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Cheltenham 2-2 Reading - December 29, 2023 / Sky Bet League One 2023/2024

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Sky Bet League One 2023/2024 - Round 25

Completely-Suzuki Stadium - Cheltenham - England

December 29, 2023 - 19:45

5 941

Cheltenham

2 - 2

Reading

Assist by Sean Long (right foot) Liam Sercombe

29'

(o.g) David Button

37'

45'

Jeriel Dorsett (header) Assist by Lewis Wing

45+2'

Paul Omo Mukairu (header) Assist by Lewis Wing

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27' - Yellow card Amadou Salif Mbengue

29' - Goal Liam Sercombe29

32' - Yellow card Sam Smith

36' - Yellow card Jeriel Dorsett

37' - Own goal David Button37

45' - Goal Jeriel Dorsett

47' - Goal Paul Omo Mukairu

49' - Substitution Robert Streetis substituted by Aidan Keena49

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61' - Substitution Curtis Thompsonis substituted by Elliot Bonds photo Will Ferry

61' - Substitution Benjamin Williamsis substituted by Will Ferry61

62' - Substitution Amadou Salif Mbengueis substituted by Tyler Bindon

67' - Yellow card Tom Pett67

76' - Substitution Paul Omo Mukairuis substituted by Ben Elliott

77' - Substitution Liam Sercombeis substituted by Oliver Hammond photo Nathan Butler-Oyedeji

77' - Substitution George Lloydis substituted by Nathan Butler-Oyedeji77

79' - Yellow card Liam Smith79

86' - Substitution Michael Craigis substituted by Charlie Savage

89' - Yellow card Harvey Knibbs

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Cheltenham

2 - 2

Reading

Cheltenham Reading

Team line-ups

Cheltenham

forward

offensive midfielder

midfielder

defensive midfielder

defender

sweeper

goalkeeper

11Street45+4

Robert Street

England

B.date26/09/2001

Age22 years

H1m86

positionForward

19Lloyd77

George Lloyd

England

B.date11/02/2000

Age23 years

H1m75

positionCentre forward

3Williams61

Benjamin Williams

Wales

B.date31/03/1999

Age24 years

H1m78

positionLeft full-back

14Thompson61

Curtis Thompson

England

B.date09/03/1993

Age30 years

H1m78

positionRight full-back

8Sercombe2977

Liam Sercombe

England

B.date25/04/1990

Age33 years

H1m78

positionCentre Midfield

34Pett67

Tom Pett

England

B.date30/11/1991

Age32 years

H1m73

positionVersatile Offensive Midfielder

2Long

Sean Long

Republic of Ireland

B.date02/04/1995

Age28 years

H1m78

positionRight full-back

6Freestone

Lewis Freestone

England

B.date26/10/1999

Age24 years

H1m75

positionCentral defender

4Bradbury

Tom Bradbury

England

B.date27/02/1998

Age25 years

H1m90

positionCentral defender

22Smith79

Liam Smith

Scotland

B.date10/04/1996

Age27 years

positionRight full-back

1Southwood

Luke Southwood

Northern Ireland

B.date06/12/1997

Age26 years

H1m85

positionGoalkeeper

First 11				Age	Match num	Note
1	G	Luke Southwood		26	76	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
4	D	Tom Bradbury		25	29	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
6	D	Lewis Freestone		24	117	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
14	M	Curtis Thompson	61	30	19	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
3	M	Benjamin Williams	61	24	69	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
22	D	Liam Smith	79	27	13	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
2	M	Sean Long		28	192	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
8	M	Liam Sercombe	2977	33	163	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
34	M	Tom Pett	67	32	8	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
19	F	George Lloyd	77	23	119	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
11	F	Robert Street	45+4	22	24	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

