Reading v West Ham United U21: How to watch, TV channel, kick-off time, head-to-head stats and team news

Reading entertain West Ham U21 on Tuesday evening in their opening EFL Trophy contest as both teams look for the perfect start in their Southern section Group H encounter.

Reading have taken four points from six so far in League 1, including a draw at title favourites Birmingham City, and will be hopeful of some cup success.

West Ham U21 opened their Premier League 2 campaign with a well-earned victory over Brighton & Hove Albion U21 on Friday.

How to watch Reading v West Ham United U21 and TV channel

Reading v West Ham United U21 will be broadcast on Sky Sports+ in the UK.

Reading v West Ham United U21 kick-off time, date and venue

Reading v West Ham United U21 has a 19:00 start time on Tuesday 20th August and is being played at Select Car Leasing Stadium in Reading.

Reading v West Ham United U21 stats and head-to-head record (H2H)

The Royal came close to a superb opening League One win over Birmingham at St Andrews but were pegged back late on in a 1-1 draw. They got their home campaign up and running by beating Wigan Athletic 2-0 on Saturday, having gone out of the League Cup on penalties at Colchester in between times.

The young Hammers meanwhile displayed resilience and composure in handling Brighton's high press effectively en route to a 2-0 Premier League 2 win on Friday, a fine start to the season for coach Mark Robson.

These sides have not met before.

Reading v West Ham United U21 head-to-head record (H2H)

Reading wins	0
Draws	0
West Ham United U21	0

* H2H stats refer to all competitions.

Reading v West Ham United U21 team news

Reading team news

Reading boss Ruben Selles made wholesale changes to the side that faced Notts County in the Carabao Cup for Saturday's opening home league encounter, with nine players recalled.

Midfielder Charlie Savage and forward Kelvin Ehibhatiomhan were on the scoresheet, though it remains to be seen if Selles opts for more changes for this cup tie.

West Ham U21 team news

Sean Moore and substitute Emeka Adiele were the goalscorers for West Ham U21 at Brighton U21 on Friday evening, the latter sealing the win in stoppage time after being sent clear by Lewis Orford.

Junior Robinson was sent for two cautions in that game at the Amex Elite Performance Centre.