Busy Goalkeeper
Reading
Reading leaned on their goalkeeper, who made 7 saves.
- Saves
- 7
- Conceded
- 2
League Cup · Round of 32Reading
Paudie O’Connor 72'
1 – 2
FT
HT 0–2
Brentford
Callum Wilson 3'
Fabio Carvalho 45+1'
League Cup
Round of 32Reading1–2Brentford
10
Shots in the box
16
Expected goals were not reported for this fixture. Shots in the box is the closest measure the feed provides.
3′46′72′
Shot-by-shot xG is not available for this fixture. The timeline above shows the goals and cards recorded by the match feed.
Match report
Reading 1-2 Brentford
Brentford edged out Reading 2-1 at Select Car Leasing Stadium in League Cup. Wilson opened the scoring for Brentford on 3', Carvalho made it 2-0 to Brentford on 46' and O’Connor pulled one back for Reading on 72'.
Expected goals were not reported for this fixture, so the closest read on chance quality is where the shots came from: Reading took 10 of their 17 attempts inside the box, Brentford 16 of 24. Brentford held 55.0% of the ball.
The numbers picked up more than the scoreline shows. Reading graded out for busy goalkeeper — 7 saves and 2 conceded.
C. Wilson came out of it with the best individual rating on the pitch, 8.2 for Brentford from 1 goal, 2 key passes and 3 shots.
Assembled by TackleZone from this fixture’s match events, team statistics and player ratings. Figures are as reported by the competition feed; where a statistic was not reported, it is left out rather than shown as zero. Longer written analysis is published for selected matches.
Quick stats
45%Possession55%
17Shots24
What the numbers say
1 readTimeline
⚽3'
Callum Wilson — assist: Dango Ouattara
🔄45'
Yehor Yarmoliuk ↑ Mamadou Sangare ↓
⚽45+1'
Fabio Carvalho — assist: Dango Ouattara
Half-time
🔄61'
Jannik Schuster ↑ El Hadji Malick Diouf ↓
P. Lane ↑ Haydon Roberts ↓
🔄63'
Jacob Brown ↑ Jamie Reid ↓
🔄63'
Paudie O’Connor — assist: Charlie Savage
⚽72'
🔄77'
Aaron Hickey ↑ Fabio Carvalho ↓
🔄77'
Igor Thiago ↑ Callum Wilson ↓
🔄77'
Jaidon Anthony ↑ Dango Ouattara ↓
Kyreece Joshua Lisbie ↑ Daniel·Kyerewaa ↓
🔄79'
Jeriel Dorsett ↑ Paudie O’Connor ↓
🔄79'
George Earthy ↑ Josh Stokes ↓
🔄88'
Match info
Kickoff
VenueSelect Car Leasing Stadium, Reading
RefereeT. Nield
CompetitionLeague Cup
Season2026
RoundRound of 32
StatusMatch Finished