Reading vs Carlisle United

28 November 2023 · League One · 2023/24 · Referee C Breakspear

Full time 5 – 1

Half-time: 3–1

Samuel Lavelle 26’ (og)
Harvey Knibbs 32’, 39’
Lewis Wing 78’
Femi Azeez 83’

Luke Plange 29’

Match summary

Reading won comfortably, 5-1 at home to Carlisle United. Reading led 3-1 at half-time.

In the first half, Lavelle's own goal put Reading ahead in the 26th minute, Luke Plange equalised in the 29th minute, Harvey Knibbs put Reading back in front in the 32nd minute, and Knibbs made it 3-1 in the 39th minute. In the second half, Lewis Wing made it 4-1 in the 78th minute and Femi Azeez made it 5-1 in the 83rd minute.

Shots finished 16-15 to Reading, with 6 on target for Reading and 6 for Carlisle United.

Match stats

16 Shots 15

6 Shots on Target 6

2 Corners 5

1 Yellow Cards 1

0 Red Cards 0

Key events

Reading Carlisle United

Kick-off

Samuel Lavelle
Own goal

1-0

26’

29’

Luke Plange

1-1

Harvey Knibbs

2-1

32’

Harvey Knibbs

3-1

39’

Half-time3-1

Lewis Wing

4-1

78’

Femi Azeez

5-1

83’

Full-time5-1

Bookings

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

Reading

Jeriel Dorsett

Carlisle United

Jack Armer

Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

Carlisle United attacking Reading attacking

Goal On target Off target or blocked

Hover or tap a shot for the player and minute.

Player stats

Players16 players


David Button	90′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Andy Yiadom Taken off	86′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Tyler Bindon	90′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Nelson Abbey	90′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Jeriel Dorsett Taken off	74′	–	–	–	–	–	–
Femi Azeez	90′	1	–	4	–	–	–	–
Michael Craig Taken off	84′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Lewis Wing	90′	1	–	4	–	–	–	–
Paul Mukairu Taken off	74′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Sam Smith Taken off	84′	–	–	3	–	–	–	–
Harvey Knibbs	90′	2	–	3	–	–	–	–
Amadou Salif Mbengue Came on as a substitute	16′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Ben Elliott Came on as a substitute	16′	–	–	1	–	–	–	–
Charlie Savage Came on as a substitute	6′	–	–	1	–	–	–	–
Kelvin Ehibhatiomhan Came on as a substitute	6′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Thomas Holmes Came on as a substitute	4′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–


Tomáš Holý	90′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Josh Emmanuel	90′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Samuel Lavelle	90′	–	–	1	–	–	–	–
Ben Barclay	90′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Jack Armer Taken off	73′	–	–	3	–	–	–
Dylan McGeouch Taken off	46′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Owen Moxon	90′	–	–	4	–	–	–	–
Jon Mellish Taken off	82′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Jack Robinson	90′	–	–	1	–	–	–	–
Jordan Gibson Taken off	82′	–	–	3	–	–	–	–
Joe Garner Taken off	10′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Luke Plange Came on as a substitute	80′	1	–	3	–	–	–	–
Ryan Edmondson Came on as a substitute	44′	–	–	1	–	–	–	–
Daniel Butterworth Came on as a substitute	17′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Alfie McCalmont Came on as a substitute	8′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Seani Maguire Came on as a substitute	8′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–

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

Reading win 51% Avg odds 1.83

Draw 26% Avg odds 3.58

Carlisle United win 23% Avg odds 4.20

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

Form going into the game

Reading L L D L W

Carlisle United L W L L D

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Previous and next meeting

Next meeting: Carlisle United 1-3 Reading, 02 Mar 24 All Reading vs Carlisle United meetings

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.