English Carabao Cup

FT Tuesday, September 23, 2025
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Wrexham DWWLW 2
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Match Report

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Wrexham reach League Cup 4th round for 1st time in 48 years

Nathan Broadhead inspired Wrexham to a 2-0 victory over League One Reading to take them into the fourth round of the League Cup for the first time since 1978.

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Head to Head

REA leads series 3-1

Lineups

WXM · 3-4-2-1

  1. 25Callum BurtonG
  2. 24Dan ScarrCD
  3. 2Callum DoyleCD-L
  4. 3Lewis BruntCD-R
  5. 14George ThomasonCM-L
  6. 37Matty JamesCM-R
  7. 7James McCleanLM
  8. 29Ryan BarnettRM
  9. 28Sam SmithF
  10. 33Nathan BroadheadCF-L
  11. 38Elliott LeeCF-R

Substitutes

  1. 47Ryan LongmanSUB
  2. 15George DobsonSUB
  3. 19Kieffer MooreSUB
  4. 27Lewis O'BrienSUB
  5. 4Max CleworthSUB
  6. 1Arthur OkonkwoSUB
  7. 12Issa KaboréSUB
  8. 9Ryan HardieSUB
  9. 6Conor CoadySUB

REA · 4-2-3-1

  1. 25Jack StephensG
  2. 5Matty JacobCD-L
  3. 22Michael SticklandCD-R
  4. 19Andre GarciaLB
  5. 2Kelvin AbrefaRB
  6. 29Kamari DoyleAM
  7. 8Charlie SavageLM
  8. 4Benjamin ElliottRM
  9. 20Mark O’MahonyF
  10. 9Kelvin EhibhatiomhanAM-L
  11. 11Daniel KyerewaaAM-R

Substitutes

  1. 32Paddy LaneSUB
  2. 39Ashqar AhmedSUB
  3. 36John RyanSUB
  4. 38Phillip DuahSUB
  5. 10Lewis WingSUB
  6. 6Liam FraserSUB
  7. 1Joel PereiraSUB
  8. 14Tivonge RusheshaSUB
  9. 57Sean PattonSUB

Timeline

  1. 34' George Thomason (Wrexham) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  2. 45' Substitution, Reading. John Ryan replaces Andre Garcia because of an injury.
  3. 57' Goal! Wrexham 1, Reading 0. Nathan Broadhead (Wrexham) right footed shot from the left side of the box to the top right corner.
  4. 66' Substitution, Reading. Liam Fraser replaces Ben Elliott.
  5. 66' Substitution, Reading. Lewis Wing replaces Charlie Savage.
  6. 66' Substitution, Reading. Paddy Lane replaces Daniel Kyerewaa.
  7. 66' Substitution, Reading. Tivonge Rushesha replaces Kelvin Ehibhatiomhan.
  8. 70' Goal! Wrexham 2, Reading 0. Sam Smith (Wrexham) left footed shot from very close range to the centre of the goal.
  9. 72' Substitution, Wrexham. Ryan Longman replaces Ryan Barnett.
  10. 72' Substitution, Wrexham. George Dobson replaces Nathan Broadhead.
  11. 72' Substitution, Wrexham. Lewis O'Brien replaces George Thomason.
  12. 79' Substitution, Wrexham. Max Cleworth replaces Callum Doyle.
  13. 87' Substitution, Wrexham. Ryan Hardie replaces Sam Smith.

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