Bristol City 1-1 Reading: result and report

Championship · Saturday 19 December 2009

Result

Bristol City 1-1 Reading

Championship · Saturday 19 December 2009, 15:00 UTC · half-time 1-0

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Bristol City 1-1 Reading: match report

Bristol City drew with Reading 1-1 in the Championship on Saturday 19 December 2009. The half-time score was 1-0.

P. Hartley opened the scoring in the 13th minute. Bristol City's goal came from P. Hartley (13', penalty). Reading scored through Simon Church (90').

Discipline: Bristol City received no yellow cards; Reading received 2 yellow cards and 1 red card.

Going into the game Bristol City were 9th on 30 points from 21 and Reading 21st on 21 points from 21. Bristol City went on to finish that season 10th with 63 points, and Reading 9th with 63.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Bristol City win, 0 draws and 1 for Reading.

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

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 13'Penalty goal · P. HartleyBristol City · 1-0
  • 14'Yellow card · Simon ChurchReading
  • 84'Yellow card · Ryan BertrandReading
  • 90'Second yellow · Simon ChurchReading
  • 90'Goal · Simon ChurchReading · 1-1

Head-to-head

2 meetings: Bristol City 1, draws 0, Reading 1.

Team news

Reading expected line-up (4-4-2)

Marcus Hahnemann, Ivar Ingimarsson, Nicky Shorey, Michael Duberry, James Harper, Noel Hunt, Dave Kitson, Leroy Lita, Liam Rosenior