Reading 3-1 Peterborough United: result and report

Championship · Tuesday 14 September 2021

Result

Reading 3-1 Peterborough United

Championship · Tuesday 14 September 2021, 19:00 UTC · half-time 0-0

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Reading 3-1 Peterborough United: match report

Reading won against Peterborough United 3-1 in the Championship on Tuesday 14 September 2021. The half-time score was 0-0.

John Swift opened the scoring in the 64th minute. Reading's goals came from John Swift (64'), T. Dele-Bashiru (67') and T. Dele-Bashiru (88'). Peterborough United scored through Nathan Thompson (74').

Discipline: Reading received no yellow cards; Peterborough United received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Reading were 22nd on 4 points from 6 and Peterborough United 23rd on 4 points from 6. Reading went on to finish that season 22nd with 47 points, and Peterborough United 23rd with 37.

Reading lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Peterborough United in a 4-4-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Tom Dele-Bashiru of Reading (8.8), ahead of John Swift (8.2).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Reading wins, 0 draws and 2 for Peterborough United.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 45+3'Yellow card · Frankie KentPeterborough United
  • 64'Goal · John SwiftReading · 1-0
  • 67'Goal · T. Dele-BashiruReading · 2-0
  • 74'Goal · Nathan ThompsonPeterborough United · 2-1
  • 88'Goal · T. Dele-BashiruReading · 3-1

Head-to-head

4 meetings: Reading 2, draws 0, Peterborough United 2.

Team news

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

Luke Southwood, Andy Yiadom, Liam Moore, Michael Morrison, Abdul Rahman Baba, Josh Laurent, John Swift, Alen Halilovic, Tom Dele-Bashiru, Ovie Ejaria, G. Pușcaș

Peterborough United line-up (4-4-2)

Christy Pym, Nathan Thompson, Ronnie Edwards, Frankie Kent, Dan Butler, Joe Ward, Conor Coventry, Oliver Norburn, Siriki Dembélé, Jack Marriott, Jonson Clarke-Harris