Reading vs Crawley Town

19 October 2024 · League One · 2024/25 · Referee E Duckworth

Full time 4 – 1

Half-time: 2–1

  • Amadou Salif Mbengue 20’
  • Lewis Wing 40’
  • Charlie Savage 65’
  • Sam Smith 73’
  • Harry Forster 30’

Match summary

Reading won comfortably, 4-1 at home to Crawley Town. Reading led 2-1 at half-time.

In the first half, Amadou Salif Mbengue put Reading ahead in the 20th minute, Harry Forster equalised from a corner in the 30th minute, and Lewis Wing put Reading back in front in the 40th minute. In the second half, Charlie Savage made it 3-1 in the 65th minute and Sam Smith made it 4-1 in the 73rd minute.

Shots finished 18-13 to Crawley Town, with 6 on target for Reading and 8 for Crawley Town.

Match stats

Reading Crawley Town
13 Shots 18
6 Shots on Target 8
2 Corners 13
1 Yellow Cards 2
0 Red Cards 0

Key events

Reading Crawley Town
Kick-off
Amadou Salif Mbengue1-0 (Reading)
20’
30’
Harry Forster1-1 (Crawley Town)
Lewis Wing2-1 (Reading)
40’
Half-time2-1
Charlie Savage3-1 (Reading)
65’
Sam Smith4-1 (Reading)
73’
Full-time4-1

Bookings

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

Reading
  • Amadou Salif Mbengue
Crawley Town
  • Max Anderson
  • Panutche Camará

Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 Crawley Town attacking Reading attacking 
4’ Charlie Savage (Reading), set piece, blocked 8’ Sam Smith (Reading), open play, saved 11’ Junior Quitirna (Crawley Town), open play, off target 11’ Will Swan (Crawley Town), open play, saved 18’ Adrian Akande (Reading), open play, saved 20’ Amadou Salif Mbengue (Reading), set piece, goal 20’ Charlie Savage (Reading), set piece, off target 24’ Andre Garcia (Reading), open play, off target 25’ Junior Quitirna (Crawley Town), open play, saved 29’ Ronan Darcy (Crawley Town), from a corner, off target 30’ Harry Forster (Crawley Town), from a corner, goal 35’ Amadou Salif Mbengue (Reading), open play, blocked 40’ Lewis Wing (Reading), open play, goal 49’ Adrian Akande (Reading), open play, off target 50’ Will Swan (Crawley Town), open play, saved 50’ Bradley Ibrahim (Crawley Town), open play, saved 50’ Harry Forster (Crawley Town), open play, blocked 51’ Max Anderson (Crawley Town), from a corner, off target 56’ Junior Quitirna (Crawley Town), open play, off target 57’ Will Swan (Crawley Town), open play, blocked 59’ Junior Quitirna (Crawley Town), from a corner, saved 61’ Ronan Darcy (Crawley Town), set piece, saved 61’ Junior Quitirna (Crawley Town), direct free kick, blocked 62’ Junior Quitirna (Crawley Town), from a corner, off target 64’ Harry Forster (Crawley Town), open play, off target 65’ Charlie Savage (Reading), open play, goal 71’ Ronan Darcy (Crawley Town), open play, saved 73’ Sam Smith (Reading), open play, goal 77’ Sam Smith (Reading), open play, off target 89’ Jeremy Kelly (Crawley Town), open play, off target 90+4’ Chem Campbell (Reading), open play, off target 4’ Charlie Savage (Reading), set piece, blocked 8’ Sam Smith (Reading), open play, saved 11’ Junior Quitirna (Crawley Town), open play, off target 11’ Will Swan (Crawley Town), open play, saved 18’ Adrian Akande (Reading), open play, saved 20’ Amadou Salif Mbengue (Reading), set piece, goal 20’ Charlie Savage (Reading), set piece, off target 24’ Andre Garcia (Reading), open play, off target 25’ Junior Quitirna (Crawley Town), open play, saved 29’ Ronan Darcy (Crawley Town), from a corner, off target 30’ Harry Forster (Crawley Town), from a corner, goal 35’ Amadou Salif Mbengue (Reading), open play, blocked 40’ Lewis Wing (Reading), open play, goal 49’ Adrian Akande (Reading), open play, off target 50’ Will Swan (Crawley Town), open play, saved 50’ Bradley Ibrahim (Crawley Town), open play, saved 50’ Harry Forster (Crawley Town), open play, blocked 51’ Max Anderson (Crawley Town), from a corner, off target 56’ Junior Quitirna (Crawley Town), open play, off target 57’ Will Swan (Crawley Town), open play, blocked 59’ Junior Quitirna (Crawley Town), from a corner, saved 61’ Ronan Darcy (Crawley Town), set piece, saved 61’ Junior Quitirna (Crawley Town), direct free kick, blocked 62’ Junior Quitirna (Crawley Town), from a corner, off target 64’ Harry Forster (Crawley Town), open play, off target 65’ Charlie Savage (Reading), open play, goal 71’ Ronan Darcy (Crawley Town), open play, saved 73’ Sam Smith (Reading), open play, goal 77’ Sam Smith (Reading), open play, off target 89’ Jeremy Kelly (Crawley Town), open play, off target 90+4’ Chem Campbell (Reading), open play, off target
Goal On target Off target or blocked

Hover or tap a shot for the player and minute.

Player stats

Players16 players
90′ – – – – – – –
90′ – – – – – – –
90′ 1 – 2 – – –
90′ – – – – – – –
Andre Garcia Taken off
69′ – – 1 – – – –
Ben Elliott Taken off
80′ – – – – – – –
90′ 1 – 1 – – – –
90′ 1 – 3 – – – –
Adrian Akande Taken off
79′ – – 2 – – – –
Sam Smith Taken off
80′ 1 – 3 – – – –
Harvey Knibbs Taken off
56′ – – – – – – –
Chem Campbell Came on as a substitute
34′ – – 1 – – – –
Harlee Dean Came on as a substitute
21′ – – – – – – –
Basil Tuma Came on as a substitute
11′ – – – – – – –
Shay Spencer Came on as a substitute
10′ – – – – – – –
Jayden Wareham Came on as a substitute
10′ – – – – – – –
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 56% Avg odds 1.68
Draw 23% Avg odds 4.00
Crawley Town win 21% Avg odds 4.49

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.