Reading 1-2 Birmingham City: result and report
Championship · Wednesday 9 December 2020
Result
Reading 1-2 Birmingham City
Championship · Wednesday 9 December 2020, 19:45 UTC · half-time 0-2
Reading 1-2 Birmingham City: match report
Reading were beaten by Birmingham City 1-2 in the Championship on Wednesday 9 December 2020. It was 0-2 at half-time.
Jon Toral opened the scoring in the 29th minute. Reading's goal came from Y. Meïté (61'). Birmingham City scored through Jon Toral (29') and Jon Toral (37').
Discipline: Reading received 1 yellow card; Birmingham City received 5 yellow cards and 1 red card.
Going into the game Reading were 5th on 30 points from 16 and Birmingham City 16th on 19 points from 16. Reading went on to finish that season 7th with 70 points, and Birmingham City 18th with 52.
Reading lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Birmingham City in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Jon Toral of Birmingham City (9.0), ahead of Yakou Méïté (7.8).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Reading wins, 2 draws and 5 for Birmingham City.
Key events
- 29'Goal · Jon Toral
- 37'Goal · Jon Toral
- 39'Yellow card · Scott Hogan
- 40'Yellow card · Aitor Karanka de la Hoz
- 61'Goal · Y. Meïté
- 67'Yellow card · Harlee Dean
- 70'Second yellow · Harlee Dean
- 71'Missed penalty · Lucas João
- 80'Yellow card · N. Etheridge
- 88'Yellow card · Jonathan Leko
- 90+3'Yellow card · Y. Meïté
Head-to-head
Team news
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Reading line-up (4-2-3-1)
Rafael Cabral, Tom Holmes, Michael Morrison, Liam Moore, Omar Richards, Andrew Farai Rinomhota, Josh Laurent, Yakou Méïté, Michael Olise, Ovie Ejaria, Lucas João
Birmingham City line-up (4-2-3-1)
Neil Etheridge, Maxime Colin, M. Roberts, Harlee Dean, Kristian Pedersen, Maikel Kieftenbeld, Ivan Šunjić, Iván Sánchez, Jon Toral, Jonathan Leko, Scott Hogan