FA Cup · 4th Round

Manchester United v Reading

3–1

HT 0–0

Saturday 28th January 2023 · Old Trafford · Att: 73,460

Manchester United beat Reading 3–1 at Old Trafford on Saturday 28th January 2023 in the FA Cup. Casemiro (54', 58') and Fred (66') scored for United. United were captained by Harry Maguire, and the referee was Darren England.

Timeline

Running score

Kick Off
Half Time 0–0
54' Casemiro Assist: Antony 1–0
57' Fredico "Fred" Rodrigues for Eriksen
58' Casemiro Assist: Fred 2–0
60' Andy Carroll
65' Andy Carroll 2nd yellow
66' Fred Assist: Bruno Fernandes 3–0
68' Facundo Pellistri for Fernandes
68' Alejandro Garnacho for Rashford
72' Amadou Mbengue Assist: Thomas Ince 3–1
73' Anthony Elanga for Weghorst
73' Kobbie Mainoo for Casemiro
78' Tyrell Malacia
Full Time 3–1

Match Facts

78%

Possession

4-2-3-1

Formation

Darren England

Referee

Harry Maguire

Captain

Starting XI

Player

18 Carlos Casemiro 54', 58'

21 Antony dos Santos

27 Wout Weghorst

29 Aaron Wan-Bissaka

Substitutes

Fredico "Fred" Rodrigues

57' for Eriksen

66'

68' for Fernandes

68' for Rashford

73' for Weghorst

73' for Casemiro

Reading Lineup

5-3-2

Starting XI

1 Joe Lumley G

2 Andy Carroll CF-R

3 Thomas Holmes CD

5 Tom Mcintyre CD-L

8 Jeff Hendrick CM-L

9 Lucas João CF-L

10 Tom Ince CM-R

12 Abdul Rahman Baba LB

17 Andy Yiadom CD-R

22 Mamadou Loum CM

23 Junior Hoilett RB

Substitutes

6 Scott Dann

7 Shane Long on

11 Yakou Meite

15 Femi Azeez

18 Nesta Guinness-Walker

19 Tyrese Fornah on

21 Dean Bouzanis on

27 Amadou Salif Mbengue on

36 Michael Craig on

Opposition lineup via ESPN. Opposition players do not have profile pages on this site.

Managers

MUFC

Erik ten Hag

Manchester United

OPP

Paul Ince

Reading

Match Information

Man Utd

4-2-3-1

Formation

Reading

5-3-2

Man Utd Reading

78%

Possession

22%

2.8

Expected Goals (xG)

0.6

Shots

Shots on Target

Shots Inside Box

Shots Outside Box

Big Chances

Corners

Fouls

Offsides

Saves

7.30

Avg Player Rating

6.10

28.0

Avg Age

29.0

United vs Reading History

Meeting 22 of 22

Played

Won

Drawn

Lost

Goals For

Goals Against

All-time record, from the first meeting on Saturday 24th February 1912.

16 Mar 2013 W 1–0 PL 7 Jan 2017 W 4–0 FAC 5 Jan 2019 W 2–0 FAC

28 Jan 2023 W 3–1 This match

All-time	P	W	D	L	F	A	Win%
Home	12	9	3	0	26	8	75.0
Away	9	5	4	0	19	10	55.6
Neutral	1	0	0	1	1	2	0.0

All 22 meetings with Reading →

Match results, lineups and goalscorers compiled from mufcinfo.com; advanced match statistics (xG, shots, possession) via FBref and FotMob where available. Last updated 29 September 2026. How we compile this data →