Barnsley 1-1 Reading: result and report

Championship · Saturday 30 December 2017

Result

Barnsley 1-1 Reading

Championship · Saturday 30 December 2017, 15:00 UTC · half-time 0-0

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Barnsley 1-1 Reading: match report

Barnsley drew with Reading 1-1 in the Championship on Saturday 30 December 2017. The half-time score was 0-0.

Yann Kermorgant opened the scoring in the 68th minute. Barnsley's goal came from Ethan Pinnock (90+1'). Reading scored through Yann Kermorgant (68').

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

Going into the game Barnsley were 20th on 22 points from 24 and Reading 17th on 27 points from 24. Barnsley went on to finish that season 22nd with 41 points, and Reading 20th with 44.

Barnsley lined up in a 4-4-2 and Reading in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Yann Kermorgant of Reading (7.8), level with Joe Williams (7.8).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Barnsley wins, 2 draws and 6 for Reading.

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

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 68'Goal · Yann KermorgantReading · 0-1
  • 85'Yellow card · Sone AlukoReading
  • 90+1'Goal · Ethan PinnockBarnsley · 1-1

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Barnsley 2, draws 2, Reading 6.

Team news

Barnsley line-up (4-4-2)

Adam Davies, Zeki Fryers, Liam Lindsay, Ethan Pinnock, Andy Yiadom, Joe Williams, Adam Hammill, Harvey Barnes, Gary Gardner, Tom Bradshaw, Mamadou Thiam

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

Vito Mannone, Chris Gunter, Paul McShane, Liam Moore, Tyler Blackett, Joey van den Berg, John Swift, Garath McCleary, Dave Edwards, Modou Barrow, Yann Kermorgant