Burton Albion vs Reading

20 April 2024 · League One · 2023/24 · Referee S Oldham

Full time 3 – 2

Half-time: 3–1

  • Mason Bennett 5’
  • Mustapha Carayol 11’
  • Bobby Kamwa 42’
  • Lewis Wing 34’
  • Sam Smith 59’ (pen)

Match summary

Burton Albion saw off Reading 3-2. Burton Albion led 3-1 at half-time.

In the first half, Mason Bennett put Burton Albion ahead in the 5th minute, Mustapha Carayol made it 2-0 in the 11th minute, Lewis Wing pulled one back to make it 2-1 with a direct free kick in the 34th minute, and Bobby Kamwa made it 3-1 from a corner in the 42nd minute. In the second half, Sam Smith made it 3-2 from the penalty spot in the 59th minute.

Shots finished 12-10 to Reading, with 7 on target for Burton Albion and 4 for Reading.

Match stats

Burton Albion Reading
10 Shots 12
7 Shots on Target 4
4 Corners 9
2 Yellow Cards 0
0 Red Cards 0

Key events

Burton Albion Reading
Kick-off
Mason Bennett1-0 (Burton Albion)
5’
Mustapha Carayol2-0 (Burton Albion)
11’
34’
Lewis Wing2-1 (Reading)
Bobby Kamwa3-1 (Burton Albion)
42’
Half-time3-1
59’
Sam Smith
Penalty
3-2 (Reading)
Full-time3-2

Bookings

Card times are not on file for this game, so they are listed without a minute.

Burton Albion
  • Mason Bennett
  • Ademola Ola-Adebomi

Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 Reading attacking Burton Albion attacking 
1’ Sam Smith (Reading), open play, saved 5’ Mason Bennett (Burton Albion), set piece, goal 7’ Ben Elliott (Reading), open play, off target 8’ Mustapha Carayol (Burton Albion), open play, off target 11’ Mustapha Carayol (Burton Albion), open play, goal 13’ Ben Elliott (Reading), open play, off target 16’ Bobby Kamwa (Burton Albion), open play, saved 23’ Ryan Sweeney (Burton Albion), from a corner, saved 27’ Sam Smith (Reading), set piece, off target 28’ Harvey Knibbs (Reading), open play, saved 34’ Lewis Wing (Reading), direct free kick, goal 36’ Sam Hughes (Burton Albion), from a corner, off target 37’ Lewis Wing (Reading), open play, blocked 42’ Bobby Kamwa (Burton Albion), from a corner, goal 42’ Ciaran Gilligan (Burton Albion), from a corner, saved 42’ Mustapha Carayol (Burton Albion), from a corner, blocked 45’ Ciaran Gilligan (Burton Albion), open play, saved 49’ Ben Elliott (Reading), open play, off target 51’ Femi Azeez (Reading), open play, saved 59’ Sam Smith (Reading), penalty, goal 68’ Femi Azeez (Reading), set piece, off target 90+7’ Lewis Wing (Reading), set piece, off target 1’ Sam Smith (Reading), open play, saved 5’ Mason Bennett (Burton Albion), set piece, goal 7’ Ben Elliott (Reading), open play, off target 8’ Mustapha Carayol (Burton Albion), open play, off target 11’ Mustapha Carayol (Burton Albion), open play, goal 13’ Ben Elliott (Reading), open play, off target 16’ Bobby Kamwa (Burton Albion), open play, saved 23’ Ryan Sweeney (Burton Albion), from a corner, saved 27’ Sam Smith (Reading), set piece, off target 28’ Harvey Knibbs (Reading), open play, saved 34’ Lewis Wing (Reading), direct free kick, goal 36’ Sam Hughes (Burton Albion), from a corner, off target 37’ Lewis Wing (Reading), open play, blocked 42’ Bobby Kamwa (Burton Albion), from a corner, goal 42’ Ciaran Gilligan (Burton Albion), from a corner, saved 42’ Mustapha Carayol (Burton Albion), from a corner, blocked 45’ Ciaran Gilligan (Burton Albion), open play, saved 49’ Ben Elliott (Reading), open play, off target 51’ Femi Azeez (Reading), open play, saved 59’ Sam Smith (Reading), penalty, goal 68’ Femi Azeez (Reading), set piece, off target 90+7’ Lewis Wing (Reading), set piece, off target
Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

Players16 players
90′ – – – – – – –
90′ – – – – – – –
90′ – – 1 – – – –
90′ – – 1 – – – –
90′ – – – – – – –
Joe Powell Taken off
26′ – – – – – – –
90′ – – – – – – –
Bobby Kamwa Taken off
64′ 1 – 2 – – – –
Mark Helm Taken off
78′ – – – – – – –
Mustapha Carayol Taken off
64′ 1 – 3 – – – –
Mason Bennett Taken off
78′ 1 – 1 – – –
Ciaran Gilligan Came on as a substitute
64′ – – 2 – – – –
Toto Nsiala Came on as a substitute
26′ – – – – – – –
Joe Hugill Came on as a substitute
26′ – – – – – – –
Adedeji Oshilaja Came on as a substitute
12′ – – – – – – –
Ademola Ola-Adebomi Came on as a substitute
12′ – – – – – –
Came on Taken off Sent off Red is the most in that position for the team

Every player who took the pitch, starters first and then substitutes. A dash means none. xG and xA are expected goals and assists.

Before kick-off

Burton Albion win 32% Avg odds 2.90
Draw 28% Avg odds 3.42
Reading win 40% Avg odds 2.34

Chances implied by the average closing odds, with the bookmaker margin removed.

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Shots, expected goals, timeline, lineups, team and player statistics from Bzzoiro Sports Data (sports.bzzoiro.com). Results and odds from football-data.co.uk. Referee data before 2025/26 from the Transfermarkt datasets project.