Reading 1-1 Brighton & Hove Albion: result and report
Championship · Saturday 20 August 2016
Result
Reading 1-1 Brighton & Hove Albion
Championship · Saturday 20 August 2016, 14:00 UTC · half-time 1-1
Reading 1-1 Brighton & Hove Albion: match report
Reading drew with Brighton & Hove Albion 1-1 in the Championship on Saturday 20 August 2016. The half-time score was 1-1.
John Swift opened the scoring in the 2nd minute. Reading's goals came from John Swift (2') and P. McShane (59'). Brighton & Hove Albion scored through Sam Baldock (8') and Anthony Knockaert (46').
Discipline: Reading received 3 yellow cards and 1 red card; Brighton & Hove Albion received 2 yellow cards.
Going into the game Reading were 21st on 3 points from 3 and Brighton & Hove Albion 1st on 7 points from 3. Reading went on to finish that season 3rd with 90 points, and Brighton & Hove Albion 2nd with 93.
Reading lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Brighton & Hove Albion in a 4-4-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Steve Sidwell of Brighton & Hove Albion (7.7), ahead of Yann Kermorgant (7.5).
Key events
- 2'Goal · John Swift
- 8'Yellow card · Joey van den Berg
- 8'Goal · Sam Baldock
- 46'Goal · Anthony Knockaert
- 57'Yellow card · Lewis Dunk
- 59'Goal · P. McShane
- 72'Yellow card · Gaëtan Bong
- 90'Second yellow · Joey van den Berg
- 90+2'Yellow card · Danny Williams
- 90+4'Yellow card · Yann Kermorgant
Head-to-head
Team news
Reading line-up (4-2-3-1)
Ali Al-Habsi, Chris Gunter, Joey van den Berg, Paul McShane, Jordan Obita, George Evans, Danny Williams, Garath McCleary, John Swift, Roy Beerens, Yann Kermorgant
Brighton & Hove Albion line-up (4-4-2)
David Adam Stockdale, Liam Rosenior, Bruno Saltor, Lewis Dunk, Gaëtan Bong, Anthony Knockaert, Steve Sidwell, Beram Kayal, Jiri Skalak, Glenn Murray, Sam Baldock