Reading 0-3 Blackpool: result and report

League One · Saturday 14 December 2024

Result

Reading 0-3 Blackpool

League One · Saturday 14 December 2024, 15:00 UTC · half-time 0-2

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Reading 0-3 Blackpool: match report

Reading lost to Blackpool 0-3 in the League One on Saturday 14 December 2024. The half-time score was 0-2.

Albie Morgan opened the scoring in the 24th minute. Reading did not score. Blackpool scored through Albie Morgan (24'), Rob Apter (37') and Ashley Fletcher (72').

Discipline: Reading received 3 yellow cards; Blackpool received no yellow cards.

Going into the game Reading were 6th on 31 points from 18 and Blackpool 14th on 23 points from 18. Reading went on to finish that season 7th with 75 points, and Blackpool 9th with 67.

Reading lined up in a 4-3-3 and Blackpool in a 4-4-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Ashley Fletcher of Blackpool (8.0), level with Albie Morgan (8.0).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 4 Reading wins, 1 draw and 5 for Blackpool.

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

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 24'Goal · Albie MorganBlackpool · 0-1
  • 37'Goal · Rob ApterBlackpool · 0-2
  • 44'Yellow card · Amadou MbengueReading
  • 55'Yellow card · Sam SmithReading
  • 58'Yellow card · Andre GarciaReading
  • 72'Goal · Ashley FletcherBlackpool · 0-3

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Reading 4, draws 1, Blackpool 5.

Team news

Unavailable

  • Andy LyonsBlackpool · injury (Cruciate Ligament Injury)

Reading line-up (4-3-3)

Joel Pereira, Michael Craig, Amadou Mbengue, Tyler Bindon, Andre Garcia, Ben Elliott, Lewis Wing, Charlie Savage, Chem Campbell, Sam Smith, Harvey Knibbs

Blackpool line-up (4-4-2)

Harry Tyrer, O. Offiah, Matthew Pennington, Oliver Casey, James Husband, Rob Apter, Lee Evans, Albie Morgan, Joshua Onomah, Kyle Joseph, Ashley Fletcher