Burnley 2-1 Reading: result and report

Championship · Saturday 29 October 2022

Result

Burnley 2-1 Reading

Championship · Saturday 29 October 2022, 14:00 UTC · half-time 0-0

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Burnley 2-1 Reading: match report

Burnley won against Reading 2-1 in the Championship on Saturday 29 October 2022. The half-time score was 0-0.

Tom Ince opened the scoring in the 56th minute. Burnley's goals came from Benson Manuel Hedilazio (66') and Anass Zaroury (90+4'). Reading scored through Tom Ince (56').

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

Going into the game Burnley were 1st on 32 points from 17 and Reading 8th on 25 points from 16. Burnley went on to finish that season 1st with 101 points, and Reading 20th with 50.

Burnley lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Reading in a 3-4-2-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Manuel Benson of Burnley (8.5), ahead of Josh Brownhill (7.8).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Burnley wins, 2 draws and 5 for Reading.

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

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 22'Yellow card · T. Harwood-BellisBurnley
  • 35'Yellow card · Abdul-Rahman BabaReading
  • 56'Goal · Tom InceReading · 0-1
  • 59'Yellow card · T. HolmesReading
  • 66'Goal · Benson Manuel HedilazioBurnley · 1-1
  • 72'Yellow card · Mamadou LoumReading
  • 90+4'Goal · Anass ZarouryBurnley · 2-1
  • 90+6'Yellow card · Benson Manuel HedilazioBurnley
  • 90+8'Yellow card · Tom InceReading
  • 90+8'Yellow card · Arijanet MuricBurnley

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Burnley 3, draws 2, Reading 5.

Team news

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

Arijanet Murić, Connor Roberts, Taylor Harwood-Bellis, Jordan Beyer, Ian Maatsen, Samuel Bastien, Josh Brownhill, Johann Berg Guðmunds­son, Nathan Tella, Anass Zaroury, Jay Rodríguez

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

Joe Lumley, Andy Yiadom, Tom Holmes, Tom McIntyre, Amadou Mbengue, Jeff Hendrick, Mamadou Loum, Abdul Rahman Baba, Tom Ince, Ovie Ejaria, Yakou Méïté