Northampton Town vs Reading · League One
Northampton Town
8-5-15
0 – 2
FT
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Reading
10-10-8
Sixfields Stadium · Northampton · England
Northampton Town went down 2-0 to Reading at Sixfields Stadium (crowd 7,038). Jack Marriott got the deciding goal at the 55-minute mark and it went to 0-2 when Will Keane scored just three minutes after that. Five players went into the book. Reading kept the ball 58% of the time and shot 10 times, Northampton 14. Reading hit the target 6 times from 10 attempts.
Overview
- Kicks off
- Event
- League One England
- Campaign
- 2025-26 English League One, Regular Season
- Ground
- Sixfields Stadium · Northampton · England
- Crowd
- 7,038
- Referee
- Jamie O'Connor
- Northampton form
- LDWLD
- Reading form
- WLLWD
Each half
| Team | 1H | 2H | T |
|---|---|---|---|
| Northampton | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Reading | 0 | 2 | 2 |
Side by side
5Fouls12
2Yellow Cards3
0Red Cards0
0Offsides0
9Corner Kicks3
3Saves5
42.4%Possession57.6%
14Shots10
5On Goal6
40%On Target %60%
0Penalty Goals0
0Penalty Kicks Taken0
0Accurate Passes0
0Passes0
0%Pass Completion %0%
0Accurate Crosses0
0Crosses0
0%Cross %0%
0Long Balls0
0Accurate Long Balls0
0%Long Balls %0%
4Blocked Shots4
0Effective Tackles0
0Tackles0
0%Tackle %0%
0Interceptions0
0Effective Clearances0
0Clearances0
Timeline
Full time · 0-2
90'+4'
🟨Hayden Roberts
90'+2'
🟨Andy Yiadom
89'
🔁Finley Burnsreplacing Ryan Nyambe
89'
🔁Andy Yiadomreplacing Will Keane
🔁Jake Evansreplacing Elliott List
78'
🔁Jack Valereplacing Kamarai Simon-Swyer
78'
75'
🔁Matt Ritchiereplacing Kamari Doyle
75'
🔁Kelvin Ehibhatiomhanreplacing Paddy Lane
🟨Cameron McGeehan
67'
🔁Max Dychereplacing Conor McCarthy
63'
🔁Cameron McGeehanreplacing Jack Perkins
63'
62'
🔁Liam Fraserreplacing Charlie Savage
58'0 - 2
⚽Will Keane
🟨Elliott Moore
57'
55'0 - 1
⚽Jack Marriott
52'
🟨Charlie Savage
Half-time
🔁Elliott Moorereplacing Jon Guthrie
37'
Kick-off
Teams
Northampton Town3-4-3
11↓Simon-Swyer
10↓List
9Eaves
21↓Perkins
4Campbell
7Hoskins
23Taylor
12Guinness-Walker
5↓Guthrie
3↓McCarthy
34Fitzsimons
Bench
- 27Jack Valeon for Kamarai Simon-Swyer, 78'
- 24Elliott Mooreon for Jon Guthrie, 37' 🟨
- 8Cameron McGeehanon for Jack Perkins, 63' 🟨
- 35Max Dycheon for Conor McCarthy, 63'
- 1Lee Burge
- 15Jake Evanson for Elliott List, 78'
- 17Michael Jacobs
Reading4-4-2
27⚽↓Keane
7⚽Marriott
8🟨↓Savage
29↓Doyle
10Wing
32↓Lane
5🟨Roberts
3Dorsett
24↓Nyambe
15O'Conner
1Pereira
Bench
- 30Matt Ritchieon for Kamari Doyle, 75'
- 16Benn Ward
- 25Jack Stephens
- 9Kelvin Ehibhatiomhanon for Paddy Lane, 75'
- 6Liam Fraseron for Charlie Savage, 62'
- 17Andy Yiadomon for Will Keane, 89' 🟨
- 12Finley Burnson for Ryan Nyambe, 89'
Standings
| # | Team | P | W | D | L | GD | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Huddersfield Town | 12 | 7 | 4 | 1 | +13 | 25 |
| 2 |  Stockport County | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | +12 | 23 |
| 3 |  Bradford City | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | +5 | 22 |
| 4 |  Plymouth Argyle | 13 | 7 | 1 | 5 | +2 | 22 |
| 5 |  Reading | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | +12 | 21 |
| 6 |  Cambridge United | 12 | 5 | 5 | 2 | +3 | 20 |
| 7 |  Oxford United | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | +8 | 19 |
| 8 |  Sheffield Wednesday | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | +8 | 18 |
| 9 |  Mansfield Town | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | +4 | 18 |
| 10 |  Luton Town | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | +2 | 17 |
| 11 |  Burton Albion | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | -1 | 17 |
| 12 |  Stevenage | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | +4 | 15 |
| 13 |  Leicester City | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 15 |
| 14 |  Wycombe Wanderers | 12 | 3 | 6 | 3 | -4 | 15 |
| 15 |  Leyton Orient | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | +2 | 14 |
| 16 |  AFC Wimbledon | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | -11 | 13 |
| 17 |  Doncaster Rovers | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | -1 | 12 |
| 18 |  Milton Keynes Dons | 11 | 2 | 6 | 3 | -6 | 12 |
| 19 |  Notts County | 11 | 2 | 5 | 4 | -3 | 11 |
| 20 |  Blackpool | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | -4 | 11 |
| 21 |  Peterborough United | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | -10 | 10 |
| 22 |  Bromley | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | -16 | 9 |
| 23 |  Barnsley | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | -10 | 8 |
| 24 |  Wigan Athletic | 11 | 2 | 1 | 8 | -9 | 7 |
Meetings
1Northampton wins
1Level
3Reading wins
Last times they met
FT
Reading
1–0
Northampton · 2025-26 English League One
FT
Northampton
0–0
Reading · 2024-25 English League One
FT
Reading
4–1
Northampton · 2024-25 English League One
FT
Reading
1–0
Northampton · 2023-24 English League One
FT
Northampton
3–1
Reading · 2023-24 English League One
Form
Last games: Northampton
D0-0W4-2L2-1L2-0L2-1
Last games: Reading
W2-0W1-0L3-1D2-2D2-2
