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EFL Trophy 2023/2024 - Round 3 - Southern Section - Group G

Select Car Leasing Stadium - Reading - England

November 14, 2023 - 19:00

Reading

5 - 2

Arsenal U-23

Assist by Nesta Guinness-Walker (right foot) Kelvin Ehibhatiomhan

13'

Assist by Paul Omo Mukairu (right foot) Caylan Vickers

24'

Assist by Michael Craig (right foot) Kelvin Ehibhatiomhan

35'

Assist by Kelvin Ehibhatiomhan (right foot) Harvey Knibbs

68'

Assist by Paul Omo Mukairu (left foot) Sam Smith

90+5'

33'

Fabio Vieira (penalty)

53'

Khayon Edwards (right foot) Assist by Reiss Nelson

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13' - Goal Kelvin Ehibhatiomhan13

24' - Goal Caylan Vickers24

33' - Goal Fabio Vieira

35' - Goal Kelvin Ehibhatiomhan35

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48' - Yellow card Nesta Guinness-Walker48

53' - Goal Khayon Edwards

54' - Yellow card Thomas Holmes54

55' - Substitution Jack Henry-Francisis substituted by Jimi Gower

56' - Substitution Bradley Ibrahimis substituted by Miguel Azeez

60' - Missed penalty Kelvin Ehibhatiomhan60

63' - Substitution Nesta Guinness-Walkeris substituted by Lewis Wing63

64' - Substitution Jayden Warehamis substituted by Harvey Knibbs64

67' - Yellow card Michael Craig67

68' - Goal Harvey Knibbs68

73' - Substitution Amadou Salif Mbengueis substituted by Clinton Mola photo Sam Smith

73' - Substitution Kelvin Ehibhatiomhanis substituted by Sam Smith73

78' - Substitution Zane Monlouisis substituted by Seb Ferdinand

82' - Missed penalty Fabio Vieira

86' - Substitution Caylan Vickersis substituted by Charlie Wellens86

95' - Goal Sam Smith95

95' - Substitution Reiss Nelsonis substituted by Josh Nichols

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Reading

5 - 2

Arsenal U-23

Reading Arsenal U-23

Team line-ups

Reading

forward

offensive midfielder

midfielder

defensive midfielder

defender

sweeper

goalkeeper

19Wareham64

Jayden Wareham

England

B.date30/05/2003

Age20 years

positionForward

15Ehibhatiomhan351373

Kelvin Ehibhatiomhan

England

B.date23/04/2003

Age20 years

H1m91

positionForward

12Mukairu

Paul Omo Mukairu

Nigeria

B.date18/01/2000

Age23 years

H1m82

positionLeft Winger

36Craig67

Michael Craig

Scotland

B.date16/04/2003

Age20 years

positionDefensive Midfielder

27Mbengue73

Amadou Salif Mbengue

Senegal

B.date05/01/2002

Age21 years

positionMidfield

42Vickers2486

Caylan Vickers

England

B.date22/12/2004

Age18 years

H1m72

positionOffensive Midfielder

47Carson

Matty Carson

England

B.date17/10/2002

Age21 years

positionLeft full-back

6Dean

Harlee Dean

England

B.date26/07/1991

Age32 years

H1m91

positionRight central defender

3Holmes54

Thomas Holmes

England

B.date12/03/2000

Age23 years

H1m89

positionCentral defender

18Guinness-Walker6348

Nesta Guinness-Walker

England

B.date14/09/1999

Age24 years

positionLeft full-back

22Pereira

Joel Pereira

Portugal

B.date28/06/1996

Age27 years

H1m88

positionGoalkeeper

First 11				Age	Match num	Note
22	G	Joel Pereira		27	2	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
3	D	Thomas Holmes	54	23	122	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
6	D	Harlee Dean		32	14	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
18	D	Nesta Guinness-Walker	6348	24	40	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
47	D	Matty Carson		21	14	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
36	M	Michael Craig	67	20	16	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
27	M	Amadou Salif Mbengue	73	21	40	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
42	M	Caylan Vickers	2486	18	16	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
15	F	Kelvin Ehibhatiomhan	351373	20	30	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
19	F	Jayden Wareham	64	20	3	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
12	M	Paul Omo Mukairu		23	12	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

