UEFA Nations event
Reading U21 and Derby County U21 meet in Premier League 2 U21 — one fixture among the hundreds English football gets through, week in and week out, across a pyramid that runs from the Premier League all the way down to the regional divisions. Promotion and relegation tie every rung of that ladder together, which is why a result here matters whatever the level. Below: form, the head-to-head, and the goals, before any odds enter the picture.
Premier League 2 U21 · England · 24.08.2026 · kick-off 18:00 UTC
How Reading U21 and Derby County U21 have been playing
Form first — it's the freshest read on the page, and in a calendar as crowded as England's it turns over quickly. Recent results for each side, newest at the top:
Reading U21:
Date Event Score 11.08.2026 Bristol City U21 vs Reading U21 4 - 0 27.04.2026 Reading U21 vs Huddersfield Town U21 0 - 1 13.04.2026 Reading U21 vs Derby County U21 4 - 1
Derby County U21:
Date Event Score 18.08.2026 Halifax Town vs Derby County U21 6 - 2 14.08.2026 Derby County U21 vs Hull City U21 1 - 4 27.04.2026 Brentford U21 vs Derby County U21 2 - 0
When Reading U21 and Derby County U21 have met
Few places keep football records as long as England does — the game has been organised here since the nineteenth century, and a head-to-head often reads truer than the league table. The earlier meetings we hold are below; a blank table just means there's nothing logged between these two yet, which happens often enough in cup ties that throw together clubs from different divisions.
Date Event Score 13.04.2026 Reading U21 vs Derby County U21 4 - 1 17.01.2025 Reading U21 vs Derby County U21 0 - 1 04.12.2023 Derby County U21 vs Reading U21 5 - 1
Goals: the two sides by the numbers
Goals scored so far:
Reading U21 — 24
Derby County U21 — 16
Goals conceded so far:
Reading U21 — 22
Derby County U21 — 31
Worth reading alongside the form rather than on their own — English sides can carry very different records home and away, and a goals column only tells half that story.
Odds on Reading U21 vs Derby County U21
With dozens of firms licensed in the British market, the price on each result rarely matches from one to the next. Odds-Fan sets the licensed bookmakers' numbers side by side, so the best one on any outcome is easy to pick out — whether you're here for the football or for the value.
