Chelsea 4-2 Reading: result and report

Premier League · Wednesday 22 August 2012

Result

Chelsea 4-2 Reading

Premier League · Wednesday 22 August 2012, 18:45 UTC · half-time 1-2

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Chelsea 4-2 Reading: match report

Chelsea won against Reading 4-2 in the Premier League on Wednesday 22 August 2012. The half-time score was 1-2.

Frank Lampard opened the scoring in the 18th minute. Chelsea's goals came from Frank Lampard (18', penalty), Gary Cahill (69'), Fernando Torres (81') and Branislav Ivanović (90+5'). Reading scored through Pavel Pogrebnyak (25') and Danny Guthrie (29').

Discipline: Chelsea received no yellow cards; Reading received 2 yellow cards.

Chelsea went on to finish that season 2nd with 74 points, and Reading 19th with 30.

Chelsea lined up in a 4-3-3 and Reading in a 4-5-1.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Chelsea wins, 1 draw and 0 for Reading.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 18'Penalty goal · Frank LampardChelsea · 1-0
  • 25'Goal · Pavel PogrebnyakReading · 1-1
  • 29'Goal · Danny GuthrieReading · 1-2
  • 58'Yellow card · Jem KaracanReading
  • 65'Yellow card · Pavel PogrebnyakReading
  • 69'Goal · Gary CahillChelsea · 2-2
  • 81'Goal · Fernando TorresChelsea · 3-2
  • 90+5'Goal · Branislav IvanovićChelsea · 4-2

Head-to-head

4 meetings: Chelsea 3, draws 1, Reading 0.

Team news

Chelsea expected line-up (4-3-3)

Branislav Ivanović, Ryan Bertrand, John Terry, Florent Malouda, Raúl Meireles, Michael Essien, Ramires, Juan Mata, Daniel Sturridge, Petr Čech

Reading line-up (4-5-1)

Adam Federici, Chris Gunter, Alex Pearce, Kaspars Gorkss, Ian Harte, Jem Karacan, Mikele Leigertwood, Jobi McAnuff, Danny Guthrie, Pavel Pogrebnyak, Garath McCleary