Reading 3-1 Burnley: result and report
Championship · Saturday 4 October 2008
Result
Reading 3-1 Burnley
Championship · Saturday 4 October 2008, 14:00 UTC · half-time 1-0
Reading 3-1 Burnley: match report
Reading beat Burnley 3-1 in the Championship on Saturday 4 October 2008. It was 1-0 at half-time.
N. Hunt opened the scoring in the 4th minute. Reading's goals came from N. Hunt (4'), Noel Hunt (52') and Ingo Goetze (64'). Burnley scored through C. McCann (89').
Discipline: Reading received 1 yellow card; Burnley received 3 yellow cards and 1 red card.
Going into the game Reading were 3rd on 17 points from 9 and Burnley 5th on 15 points from 9. Reading went on to finish that season 5th with 77 points, and Burnley 2nd with 85.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Reading wins, 0 draws and 0 for Burnley.
Going into the match Reading's last five read W-W-D-W-L and Burnley's W-W-D-W-W.
Key events
- 4'Goal · N. Hunt
- 38'Yellow card · Chris Armstrong
- 52'Goal · Noel Hunt
- 55'Yellow card · Martin Paterson
- 60'Yellow card · Steven Caldwell
- 64'Goal · Ingo Goetze
- 79'Yellow card · Stephen Jordan
- 89'Goal · C. McCann
- 90'Second yellow · Stephen Jordan
Head-to-head
Team news
Reading expected line-up (4-4-2)
Marcus Hahnemann, Ivar Ingimarsson, Nicky Shorey, Michael Duberry, James Harper, Noel Hunt, Dave Kitson, Leroy Lita, Liam Rosenior