Reading 3-1 Blackpool: result and report

Reading 3-1 Blackpool

League One · Saturday 5 September 2026, 14:00 UTC · Select Car Leasing Stadium, Reading · half-time 1-0

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Reading defeated Blackpool 3-1 in the League One on Saturday 5 September 2026 at Select Car Leasing Stadium. The half-time score was 1-0.

George Earthy opened the scoring in the 12th minute. Reading's goals came from George Earthy (12'), Kyreece Lisbie (49') and Jacob Brown (90+4'). Blackpool scored through Leighton Clarkson (80').

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

Going into the game Reading were 14th on 4 points from 3 and Blackpool 4th on 7 points from 4. In the current table Reading are 6th on 22 points and Blackpool are 19th on 12 points.

Reading lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Blackpool in a 4-1-3-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Kyreece Lisbie of Reading (7.7), ahead of Leighton Clarkson (7.5).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Reading wins, 0 draws and 7 for Blackpool.