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Kelvin Ehibhatiomhan secures victory for Reading after they had surrendered two-goal advantage Nigel Lonwijk's excellent long-range strike had briefly drawn Luton level Jordan Clark halved the deficit for the visitors after Jack Marriott's finish from outside the area Lewis Wing converted early penalty for the home side after Hatters keeper Josh Keeley brought down Daniel Kyerewaa The Royals move up to 14th in the table while Luton stay seventh Former Reading CEO Nigel Howe has served a winding-up petition against the Royals Dan George and Joe Boon HT: Reading 1-0 Luton Town As we break let's bring a story to your attention from earlier today about Reading. The Royals have been served with a winding-up petition by their former chief executive over what he said is lost earnings or money owed to him amounting to £99, 614. Nigel Howe, who worked at the club for 29 years, said he was "disappointed that it has come to this", following a hearing in November. You can read more about this story here. HT: Reading 1-0 Luton Mick Gooding Ex-Reading player/manager on BBC Radio Berkshire The manager will be very pleased, I have to say that Pereira has pulled off two very good saves but other than that Reading have looked very comfortable in that first half. Luton huff and puff, they keep the ball well, but they don't get enough players in the box. They're a bit too intricate, they try to walk the ball in but Reading have defended well. Reading 1-0 Luton Town After a couple of long Reading throws were comfortably dealt with by Luton and no real chances of note for either side in injury time, the referee blows for half time. Reading are ahead thanks to Lewis Wing's strike from the penalty spot after Daniel Kyerewaa was brought down in the box by Hatters keeper Josh Keeley. The travelling Luton fans boo as the whistle sounds, not happy with their side's performance after 45 minutes. Reading 1-0 Luton Town We hit the 45-minute mark and the fourth official indicates there will be five minutes of added time. The visitors are having to make an enforced change here as Kal Naismith is coming off for Shayden Morris after picking up an injury. Reading 1-0 Luton Town Luton's Kal Naismith makes a poor challenge on Randell Williams, lunging from behind and gives away a foul but is perhaps a little lucky to not be booked. From the resulting free-kick the ball is crossed into the box by Lewis Wing and headed down before both Josh Keeley and Jeriel Dorsett try and pick up possession. The Luton keeper gets there first and Dorsett jumps to try and avoid the player but is caught as he launches himself and acrobatically flips before landing awkwardly. Thankfully he looks to be okay after taking a moment. Reading 1-0 Luton Geoff Doyle Commentator on BBC Three Counties Radio Luton are undeservedly a goal down here, they probably deserve to be ahead, let alone level, they look much better than they did in the Orient game. This is the best I've seen them play in a while, but they do find themselves trailing. Reading 1-0 Luton Town Luton have another chance to score but Joel Pereira is on hand to make another brilliant save. Cohen Bramall has a shot low from the edge of the box but Pereira gets down well to keep it out and gather the ball before the onrushing Luton players could get there. He appears to have hurt himself in the process and while he receives some treatment both sides take another brief break. Reading 1-0 Luton Town Luton's Nakhi Wells has a low shot from the edge of the box which is well saved by Reading keeper Joel Pereira. Luton have continued to enjoy the majority of possession in this game but Reading boss Leam Richardson will be happy with his side's performance after 30 minutes. Reading 1-0 Luton Town A little bit of a worry here for Luton Town as Lamine Fanne has gone down. The Luton midfielder lunged in for a challenge with Reading defender Paudie O'Connor and appeared to come off second best. After a short break for Fanne to receive some treatment we get the game back under way, he is on his feet and looks okay to continue for now. Reading 1-0 Luton Luke Ashmead BBC Three Counties Radio sport It's not been a game stacked with quality, but I think there's goals in this. There's been enough from Luton to be positive about, the team feels like it has a slightly better balance to it. Reading 1-0 Luton Town Kamari Doyle shows some more ability on the ball as he beats a man and then plays the ball over the top for Randell Williams to race on to. But the Reading man is just beaten to the ball outside the box by Josh Keeley who this time deals well with the situation. Reading 1-0 Luton Town Reading's Jack Marriott runs in behind the opposition backline and takes the ball well but the assistant referee raises his flag for offside. Moments later, Kamari Doyle shows some good feet to escape a Luton midfielder before playing in Daniel Kyerewaa