Brentford 1-1 Reading: result and report

Championship · Saturday 16 September 2017

Result

Brentford 1-1 Reading

Championship · Saturday 16 September 2017, 14:00 UTC · half-time 1-0

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Brentford 1-1 Reading: match report

Brentford drew with Reading 1-1 in the Championship on Saturday 16 September 2017. The half-time score was 1-0.

Josh Clarke opened the scoring in the 16th minute. Brentford's goal came from Josh Clarke (16'). Reading scored through Liam Kelly (70', penalty).

Discipline: Brentford received 3 yellow cards; Reading received 4 yellow cards.

Going into the game Brentford were 23rd on 3 points from 7 and Reading 17th on 7 points from 6. Brentford went on to finish that season 9th with 69 points, and Reading 20th with 44.

Brentford lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Reading in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Ollie Watkins of Brentford (8.3), ahead of Liam Moore (8.0).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 4 Brentford wins, 0 draws and 2 for Reading.

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

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 5'Yellow card · P. McShaneReading
  • 16'Goal · Josh ClarkeBrentford · 1-0
  • 25'Yellow card · Garath McClearyReading
  • 34'Yellow card · D. EdwardsReading
  • 66'Yellow card · John EganBrentford
  • 69'Yellow card · Rico HenryBrentford
  • 70'Penalty goal · Liam KellyReading · 1-1
  • 72'Yellow card · Neal MaupayBrentford
  • 81'Yellow card · Jordan ObitaReading

Head-to-head

6 meetings: Brentford 4, draws 0, Reading 2.

Team news

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

Daniel Bentley, Rico Henry, Andreas Bjelland, John Egan, Josh Clarke, Florian Jozefzoon, Ollie Watkins, Islom Ismoilov, Ryan Woods, R. Sawyers, Neal Maupay

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

Vito Mannone, Chris Gunter, Paul McShane, Liam Moore, Tyler Blackett, Joey van den Berg, Garath McCleary, Sone Aluko, Dave Edwards, Liam Kelly, J. Böðvarsson