Reading 2-1 Cardiff City: result and report
Championship · Saturday 28 January 2017
Result
Reading 2-1 Cardiff City
Championship · Saturday 28 January 2017, 15:00 UTC · half-time 1-1
Reading 2-1 Cardiff City: match report
Reading defeated Cardiff City 2-1 in the Championship on Saturday 28 January 2017. It was 1-1 at half-time.
John Swift opened the scoring in the 42nd minute. Reading's goals came from John Swift (42') and Yann Kermorgant (60'). Cardiff City scored through J. Ralls (45+1', penalty).
Discipline: Reading received 1 yellow card; Cardiff City received 1 yellow card.
Going into the game Reading were 4th on 49 points from 27 and Cardiff City 14th on 35 points from 27. Reading went on to finish that season 3rd with 90 points, and Cardiff City 11th with 64.
Reading lined up in a 3-5-2 and Cardiff City in a 3-4-1-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Sean Morrison of Cardiff City (8.1), ahead of Liam Kelly (7.5).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Reading wins, 4 draws and 4 for Cardiff City.
Going into the match Reading's last five read W-L-L-W-W and Cardiff City's L-W-W-W-D.
Key events
- 8'Yellow card · Sol Bamba
- 42'Goal · John Swift
- 45'Yellow card · Liam Moore
- 45+1'Penalty goal · J. Ralls
- 60'Goal · Yann Kermorgant
Head-to-head
Team news
Reading line-up (3-5-2)
Ali Al-Habsi, Paul McShane, Liam Moore, Joey van den Berg, Garath McCleary, Danny Williams, Liam Kelly, John Swift, Chris Gunter, Yann Kermorgant, Roy Beerens
Cardiff City line-up (3-4-1-2)
Allan McGregor, Greg Halford, Sean Morrison, Sol Bamba, Lee Peltier, Joe Ralls, Aron Gunnarsson, Jazz Richards, Junior Hoilett, Rhys Healey, Kenneth Zohore