Burnley 1-2 Reading: result and report

Championship · Saturday 26 September 2015

Result

Burnley 1-2 Reading

Championship · Saturday 26 September 2015, 14:00 UTC · half-time 0-2

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Burnley 1-2 Reading: match report

Burnley were beaten by Reading 1-2 in the Championship on Saturday 26 September 2015. It was 0-2 at half-time.

Nick Blackman opened the scoring in the 5th minute. Burnley's goal came from Tendayi Darikwa (67'). Reading scored through Nick Blackman (5') and Lucas Piazon (9').

Discipline: Burnley received 1 yellow card; Reading received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Burnley were 3rd on 17 points from 8 and Reading 7th on 12 points from 8. Burnley went on to finish that season 1st with 95 points, and Reading 17th with 52.

Burnley lined up in a 4-4-2 and Reading in a 4-4-2.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 4 Burnley wins, 1 draw and 5 for Reading.

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

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 5'Goal · Nick BlackmanReading · 0-1
  • 9'Goal · Lucas PiazonReading · 0-2
  • 52'Yellow card · Michael KeaneBurnley
  • 67'Goal · Tendayi DarikwaBurnley · 1-2
  • 88'Yellow card · Chris GunterReading
  • 90+4'Yellow card · Danny WilliamsReading

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Burnley 4, draws 1, Reading 5.

Team news

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

Tom Heaton, Michael Duff, Ben Mee, Kieran Trippier, Jason Shackell, Scott Arfield, David Jones, George Boyd, Danny Ings, Lukas Jutkiewicz

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

Alex Simon McCarthy, Chris Gunter, Sean Morrison, Stephen Kelly, Alex Pearce, Jordan Obita, Jem Karacan, Hal Robson-Kanu, Garath McCleary