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Matches/Premier League 2 Division One/Regular Season - 9
Premier League 2 Division One 2025/26Match Finished

Chelsea U21 vs Reading U21

8 Nov 2025 · 14:00 GMT · Regular Season - 9

Chelsea U21

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4:1HT 3–0

Reading U21

AWAY
⚽ Andre Garcia 90′
Kingsmeadow, LondonReferee: Not suppliedRecorded clock 90′ + 6′
01
THE MATCH AT A GLANCE

Match overview

THE SCORELINE

Chelsea U21 win 4–1

Match Finished in the regular season - 9 of the Premier League 2 Division One. 5 goal events recorded in the supplied feed.

90 MINUTES4 – 1
HALF-TIME3 – 0
MATCH COVERAGE

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LineupsAvailable
Match eventsAvailable
Team statisticsNot supplied
Expected goalsNot supplied
Player ratingsNot supplied
02
HOW THE TEAMS COMPARE

Team statistics

Chelsea U21Reading U21

Detailed statistics aren’t available for this match

The provider has not supplied possession, shots, passing or xG. These will appear when they are included in an updated import.

03
THE PLAYERS BEHIND THE RESULT

Lineups & substitutions

Chelsea U21

Formation not supplied

Coach Calum McFarlane

Pitch positions not supplied. The list preserves the provider’s team selection.

Starting XI11

  1. 1
    Max MerrickProfile: Goalkeeper · 19 at kick-off
  2. 2
    Kaiden WilsonProfile: Defender · 20 at kick-off
    Yellow Card 36′
  3. 4
    Harrison Murray-CampbellProfile: Defender · 19 at kick-off
    Normal Goal 58′
  4. 3
    Axel Disasi Mhakinis BelhoProfile: Defender · 27 at kick-off
    Off 72′
  5. 5
    Harrison McmahonProfile: Midfielder · 19 at kick-off
  6. 6
    Ollie HarrisonProfile: Midfielder · 18 at kick-off
    Off 53′
  7. 8
    Sam Rak-SakyiProfile: Midfielder · 20 at kick-off
    Yellow Card 82′
  8. 7
    Dujuan RichardsProfile: Attacker · 19 at kick-off
  9. 10
    Jesse DerryProfile: Midfielder · 18 at kick-off
    Normal Goal 43′
  10. 11
    Ato AmpahProfile: Attacker · 19 at kick-off
    Off 64′
  11. 9
    Shumaira MheukaProfile: Attacker · 18 at kick-off
    Normal Goal 19′Normal Goal 22′Off 72′

Substitutes5

  1. 13
    CollinsonProfile: Goalkeeper
  2. 12
    OsagieProfile: Defender
    On 72′
  3. 14
    Jimi TauriainenProfile: Midfielder · 21 at kick-off
    On 53′
  4. 15
    BarbourProfile: Attacker
    On 64′
  5. 16
    Deivid WashingtonProfile: Attacker · 20 at kick-off
    On 72′

Reading U21

Formation not supplied

Coach Peter Scott

Pitch positions not supplied. The list preserves the provider’s team selection.

Starting XI11

  1. 1
    Tom NorcottProfile: Goalkeeper · 20 at kick-off
  2. 2
    Ashqar AhmedProfile: Defender · 18 at kick-off
  3. 4
    Shay SpencerProfile: Attacker · 21 at kick-off
  4. 5
    Jacob BorgnisProfile: Midfielder · 22 at kick-off
    Yellow Card 78′Off 80′
  5. 3
    John RyanProfile: Defender · 21 at kick-off
  6. 8
    Carter BowderyProfile: Midfielder
    Off 64′
  7. 6
    Phillip DuahProfile: Defender · 18 at kick-off
  8. 7
    Emmanuel OshoProfile: Defender · 19 at kick-off
    Off 64′
  9. 10
    Tyler SackeyProfile: Midfielder · 18 at kick-off
  10. 11
    Andre GarciaProfile: Defender · 17 at kick-off
    Normal Goal 90′
  11. 9
    Sean PattonProfile: Attacker · 19 at kick-off
    Off 64′

