Reading 1-2 Fleetwood Town: result and report
League One · Tuesday 24 October 2023
Result
Reading 1-2 Fleetwood Town
League One · Tuesday 24 October 2023, 19:00 UTC · half-time 0-1
Reading 1-2 Fleetwood Town: match report
Reading lost to Fleetwood Town 1-2 in the League One on Tuesday 24 October 2023. The half-time score was 0-1.
Mohammed Olabosun Lawal opened the scoring in the 2nd minute. Reading's goal came from Dominic Ballard (56'). Fleetwood Town scored through Mohammed Olabosun Lawal (2') and Josh Vela (90+2').
Discipline: Reading received 1 yellow card; Fleetwood Town received 2 yellow cards.
Going into the game Reading were 22nd on 10 points from 12 and Fleetwood Town 23rd on 8 points from 12. Reading went on to finish that season 15th with 59 points, and Fleetwood Town 22nd with 43.
Reading lined up in a 4-4-2 and Fleetwood Town in a 4-4-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Bosun Lawal of Fleetwood Town (8.1), ahead of Brendan Wiredu (7.8).
Going into the match Reading's last five read L-L-L-D-L and Fleetwood Town's L-L-W-W-D.
Key events
- 2'Goal · Mohammed Olabosun Lawal
- 56'Goal · Dominic Ballard
- 88'Yellow card · Josh Vela
- 90+2'Goal · Josh Vela
- 90+7'Yellow card · Matty Carson
- 90+8'Yellow card · Jayden Stockley
Team news
Reading line-up (4-4-2)
David Button, Tyler Bindon, Harlee Dean, Nelson Abbey, Nesta Guinness-Walker, Mamadi Camará, Lewis Wing, Charlie Savage, Harvey Knibbs, Sam Smith, Dom Ballard
Fleetwood Town line-up (4-4-2)
Jay Lynch, Bosun Lawal, Connor Teale, Ben Heneghan, Josh Earl, Promise Omochere, Brendan Wiredu, Danny Mayor, Junior Quitirna, Josh Vela, Jack Marriott