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Wrexham

Wrexham (Wales)

Reading

Reading (England)

Starting lineups

Wrexham

Starting lineups confirmed

3-5-1-1

Lineups formation

53.1

Overall player rating

22.6 %

From the perfect composition

55%

Attacking

50%

Technical

55%

Defending

48%

Tactical

#	Player	Position	Age	€	Rating
25	Callum Burton	G	27	0,0M+	53.9
3	Lewis Brunt	D	23
24	Dan Scarr	D	28	0,0M+	51.5
2	Callum Doyle	D	20		51.5
29	Ryan Barnett	M	24
38	Elliott Lee	F	28	0,2M+	55.1
37	Matty James	M	32	1,4M+	55.3
14	George Thomason	M	21		52.7
7	James McClean	M	34	3,7M+	57.1
33	Nathan Broadhead	F	25		53.5
28	Sam Smith	F	25	0,1M+	45.5

Substitute
1	Arthur Okwonko	G	22		58.3
12	Issa Kabore	D	22	0,1M+	53.3
4	Max Cleworth	D	21
6	Conor Coady	D	30	16,3M+	59.3
15	George Dobson	M	25	0,1M+	55.9
47	Ryan Longman	M	23		49.3
27	Lewis O'Brien	M	25	0,5M+	55.3
19	Kieffer Moore	F	31	2,3M+	45.1
9	Ryan Hardie	F	26	0,2M+	49.7

Reading

Starting lineups confirmed

4-3-3

Lineups formation

52.6

Overall player rating

32.2 %

From the perfect composition

51%

Attacking

51%

Technical

48%

Defending

45%

Tactical

#	Player	Position	Age	€	Rating
25	Jack Stevens	G	26	0,0M+	55.7
2	Kelvin Abrefa	D	19
22	Michael Stickland	D	21
5	Matty Jacob	D	20
19	Andre Garcia	D
29	Kami Doyle	M	17
4	Ben Elliott	M	20
8	Charlie Savage	M	20		48.9
11	Daniel Kyerewaa	M	22
20	Mark O'Mahony	F
9	Kelvin Ehibhaimha	M	20

Substitute
1	Joel Pereira	G	27	0,6M+	51.5
39	Ashqar Ahmed	D
14	Tivonge Rushesha	M	21
36	John Ryan	D
38	Phillip Duah	D
6	Liam Fraser	M	24	0,3M+	55.3
10	Lewis Wing	M	28	2,1M+	55.7
32	Paddy Lane	F	22		48.7
57	Sean Patton	F

Events: Wrexham


Championship
Round 4
2026-09-02	Millwall - Wrexham	-
Round 3
2026-08-28	Wrexham - Birmingham City	-
Round 2
2026-08-22	Wrexham - Watford	-
Round 1
2026-08-17	Cardiff City - Wrexham	-

EFL Cup
2026-08-07	Middlesbrough - Wrexham	-

Club Friendly Games
2026-08-02	Sunderland - Wrexham	1 - 0
2026-07-29	Liverpool - Wrexham	1 - 0
2026-07-25	Leeds United - Wrexham	2 - 3
2026-07-18	Manchester United - Wrexham	0 - 1
2026-07-11	Wisła Kraków - Wrexham	0 - 0

Match stats

Wrexham

Reading

47%	Ball possession	53%
17	Total shots	11
4	Goalkeeper saves	5
10	Fouls	11
489	Passes	564
15	Tackles	13
11	Free kicks	10
17	Total shots	11
7	Shots on target	4
0	Hit woodwork	1
4	Shots off target	5
6	Blocked shots	2
11	Shots inside box	5
6	Shots outside box	6
21	Touches in penalty area	19
4	Fouled in final third	5
403	Accurate passes	482
9	Throw-ins	17
63	Final third entries	71
69/112 (62%)	Final third phase	75/116 (65%)
28/74 (38%)	Long balls	27/60 (45%)
5/21 (24%)	Crosses	2/22 (9%)
55%	Duels	45%
6	Dispossessed	8
30/55 (55%)	Ground duels	25/55 (45%)
23/41 (56%)	Aerial duels	18/41 (44%)
5/12 (42%)	Dribbles	2/9 (22%)
67%	Tackles won	77%
15	Total tackles	13
8	Interceptions	10
52	Recoveries	55
34	Clearances	28
4	Total saves	5
2	High claims	1
9	Goal kicks	4
3	Big chances	0
1	Yellow cards	0
3	Big chances missed	0
2	Through balls	1
3	Corner kicks	4
2	Big saves	0

