Stoke City 3-2 Reading: result and report

Championship · Saturday 7 August 2021

Result

Stoke City 3-2 Reading

Championship · Saturday 7 August 2021, 14:00 UTC · half-time 2-1

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Stoke City 3-2 Reading: match report

Stoke City defeated Reading 3-2 in the Championship on Saturday 7 August 2021. The half-time score was 2-1.

N. Powell opened the scoring in the 25th minute. Stoke City's goals came from N. Powell (25'), Jacob Brown (28') and Sam Surridge (85'). Reading scored through John Swift (26') and Liam Moore (60').

Discipline: Stoke City received no yellow cards; Reading received 2 yellow cards.

Stoke City went on to finish that season 14th with 62 points, and Reading 22nd with 47.

Stoke City lined up in a 5-3-2 and Reading in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to John Swift of Reading (8.9), ahead of Tommy Smith (8.0).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Stoke City wins, 6 draws and 2 for Reading.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 24'Yellow card · Liam MooreReading
  • 25'Goal · N. PowellStoke City · 1-0
  • 26'Goal · John SwiftReading · 1-1
  • 28'Goal · Jacob BrownStoke City · 2-1
  • 60'Goal · Liam MooreReading · 2-2
  • 85'Goal · Sam SurridgeStoke City · 3-2
  • 90'Yellow card · Josh LaurentReading

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Stoke City 2, draws 6, Reading 2.

Team news

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Stoke City line-up (5-3-2)

Josef Bursik, Tommy Smith, Ben Wilmot, Danny Batth, Morgan Fox, Josh Tymon, Mario Vrančić, Joe Allen, Nick Powell, Jacob Brown, Steven Fletcher

Reading line-up (4-2-3-1)

Rafael Cabral, Andy Yiadom, Michael Morrison, Liam Moore, Tom McIntyre, Andrew Farai Rinomhota, Josh Laurent, Femi Azeez, John Swift, Ethan Bristow, Lucas João