Crystal Palace 1-3 Reading: result and report

Championship · Wednesday 17 February 2010

Result

Crystal Palace 1-3 Reading

Championship · Wednesday 17 February 2010, 20:00 UTC · half-time 0-1

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Crystal Palace 1-3 Reading: match report

Crystal Palace were beaten by Reading 1-3 in the Championship on Wednesday 17 February 2010. It was 0-1 at half-time.

Simon Church opened the scoring in the 23rd minute. Crystal Palace's goal came from Sean Scannell (55'). Reading scored through Simon Church (23'), Jimmy Kébé (47') and Simon Church (81').

Discipline: Crystal Palace received 2 yellow cards; Reading received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Crystal Palace were 10th on 43 points from 29 and Reading 22nd on 32 points from 29. Crystal Palace went on to finish that season 13th with 59 points, and Reading 9th with 63.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Crystal Palace win, 2 draws and 2 for Reading.

Going into the match Crystal Palace's last five read L-W-W-L-W and Reading's W-W-W-L-L.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 23'Goal · Simon ChurchReading · 0-1
  • 47'Goal · Jimmy KébéReading · 0-2
  • 55'Goal · Sean ScannellCrystal Palace · 1-2
  • 59'Yellow card · Sean ScannellCrystal Palace
  • 68'Yellow card · Claude DavisCrystal Palace
  • 81'Goal · Simon ChurchReading · 1-3
  • 89'Yellow card · Andy GriffinReading

Head-to-head

5 meetings: Crystal Palace 1, 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