Newcastle United 3-0 Reading: result and report
Premier League · Saturday 5 April 2008
Result
Newcastle United 3-0 Reading
Premier League · Saturday 5 April 2008, 14:00 UTC · half-time 2-0
Newcastle United 3-0 Reading: match report
Newcastle United won against Reading 3-0 in the Premier League on Saturday 5 April 2008. It was 2-0 at half-time.
Obafemi Martins opened the scoring in the 18th minute. Newcastle United's goals came from Obafemi Martins (18'), Michael Owen (43') and Mark Viduka (58'). Reading did not score.
Discipline: Newcastle United received no yellow cards; Reading received 1 yellow card.
Going into the game Newcastle United were 12th on 35 points from 32 and Reading 15th on 32 points from 32. Newcastle United went on to finish that season 12th with 43 points, and Reading 18th with 36.
Newcastle United lined up in a 4-3-3 and Reading in a 4-4-2.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Newcastle United win, 0 draws and 2 for Reading.
Going into the match Newcastle United's last five read W-W-D-L-L and Reading's D-W-L-W-W.
Key events
- 18'Goal · Obafemi Martins
- 41'Yellow card · Andre Bikey
- 43'Goal · Michael Owen
- 58'Goal · Mark Viduka
Head-to-head
Team news
Newcastle United line-up (4-3-3)
Steve Harper, José Enrique, Abdoulaye Faye, David Edgar, Geremi N'Djitap Fotso, Obafemi Martins, Michael Owen, Mark Viduka, Joey Barton, Habib Beye, Nicky Butt
Reading line-up (4-4-2)
Marcus Hahnemann, Nicky Shorey, Kalifa Cisse, Ivar Ingimarsson, Andre Bikey, Noel Hunt, John Oster, James Harper, Kevin Doyle, Dave Kitson, Liam Rosenior