Reading 2-1 Luton Town: result and report

Championship · Saturday 26 December 2020

Result

Reading 2-1 Luton Town

Championship · Saturday 26 December 2020, 15:00 UTC · half-time 2-0

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Reading 2-1 Luton Town: match report

Reading defeated Luton Town 2-1 in the Championship on Saturday 26 December 2020. The half-time score was 2-0.

T. Mcintyre opened the scoring in the 9th minute. Reading's goals came from T. Mcintyre (9') and Alfa Semedo (41'). Luton Town scored through Kazenga LuaLua (90').

Discipline: Reading received 1 yellow card; Luton Town received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Reading were 8th on 33 points from 20 and Luton Town 14th on 27 points from 20. Reading went on to finish that season 7th with 70 points, and Luton Town 12th with 62.

Reading lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Luton Town in a 4-1-4-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Tom McIntyre of Reading (7.5), level with Sam Baldock (7.5).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Reading wins, 0 draws and 1 for Luton Town.

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

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 9'Goal · T. McintyreReading · 1-0
  • 25'Yellow card · Martin CranieLuton Town
  • 41'Goal · Alfa SemedoReading · 2-0
  • 44'Yellow card · T. McintyreReading
  • 75'Yellow card · Kazenga LuaLuaLuton Town
  • 90'Goal · Kazenga LuaLuaLuton Town · 2-1

Head-to-head

4 meetings: Reading 3, draws 0, Luton Town 1.

Team news

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

Rafael Cabral, Tomás Esteves, Tom Holmes, Michael Morrison, Tom McIntyre, Andrew Farai Rinomhota, Josh Laurent, Sone Aluko, Alfa Semedo, Ovie Ejaria, Sam Baldock

Luton Town line-up (4-1-4-1)

James Shea, Martin Cranie, Tom Lockyer, Sonny Bradley, Daniel Potts, Glen Rea, Jordan Clark, Luke Berry, Pelly Ruddock Mpanzu, George Moncur, James Collins