Bristol Rovers 2–2 Reading
Bristol Rovers
2–2HT 0–1
Reading
Bristol Rovers played Reading in the EFL Trophy on 10 November 2026 at Memorial Stadium. The match finished 2–2.
Goals and cards
- 3'sean patton (assist by Jerae Jones)
- 40'Boyd Beacroft — Yellow card
- 55'Jerae Jones (assist by Luke Howard)
- 58'Arvin Appiah (assist by Ryan De Havilland)
- 65'Philip Sanyaolu (assist by Ciaran Kelly)
- 75'Macauley Southam — Yellow card
- 90+5'Tommy Leigh — Yellow card
- 91'Tommy Leigh
- 92'sean patton
- 93'Jack Sparkes
- 93'Boyd Beacroft
- 94'Ryan De Havilland
- 95'Tyler Sackey
- 95'Reiss-Alexander Russell-Denny
- 96'Matteo Dashi (Penalty missed)
- 97'Kazim Salahi-Ali
Line-ups
Bristol Rovers 4-2-3-1
- Charlie Binns
- M. Southam-Hales
- C. Kelly
- Stan Dunne
- J. Sparkes
- R. Smallwood
- R. De Havilland
- P. Sanyaolu
- A. Appiah
- B. Kamwa
- Excel Iwhiwhu
- SUBSTITUTES
- K. Balmer
- S. Forde
- T. Leigh
- R. Russell-Denny
- Kazim Salahi-Ali
- Jack Toogood
- Brad Young
- COACHES: S. Evans
Reading 4-2-3-1
- J. Stevens
- A. Ahmed
- Boyd Beacroft
- P. Duah
- C. Cliff
- K. Mfuamba
- T. Sackey
- E. Osho
- L. Howard
- J. Jones
- S. Patton
- SUBSTITUTES
- S. Lonmeni
- S. Harrison
- M. Dashi
- Joseph Barough
- Matthew Christopher Rowley
- Torin Ntege
- T. St Louis
- COACHES: L. Richardson
Match statistics
| Bristol Rovers | Reading | |
|---|---|---|
| 0.67 | Expected Goals (xG) | 1.48 |
| 242 | Accurate passes | 309 |
| 10 | Shots inside box | 5 |
| 4 | Shots outside box | 4 |
| 3 | Blocked shots | 1 |
| 8 | Free kicks | 10 |
| 6 | Shots on goal | 5 |
| 3 | Saves | 4 |
| 5 | Shots off goal | 3 |
| 5 | Offsides | 1 |
| 357 | Total passes | 399 |
| 14 | Total shots | 9 |
| 2 | Yellow cards | 1 |
| 8 | Corners | 3 |
| 10 | Fouls | 8 |
| 0 | Red cards | 0 |
| 53% | Possession | 47% |