Reading 2-1 Barnsley: result and report

Reading 2-1 Barnsley

League One · Saturday 24 October 2026, 14:00 UTC · Select Car Leasing Stadium, Reading · half-time 0-1

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Reading beat Barnsley 2-1 in the League One on Saturday 24 October 2026 at Select Car Leasing Stadium. The half-time score was 0-1.

Vimal Yoganathan opened the scoring in the 7th minute. Reading's goals came from Kyreece Lisbie (54') and Kyreece Lisbie (68'). Barnsley scored through Vimal Yoganathan (7').

Discipline: Reading received 1 yellow card; Barnsley received no yellow cards.

Going into the game Reading were 6th on 18 points from 11 and Barnsley 22nd on 8 points from 10. In the current table Reading are 6th on 22 points and Barnsley are 23rd on 9 points.

Reading lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Barnsley in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Kyreece Lisbie of Reading (8.3), ahead of Paudie O'Connor (7.6).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Reading wins, 5 draws and 3 for Barnsley.

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