Peterborough United 3-1 Reading: result and report

Championship · Tuesday 20 March 2012

Result

Peterborough United 3-1 Reading

Championship · Tuesday 20 March 2012, 19:45 UTC · half-time 2-1

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Peterborough United 3-1 Reading: match report

Peterborough United won against Reading 3-1 in the Championship on Tuesday 20 March 2012. The half-time score was 2-1.

N. Hunt opened the scoring in the 20th minute. Peterborough United's goals came from George Boyd (25'), T. Barnett (33') and Paul Taylor (82'). Reading scored through N. Hunt (20').

Neither side received a card.

Going into the game Peterborough United were 18th on 41 points from 36 and Reading 2nd on 70 points from 37. Peterborough United went on to finish that season 19th with 50 points, and Reading 2nd with 89.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Peterborough United win, 0 draws and 2 for Reading.

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

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 20'Goal · N. HuntReading · 0-1
  • 25'Goal · George BoydPeterborough United · 1-1
  • 33'Goal · T. BarnettPeterborough United · 2-1
  • 82'Goal · Paul TaylorPeterborough United · 3-1

Head-to-head

3 meetings: Peterborough United 1, draws 0, Reading 2.

Team news

Peterborough United line-up

Paul Jones, Gabriel Zakuani, Shaun Brisley, Craig Alcock, George Boyd, Tommy Rowe, Lee Frecklington, Tyrone Barnett, Paul Taylor, Lee Tomlin, Grant McCann

Reading line-up

Adam Federici, Alex Pearce, Kaspars Gorkss, Ian Harte, Jem Karacan, Mikele Leigertwood, Jobi McAnuff, Jimmy Kébé, Jason Roberts, Noel Hunt, Hayden Mullins