Fulham 1-2 Reading: result and report

Championship · Wednesday 1 January 2020

Result

Fulham 1-2 Reading

Championship · Wednesday 1 January 2020, 15:00 UTC · half-time 0-1

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Fulham 1-2 Reading: match report

Fulham were beaten by Reading 1-2 in the Championship on Wednesday 1 January 2020. It was 0-1 at half-time.

John Swift opened the scoring in the 14th minute. Fulham's goal came from Ivan Cavaleiro (61'). Reading scored through John Swift (14') and Charlie Adam (48').

Discipline: Fulham received 4 yellow cards; Reading received 3 yellow cards.

Going into the game Fulham were 3rd on 42 points from 25 and Reading 14th on 32 points from 24. Fulham went on to finish that season 3rd with 85 points, and Reading 15th with 56.

Fulham lined up in a 4-3-3 and Reading in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to John Swift of Reading (8.4), ahead of Ovie Ejaria (8.1).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 5 Fulham wins, 3 draws and 2 for Reading.

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

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 14'Goal · John SwiftReading · 0-1
  • 45'Yellow card · Joe BryanFulham
  • 48'Goal · Charlie AdamReading · 0-2
  • 61'Goal · Ivan CavaleiroFulham · 1-2
  • 62'Yellow card · Ivan CavaleiroFulham
  • 68'Yellow card · PeléReading
  • 73'Yellow card · Aleksandar MitrovićFulham
  • 76'Yellow card · Lucas JoãoReading
  • 90+2'Yellow card · Anthony KnockaertFulham
  • 90+2'Yellow card · Michael MorrisonReading

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Fulham 5, draws 3, Reading 2.

Team news

Fulham line-up (4-3-3)

Marek Rodák, Cyrus Christie, Denis Odoi, Tim Ream, Joe Bryan, Bobby De Cordova-Reid, Harrison Reed, Stefan Johansen, Anthony Knockaert, Aleksandar Mitrović, Aboubakar Kamara

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

Rafael Cabral, Chris Gunter, Michael Morrison, Liam Moore, Tyler Blackett, Pelé, Charlie Adam, Yakou Méïté, John Swift, Ovie Ejaria, Lucas João