down the left. He dashes down the line and then looks to return the ball to Doyle but his pass falls short and is cleared. Reading 1-0 Luton Mick Gooding Ex-Reading player/manager on BBC Radio Berkshire It's goals that count, goals change games. We know that you can have all the possession in the world, but unless you are creating chances to score, it doesn't mean much. Reading 1-0 Luton Town Luton have another effort as a shot comes in from Gideon Kodua just outside the box and takes a nick off Jeriel Dorsett before going behind for a corner. The ball then comes in from the set-piece and appears to hit Lewis Wing, forcing Joel Pereira into making a brilliant reaction save, punching the ball away. Reading 1-0 Luton Town Luton started this game well and since the restart they have continued to assert their dominance. After 12 minutes they have had just under 80 per cent of possession but have only had that one real chance to score when Cohen Bramall earlier dragged his effort wide of the goal. Reading 1-0 Luton Jonny Saunders Commentator on BBC Radio Berkshire You'll never seen a goal that will be more aptly described as a counter-attack as the chance that led to the penalty with Kyerewaa being brought down in the box after Luton had dominated much of the game. Lewis Wing (8 mins) Lewis Wing slots the ball home! He works his way up to the ball and calmly strikes it into the right-hand side of the net before running off and celebrating in front of the home fans. What a start by the hosts early on. Reading 0-0 Luton Luke Ashmead BBC Three Counties Radio sport It's a terrible decision from Josh Keeley. The ball is going out, even if the Reading player gets the ball he has to turn and come out, really poor decision making from Keeley. Reading 0-0 Luton Town Reading have a penalty! Daniel Kyerewaa is taken out in the box by Reading keeper Josh Keeley after he was played through on goal, via a slight deflection, and took the ball away from the Hatters keeper. Reading 0-0 Luton Town Luton come close with their first chance of the game after a positive start to proceedings. The Hatters work the ball nicely out to the left side of the box where Cohen Bramall is found in some space and shoots with his left foot but it is well wide of the goal. Kelvin Ehibhatiomhan scored his fourth goal of the season Luton's League One play-off push suffered a setback when they fell to defeat at struggling Reading. Despite fighting back from two goals down to level at 2-2 late on, Reading substitute Kelvin Ehibhatiomhan snatched a 78th-minute winner to end the Hatters' four-match unbeaten league run. Jack Wilshere's side started the stronger, with Cohen Bramall driving wide after finding space, but Reading soon found themselves ahead. Hatters goalkeeper Josh Keeley clumsily felled Daniel Kyerewaa following a swift home break and Lewis Wing coolly converted from the spot for his sixth goal of the season in the eighth minute. Town could have equalised shortly afterwards but Reading goalkeeper Joel Pereira made a superb save to turn over an inswinging Kal Naismith corner that had flicked goalwards off Wing's thigh. The Royals struck again in the 52nd minute when patient build-up play ended with Randell Williams setting up Jack Marriott to sweetly drill home from the edge of the area against his former club. Luton pulled a goal back seven minutes later when Wing made a hash of clearing a Shayden Morris cross and Jordan Clark poked in the loose ball. Full-back Nigel Lonwijk then crashed home a glorious equaliser from distance in the 76th minute, only for Ehibhatiomhan to guide the winner past Keeley from a tight angle just two minutes later. Report supplied by PA Media. Comments can not be loaded To load Comments you need to enable Java Script in your browser Last Updated 18th December 2025 at 21: 58 Please Note: All times UK. Tables are subject to change. The BBC is not responsible for any changes that may be made. Manager: Leam Richardson Formation: 4 - 2 - 3 - 1 Manager: Jack Wilshere Formation: 4 - 2 - 3 - 1 Manager: Leam Richardson Formation: 4 - 2 - 3 - 1 Manager: Jack Wilshere Formation: 4 - 2 - 3 - 1 League One All competitions All competitions All competitions Reading are winless across their last five league games against Luton Town (D3 L2), scoring just one goal in total across that time. Luton Town will be looking to remain unbeaten across three away league games against Reading for just the second time (W1 D1), after a six-match run between 1937 and 1994. Reading have scored just 21 goals across their opening 19 League One games so far this season, their fewest at this stage of a third tier campaign since 1991-92 (also 21). Luton have netted 14 goals from set pieces in League One this season – the most of any side – whilst Reading have struck just one in total – three fewer than any other team in the third tier.   Copyright © 2025 BBC. 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