Cardiff City 1-0 Reading: result and report

Championship · Friday 17 February 2023

Result

Cardiff City 1-0 Reading

Championship · Friday 17 February 2023, 20:00 UTC · half-time 0-0

Cardiff City · Reading · Championship predictions

Cardiff City 1-0 Reading: match report

Cardiff City won against Reading 1-0 in the Championship on Friday 17 February 2023. It was 0-0 at half-time.

The only goal came from R. Sawyers of Cardiff City in the 90th minute.

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

Going into the game Cardiff City were 21st on 32 points from 32 and Reading 15th on 41 points from 31. Cardiff City went on to finish that season 22nd with 49 points, and Reading 20th with 50.

Cardiff City lined up in a 4-3-3 and Reading in a 3-5-2. The highest match rating in our data went to R. Sawyers of Cardiff City (8.3), ahead of Cédric Kipré (7.5).

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

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

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 27'Yellow card · S. DannReading
  • 38'Yellow card · Mark McGuinnessCardiff City
  • 76'Yellow card · Mamadou LoumReading
  • 90+1'Goal · R. SawyersCardiff City · 1-0

Head-to-head

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

Team news

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

Ryan Allsop, Perry Ng, Cédric Kipré, Mark McGuinness, Callum O'Dowda, Jaden Philogene, R. Sawyers, Ryan Wintle, Callum Robinson, Kion Etete, Sory Kaba

Reading line-up (3-5-2)

Joe Lumley, Amadou Mbengue, Scott Dann, Naby Sarr, Junior Hoilett, Tyrese Fornah, Mamadou Loum, Tom McIntyre, Nesta Guinness-Walker, Femi Azeez, Andy Carroll