Reading 4-1 Northampton Town: result and report

League One · Thursday 26 December 2024

Result

Reading 4-1 Northampton Town

League One · Thursday 26 December 2024, 15:00 UTC · half-time 2-0

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Reading 4-1 Northampton Town: match report

Reading defeated Northampton Town 4-1 in the League One on Thursday 26 December 2024. The half-time score was 2-0.

Harvey Knibbs opened the scoring in the 5th minute. Reading's goals came from Harvey Knibbs (5'), Sam Smith (28'), Charlie Savage (75') and Mamadi Camará (87'). Northampton Town scored through Tom Eaves (81').

Discipline: Reading received no yellow cards; Northampton Town received 3 yellow cards.

Going into the game Reading were 7th on 31 points from 20 and Northampton Town 20th on 21 points from 21. Reading went on to finish that season 7th with 75 points, and Northampton Town 19th with 51.

Reading lined up in a 4-3-3 and Northampton Town in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Sam Smith of Reading (8.5), ahead of Lewis Wing (8.0).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Reading win, 0 draws and 1 for Northampton Town.

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 5'Goal · Harvey KnibbsReading · 1-0
  • 28'Goal · Sam SmithReading · 2-0
  • 45'Yellow card · Tom EavesNorthampton Town
  • 45'Yellow cardNorthampton Town
  • 75'Goal · Charlie SavageReading · 3-0
  • 81'Goal · Tom EavesNorthampton Town · 3-1
  • 87'Goal · Mamadi CamaráReading · 4-1
  • 90+3'Yellow card · Cameron McGeehanNorthampton Town

Head-to-head

2 meetings: Reading 1, draws 0, Northampton Town 1.

Team news

Unavailable

  • Callum MortonNorthampton Town · injury (Unknown Injury)
  • Luke MbeteNorthampton Town · injury (Hamstring Injury)
  • Ali KoikiNorthampton Town · injury (Muscle Injury)

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

Northampton Town line-up (4-2-3-1)

Nik Tzanev, Aaron McGowan, Timothy Eyoma, Jon Guthrie, Nesta Guinness-Walker, Will Hondermarck, S. Chouchane, Mitch Pinnock, Cameron McGeehan, Liam McCarron, Tom Eaves