Cheltenham Town FC vs Reading FC, League One 2023-24 REGULAR SEASON

League One · 2023-24

Cheltenham Town FC

2 – 2

Full Time

Reading FC

Fri 29 Dec 2023 · 19:45 Completely-Suzuki Stadium HT 45' · FT 45'

• Overview
• Events
• Lineups
• H2H

• Match Preview

  Cheltenham Town FC vs Reading FC — League One at Completely-Suzuki Stadium.

  • Cheltenham Town FC 46 games · 56 pts (2025/26)
  • Reading FC 45 games · 63 pts (2025/26)

  Scott Tallis

  Standings

  #	Team	P	Pts
  1	Hull City AFC	46	89
  2	Lincoln City FC	45	100
  3	Coventry City FC	34	67
  4	Cardiff City FC	45	91
  5	Bolton Wanderers FC	45	75
  6	Milton Keynes Dons FC	46	89
  7	Stockport County FC	45	74
  8	Sheffield Wednesday FC	46	85
  9	Sunderland AFC	46	84
  10	Bradford City AFC	45	74
  11	Stevenage FC	45	72
  12	Luton Town FC	45	71
  13	Oxford United FC	46	76
  14	Plymouth Argyle FC	45	70
  15	Huddersfield Town AFC	45	64
  16	Reading FC	45	63
  17	Portsmouth FC	46	73
  18	Ipswich Town FC	46	70
  19	Mansfield Town FC	45	62
  20	Accrington Stanley FC	46	61
  21	Wycombe Wanderers FC	45	60
  22	Barnsley FC	45	59
  23	Charlton Athletic FC	46	59
  24	Blackpool FC	45	57
  25	Cambridge United FC	46	58
  26	Doncaster Rovers FC	45	57
  27	Cheltenham Town FC	46	56
  28	Wigan Athletic FC	45	56
  29	Peterborough United FC	45	53
  30	Burton Albion FC	45	53
  31	Shrewsbury Town FC	46	50
  32	Morecambe FC	46	42
  33	AFC Wimbledon	45	53
  34	Fleetwood Town FC	46	40
  35	Tranmere Rovers FC	34	32
  36	Leyton Orient FC	45	51
  37	Exeter City FC	45	49
  38	Rochdale AFC	46	47
  39	Gillingham FC	46	40
  40	Walsall FC	46	47
  41	Port Vale FC	45	42
  42	Rotherham United FC	45	41
  43	Swindon Town FC	46	43
  44	Southend United FC	35	19
  45	Scunthorpe United FC	46	46
  46	Crewe Alexandra FC	46	29
  47	Bury FC	0	-12
  48	Bristol Rovers FC	46	38
  49	Northampton Town FC	45	35

