Reading 1-2 Cardiff City: result and report

Reading 1-2 Cardiff City

Championship · Saturday 9 April 2022, 14:00 UTC · half-time 1-0

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Reading were beaten by Cardiff City 1-2 in the Championship on Saturday 9 April 2022. It was 1-0 at half-time.

Lucas João opened the scoring in the 7th minute. Reading's goal came from Lucas João (7'). Cardiff City scored through Alfie Doughty (59') and Will Vaulks (85').

Discipline: Reading received no yellow cards; Cardiff City received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Reading were 21st on 43 points from 40 and Cardiff City 18th on 46 points from 39. Reading went on to finish that season 22nd with 47 points, and Cardiff City 19th with 53.

Reading lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Cardiff City in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Lucas João of Reading (7.8), level with Cody Drameh (7.8).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 5 Reading wins, 5 draws and 0 for Cardiff City.

Going into the match Reading's last five read W-D-W-D-L and Cardiff City's L-W-D-W-W.