Cardiff City 0-1 Reading: result and report

Championship · Saturday 2 October 2021

Result

Cardiff City 0-1 Reading

Championship · Saturday 2 October 2021, 14:00 UTC · half-time 0-1

Cardiff City · Reading · Championship predictions

Cardiff City 0-1 Reading: match report

Cardiff City were beaten by Reading 0-1 in the Championship on Saturday 2 October 2021. It was 0-1 at half-time.

The only goal came from Junior Hoilett of Reading in the 38th minute.

Discipline: Cardiff City received 4 yellow cards; Reading received no yellow cards.

Going into the game Cardiff City were 19th on 11 points from 10 and Reading 12th on 13 points from 10. Cardiff City went on to finish that season 19th with 53 points, and Reading 22nd with 47.

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 Luke Southwood of Reading (8.7), ahead of Ryan Giles (8.2).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Cardiff City win, 5 draws and 4 for Reading.

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

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 32'Yellow card · Marlon PackCardiff City
  • 37'Yellow card · J. RallsCardiff City
  • 38'Goal · Junior HoilettReading · 0-1
  • 84'Yellow card · James CollinsCardiff City
  • 90+4'Yellow card · Mark McGuinnessCardiff City

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Cardiff City 1, draws 5, Reading 4.

Team news

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Cardiff City line-up (4-2-3-1)

Alex Smithies, Mark McGuinness, Aden Flint, Curtis Nelson, Ciaron Brown, Marlon Pack, Joe Ralls, Ryan Giles, Sam Bowen, Leandro Bacuna, Kieffer Moore

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

Luke Southwood, Andy Yiadom, Liam Moore, Josh Laurent, Abdul Rahman Baba, Tom Dele-Bashiru, Danny Drinkwater, Junior Hoilett, John Swift, Ovie Ejaria, G. Pușcaș