• Match Events

  • 0' Welcome to Completely-Suzuki Stadium that hosts another battle between Cheltenham Town FC and Reading FC.
  • 5' Players seem to put ease on their energy level Spectators hardly appreciate such approach. Teams need to speed up the tempo.
  • 10' Cheltenham Town FC seems to be on a short break. The game is mainly concentrated in the center. It’s high time they got back to action. Otherwise, it looks like a goalless game.
  • 15' David Button needs to be pretty careful with his discipline considering 3 Yellow cards this season.
  • 20' While there is no rush on the pitch, let’s have a look at some stats. Robert Street made 307 appearances and scored 7 goals. He is very likely to score a goal today.
  • 25' While players are taking a pause, let’s have a look at their stats. The teams met 0 times this season with winning -% of all matches.
  • 27' Amadou Salif Mbengue was booked on 27.
  • 29' GOAL! Liam Sercombe scores on 29. Assisted by Sean Long
  • 32' That looks like a foul for a card for Sam Smith.
  • 36' Reading FC receives a card for a hard tackle on 36.
  • 37' GOAL! David Button scores on 37.
  • 42' The travelling Reading FC supporters hardly appreciate their team being pressed down to the backline.
  • 45' Jeriel Dorsett puts Reading FC on the lead.
  • 45' Aidan Keena has so much to prove this time. He replaces Robert Street on 45 minute.
  • 47' What a strike from Paul Mukairu! The score is 1-3.
  • 52' The teams are not in a rush to score plenty of goals. It might look strange considering Cheltenham Town FC that had 145 games and scored 175 goals.
  • 57' Both teams are passing the ball around with high level of urgency. Cheltenham Town FC needs to do something about it to get closer to the goal.
  • 62' Another substitution for Reading FC to replace Amadou Salif Mbengue by Tyler Bindon on 62 minute.
  • 67' The referee calls foul for Tom Pett. He receives a card.
  • 72' It’s high time Ruben Selles made some changes to put the his team’s game back to action.
  • 76' The supporters are chanting for Ben Elliott. He replaces Paul Mukairu on 76 minute.
  • 79' Liam Smith is having his name booked by the referee on 79.
  • 84' Tom Holmes has certainly something to prove this evening. He made 46 appearances with only 0 goals this season.
  • 86' Another change for Reading FC made on 86 minute. Michael Craig leaves to be changed by Charlie Savage.
  • 89' Reading FC player sees a card in front of him.
  • The final whistle. It looks like we are having a draw.

• Cheltenham Town FC

  Starting XI

  • 3
    Ben Williams
  • 8
    Liam Sercombe
  • 6
    Lewis Freestone
  • 14
    Curtis Thompson
  • 2
    Sean Long
  • 22
    Liam Smith
  • 1
    Luke Southwood
  • 4
    Tom Bradbury
  • 11
    Robert Street ↓ Aidan Keena 45'
  • 19
    George Lloyd
  • 34
    Tom Pett

  Bench

  • 10
    Aidan Keena ↑ 45'
  • 24
    Grant Horton
  • 21
    James Pardington
  • 15
    Will Ferry
  • 23
    Elliot Bonds
  • 7
    Oliver Hammond
  • 38
    Nathan Butler-Oyedeji

  Coach Darrell Clarke

  Reading FC

  Starting XI

  • 3
    Tom Holmes
  • 1
    David Button
  • 29
    Lewis Wing
  • 10
    Sam Smith
  • 7
    Harvey Knibbs
  • 20
    Jeriel Dorsett
  • 32
    Nelson Abbey
  • 11
    Femi Azeez
  • 12
    Paul Mukairu ↓ Ben Elliott 76'
  • 27
    Amadou Salif Mbengue ↓ Tyler Bindon 62'
  • 36
    Michael Craig ↓ Charlie Savage 86'

  Bench

  • 22
    Joel Pereira
  • 2
    Clinton Mola
  • 8
    Charlie Savage ↑ 86'
  • 42
    Caylan Vickers
  • 24
    Tyler Bindon ↑ 62'
  • 15
    Kelvin Ehibhationhan
  • 4
    Ben Elliott ↑ 76'

  Coach Ruben Selles

• Head to Head

  2023-08-15 Reading FC 1–0 Cheltenham Town FC

  Cheltenham Town FC Form

  2023-12-26 Cheltenham Town FC 2–0 Shrewsbury Town FC W 2023-12-23 Carlisle United FC 0–1 Cheltenham Town FC W 2023-12-16 Cheltenham Town FC 1–2 Leyton Orient FC L 2023-12-09 Bristol Rovers FC 1–1 Cheltenham Town FC D 2023-11-28 Charlton Athletic FC 2–1 Cheltenham Town FC L

  Reading FC Form

  2023-12-26 Peterborough United FC 2–2 Reading FC D 2023-12-23 Reading FC 2–0 Wigan Athletic FC W 2023-12-16 Lincoln City FC 1–1 Reading FC D 2023-12-12 Reading FC 1–1 Oxford United FC D 2023-12-09 Reading FC 1–3 Barnsley FC L