22.6 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Arsenal U-23

forward

offensive midfielder

midfielder

defensive midfielder

defender

sweeper

goalkeeper

47Edwards53

Khayon Edwards

England

B.date12/09/2003

Age20 years

H1m80

positionCentre forward

24Nelson90+5

Reiss Nelson

England

B.date10/12/1999

Age23 years

H1m75

positionRight Winger

21Vieira33

Fabio Vieira

Portugal

B.date30/05/2000

Age23 years

H1m70

positionOffensive Midfielder

71Sagoe Jr

Charles Sagoe Jr

England

B.date24/07/2004

Age19 years

positionLeft Winger

55Ibrahim56

Bradley Ibrahim

England

B.date21/10/2004

Age19 years

positionCentre Midfield

53Henry-Francis55

Jack Henry-Francis

Republic of Ireland

B.date23/09/2003

Age20 years

H1m81

positionDefensive Midfielder

79Heaven

Ayden Heaven

England

B.date22/09/2006

Age17 years

H1m89

positionCentral defender

50Foran

Taylor Foran

England

B.date14/10/2003

Age20 years

H1m96

positionCentral defender

61Monlouis78

Zane Monlouis

England

B.date16/10/2003

Age20 years

H1m86

positionCentral defender

76Walters

Reuell Walters

England

B.date16/12/2004

Age18 years

H1m83

positionRight full-back

48Ejeheri

Ovie Ejeheri

England

B.date23/04/2003

Age20 years

H1m95

positionGoalkeeper

First 11				Age	Match num	Note
48	G	Ovie Ejeheri		20	21	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
61	D	Zane Monlouis	78	20	49	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
50	D	Taylor Foran		20	33	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
79	D	Ayden Heaven		17	4	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
76	D	Reuell Walters		18	47	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
53	M	Jack Henry-Francis	55	20	44	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
55	M	Bradley Ibrahim	56	19	21	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
21	M	Fabio Vieira	33	23	1	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
24	M	Reiss Nelson	90+5	23	7	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
71	M	Charles Sagoe Jr		19	42	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
47	F	Khayon Edwards	53	20	32	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

19.9 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Substitutes				Age	Match num	Note
1	G	David Button		34
59	D	Ashqar Ahmed
58	D	Charlie Wellens	86	20	1	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
29	M	Lewis Wing	63	28	16	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
2	M	Clinton Mola	73	22	7	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
7	F	Harvey Knibbs	6864	24	21	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
10	F	Sam Smith	9573	25	17	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Substitutes				Age	Match num	Note
54	G	James Hillson		22
87	D	Maldini Kacurri		18
89	D	Josh Nichols	90+5	17	4	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
51	M	Jimi Gower	55	19	12	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
39	M	Miguel Azeez	56	21	36	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
66	M	Ismail Oulad M'Hand		18
84	F	Seb Ferdinand	78	17	2	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Michael Craig

Sam Hutchinson

OUT

Joel Pereira

David Button

OUT

Nesta Guinness-Walker

Andy Yiadom

OUT

Jayden Wareham

Sam Smith

OUT

Amadou Salif Mbengue

Lewis Wing

OUT

Paul Omo Mukairu

Harvey Knibbs

OUT

Matty Carson

Jeriel Dorsett

OUT

Harlee Dean

Nelson Abbey

OUT

Caylan Vickers

Femi Azeez

OUT

Kelvin Ehibhatiomhan

Dominic Ballard

OUT

Thomas Holmes

Tyler Bindon

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Jack Henry-Francis

Josh Nichols

OUT

Bradley Ibrahim

Michal Rosiak

OUT

Reiss Nelson

Amario Cozier-Duberry

OUT

Fabio Vieira

Jimi Gower

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Ruben Selles

Success rate in this team:

36 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

25 %

Selles vs Arsenal U-23

1 victory

0 draw

0 loss

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Referee

Alan Young

1 victory	0 draw	0 loss	Reading1 match	General total	Arsenal U-232 matches	1 victory	0 draw	1 loss
1 victory	0 draw	0 loss	Reading1 match	Season total	Arsenal U-231 match	0 victory	0 draw	1 loss
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Assistant Referee

Sean Rothwell

1 victory	0 draw	0 loss	Reading1 match	General total	Arsenal U-231 match	0 victory	0 draw	1 loss
1 victory	0 draw	0 loss	Reading1 match	Season total	Arsenal U-231 match	0 victory	0 draw	1 loss
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Assistant Referee

Daniel Flynn

1 victory	0 draw	0 loss	Reading1 match	General total	Arsenal U-231 match	0 victory	0 draw	1 loss
1 victory	0 draw	0 loss	Reading1 match	Season total	Arsenal U-231 match	0 victory	0 draw	1 loss
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4th official

