Reading 1-2 Burton Albion: result and report
Championship · Saturday 23 December 2017
Result
Reading 1-2 Burton Albion
Championship · Saturday 23 December 2017, 15:00 UTC · half-time 0-1
Reading 1-2 Burton Albion: match report
Reading were beaten by Burton Albion 1-2 in the Championship on Saturday 23 December 2017. It was 0-1 at half-time.
Tom Flanagan opened the scoring in the 40th minute. Reading's goal came from Modou Barrow (76'). Burton Albion scored through Tom Flanagan (40') and Tom Naylor (81').
Discipline: Reading received no yellow cards; Burton Albion received 1 yellow card.
Going into the game Reading were 14th on 27 points from 22 and Burton Albion 22nd on 17 points from 22. Reading went on to finish that season 20th with 44 points, and Burton Albion 23rd with 41.
Reading lined up in a 4-3-3 and Burton Albion in a 5-4-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Tom Flanagan of Burton Albion (7.8), ahead of Liam Moore (7.3).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Reading wins, 0 draws and 0 for Burton Albion.
Key events
- 40'Goal · Tom Flanagan
- 55'Yellow card · Luke Murphy
- 76'Goal · Modou Barrow
- 81'Goal · Tom Naylor
Head-to-head
Team news
Reading line-up (4-3-3)
Vito Mannone, Chris Gunter, Paul McShane, Liam Moore, Leandro Bacuna, Joey van den Berg, Dave Edwards, Liam Kelly, Sone Aluko, Modou Barrow, Yann Kermorgant
Burton Albion line-up (5-4-1)
Stephen Bywater, John Brayford, Ben Turner, Lucas Akins, Tom Flanagan, Jake Buxton, Luke Murphy, Lloyd Dyer, Tom Naylor, William Miller, Marvin Sordell