When : Tuesday 8th August 2023, 7.45pm
Where : The Den, London, SE16 3LN
Capacity : 20,146
And so onto Millwall for an irrelevant (at this stage) cup game against a team from a higher division who will, hopefully, no doubt field their second string.
While in all liklihood you'd expect Reading to do the same, I actually think that Selles will select a strong XI as he seeks to continue to try and "gel" many of the "first team" together, though Carroll may be rested after playing the whole 98 minutes on Saturday. Think this approach to the game will be especially true if a raft of signings rock up on Monday.
Still at least it's a game where the result doesn't matter really though a first win in 14 competitive games (19 across all games), since February would be nice!
Referee
Lee Doughty
Previously
15 Mar 22 > Bournemouth 1-1 Reading
28 Aug 21 > Huddersfield Town 4-0 Reading
25 Nov 20 > Millwall 1-1 Reading
Historically
Last time away at Millwall in the League Cup Reading lost 4-3 and went out 5-4 on aggregate. That was on 4 Sep 1984 and was a relief to many Reading fans at the game as Reading kept taking the lead in the game which was a rather worrying thing to do at Millwall back then when teams took these cup games seriously.
How to follow the game
- Get a ticket and go
- Listen to Radio 5 Live and/or a myriad of other radio stations for score flashes
- Ring/text a mate for updates
- Use a RoyalsTV subscription
- BBC Radio Berkshire (FM : 104.4, 104.1 or 95.4 depending where you are in the area)
