2 meetings: Reading 1, draws 0, Bradford City 1.

Team news

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

Joel Pereira, Udoka Godwin-Malife, Paudie O'Connor, Benn Ward, Haydon Roberts, Lewis Wing, Andrew Farai Rinomhota, Kyreece Lisbie, Josh Stokes, Paddy Lane, Jacob Brown

Bradford City line-up (3-4-2-1)

Cameron Dawson, Matthew Pennington, Aden Baldwin, George Pratt, Kayden Jackson, Antoni Sarcevic, Callum Connolly, Ibou Touray, Adam Phillips, Bobby Pointon, Jake Beesley

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