Cardiff City 1-2 Reading: result and report
Championship · Saturday 26 September 2020
Result
Cardiff City 1-2 Reading
Championship · Saturday 26 September 2020, 14:00 UTC · half-time 0-0
Cardiff City 1-2 Reading: match report
Cardiff City lost to Reading 1-2 in the Championship on Saturday 26 September 2020. The half-time score was 0-0.
Michael Morrison opened the scoring in the 47th minute. Cardiff City's goal came from Lee Tomlin (81'). Reading scored through Michael Morrison (47') and Lucas João (66').
Discipline: Cardiff City received 2 yellow cards; Reading received 1 yellow card.
Going into the game Cardiff City were 15th on 3 points from 2 and Reading 3rd on 6 points from 2. Cardiff City went on to finish that season 8th with 68 points, and Reading 7th with 70.
Cardiff City lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Reading in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Lee Tomlin of Cardiff City (7.4), ahead of Marlon Pack (7.1).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Cardiff City wins, 5 draws and 3 for Reading.
Key events
- 18'Yellow card · Junior Hoilett
- 47'Goal · Michael Morrison
- 53'Yellow card · Kieffer Moore
- 66'Goal · Lucas João
- 81'Goal · Lee Tomlin
- 90+5'Yellow card · Michael Olise
Head-to-head
Team news
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Cardiff City line-up (4-2-3-1)
Alex Smithies, J. Osei-Tutu, Sean Morrison, Curtis Nelson, G. Cunningham, Will Vaulks, Marlon Pack, Sheyi Ojo, Leandro Bacuna, Junior Hoilett, Kieffer Moore
Reading expected line-up (4-2-3-1)
Rafael Cabral, Michael Morrison, Liam Moore, Omar Richards, Andrew Farai Rinomhota, Michael Olise, John Swift, Lucas João, Chris Gunter