Reading 1-0 Northampton Town: result and report
League One · Tuesday 21 October 2025
Result
Reading 1-0 Northampton Town
League One · Tuesday 21 October 2025, 19:00 UTC · half-time 0-0
Reading 1-0 Northampton Town: match report
Reading won against Northampton Town 1-0 in the League One on Tuesday 21 October 2025. The half-time score was 0-0.
The only goal came from Kelvin Ehibhatiomhan of Reading in the 65th minute.
Discipline: Reading received 3 yellow cards; Northampton Town received no yellow cards.
Going into the game Reading were 22nd on 11 points from 12 and Northampton Town 11th on 17 points from 12. Reading went on to finish that season 12th with 63 points, and Northampton Town 24th with 35.
Reading lined up in a 4-3-3 and Northampton Town in a 3-4-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Paudie O'Connor of Reading (7.9), ahead of Kelvin Ehibhatiomhan (7.7).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Reading wins, 1 draw and 1 for Northampton Town.
Going into the match Reading's last five read L-D-D-D-W and Northampton Town's W-L-D-W-L.
Key events
- 55'Yellow card · Derrick Williams
- 65'Goal · Kelvin Ehibhatiomhan
- 87'Yellow card · Matty Jacob
- 90+2'Yellow card · Daniel Kyerewaa
Head-to-head
Team news
Reading line-up (4-3-3)
Jack Stevens, Kelvin Abrefa, Paudie O'Connor, Derrick Williams, Matty Jacob, Ben Elliott, Lewis Wing, Charlie Savage, Matt Ritchie, Kelvin Ehibhatiomhan, Paddy Lane
Northampton Town line-up (3-4-3)
Ross Fitzsimons, Jordan Willis, Jordan Thorniley, Michael Forbes, Sam Hoskins, Terry Taylor, Dean Campbell, Nesta Guinness-Walker, Tyrese Fornah, Ethan Wheatley, Michael Jacobs