Preston North End 1-0 Reading: result and report

Championship · Saturday 12 December 2015

Result

Preston North End 1-0 Reading

Championship · Saturday 12 December 2015, 15:00 UTC · half-time 0-0

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Preston North End 1-0 Reading: match report

Preston North End defeated Reading 1-0 in the Championship on Saturday 12 December 2015. It was 0-0 at half-time.

The only goal came from Joe Garner of Preston North End in the 52nd minute, from the penalty spot.

Discipline: Preston North End received no yellow cards; Reading received 3 yellow cards.

Going into the game Preston North End were 17th on 21 points from 19 and Reading 10th on 27 points from 19. Preston North End went on to finish that season 11th with 62 points, and Reading 17th with 52.

Preston North End lined up in a 5-3-2 and Reading in a 4-4-2.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Preston North End win, 2 draws and 5 for Reading.

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

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 39'Yellow card · Garath McClearyReading
  • 52'Penalty goal · Joe GarnerPreston North End · 1-0
  • 69'Yellow card · P. McShaneReading
  • 82'Yellow card · M. VydraReading

Head-to-head

8 meetings: Preston North End 1, draws 2, Reading 5.

Team news

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Preston North End expected line-up (5-3-2)

Iain Turner, Billy Jones, Craig Morgan, Bongani Khumalo, Ian Ashbee, Keith Treacy, Iain Edward Hume, Eddie Johnson, Chris Brown, Barry Nicholson, Darren Carter

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