Arsenal 2-0 Reading: result and report

Premier League · Saturday 19 April 2008

Result

Arsenal 2-0 Reading

Premier League · Saturday 19 April 2008, 11:45 UTC · half-time 2-0

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Arsenal 2-0 Reading: match report

Arsenal beat Reading 2-0 in the Premier League on Saturday 19 April 2008. It was 2-0 at half-time.

Emmanuel Adebayor opened the scoring in the 30th minute. Arsenal's goals came from Emmanuel Adebayor (30') and Gilberto Silva (38'). Reading did not score.

Discipline: Arsenal received no yellow cards; Reading received 3 yellow cards.

Going into the game Arsenal were 3rd on 73 points from 34 and Reading 16th on 32 points from 34. Arsenal went on to finish that season 2nd with 85 points, and Reading 18th with 36.

Arsenal lined up in a 4-4-2 and Reading in a 4-3-2-1.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Arsenal wins, 0 draws and 0 for Reading.

Going into the match Arsenal's last five read L-D-W-L-D and Reading's L-L-D-W-L.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 28'Yellow card · Dave KitsonReading
  • 30'Goal · Emmanuel AdebayorArsenal · 1-0
  • 38'Goal · Gilberto SilvaArsenal · 2-0
  • 58'Yellow card · Andre BikeyReading
  • 70'Yellow card · I. SonkoReading

Head-to-head

3 meetings: Arsenal 3, draws 0, Reading 0.

Team news

Arsenal line-up (4-4-2)

Jens Lehmann, Kolo Touré, William Gallas, Gaël Clichy, Cesc Fàbregas, Alexander Hleb, Alex Song, Gilberto Silva, Robin van Persie, Emmanuel Adebayor, Theo Walcott

Reading line-up (4-3-2-1)

Marcus Hahnemann, Kalifa Cisse, Ibrahima Sonko, Ivar Ingimarsson, Andre Bikey, James Harper, Jimmy Kébé, Dave Kitson, Bobby Convey, Graeme Murty, Liam Rosenior