Peterborough United 2-2 Reading: result and report

League One · Tuesday 26 December 2023

Result

Peterborough United 2-2 Reading

League One · Tuesday 26 December 2023, 15:00 UTC · half-time 1-0

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Peterborough United 2-2 Reading: match report

Peterborough United drew with Reading 2-2 in the League One on Tuesday 26 December 2023. It was 1-0 at half-time.

Josh Knight opened the scoring in the 39th minute. Peterborough United's goals came from Josh Knight (39') and Ephron Mason-Clarke (69'). Reading scored through Sam Smith (63') and Femi Azeez (85').

Discipline: Peterborough United received 1 yellow card; Reading received 3 yellow cards.

Going into the game Peterborough United were 2nd on 44 points from 22 and Reading 19th on 22 points from 22. Peterborough United went on to finish that season 4th with 85 points, and Reading 15th with 59.

Peterborough United lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Reading in a 4-1-4-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Femi Azeez of Reading (8.2), ahead of Harrison Burrows (8.1).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Peterborough United wins, 1 draw and 3 for Reading.

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 39'Goal · Josh KnightPeterborough United · 1-0
  • 56'Yellow card · Amadou Salif MbengueReading
  • 63'Goal · Sam SmithReading · 1-1
  • 69'Goal · Ephron Mason-ClarkePeterborough United · 2-1
  • 76'Yellow card · Ephron Mason-ClarkePeterborough United
  • 85'Goal · Femi AzeezReading · 2-2
  • 90'Yellow card · Sam SmithReading
  • 90+2'Yellow card · Harvey KnibbsReading

Head-to-head

7 meetings: Peterborough United 3, draws 1, Reading 3.

Team news

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Peterborough United line-up (4-2-3-1)

Nicholas Bilokapic, Peter Kioso, Josh Knight, Ronnie Edwards, Harrison Burrows, Hector Kyprianou, Archie Collins, Kwame Poku, Joel Randall, Ephron Mason-Clark, Ricky-Jade Jones

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

David Button, Amadou Mbengue, Tom Holmes, Nelson Abbey, Jeriel Dorsett, Michael Craig, Femi Azeez, Lewis Wing, Harvey Knibbs, Paul Mukairu, Kelvin Ehibhatiomhan