Substitutes5

  1. 13
    Harrison RhoneProfile: Goalkeeper · 19 at kick-off
  2. 12
    Luke HowardProfile: Defender
    On 64′
  3. 14
    Jeremiah Okine-PetersProfile: Attacker · 24 at kick-off
    On 80′
  4. 15
    Reece EvansProfile: Attacker · 20 at kick-off
    On 64′
  5. 16
    Basil Tenywa TumaProfile: Attacker · 20 at kick-off
    On 64′
04
FOLLOW THE MATCH

Events & commentary

Event commentary from recorded goals, cards, substitutions and VAR decisions. This is not a full play-by-play feed.

  1. Normal GoalChelsea U21

    Shumaira Mheuka · Assist: Sam Rak-Sakyi

  2. Normal GoalChelsea U21

    Shumaira Mheuka

  3. Yellow CardChelsea U21

    Kaiden Wilson

  4. Normal GoalChelsea U21

    Jesse Derry

  5. SubstitutionChelsea U21

    Off Ollie Harrison On Jimi Tauriainen

  6. Normal GoalChelsea U21

    Harrison Murray-Campbell · Assist: Jesse Derry

  7. SubstitutionChelsea U21

    Off Ato Ampah On Barbour

  8. SubstitutionReading U21

    Off Carter Bowdery On Luke Howard

  9. SubstitutionReading U21

    Off Sean Patton On Reece Evans

  10. SubstitutionReading U21

    Off Emmanuel Osho On Basil Tenywa Tuma

  11. SubstitutionChelsea U21

    Off Axel Disasi Mhakinis Belho On Osagie

  12. SubstitutionChelsea U21

    Off Shumaira Mheuka On Deivid Washington

  13. Yellow CardReading U21

    Jacob Borgnis

  14. SubstitutionReading U21

    Off Jacob Borgnis On Jeremiah Okine-Peters

  15. Yellow CardChelsea U21

    Sam Rak-Sakyi

  16. Normal GoalReading U21

    Andre Garcia · Assist: Shay Spencer

  17. Yellow CardReading U21

    Player not identified

05
INDIVIDUAL CONTRIBUTIONS

Player performance

No individual performance data supplied

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06
THE BIGGER PICTURE

Recent form & meetings

Previous matches in this 2025/26 cup import only, before this fixture. Newest first. W/D/L reflects the score before any penalty shootout.

Chelsea U21

LEverton U21 vs Chelsea U2131 Oct 2025 · Regular Season - 81 – 0WChelsea U21 vs Arsenal U2125 Oct 2025 · Regular Season - 72 – 1WBurnley U21 vs Chelsea U215 Oct 2025 · Regular Season - 60 – 1LChelsea U21 vs Stoke City U2127 Sept 2025 · Regular Season - 51 – 2LChelsea U21 vs Ipswich Town U2120 Sept 2025 · Regular Season - 42 – 4

Reading U21

LReading U21 vs Fulham U211 Nov 2025 · Regular Season - 81 – 5LWest Bromwich Albion U21 vs Reading U2124 Oct 2025 · Regular Season - 72 – 1LManchester City U21 vs Reading U215 Oct 2025 · Regular Season - 63 – 0DReading U21 vs Newcastle United U2126 Sept 2025 · Regular Season - 51 – 1LMiddlesbrough U21 vs Reading U2129 Aug 2025 · Regular Season - 35 – 2
Previous meetings Within this cup import

No earlier meetings between these teams in the imported records.

Source & coverage
API-Football · Retrieved 17 Oct 2026. Saved snapshot, not a live feed. Missing values are not treated as zero. Player ages are calculated at kick-off from supplied birth dates.

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