Reading 2-0 Stevenage: result and report
League One · Saturday 19 August 2023
Result
Reading 2-0 Stevenage
League One · Saturday 19 August 2023, 14:00 UTC · half-time 1-0
Reading 2-0 Stevenage: match report
Reading won against Stevenage 2-0 in the League One on Saturday 19 August 2023. It was 1-0 at half-time.
Kelvin Ehibhatiomhan opened the scoring in the 45th minute. Reading's goals came from Kelvin Ehibhatiomhan (45+4') and Kelvin Ehibhatiomhan (57'). Stevenage did not score.
Discipline: Reading received no yellow cards; Stevenage received 4 yellow cards and 1 red card.
Going into the game Reading were 17th on 3 points from 3 and Stevenage 4th on 9 points from 3. Reading went on to finish that season 15th with 59 points, and Stevenage 9th with 71.
Reading lined up in a 4-4-2 and Stevenage in a 3-4-1-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Kelvin Ehibhatiomhan of Reading (8.5), ahead of David Button (8.0).
Going into the match Reading's last five read W-L-L and Stevenage's W-W-W.
Key events
- 5'Yellow card · Nathan Thompson
- 9'Yellow card · Jamie Reid
- 22'Second yellow · Nathan Thompson
- 26'Yellow card · Alex MacDonald
- 45+4'Goal · Kelvin Ehibhatiomhan
- 57'Goal · Kelvin Ehibhatiomhan
- 69'Yellow card · Harrison Neal
Team news
Reading line-up (4-4-2)
David Button, Amadou Mbengue, Tyler Bindon, Nelson Abbey, Matthew Carson, Mamadi Camará, Sam Hutchinson, Charlie Savage, Harvey Knibbs, Kelvin Ehibhatiomhan, Caylan Vickers
Stevenage line-up (3-4-1-2)
Krisztián Hegyi, Finley Burns, Nathan Thompson, Carl Piergianni, Kane Smith, Louis Thompson, J. Forster-Caskey, Dan Butler, Jordan Roberts, Jamie Reid, Aaron Pressley