26.7 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Reading

forward

offensive midfielder

midfielder

defensive midfielder

defender

sweeper

goalkeeper

10Smith32

Sam Smith

England

B.date08/03/1998

Age25 years

H1m81

positionForward

12Mukairu4776

Paul Omo Mukairu

Nigeria

B.date18/01/2000

Age23 years

H1m82

positionLeft Winger

7Knibbs89

Harvey Knibbs

England

B.date26/04/1999

Age24 years

H1m75

positionCentre forward

29Wing

Lewis Wing

England

B.date23/06/1995

Age28 years

H1m85

positionCentre Midfield

11Azeez

Femi Azeez

England

B.date05/06/2001

Age22 years

positionMidfield

36Craig86

Michael Craig

Scotland

B.date16/04/2003

Age20 years

positionDefensive Midfielder

20Dorsett4536

Jeriel Dorsett

Montserrat

B.date04/05/2002

Age21 years

H1m85

positionCentral defender

32Abbey

Nelson Abbey

England

B.date28/08/2003

Age20 years

H1m87

positionCentral defender

3Holmes

Thomas Holmes

England

B.date12/03/2000

Age23 years

H1m89

positionCentral defender

27Mbengue6227

Amadou Salif Mbengue

Senegal

B.date05/01/2002

Age21 years

positionMidfield

1Button37

David Button

England

B.date27/02/1989

Age34 years

H1m91

positionGoalkeeper

First 11				Age	Match num	Note
1	G	David Button	37	34	24	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
3	D	Thomas Holmes		23	129	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
32	D	Nelson Abbey		20	29	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
20	D	Jeriel Dorsett	4536	21	14	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
36	M	Michael Craig	86	20	25	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
27	D	Amadou Salif Mbengue	6227	21	50	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
29	M	Lewis Wing		28	26	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
11	M	Femi Azeez		22	65	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
12	M	Paul Omo Mukairu	4776	23	21	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
7	M	Harvey Knibbs	89	24	31	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
10	F	Sam Smith	32	25	27	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

23.7 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Substitutes				Age	Match num	Note
21	G	James Pardington		23
24	D	Grant Horton		22
23	M	Elliot Bonds	61	23	93	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
7	M	Oliver Hammond	77	21	11	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
10	F	Aidan Keena	45+4	24	46	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
15	F	Will Ferry	61	23	60	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
38	F	Nathan Butler-Oyedeji	77	20	10	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Substitutes				Age	Match num	Note
22	G	Joel Pereira		27
24	D	Tyler Bindon	62	18	21	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
8	M	Charlie Savage	86	20	26	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
4	M	Ben Elliott	76	21	24	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
2	M	Clinton Mola		22
42	M	Caylan Vickers		19
15	F	Kelvin Ehibhatiomhan		20

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Tom Pett

Elliot Bonds

OUT

Benjamin Williams

Will Ferry

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Sam Smith

Kelvin Ehibhatiomhan

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Darrell Clarke

Success rate in this team:

29 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

40 %

Clarke vs Reading

0 victory

1 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on December 29, 2023

Clarke vs Selles

0 victory

1 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on December 29, 2023

Manager

Age

Match num

Ruben Selles

Success rate in this team:

34 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

26 %

Selles vs Cheltenham

1 victory

1 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on December 29, 2023

Selles vs Clarke

0 victory

1 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on December 29, 2023

Referee

Scott Tallis

0 victory	1 draw	1 loss	Cheltenham2 matches	General total	Reading1 match	0 victory	1 draw	0 loss
0 victory	1 draw	1 loss	Cheltenham2 matches	Season total	Reading1 match	0 victory	1 draw	0 loss
Latest figure on February 27, 2024					Latest figure on December 29, 2023

4th official

Ollie Williams

0 victory	1 draw	0 loss	Cheltenham1 match	General total	Reading1 match	0 victory	1 draw	0 loss
0 victory	1 draw	0 loss	Cheltenham1 match	Season total	Reading1 match	0 victory	1 draw	0 loss
Latest figure on December 29, 2023					Latest figure on December 29, 2023

Videos

December 31, 2023

Comments

Key figures

It's the first time Jeriel Dorsett scores 1 goal vs Cheltenham in his professional career

Cheltenham keeps its 5 consecutive matches without a win vs Reading running (since 25/11/1950). It's a record streak. The first of history

It's the first time Jeriel Dorsett scores 1 goal in League One

Read the next 9 key stats

General ranking

20	Reading	24 pts	24 rd
21	Exeter City	23 pts	23 rd
22	Cheltenham	20 pts	23 rd
23	Fleetwood Town	18 pts	23 rd
24	Carlisle United	17 pts	24 rd

General ranking

+1	18	Wigan	26 pts	24 rd
-2	19	Wycombe Wanderers	25 pts	23 rd
	20	Reading	24 pts	24 rd
	21	Exeter City	23 pts	23 rd
	22	Cheltenham	20 pts	23 rd