43%	Ball possession	57%
5	Total shots	7
1	Goalkeeper saves	2
232	Passes	299
7	Tackles	8
8	Free kicks	5
5	Total shots	7
2	Shots on target	1
0	Hit woodwork	1
0	Shots off target	5
3	Blocked shots	1
4	Shots inside box	4
1	Shots outside box	3
2	Fouled in final third	3
186	Accurate passes	251
4	Throw-ins	9
33	Final third entries	47
11/37 (30%)	Long balls	15/36 (42%)
1/4 (25%)	Crosses	2/10 (20%)
55%	Duels	45%
3	Dispossessed	3
15/29 (52%)	Ground duels	14/29 (48%)
13/22 (59%)	Aerial duels	9/22 (41%)
1/6 (17%)	Dribbles	1/5 (20%)
57%	Tackles won	88%
7	Total tackles	8
4	Interceptions	6
27	Recoveries	35
15	Clearances	2
1	Total saves	2
7	Goal kicks	0
1	Big chances	0
1	Yellow cards	0
1	Big chances missed	0
2	Through balls	1
0	Corner kicks	2

50%	Ball possession	50%
2	Big chances	0
12	Total shots	4
3	Goalkeeper saves	3
3	Corner kicks	2
257	Passes	265
8	Tackles	5
3	Free kicks	5
0	Yellow cards	0
12	Total shots	4
5	Shots on target	3
0	Hit woodwork	0
4	Shots off target	0
3	Blocked shots	1
7	Shots inside box	1
5	Shots outside box	3
2	Big chances missed	0
0	Through balls	0
2	Fouled in final third	2
217	Accurate passes	231
5	Throw-ins	8
30	Final third entries	24
17/37 (46%)	Long balls	12/24 (50%)
4/17 (24%)	Crosses	0/12 (0%)
56%	Duels	44%
3	Dispossessed	5
15/26 (58%)	Ground duels	11/26 (42%)
10/19 (53%)	Aerial duels	9/19 (47%)
4/6 (67%)	Dribbles	1/4 (25%)
75%	Tackles won	60%
8	Total tackles	5
4	Interceptions	4
25	Recoveries	20
19	Clearances	26
3	Total saves	3
2	Goal kicks	4

Wrexham - Reading

England, EFL Cup, match Wrexham - Reading, start time 2025-09-23 18:45:00 international time.

Wrexham and Reading takes part in the championship EFL Cup, England.

The match will take place at the stadium Racecourse Ground in the city Wrexham, Wales. Stadium capacity Racecourse Ground is 15 500 people.

Head Referee - Simon Mather. Accounting for yellow and red cards: Simon Mather played 52 matches, noted 264 of yellow cards and 10 of red.

You can see the list of players in the squad, head coach and upcoming matches. Also evaluate in more detail the effectiveness and arithmetic average of the teams before the game:

Events: Reading


League One
Round 4
2026-09-01	Reading - Mansfield Town	-
Round 3
2026-08-29	Oxford United - Reading	postponed
Round 2
2026-08-22	AFC Wimbledon - Reading	-
Round 1
2026-08-15	Reading - Luton Town	-

EFL Cup
2026-08-08	Bromley - Reading	-

Club Friendly Games
2026-08-01	Reading - Charlton Athletic	3 - 0
2026-07-31	Crawley Town - Reading	0 - 1
2026-07-28	Newport County - Reading	0 - 4
2026-07-25	Woking - Reading	0 - 2
2026-07-17	Getafe - Reading	1 - 0

Referee

Simon Mather

Total games

5.08

Average per match

0.35

Average per match

Location

Wales

Country

Wrexham

City

Racecourse Ground

Stadium

15 500

Capacity