Plymouth Argyle vs Reading; Sky Bet League One
Plymouth Argyle vs Reading. Sky Bet League One.
Home Park.
Plymouth Argyle 1
- J Ralls (sent off 12th minute)
- X Amaechi (68th minute)
Reading 4
- L Wing (14th minute pen, 18th minute)
- K Doyle (20th minute)
- J Marriott (86th minute)
Plymouth 1-4 Reading
Friday 26 December 2025 18:01, UK
Reading ended resurgent Plymouth's three-match League One winning run with a 4-1 result at Home Park.
Skipper Lewis Wing scored twice in five first-half minutes as the Royals rushed into a 3-0 lead.
Wing opened the scoring from a 13th-minute penalty after Joe Ralls was red-carded for a foul on Reading defender Derrick Williams as Argyle failed to clear a corner.
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Five minutes later, Wing wrestled the ball off Bali Mumba on the edge of box before hammering in past the diving Conor Hazard.
Jack Marriott then won a header to tee up Kamari Doyle, who first-timed home from 15 yards past the diving Hazard to make it 3-0 within 20 minutes.
Argyle substitute Xavier Amaechi pulled one back with a thumping 20-yard strike into the top cornerin the 68th minute after being teed up by Malachi Boateng.
Argyle top scorer Lorent Tolaj's 73rd-minute penalty was then saved by Joel Pereira after a foul on Mumba by substitute Kelvin Abrefa.
And Reading completed the rout four minutes from time when Marriott latched on to a through ball from Wing before finishing with a clinical half volley.