Pre-match

Current form

Home

VCheltenham 1-0 Cambridge United21/10/2023

LCheltenham 0-4 West Ham U-2307/11/2023

DCheltenham 1-1 Wigan11/11/2023

VCheltenham 2-0 Oxford United25/11/2023

LCheltenham 1-2 Leyton Orient16/12/2023

VCheltenham 2-0 Shrewsbury Town26/12/2023

Overall

VCheltenham 2-0 Oxford United25/11/2023

LCharlton 2-1 Cheltenham28/11/2023

DBristol Rovers 1-1 Cheltenham09/12/2023

LCheltenham 1-2 Leyton Orient16/12/2023

VCarlisle United 0-1 Cheltenham23/12/2023

VCheltenham 2-0 Shrewsbury Town26/12/2023

Current form

Away

LCharlton 4-0 Reading21/10/2023

LShrewsbury Town 3-2 Reading11/11/2023

VWycombe Wanderers 1-2 Reading25/11/2023

LEastleigh 2-1 Reading03/12/2023

DLincoln City 1-1 Reading16/12/2023

DPeterborough United 2-2 Reading26/12/2023

Overall

DReading 1-1 Charlton06/12/2023

LReading 1-3 Barnsley09/12/2023

DReading 1-1 Oxford United12/12/2023

DLincoln City 1-1 Reading16/12/2023

VReading 2-0 Wigan23/12/2023

DPeterborough United 2-2 Reading26/12/2023

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Winning streak	1	2
Unbeaten streak	1	2
Drawless streak	3	3
Scoring streak	4	7
Invincibility streak	1	2

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Drawing streak	2	1
Unbeaten streak	2	4
Winless streak	3	1
Scoring streak	5	15
Conceding streak	9	1

Statistical comparison of the season

Rankings

22	General ranking (Competition total)	20
23	General ranking (Home / Away)	24

Ranking evolution during the season

Results

22	Number of games (Competition total)	23
11	Number of games (Home / Away)	11
5	Victories (Competition total)	6
3	Victories (Home / Away)	1
4	Draws (Competition total)	5
2	Draws (Home / Away)	2
13	Losses (Competition total)	12
6	Losses (Home / Away)	8

Goals

15	Goals scored (Competition total)	29
8	Goals scored (Home / Away)	11
30	Goals conceded (Competition total)	37
15	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	24
0.68	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	1.26
0.73	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	1
1.36	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	1.61
1.36	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	2.18

Betting aid

7	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	13
3	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	8
5	Clean sheets (Competition total)	4
3	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	0
11	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	5
5	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	3
7	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	15
3	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	8
0-3 (2 times)	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	0-1 (2 times)

Bookings

53	Yellow cards (Competition total)	50
24	Yellow cards (Home / Away)	24
5	Red cards (Competition total)	2
3	Red cards (Home / Away)	1

Key players

Will Goodwin	6 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	6 goals	Sam Smith
Liam Sercombe	2 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	3 goals	Sam Smith
Liam Sercombe	1 penalty	Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)		-
Liam Sercombe	1 penalty	Team's penalty best scorer (Home / Away)		-
Liam Sercombe	2 assists	Player with most assists (Competition total)	6 assists	Femi Azeez
Liam Sercombe	1 assist	Player with most assists (Home / Away)	4 assists	Femi Azeez
George Lloyd	2 goals, 2 assists during the last 4 matches	The fittest player	2 goals, 1 assist during the last 2 matches	Femi Azeez

Historical head to head

Home

2 matches

0 v

1 d

1 l

2 gf

3 ga

Away

3 matches

0 v

0 d

3 l

2 gf

6 ga

Total

5 matches

0 v

1 d

4 l

4 gf

9 ga

Historical head to head

Home

3 matches

3 v

0 d

0 l

6 gf

2 ga

Away

2 matches

1 v

1 d

0 l

3 gf

2 ga

Total

5 matches

4 v

1 d

0 l

9 gf

4 ga

Largest victory

No success yet

Largest victory

Overall	3 - 1	November 25, 1950
Away	2 - 1	November 17, 1956

Latest head to head

August 15, 2023 - Sky Bet League One 2023/2024

Reading

1 - 0

Cheltenham logo Cheltenham

January 20, 1998 - FA Cup 1997/1998

Reading

2 - 1

Cheltenham logo Cheltenham

January 13, 1998 - FA Cup 1997/1998

Cheltenham

1 - 1

Reading

November 17, 1956 - FA Cup 1956/1957

Cheltenham

1 - 2

Reading

November 25, 1950 - FA Cup 1950/1951

Reading

3 - 1

Cheltenham logo Cheltenham

Best historical scorers against Reading

	Clive Walker	1 goal	1998 - 1998
	Dale Watkins	1 goal	1998 - 1998

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 13/01/1998. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Cheltenham

