ReadingAttacking momentumChelsea U21
Preview
- 2026-10-13 at 19:00 GMT marks a key Regular season encounter between Reading and Chelsea U21 in 2026-2027's EFL Trophy.
- With the data available to us, Leam Richardson and Harry Hudson have not met as managers before.
- Neither Reading nor Chelsea U21 are missing any players.
- Projected to use a four-defender base in 4-2-3-1, Reading should be met by Chelsea U21's expected 3-4-3.
- Last time out, R. Dorsett Abraham Jeriel registered the best mark for Reading - 6.2 - and R. Watson did likewise for Chelsea U21 with an 6.2 score.
- Reading came off a win (5-1 vs Milton Keynes Dons) and Chelsea U21 also triumphed (3-1 vs Fulham U21).
- Both teams have been in great form: Reading 2-2-1 and Chelsea U21 3-1-1 over their last 5 matches.
- No historical head-to-head exists for Reading vs Chelsea U21 according to our records.
- With both sides enjoying similar home/away returns (0-1-0 vs 0-1-1) and scoring roughly 1.00-0.00 goals, a 0-0 draw seems on the cards.
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Predictions
Summary
Match Info
Team Kits
Reading
Chelsea U21
Events
| 21' | 0 - 1 | ||
| 25' | 0 - 2 | ||
HT 0 - 2 | |||
| 57' | |||
| 62' | |||
| 77' | |||
| 77' | |||
| 79' | H. Bettoni | ||
| 81' | |||
| 81' | |||
| 90+2' | H. McMahon | ||
| 90+2' | R. Watson | ||
Stats
Standings
TV Channels
Reading is going head to head with Chelsea U21 on 13/10/2026 18:00 GMT for the England EFL Trophy. You can view the match information, lineups, odds, live score, result, goalscorers, cards, substitutions, standings, recent form, player ratings, injuries, tv channels, our users most predicted scores and Reading v Chelsea U21 H2H statistics!