Aston Villa 3-1 Reading: result and report
Premier League · Saturday 12 January 2008
Result
Aston Villa 3-1 Reading
Premier League · Saturday 12 January 2008, 15:00 UTC · half-time 1-0
Aston Villa 3-1 Reading: match report
Aston Villa beat Reading 3-1 in the Premier League on Saturday 12 January 2008. It was 1-0 at half-time.
John Carew opened the scoring in the 22nd minute. Aston Villa's goals came from John Carew (22'), Martin Laursen (55') and John Carew (89'). Reading scored through James Harper (90+1').
Discipline: Aston Villa received no yellow cards; Reading received 2 yellow cards.
Going into the game Aston Villa were 7th on 36 points from 21 and Reading 13th on 22 points from 21. Aston Villa went on to finish that season 6th with 60 points, and Reading 18th with 36.
Aston Villa lined up in a 4-4-2 and Reading in a 5-4-1.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Aston Villa win, 0 draws and 1 for Reading.
Going into the match Aston Villa's last five read W-W-D-D-D and Reading's L-L-D-W-D.
Key events
- 22'Goal · John Carew
- 24'Yellow card · Ulises de la Cruz Bernardo
- 48'Yellow card · Marcus Hahnemann
- 55'Goal · Martin Laursen
- 89'Goal · John Carew
- 90+1'Goal · James Harper
Head-to-head
Team news
Aston Villa line-up (4-4-2)
Scott Carson, Wilfred Bouma, Martin Laursen, Ashley Young, Curtis Davies, Gareth Barry, Stiliyan Petrov, Nigel Reo-Coker, Craig Gardner, John Carew, Gabriel Agbonlahor
Reading line-up (5-4-1)
Marcus Hahnemann, Nicky Shorey, Kalifa Cisse, Ivar Ingimarsson, Ulises de la Cruz Bernardo, Noel Hunt, James Harper, Kevin Doyle, Dave Kitson, Graeme Murty, Brynjar Björn Gunnarsson