Arsenal 3-1 Reading: result and report

Premier League · Saturday 30 March 2013

Result

Arsenal 3-1 Reading

Premier League · Saturday 30 March 2013, 15:00 UTC · half-time 1-0

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Arsenal 3-1 Reading: match report

Arsenal defeated Reading 3-1 in the Premier League on Saturday 30 March 2013. It was 1-0 at half-time.

Gervinho opened the scoring in the 11th minute. Arsenal's goals came from Gervinho (11'), Santi Cazorla (48'), Olivier Giroud (67') and Mikel Arteta (77', penalty). Reading scored through Hal Robson-Kanu (68').

Discipline: Arsenal received no yellow cards; Reading received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Arsenal were 5th on 52 points from 29 and Reading 19th on 25 points from 30. Arsenal went on to finish that season 4th with 73 points, and Reading 19th with 30.

Arsenal lined up in a 4-3-3 and Reading in a 4-5-1.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 5 Arsenal wins, 0 draws and 0 for Reading.

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 11'Goal · GervinhoArsenal · 1-0
  • 32'Yellow card · Danny GuthrieReading
  • 48'Goal · Santi CazorlaArsenal · 2-0
  • 67'Goal · Olivier GiroudArsenal · 3-0
  • 68'Goal · Hal Robson-KanuReading · 3-1
  • 77'Penalty goal · Mikel ArtetaArsenal · 4-1

Head-to-head

5 meetings: Arsenal 5, draws 0, Reading 0.

Team news

Arsenal line-up (4-3-3)

Lukasz Fabianski, Bacary Sagna, Per Mertesacker, Laurent Koscielny, Nacho Monreal, Mikel Arteta, Tomáš Rosický, Aaron Ramsey, Santi Cazorla, Olivier Giroud, Gervinho

Reading line-up (4-5-1)

Nicky Shorey, Alex Pearce, Mikele Leigertwood, Jem Karacan, Danny Guthrie, Jobi McAnuff, Hal Robson-Kanu, Pavel Pogrebnyak, Stuart Taylor, Adrian Mariappa, Stephen Kelly