Ipswich Town 2-1 Reading: result and report

Championship · Tuesday 2 February 2016

Result

Ipswich Town 2-1 Reading

Championship · Tuesday 2 February 2016, 19:45 UTC · half-time 0-0

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Ipswich Town 2-1 Reading: match report

Ipswich Town defeated Reading 2-1 in the Championship on Tuesday 2 February 2016. The half-time score was 0-0.

Ryan Fraser opened the scoring in the 57th minute. Ipswich Town's goals came from Ryan Fraser (57') and Juan Carlos León (89'). Reading scored through Garath McCleary (69', penalty).

Discipline: Ipswich Town received 1 yellow card; Reading received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Ipswich Town were 8th on 45 points from 28 and Reading 14th on 35 points from 28. Ipswich Town went on to finish that season 7th with 69 points, and Reading 17th with 52.

Ipswich Town lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Reading in a 4-4-2.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Ipswich Town wins, 0 draws and 8 for Reading.

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

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 19'Yellow card · Jordan ObitaReading
  • 45+4'Yellow card · Oliver NorwoodReading
  • 57'Goal · Ryan FraserIpswich Town · 1-0
  • 65'Yellow card · Christophe BerraIpswich Town
  • 69'Penalty goal · Garath McClearyReading · 1-1
  • 89'Goal · Juan Carlos LeónIpswich Town · 2-1

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Ipswich Town 2, draws 0, Reading 8.

Team news

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Ipswich Town expected line-up (4-2-3-1)

Bartosz Białkowski, Tyrone Mings, Luke Chambers, Christophe Berra, Tommy Smith, Cole Skuse, Teddy Bishop, Kévin Bru, Daryl Murphy, Paul Anderson

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

Alex Simon McCarthy, Chris Gunter, Sean Morrison, Stephen Kelly, Alex Pearce, Jordan Obita, Jem Karacan, Hal Robson-Kanu, Garath McCleary