Match Report
3 points and 11 places separated them: Burnley U21 26th with 0, Reading U21 15th with 3. On the form table Reading U21 stood 11th over the last five rounds, despite being 15th overall. Per game in the league, Burnley U21 were scoring 2 and conceding 3.5, Reading U21 2 and 2, against a competition average of 2.05 goals per team per game.
The sides have met 4 times in the GioScore results database: 2 wins for Burnley U21, 0 draws and 2 for Reading U21, at 3.75 goals per meeting. Goals tend to flow: 75% of the meetings produced three or more, and both sides scored in 75%.
D. Brown took charge of the match — our records show 47 games refereed with an average of 2.1 yellow cards per game. The venue was Turf Moor, with room for 22,546 spectators. It was 1-1 at the break, and the second half added 2 goals for the 1-3 full-time score.
Goal scorers
Burnley U21: Brandon Pouani (43') · Reading U21: Torin Ntege (35'), Torin Ntege (52'), Kiyan Coke-Miles-Smith (77')
Key stats
Possession: Burnley U21 59% · Reading U21 41% · Total shots: 12-15 · On target: 4-7 · Corners: 9-8