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

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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.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 4'Goal · N. HuntReading · 1-0
  • 38'Yellow card · Chris ArmstrongReading
  • 52'Goal · Noel HuntReading · 2-0
  • 55'Yellow card · Martin PatersonBurnley
  • 60'Yellow card · Steven CaldwellBurnley
  • 64'Goal · Ingo GoetzeReading · 3-0
  • 79'Yellow card · Stephen JordanBurnley
  • 89'Goal · C. McCannBurnley · 3-1
  • 90'Second yellow · Stephen JordanBurnley

Head-to-head

2 meetings: Reading 2, draws 0, Burnley 0.

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