Reading 2-1 Huddersfield Town: result and report

League One · Saturday 28 September 2024

Result

Reading 2-1 Huddersfield Town

League One · Saturday 28 September 2024, 11:30 UTC · half-time 1-1

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Reading 2-1 Huddersfield Town: match report

Reading won against Huddersfield Town 2-1 in the League One on Saturday 28 September 2024. The half-time score was 1-1.

Matty Pearson opened the scoring in the 21st minute. Reading's goals came from Harvey Knibbs (30') and Ben Elliott (57'). Huddersfield Town scored through Matty Pearson (21').

Discipline: Reading received 1 yellow card; Huddersfield Town received 3 yellow cards.

Going into the game Reading were 17th on 7 points from 6 and Huddersfield Town 5th on 12 points from 7. Reading went on to finish that season 7th with 75 points, and Huddersfield Town 10th with 64.

Reading lined up in a 4-3-3 and Huddersfield Town in a 3-1-4-2. The highest match rating in our data went to David Button of Reading (7.9), level with Matty Pearson (7.9).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Reading wins, 3 draws and 4 for Huddersfield Town.

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

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 20'Yellow card · Ben ElliottReading
  • 21'Goal · Matty PearsonHuddersfield Town · 0-1
  • 22'Yellow card · Brodie SpencerHuddersfield Town
  • 30'Goal · Harvey KnibbsReading · 1-1
  • 49'Yellow card · Jaheim HeadleyHuddersfield Town
  • 57'Goal · Ben ElliottReading · 2-1
  • 62'Yellow card · David KasumuHuddersfield Town

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Reading 3, draws 3, Huddersfield Town 4.

Team news

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Reading line-up (4-3-3)

David Button, Michael Craig, Amadou Mbengue, Tyler Bindon, Kelvin Abrefa, Ben Elliott, Lewis Wing, Harvey Knibbs, Chem Campbell, Sam Smith, Kelvin Ehibhatiomhan

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

Jacob Chapman, Matty Pearson, Tom Lees, Nigel Lonwijk, Jonathan Hogg, Brodie Spencer, Antony Evans, David Kasumu, Jaheim Headley, Callum Marshall, Josh Koroma