Reading 2-1 Aston Villa: result and report
Championship · Tuesday 15 August 2017
Result
Reading 2-1 Aston Villa
Championship · Tuesday 15 August 2017, 19:00 UTC · half-time 0-0
Reading 2-1 Aston Villa: match report
Reading beat Aston Villa 2-1 in the Championship on Tuesday 15 August 2017. It was 0-0 at half-time.
Reading's goals came from an own goal by Glenn Whelan (49') and Modou Barrow (55'). Aston Villa scored through Conor Hourihane (87').
Discipline: Reading received 2 yellow cards; Aston Villa received 2 yellow cards.
Going into the game Reading were 22nd on 1 point from 2 and Aston Villa 23rd on 1 point from 2. Reading went on to finish that season 20th with 44 points, and Aston Villa 3rd with 90.
Reading lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Aston Villa in a 4-4-1-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Modou Barrow of Reading (8.4), ahead of John Swift (7.8).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Reading wins, 0 draws and 6 for Aston Villa.
Key events
- 27'Yellow card · Andre Green
- 36'Yellow card · Liam Moore
- 37'Yellow card · Conor Hourihane
- 49'Own goal · Glenn Whelan
- 55'Goal · Modou Barrow
- 87'Goal · Conor Hourihane
- 90'Yellow card · Garath McCleary
Head-to-head
Team news
Reading line-up (4-2-3-1)
Vito Mannone, Chris Gunter, Paul McShane, Liam Moore, Tyler Blackett, Joey van den Berg, John Swift, Modou Barrow, Adrian Dumitru Popa, Liam Kelly, Pelle Clement
Aston Villa line-up (4-4-1-1)
Sam Johnstone, Ritchie De Laet, Neil Taylor, James Chester, John Terry, Glenn Whelan, C. Hourihane, Andre Green, Birkir Bjarnason, Scott Hogan, Joshua Onomah