Cardiff City 2-1 Reading: result and report

Championship · Friday 21 November 2014

Result

Cardiff City 2-1 Reading

Championship · Friday 21 November 2014, 19:45 UTC · half-time 2-0

Cardiff City · Reading · Championship predictions

Cardiff City 2-1 Reading: match report

Cardiff City won against Reading 2-1 in the Championship on Friday 21 November 2014. The half-time score was 2-0.

Cardiff City's goals came from an own goal by Alex Pearce (20') and Peter Whittingham (45+4', penalty). Reading scored through Michael Hector (81').

Discipline: Cardiff City received 1 yellow card; Reading received 2 yellow cards and 1 red card.

Going into the game Cardiff City were 12th on 23 points from 17 and Reading 17th on 20 points from 17. Cardiff City went on to finish that season 11th with 62 points, and Reading 20th with 49.

Cardiff City 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 3 Cardiff City wins, 6 draws and 1 for Reading.

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

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 20'Own goal · Alex PearceCardiff City · 1-0
  • 41'Yellow card · Alberto SuárezCardiff City
  • 41'Yellow card · Danny WilliamsReading
  • 45+3'Red card · Alex PearceReading
  • 45+4'Penalty goal · Peter WhittinghamCardiff City · 2-0
  • 81'Goal · Michael HectorReading · 2-1
  • 90'Yellow card · Nick BlackmanReading

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Cardiff City 3, draws 6, Reading 1.

Team news

Unavailable

Cardiff City expected line-up (4-4-2)

Txiki Acaz, Fábio, John Brayford, Bruno Ecuele Manga, Sean Morrison, Steven Caulker, Peter Whittingham, Aron Gunnarsson, Craig Noone, Jordon Mutch, Anthony Pilkington

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