Cardiff City 2-2 Reading: result and report

Championship · Tuesday 1 February 2011

Result

Cardiff City 2-2 Reading

Championship · Tuesday 1 February 2011, 19:45 UTC · half-time 0-1

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Cardiff City 2-2 Reading: match report

Cardiff City drew with Reading 2-2 in the Championship on Tuesday 1 February 2011. The half-time score was 0-1.

M. Leigertwood opened the scoring in the 22nd minute. Cardiff City's goals came from Jay Bothroyd (48') and Craig Bellamy (90'). Reading scored through M. Leigertwood (22').

Discipline: Cardiff City received 2 yellow cards; Reading received 3 yellow cards.

Going into the game Cardiff City were 3rd on 47 points from 27 and Reading 11th on 39 points from 27. Cardiff City went on to finish that season 4th with 81 points, and Reading 5th with 79.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Cardiff City win, 4 draws and 2 for Reading.

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

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 22'Goal · M. LeigertwoodReading · 0-1
  • 48'Goal · Jay BothroydCardiff City · 1-1
  • 64'Yellow card · M. HudsonCardiff City
  • 86'Yellow card · N. HuntReading
  • 90'Goal · Craig BellamyCardiff City · 2-2
  • 90'Yellow card · Michael ChopraCardiff City
  • 90'Goal · Mathieu MansetReading · 1-2
  • 90'Yellow card · Jobi McAnuffReading
  • 90'Yellow card · Matthew MillsReading

Head-to-head

7 meetings: Cardiff City 1, draws 4, Reading 2.

Team news

Cardiff City line-up

Tom Heaton, Kevin McNaughton, Lee Naylor, Paul Quinn, Peter Whittingham, Oluwaseyi Olofinjana, Aaron Ramsey, Jay Emmanuel-Thomas, Craig Bellamy, Mark Hudson, Jay Bothroyd

Reading line-up

Adam Federici, Andy Griffin, Matthew Mills, Ivar Ingimarsson, Ian Harte, Jem Karacan, Mikele Leigertwood, Jobi McAnuff, Jimmy Kébé, Shane Long, Simon Church