	Trevor Morley	2 goals	1998 - 1998
	Martyn Booty	1 goal	1998 - 1998

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 13/01/1998. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Reading

Jason Eaton	2 matches	1998 - 1998
Chris Banks	2 matches	1998 - 1998
Jamie Victory	2 matches	1998 - 1998
Mark Freeman	2 matches	1998 - 1998
Steve Benton	2 matches	1998 - 1998
Steve Book	2 matches	1998 - 1998

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 13/01/1998. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Cheltenham

Andrew Bernal	2 matches	1998 - 1998
Gareth Davies	2 matches	1998 - 1998
Phil Parkinson	2 matches	1998 - 1998
Trevor Morley	2 matches	1998 - 1998
Jamie Lambert	2 matches	1998 - 1998
Nicky Hammond	2 matches	1998 - 1998

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 13/01/1998. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

They played in both sides

Sean Long

191 matches

1 match

2014 - 2023

Luke Southwood

75 matches

30 matches

2020 - 2023

Robert Dickie

56 matches

1 match

2015 - 2017

Jamie Cureton

36 matches

37 matches

2000 - 2014

Lloyd Owusu

26 matches

46 matches

2003 - 2009

Sam Smith

21 matches

26 matches

2017 - 2023

Total : 15 players

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 23/09/1998. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

They played in both sides

Michael Hector

20 matches

93 matches

2013 - 2016

Lloyd Owusu

26 matches

46 matches

2003 - 2009

Scott Murray

16 matches

40 matches

2003 - 2008

Jamie Cureton

36 matches

37 matches

2000 - 2014

Jake Taylor

11 matches

36 matches

2010 - 2015

Michail Antonio

9 matches

33 matches

2009 - 2012

Total : 15 players

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 23/09/1998. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Competition info

The other matches

December 29, 2023

Wigan

2 0

Carlisle United

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Bristol Rovers

2 1

Charlton

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February 27, 2024

Stevenage

1 0

Cambridge United

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Post-match general ranking

		pts	m	v	d	l	GF	GA	diff
1	Portsmouth	50	24	14	8	2	39	19	+20
+12	Bolton Wanderers	48	23	15	3	5	44	24	+20
-13	Peterborough United	46	24	13	7	4	47	25	+22
4	Derby County	46	23	14	4	5	42	20	+22
+15	Stevenage	43	24	12	7	5	36	23	+13
-16	Oxford United	43	24	13	4	7	40	28	+12
7	Barnsley	42	23	12	6	5	45	27	+18
8	Blackpool	36	25	10	6	9	40	32	+8
+19	Bristol Rovers	34	23	9	7	7	32	30	+2
+110	Northampton Town	33	24	10	3	11	30	33	-3
-211	Lincoln City	32	25	8	8	9	29	27	+2
12	Charlton	29	23	7	8	8	35	32	+3
13	Leyton Orient	29	24	7	8	9	23	31	-8
+214	Port Vale	29	23	8	5	10	24	33	-9
-115	Cambridge United	27	23	7	6	10	21	30	-9
+216	Burton Albion	27	24	7	6	11	20	33	-13
-217	Shrewsbury Town	27	25	8	3	14	14	35	-21
+118	Wigan	26	24	10	4	10	34	29	+5
-219	Wycombe Wanderers	25	23	6	7	10	25	31	-6
20	Reading	24	24	6	6	12	31	39	-8
21	Exeter City	23	23	6	5	12	14	33	-19
22	Cheltenham	20	23	5	5	13	17	32	-15
23	Fleetwood Town	18	23	4	6	13	20	39	-19
24	Carlisle United	17	24	3	8	13	18	35	-17

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Cheltenham 2-2 Reading - December 29, 2023 / Sky Bet League One 2023/2024

Cheltenham

2 - 2

Reading

Team line-ups

First 11

First 11

Substitutes

Substitutes

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Manager

Clarke vs Reading

Clarke vs Selles

Manager

Selles vs Cheltenham

Selles vs Clarke

Referee

4th official

Videos

Comments

Key figures

General ranking

General ranking

Pre-match

Current form

Current form

Running streaks

Running streaks

Statistical comparison of the season

Rankings

Ranking evolution during the season

Results

Goals

Betting aid

Bookings

Key players

Historical head to head

Historical head to head

Largest victory

Largest victory

Latest head to head

Best historical scorers against Reading

Best historical scorers against Cheltenham

Players with most games played vs Reading

Players with most games played vs Cheltenham

They played in both sides

They played in both sides

Competition info

The other matches

Post-match general ranking