Reading 2-1 Bristol City: result and report
Championship · Saturday 26 November 2016
Result
Reading 2-1 Bristol City
Championship · Saturday 26 November 2016, 15:00 UTC · half-time 2-0
Reading 2-1 Bristol City: match report
Reading beat Bristol City 2-1 in the Championship on Saturday 26 November 2016. It was 2-0 at half-time.
Garath McCleary opened the scoring in the 13th minute. Reading's goals came from Garath McCleary (13') and Roy Beerens (19'). Bristol City scored through Gary O'Neil (87').
Discipline: Reading received 2 yellow cards; Bristol City received 3 yellow cards.
Going into the game Reading were 3rd on 31 points from 17 and Bristol City 14th on 22 points from 17. Reading went on to finish that season 3rd with 90 points, and Bristol City 20th with 52.
Reading lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Bristol City in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Gary O'Neil of Bristol City (8.7), ahead of Garath McCleary (7.8).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 7 Reading wins, 1 draw and 2 for Bristol City.
Going into the match Reading's last five read W-W-W-W-L and Bristol City's L-L-D-W-L.
Key events
- 13'Goal · Garath McCleary
- 13'Missed penalty · Garath McCleary
- 19'Goal · Roy Beerens
- 48'Yellow card · Liam Moore
- 61'Yellow card · Roy Beerens
- 83'Yellow card · Joe Bryan
- 87'Goal · Gary O'Neil
- 90+4'Yellow card · Aaron Wilbraham
- 90+4'Yellow card · Aaron Wilbraham
Head-to-head
Team news
Reading line-up (4-2-3-1)
Ali Al-Habsi, Chris Gunter, Paul McShane, Liam Moore, Tyler Blackett, George Evans, Danny Williams, Roy Beerens, Garath McCleary, Jordan Obita, Dominic Samuel
Bristol City line-up (4-2-3-1)
Frank Fielding, Mark Little, Aden Flint, Hörður Magnússon, Joe Bryan, Marlon Pack, Gary O'Neil, Sander Krabbendam, Bobby De Cordova-Reid, Lee Tomlin, Tammy Abraham