Coventry City 1-3 Reading: result and report

Championship · Saturday 31 October 2009

Result

Coventry City 1-3 Reading

Championship · Saturday 31 October 2009, 15:00 UTC · half-time 0-1

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Coventry City 1-3 Reading: match report

Coventry City lost to Reading 1-3 in the Championship on Saturday 31 October 2009. The half-time score was 0-1.

Grzegorz Rasiak opened the scoring in the 1st minute. Coventry City's goal came from Freddy Eastwood (64'). Reading scored through Grzegorz Rasiak (1'), Jobi McAnuff (54') and Grzegorz Rasiak (72').

Discipline: Coventry City received 1 yellow card; Reading received no yellow cards.

Going into the game Coventry City were 15th on 17 points from 14 and Reading 22nd on 10 points from 14. Coventry City went on to finish that season 20th with 54 points, and Reading 9th with 63.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Coventry City wins, 2 draws and 2 for Reading.

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

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 1'Goal · Grzegorz RasiakReading · 0-1
  • 54'Goal · Jobi McAnuffReading · 0-2
  • 64'Goal · Freddy EastwoodCoventry City · 1-2
  • 72'Goal · Grzegorz RasiakReading · 1-3
  • 79'Yellow card · Chris HusseyCoventry City

Head-to-head

4 meetings: Coventry City 0, draws 2, Reading 2.

Team news

Reading expected line-up (4-4-2)

Marcus Hahnemann, Ivar Ingimarsson, Nicky Shorey, Michael Duberry, James Harper, Noel Hunt, Dave Kitson, Leroy Lita, Liam Rosenior