Northampton Town vs Reading

3 October 2023 · League One · 2023/24 · Referee M Corlett

Full time 3 – 1

Half-time: 2–0

  • Sam Hoskins 10’
  • Louis Appéré 37’
  • Mitch Pinnock 90+6’
  • Dominic Ballard 66’

Match summary

Northampton Town beat Reading 3-1. Northampton Town led 2-0 at half-time.

In the first half, Sam Hoskins put Northampton Town ahead in the 10th minute and Louis Appéré made it 2-0 in the 37th minute. In the second half, Dominic Ballard pulled one back to make it 2-1 in the 66th minute and Mitch Pinnock made it 3-1 in stoppage time.

Shots finished 12-7 to Northampton Town, with 5 on target for Northampton Town and 4 for Reading.

Match stats

Northampton Town Reading
12 Shots 7
5 Shots on Target 4
4 Corners 1
1 Yellow Cards 3
0 Red Cards 0

Key events

Northampton Town Reading
Kick-off
Sam Hoskins1-0 (Northampton Town)
10’
Louis Appéré2-0 (Northampton Town)
37’
Half-time2-0
66’
Dominic Ballard2-1 (Reading)
Mitch Pinnock3-1 (Northampton Town)
90+6’
Full-time3-1

Bookings

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

Northampton Town
  • Shaun McWilliams
Reading
  • Charlie Savage
  • Kelvin Ehibhatiomhan
  • Clinton Mola

Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 Reading attacking Northampton Town attacking 
4’ Kieron Bowie (Northampton Town), open play, blocked 5’ Sam Hoskins (Northampton Town), open play, blocked 10’ Sam Hoskins (Northampton Town), open play, goal 12’ Louis Appéré (Northampton Town), set piece, off target 13’ Sam Hoskins (Northampton Town), open play, off target 14’ Shaun McWilliams (Northampton Town), open play, off target 36’ Caylan Vickers (Reading), open play, saved 37’ Louis Appéré (Northampton Town), open play, goal 39’ Kelvin Ehibhatiomhan (Reading), open play, saved 39’ Harlee Dean (Reading), set piece, blocked 43’ Sam Sherring (Northampton Town), from a corner, saved 47’ Louis Appéré (Northampton Town), open play, off target 63’ Unknown (Reading), from a corner, saved 63’ Dominic Ballard (Reading), open play, blocked 66’ Dominic Ballard (Reading), open play, goal 68’ Kieron Bowie (Northampton Town), open play, off target 90+3’ Tyreece Simpson (Northampton Town), open play, saved 90+6’ Mitch Pinnock (Northampton Town), open play, goal 4’ Kieron Bowie (Northampton Town), open play, blocked 5’ Sam Hoskins (Northampton Town), open play, blocked 10’ Sam Hoskins (Northampton Town), open play, goal 12’ Louis Appéré (Northampton Town), set piece, off target 13’ Sam Hoskins (Northampton Town), open play, off target 14’ Shaun McWilliams (Northampton Town), open play, off target 36’ Caylan Vickers (Reading), open play, saved 37’ Louis Appéré (Northampton Town), open play, goal 39’ Kelvin Ehibhatiomhan (Reading), open play, saved 39’ Harlee Dean (Reading), set piece, blocked 43’ Sam Sherring (Northampton Town), from a corner, saved 47’ Louis Appéré (Northampton Town), open play, off target 63’ Unknown (Reading), from a corner, saved 63’ Dominic Ballard (Reading), open play, blocked 66’ Dominic Ballard (Reading), open play, goal 68’ Kieron Bowie (Northampton Town), open play, off target 90+3’ Tyreece Simpson (Northampton Town), open play, saved 90+6’ Mitch Pinnock (Northampton Town), open play, goal
Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

Players16 players
90′ – – – – – – –
Akin Odimayo Taken off
73′ – – – – – – –
90′ – – 1 – – – –
Jon Guthrie Taken off
52′ – – – – – – –
90′ – – – – – – –
Shaun McWilliams Taken off
83′ – – 1 – – –
90′ – – – – – – –
Kieron Bowie Taken off
82′ – – 2 – – – –
90′ 1 – 1 – – – –
90′ 1 – 3 – – – –
Louis Appéré Taken off
72′ 1 – 3 – – – –
Manny Monthe Came on as a substitute
38′ – – – – – – –
Harvey Lintott Came on as a substitute
18′ – – – – – – –
Aaron McGowan Came on as a substitute
17′ – – – – – – –
Tyreece Simpson Came on as a substitute
8′ – – 1 – – – –
Ben Fox Came on as a substitute
7′ – – – – – – –
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

Northampton Town win 39% Avg odds 2.39
Draw 28% Avg odds 3.40
Reading win 33% Avg odds 2.84

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

Form going into the game

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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.