Reading 5-0 Mansfield Town: result and report

Reading 5-0 Mansfield Town

League One · Wednesday 2 September 2026, 19:00 UTC · Select Car Leasing Stadium, Reading · half-time 3-0

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Reading defeated Mansfield Town 5-0 in the League One on Wednesday 2 September 2026 at Select Car Leasing Stadium. It was 3-0 at half-time.

Jack Marriott opened the scoring in the 35th minute. Reading's goals came from Jack Marriott (35'), Benn Ward (40'), George Earthy (44'), Jack Marriott (58') and Jacob Brown (80'). Mansfield Town did not score.

Discipline: Reading received 1 yellow card; Mansfield Town received no yellow cards.

Going into the game Reading were 24th on 1 point from 2 and Mansfield Town 10th on 6 points from 3. In the current table Reading are 6th on 22 points and Mansfield Town are 11th on 19 points.

Reading lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Mansfield Town in a 3-1-4-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Jack Marriott of Reading (8.3), ahead of Lewis Wing (7.8).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Reading wins, 1 draw and 1 for Mansfield Town.