Bristol City 2-3 Reading: result and report
Championship · Monday 2 January 2017
Result
Bristol City 2-3 Reading
Championship · Monday 2 January 2017, 15:00 UTC · half-time 1-0
Bristol City 2-3 Reading: match report
Bristol City lost to Reading 2-3 in the Championship on Monday 2 January 2017. The half-time score was 1-0.
Tammy Abraham opened the scoring in the 27th minute. Bristol City's goals came from Tammy Abraham (27') and Tammy Abraham (47', penalty). Reading scored through Liam Kelly (72'), Yann Kermorgant (86') and Yann Kermorgant (90+3').
Discipline: Bristol City received 2 yellow cards; Reading received 3 yellow cards.
Going into the game Bristol City were 21st on 25 points from 24 and Reading 3rd on 43 points from 23. Bristol City went on to finish that season 20th with 52 points, and Reading 3rd with 90.
Bristol City lined up in a 4-1-4-1 and Reading in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Yann Kermorgant of Reading (8.6), ahead of Tammy Abraham (8.5).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Bristol City wins, 1 draw and 7 for Reading.
Key events
- 27'Goal · Tammy Abraham
- 39'Yellow card · Yann Kermorgant
- 47'Penalty goal · Tammy Abraham
- 62'Yellow card · Tammy Abraham
- 64'Yellow card · M. Little
- 68'Yellow card · Joey van den Berg
- 72'Goal · Liam Kelly
- 77'Yellow card · Liam Moore
- 86'Goal · Yann Kermorgant
- 90+3'Goal · Yann Kermorgant
Head-to-head
Team news
Bristol City line-up (4-1-4-1)
Frank Fielding, Mark Little, Aden Flint, Adam Matthews, Scott Golbourne, Korey Smith, Callum O'Dowda, Josh Brownhill, Joe Bryan, Luke Freeman, Tammy Abraham
Reading line-up (4-2-3-1)
Ali Al-Habsi, Chris Gunter, Paul McShane, Liam Moore, Tyler Blackett, Joey van den Berg, Danny Williams, Garath McCleary, John Swift, Roy Beerens, Yann Kermorgant