Reading 2-0 Charlton Athletic: result and report
League One · Saturday 31 August 2024
Result
Reading 2-0 Charlton Athletic
League One · Saturday 31 August 2024, 14:00 UTC · half-time 0-0
Reading 2-0 Charlton Athletic: match report
Reading won against Charlton Athletic 2-0 in the League One on Saturday 31 August 2024. It was 0-0 at half-time.
Charlie Savage opened the scoring in the 66th minute. Reading's goals came from Charlie Savage (66') and Sam Smith (76'). Charlton Athletic did not score.
Discipline: Reading received 5 yellow cards; Charlton Athletic received 2 yellow cards.
Going into the game Reading were 13th on 4 points from 3 and Charlton Athletic 2nd on 9 points from 3. Reading went on to finish that season 7th with 75 points, and Charlton Athletic 3rd with 92.
Reading lined up in a 4-3-3 and Charlton Athletic in a 3-5-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Charlie Savage of Reading (7.8), ahead of Joel Pereira (7.6).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 6 Reading wins, 0 draws and 4 for Charlton Athletic.
Going into the match Reading's last five read L-W-D and Charlton Athletic's W-W-W.
Key events
- 33'Yellow card · Amadou Mbengue
- 66'Goal · Charlie Savage
- 76'Goal · Sam Smith
- 77'Yellow card · Sam Smith
- 77'Yellow card
- 85'Yellow card · Harlee Dean
- 88'Yellow card · Lloyd Jones
- 88'Yellow card
- 90+6'Yellow card · Kelvin Abrefa
Head-to-head
Team news
Reading line-up (4-3-3)
Joel Pereira, Michael Craig, Amadou Mbengue, Tyler Bindon, Jeriel Dorsett, Ben Elliott, Lewis Wing, Charlie Savage, Adrian Akande, Sam Smith, Kelvin Ehibhatiomhan
Charlton Athletic line-up (3-5-2)
Will Mannion, Alex Mitchell, Lloyd Jones, Macaulay Gillesphey, Kayne Ramsay, Greg Docherty, Conor Coventry, Luke Berry, Thierry Small, Gassan Ahadme, Tyreece Campbell