Stacey Pearson

1 victory	0 draw	0 loss	Reading1 match	General total	Arsenal U-231 match	0 victory	0 draw	1 loss
1 victory	0 draw	0 loss	Reading1 match	Season total	Arsenal U-231 match	0 victory	0 draw	1 loss
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Videos

November 15, 2023

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Key figures

It's the first time Fabio Vieira scores 1 goal vs Reading in his professional career

It's the first time Harvey Knibbs scores a goal vs Arsenal U-23 in his professional career since the 05/11/2019 (with Cambridge United vs Arsenal U-23)

It's the first time Harvey Knibbs scores 1 goal vs Arsenal U-23 in his professional career with Reading

Read the next 9 key stats

General ranking

1	Reading	9 pts	3 rd
2	Arsenal U-23	5 pts	3 rd
3	Swindon Town	1 pt	2 rd
4	Exeter City	0 pt	2 rd

General ranking

1	Reading	9 pts	3 rd
2	Arsenal U-23	5 pts	3 rd
3	Swindon Town	1 pt	2 rd
4	Exeter City	0 pt	2 rd

Pre-match

Current form

Home

DReading 0-0 Burton Albion30/09/2023

VReading 5-0 Swindon Town10/10/2023

LReading 1-2 Fleetwood Town24/10/2023

LReading 2-3 Portsmouth28/10/2023

VReading 3-2 Milton Keynes04/11/2023

DReading 1-1 Bristol Rovers07/11/2023

Overall

LCharlton 4-0 Reading21/10/2023

LReading 1-2 Fleetwood Town24/10/2023

LReading 2-3 Portsmouth28/10/2023

VReading 3-2 Milton Keynes04/11/2023

DReading 1-1 Bristol Rovers07/11/2023

LShrewsbury Town 3-2 Reading11/11/2023

Current form

Away

VEverton U-23 1-4 Arsenal28/04/2023

DSwindon Town 2-2 Arsenal22/08/2023

LNottingham Forest U-23 2-0 Arsenal28/08/2023

VManchester United U-23 2-4 Arsenal23/09/2023

DEverton U-23 1-1 Arsenal29/09/2023

VExeter City 0-5 Arsenal10/10/2023

Overall

VArsenal 3-0 Reading U-2303/09/2023

VManchester United U-23 2-4 Arsenal23/09/2023

DEverton U-23 1-1 Arsenal29/09/2023

VExeter City 0-5 Arsenal10/10/2023

VArsenal 6-3 Brighton & Hove U-2329/10/2023

DArsenal 3-3 Manchester City U-2303/11/2023

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Drawing streak	1	0
Loosing streak	0	1
Unbeaten streak	2	0
Winless streak	1	2
Drawless streak	0	1
Scoring streak	5	5
Conceding streak	4	6

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Winning streak	1	0
Drawing streak	0	1
Unbeaten streak	3	6
Winless streak	0	1
Drawless streak	1	0
Scoring streak	3	6
Conceding streak	0	2
Invincibility streak	1	0

Statistical comparison of the season

Rankings

1	General ranking (Competition total)	2
1	General ranking (Home / Away)	1

Ranking evolution during the season

Results

2	Number of games (Competition total)	2
1	Number of games (Home / Away)	2
2	Victories (Competition total)	1
1	Victories (Home / Away)	1
0	Draws (Competition total)	1
0	Draws (Home / Away)	1
0	Losses (Competition total)	0
0	Losses (Home / Away)	0

Goals

14	Goals scored (Competition total)	7
5	Goals scored (Home / Away)	7
0	Goals conceded (Competition total)	2
0	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	2
7	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	3.5
5	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	3.5
0	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	1
0	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	1

Betting aid

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

Bookings

4	Yellow cards (Competition total)	3
3	Yellow cards (Home / Away)	3
0	Red cards (Competition total)	0
0	Red cards (Home / Away)	0

Key players

Harvey Knibbs	3 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	2 goals	Seb Ferdinand
Harvey Knibbs	3 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	2 goals	Seb Ferdinand
Harvey Knibbs	1 penalty	Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)		-
Harvey Knibbs	1 penalty	Team's penalty best scorer (Home / Away)		-
Dominic Ballard	2 assists	Player with most assists (Competition total)	1 assist	Jack Henry-Francis
Lewis Wing	1 assist	Player with most assists (Home / Away)	1 assist	Jack Henry-Francis
Harvey Knibbs	3 goals during the last match	The fittest player	2 goals, 1 assist during the last match	Seb Ferdinand