Reading vs Charlton

31 August 2024 · League One · 2024/25 · Referee Thomas Kirk

Full time 2 – 0

Half-time: 0–0

  • Charlie Savage 66’
  • Sam Smith 76’

Match summary

Reading saw off Charlton 2-0. It was goalless at half-time.

Charlie Savage put Reading ahead in the 66th minute and Sam Smith made it 2-0 in the 76th minute.

Shots finished 13-8 to Reading, with 3 on target for Reading and 2 for Charlton.

Match stats

Reading Charlton
13 Shots 8
3 Shots on Target 2
5 Corners 5
4 Yellow Cards 3
0 Red Cards 0

Key events

Reading Charlton
Kick-off
Half-time0-0
Charlie Savage1-0 (Reading)
66’
Sam Smith2-0 (Reading)
76’
Full-time2-0

Bookings

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

Reading
  • Amadou Salif Mbengue
  • Sam Smith
  • Kelvin Abrefa
  • Harlee Dean
Charlton
  • Lloyd Jones
  • Luke Berry
  • Matt Godden

Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 Charlton attacking Reading attacking 
10’ Adrian Akande (Reading), open play, off target 11’ Ben Elliott (Reading), open play, off target 13’ Ben Elliott (Reading), open play, off target 16’ Sam Smith (Reading), open play, blocked 16’ Michael Craig (Reading), open play, off target 23’ Sam Smith (Reading), from a corner, off target 25’ Tyreece Campbell (Charlton), open play, off target 25’ Conor Coventry (Charlton), set piece, off target 39’ Charlie Savage (Reading), set piece, blocked 39’ Amadou Salif Mbengue (Reading), set piece, blocked 40’ Sam Smith (Reading), from a corner, blocked 41’ Lewis Wing (Reading), open play, off target 42’ Tyreece Campbell (Charlton), open play, blocked 46’ Ben Elliott (Reading), from a corner, off target 48’ Luke Berry (Charlton), open play, saved 54’ Jeriel Dorsett (Reading), open play, blocked 59’ Greg Docherty (Charlton), open play, off target 66’ Charlie Savage (Reading), open play, goal 76’ Sam Smith (Reading), set piece, goal 82’ Daniel Kanu (Charlton), open play, blocked 89’ Harlee Dean (Reading), set piece, saved 90+5’ Greg Docherty (Charlton), from a corner, saved 90+5’ Lloyd Jones (Charlton), from a corner, blocked 10’ Adrian Akande (Reading), open play, off target 11’ Ben Elliott (Reading), open play, off target 13’ Ben Elliott (Reading), open play, off target 16’ Sam Smith (Reading), open play, blocked 16’ Michael Craig (Reading), open play, off target 23’ Sam Smith (Reading), from a corner, off target 25’ Tyreece Campbell (Charlton), open play, off target 25’ Conor Coventry (Charlton), set piece, off target 39’ Charlie Savage (Reading), set piece, blocked 39’ Amadou Salif Mbengue (Reading), set piece, blocked 40’ Sam Smith (Reading), from a corner, blocked 41’ Lewis Wing (Reading), open play, off target 42’ Tyreece Campbell (Charlton), open play, blocked 46’ Ben Elliott (Reading), from a corner, off target 48’ Luke Berry (Charlton), open play, saved 54’ Jeriel Dorsett (Reading), open play, blocked 59’ Greg Docherty (Charlton), open play, off target 66’ Charlie Savage (Reading), open play, goal 76’ Sam Smith (Reading), set piece, goal 82’ Daniel Kanu (Charlton), open play, blocked 89’ Harlee Dean (Reading), set piece, saved 90+5’ Greg Docherty (Charlton), from a corner, saved 90+5’ Lloyd Jones (Charlton), from a corner, blocked
Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

Players14 players
90′ – – – – – – –
90′ – – 1 – – – –
90′ – – 1 – – –
Tyler Bindon Taken off
73′ – – – – – – –
Jeriel Dorsett Taken off
63′ – – 1 – – – –
Ben Elliott
90′ – – 3 – – – –
90′ – – 1 – – – –
90′ 1 – 2 – – – –
Adrian Akande Taken off
87′ – – 1 – – – –
90′ 1 – 4 – – –
90′ – – – – – – –
Kelvin Abrefa Came on as a substitute
27′ – – – – – –
Harlee Dean Came on as a substitute
17′ – – 1 – – –
Basil Tuma Came on as a substitute
3′ – – – – – – –
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 38% Avg odds 2.43
Draw 29% Avg odds 3.26
Charlton win 33% Avg odds 2.85

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

Form going into the game

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Previous and next meeting

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.