Reading vs Northampton Town

26 December 2024 · League One · 2024/25 · Referee S Simpson

Full time 4 – 1

Half-time: 2–0

  • Harvey Knibbs 5’
  • Sam Smith 28’
  • Charlie Savage 75’
  • Mamadi Camara 87’
  • Tom Eaves 81’

Match summary

Reading won comfortably, 4-1 at home to Northampton Town. Reading led 2-0 at half-time.

In the first half, Harvey Knibbs put Reading ahead in the 5th minute and Sam Smith made it 2-0 in the 28th minute. In the second half, Charlie Savage made it 3-0 in the 75th minute, Tom Eaves pulled one back to make it 3-1 in the 81st minute, and Mamadi Camara made it 4-1 in the 87th minute.

Shots finished 8-7 to Reading, with 5 on target for Reading and 1 for Northampton Town.

Match stats

Reading Northampton Town
8 Shots 7
5 Shots on Target 1
4 Corners 5
0 Yellow Cards 2
0 Red Cards 0

Key events

Reading Northampton Town
Kick-off
Harvey Knibbs1-0 (Reading)
5’
Sam Smith2-0 (Reading)
28’
Half-time2-0
Charlie Savage3-0 (Reading)
75’
81’
Tom Eaves3-1 (Northampton Town)
Mamadi Camara4-1 (Reading)
87’
Full-time4-1

Bookings

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

Northampton Town
  • Cameron McGeehan
  • Tom Eaves

Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 Northampton Town attacking Reading attacking 
5’ Harvey Knibbs (Reading), set piece, goal 5’ Sam Smith (Reading), set piece, off target 8’ Tom Eaves (Northampton Town), set piece, off target 13’ Cameron McGeehan (Northampton Town), set piece, off target 15’ Amadou Salif Mbengue (Reading), open play, saved 21’ Jon Guthrie (Northampton Town), from a corner, blocked 27’ Sam Smith (Reading), open play, off target 28’ Sam Smith (Reading), open play, goal 33’ Samy Chouchane (Northampton Town), from a corner, blocked 41’ Cameron McGeehan (Northampton Town), open play, off target 46’ Tyler Bindon (Reading), set piece, off target 52’ Cameron McGeehan (Northampton Town), open play, off target 75’ Charlie Savage (Reading), open play, goal 81’ Tom Eaves (Northampton Town), set piece, goal 87’ Mamadi Camara (Reading), open play, goal 5’ Harvey Knibbs (Reading), set piece, goal 5’ Sam Smith (Reading), set piece, off target 8’ Tom Eaves (Northampton Town), set piece, off target 13’ Cameron McGeehan (Northampton Town), set piece, off target 15’ Amadou Salif Mbengue (Reading), open play, saved 21’ Jon Guthrie (Northampton Town), from a corner, blocked 27’ Sam Smith (Reading), open play, off target 28’ Sam Smith (Reading), open play, goal 33’ Samy Chouchane (Northampton Town), from a corner, blocked 41’ Cameron McGeehan (Northampton Town), open play, off target 46’ Tyler Bindon (Reading), set piece, off target 52’ Cameron McGeehan (Northampton Town), open play, off target 75’ Charlie Savage (Reading), open play, goal 81’ Tom Eaves (Northampton Town), set piece, goal 87’ Mamadi Camara (Reading), open play, goal
Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

Players13 players
90′ – – – – – – –
90′ – – – – – – –
90′ – – 1 – – – –
90′ – – 1 – – – –
Abraham Kanu Taken off
80′ – – – – – – –
Harvey Knibbs Taken off
90′ 1 – 1 – – – –
90′ – – – – – – –
Charlie Savage Taken off
90′ 1 – 1 – – – –
Chem Campbell Taken off
90′ – – – – – – –
Sam Smith Taken off
80′ 1 – 3 – – – –
Mamadi Camara
90′ 1 – 1 – – – –
Andre Garcia 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 54% Avg odds 1.74
Draw 24% Avg odds 3.85
Northampton Town win 22% Avg odds 4.28

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.