Reading 2-1 Mansfield Town: result and report

League One · Sunday 29 December 2024

Result

Reading 2-1 Mansfield Town

League One · Sunday 29 December 2024, 15:00 UTC · half-time 1-1

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Reading 2-1 Mansfield Town: match report

Reading won against Mansfield Town 2-1 in the League One on Sunday 29 December 2024. It was 1-1 at half-time.

Mamadi Camará opened the scoring in the 17th minute. Reading's goals came from Mamadi Camará (17') and Tyler Bindon (55'). Mansfield Town scored through Will Evans (45').

Discipline: Reading received 3 yellow cards; Mansfield Town received 3 yellow cards.

Going into the game Reading were 6th on 34 points from 21 and Mansfield Town 9th on 31 points from 20. Reading went on to finish that season 7th with 75 points, and Mansfield Town 17th with 54.

Reading lined up in a 4-3-3 and Mansfield Town in a 3-5-1-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Lewis Wing of Reading (7.8), ahead of Will Evans (7.5).

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

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 17'Goal · Mamadi CamaráReading · 1-0
  • 45'Goal · Will EvansMansfield Town · 1-1
  • 54'Yellow card · Will EvansMansfield Town
  • 54'Yellow cardMansfield Town
  • 55'Goal · Tyler BindonReading · 2-1
  • 78'Yellow card · Amadou MbengueReading
  • 78'Yellow cardReading
  • 83'Yellow card · Stephen McLaughlinMansfield Town
  • 90+2'Yellow card · Jayden WarehamReading

Team news

Reading line-up (4-3-3)

Joel Pereira, Michael Craig, Amadou Mbengue, Tyler Bindon, Abraham Kanu, Harvey Knibbs, Lewis Wing, Charlie Savage, Chem Campbell, Sam Smith, Mamadi Camará

Mansfield Town line-up (3-5-1-1)

Christy Pym, Jordan Bowery, Deji Oshilaja, Baily Cargill, Elliott Hewitt, Keanu Baccus, Louis Reed, A. Lewis, Frazer Blake-Tracy, Lucas Akins, Will Evans