Stevenage 0-3 Reading: result and report

Carabao Cup · Tuesday 25 August 2026

Result

Stevenage 0-3 Reading

Carabao Cup · Tuesday 25 August 2026, 18:45 UTC · The Lamex Stadium, Stevenage · half-time 0-2

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Stevenage 0-3 Reading: match report

Stevenage were beaten by Reading 0-3 in the Carabao Cup on Tuesday 25 August 2026 at The Lamex Stadium. It was 0-2 at half-time.

Jacob Brown opened the scoring in the 9th minute. Stevenage did not score. Reading scored through Jacob Brown (9'), Paddy Lane (24') and Randell Williams (85').

Discipline: Stevenage received 2 yellow cards; Reading received 2 yellow cards.

Stevenage lined up in a 3-4-1-2 and Reading in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Paddy Lane of Reading (8.0), ahead of Jacob Brown (7.5).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Stevenage wins, 2 draws and 3 for Reading.

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

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 9'Goal · Jacob BrownReading · 0-1
  • 24'Goal · Paddy LaneReading · 0-2
  • 29'Yellow card · Dan ButlerStevenage
  • 41'Yellow card · Jeriel DorsettReading
  • 85'Goal · Randell WilliamsReading · 0-3
  • 89'Yellow card · Carl PiergianniStevenage
  • 89'Yellow card · Benn WardReading

Form and table

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Head-to-head

7 meetings: Stevenage 2, draws 2, Reading 3.

Team news

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

Filip Marschall, Terence Vancooten, Jack Taylor, Lewis Freestone, Daniel Phillips, Terry Taylor, Jordan Houghton, Dan Butler, Phoenix Patterson, Jordan Roberts, Oliver Sanderson

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

Joel Pereira, Ashqar Ahmed, Conor Masterson, Benn Ward, Jeriel Dorsett, Liam Fraser, Charlie Savage, Randell Williams, George Earthy, Paddy Lane, Jacob Brown

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