Reading 3-1 Blackpool: result and report
Championship · Saturday 24 March 2012
Result
Reading 3-1 Blackpool
Championship · Saturday 24 March 2012, 15:00 UTC · half-time 2-1
Reading 3-1 Blackpool: match report
Reading won against Blackpool 3-1 in the Championship on Saturday 24 March 2012. It was 2-1 at half-time.
Ian Harte opened the scoring in the 30th minute. Reading's goals came from Ian Harte (30'), Alex Pearce (35') and M. Leigertwood (60'). Blackpool scored through Trésor Lomana LuaLua (41').
Discipline: Reading received no yellow cards; Blackpool received 1 yellow card.
Going into the game Reading were 2nd on 70 points from 38 and Blackpool 5th on 60 points from 38. Reading went on to finish that season 2nd with 89 points, and Blackpool 4th with 79.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Reading wins, 1 draw and 2 for Blackpool.
Going into the match Reading's last five read L-W-D-W-W and Blackpool's D-W-L-L-D.
Key events
- 28'Yellow card · A. Baptiste
- 30'Goal · Ian Harte
- 35'Goal · Alex Pearce
- 41'Goal · Trésor Lomana LuaLua
- 60'Goal · M. Leigertwood
Head-to-head
Team news
Reading line-up
Adam Federici, Alex Pearce, Kaspars Gorkss, Ian Harte, Shaun Cummings, Jem Karacan, Mikele Leigertwood, Jobi McAnuff, Jimmy Kébé, Benik Afobe, Noel Hunt
Blackpool line-up
Stephen Crainey, Alex Baptiste, Chris Basham, Craig Cathcart, Ludovic Sylvestre, Kevin Phillips, Lomana Lualua, Matthew Gilks, Ian Ross Evatt, Gary Taylor-Fletcher, Barry Ferguson