Bristol Rovers 2-2 Reading | Result & Match Report

Bristol Rovers 2 - 2 Reading
EFL Trophy · Group South - 3 · Full Time

EFL Trophy · Group South - 3: Bristol Rovers and Reading drew 2-2. The match was played on Tuesday, 10 November 2026 at Memorial Stadium (Bristol).

⚽ Goals

sean patton 3' (Reading) · Jerae Jones 55' (Reading) · Arvin Appiah 58' (Bristol Rovers) · Philip Sanyaolu 65' (Bristol Rovers) · Tommy Leigh 91' (P) (Bristol Rovers) · sean patton 92' (P) (Reading) · Jack Sparkes 93' (P) (Bristol Rovers) · Boyd Beacroft 93' (P) (Reading) · Ryan De Havilland 94' (P) (Bristol Rovers) · Tyler Sackey 95' (P) (Reading) · Reiss-Alexander Russell-Denny 95' (P) (Bristol Rovers) · Kazim Salahi-Ali 97' (P) (Bristol Rovers)

Match Analysis

After a 0-1 first half, the game finished 2-2.

Bristol Rovers held 52% of possession against 48%, attempting 14 shots to Reading's 10.

Shots on target read 6-5 and corners 8-3.

⏱️ Match Events

3'⚽sean patton (Jerae Jones)
40'🟨Boyd Beacroft
55'⚽Jerae Jones (Luke Howard)
58'⚽Arvin Appiah (Ryan De Havilland)
62'🔄▲ Tommy Leigh ▼ Stan Dunne
63'🔄▲ Reiss-Alexander Russell-Denny ▼ Bobby Kamwa
65'⚽Philip Sanyaolu (Ciaran Kelly)
73'🔄▲ Shaqai Forde ▼ Philip Sanyaolu
73'🔄▲ Kazim Salahi-Ali ▼ Arvin Appiah
73'🔄▲ Jack Toogood ▼ Richard Smallwood
74'🔄▲ Joseph Barough ▼ Jerae Jones
75'🟨Macauley Southam
83'🔄▲ Scofield Lonmeni ▼ Luke Howard
84'🔄▲ Matteo Dashi ▼ Kevin Mfuamba
90+3'🔄▲ Torin Ntege ▼ Emmanuel Osho
90+5'🟨Tommy Leigh
91'⚽(P)Tommy Leigh
92'⚽(P)sean patton
93'⚽(P)Jack Sparkes
93'⚽(P)Boyd Beacroft
94'⚽(P)Ryan De Havilland
95'⚽(P)Tyler Sackey
95'⚽(P)Reiss-Alexander Russell-Denny
96'❌Matteo Dashi
97'⚽(P)Kazim Salahi-Ali

👕 Line-ups

Bristol Rovers · 4-2-3-1 · ⌀ 6.57
32
6.0
34
Dunne
17
6.2
10
6.3
28
7.8
49
Iwhiwhu

Substitutes: K. Balmer, S. Forde, T. Leigh, R. Russell-Denny, Kazim Salahi-Ali, Jack Toogood, Brad Young

Coach: S. Evans

Reading · 4-2-3-1 · ⌀ 6.62
25
7.0
57
6.7
38
6.5
39
6.3
44
6.3
65
6.2
50
8.1
37
6.4
49
5.7
22
7.6

Substitutes: S. Lonmeni, S. Harrison, M. Dashi, Joseph Barough, Matthew Christopher Rowley, Torin Ntege, T. St Louis

Coach: L. Richardson

📊 Match Stats

52%Possession48%
0.67Expected goals (xG)1.52
14Total shots10
6Shots on target5
5Shots off target3
3Blocked shots2
10Shots inside box6
4Shots outside box4
8Corners3
5Offsides1
10Fouls8
2Yellow cards1
0Red cards0
3Goalkeeper saves4
354Total passes399
239Accurate passes306

⭐ Player of the Match

J. Jones (Reading) — named player of the match with a 8.1 rating.

📝 Player Ratings

Bristol Rovers
A. Appiah ⚽73'7.8R. De Havilland 🅰️90'7.3P. Sanyaolu ⚽73'7.2S. Forde17'6.7R. Smallwood73'6.6Stan Dunne62'6.5B. Kamwa63'6.3Excel Iwhiwhu90'6.3C. Kelly 🅰️90'6.2Kazim Salahi-Ali17'6.2T. Leigh28'6.1J. Sparkes90'6.0Charlie Binns90'6.0Jack Toogood17'5.9
Reading
⭐ J. Jones ⚽ 🅰️74'8.1S. Patton ⚽90'7.6J. Stevens90'7.0C. Cliff90'6.7Joseph Barough16'6.6P. Duah90'6.5Torin Ntege1'6.5L. Howard 🅰️83'6.4T. Sackey90'6.3A. Ahmed90'6.3K. Mfuamba84'6.2S. Lonmeni7'6.1M. Dashi6'6.0Boyd Beacroft90'6.0
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