Reading 0-2 Charlton Athletic: result and report
Championship · Saturday 31 August 2019
Result
Reading 0-2 Charlton Athletic
Championship · Saturday 31 August 2019, 14:00 UTC · half-time 0-0
Reading 0-2 Charlton Athletic: match report
Reading lost to Charlton Athletic 0-2 in the Championship on Saturday 31 August 2019. The half-time score was 0-0.
Jonathan Leko opened the scoring in the 51st minute. Reading did not score. Charlton Athletic scored through Jonathan Leko (51') and L. Taylor (80', penalty).
Discipline: Reading received 1 yellow card; Charlton Athletic received 3 yellow cards.
Going into the game Reading were 12th on 7 points from 5 and Charlton Athletic 3rd on 11 points from 5. Reading went on to finish that season 15th with 56 points, and Charlton Athletic 23rd with 48.
Reading lined up in a 3-5-2 and Charlton Athletic in a 4-3-1-2. The highest match rating in our data went to John Swift of Reading (8.0), ahead of Dillon Phillips (7.8).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 5 Reading wins, 2 draws and 3 for Charlton Athletic.
Going into the match Reading's last five read W-D-W-L-L and Charlton Athletic's W-D-D-W-W.
Key events
- 10'Yellow card · Sam Field
- 25'Yellow card · Pelé
- 51'Goal · Jonathan Leko
- 77'Yellow card · Darren Pratley
- 80'Penalty goal · L. Taylor
- 84'Yellow card · C. Gallagher
Head-to-head
Team news
Reading line-up (3-5-2)
Rafael Cabral, Michael Morrison, Liam Moore, Tom McIntyre, John Swift, Ovie Ejaria, Andy Yiadom, Omar Richards, Pelé, Lucas João, G. Pușcaș
Charlton Athletic line-up (4-3-1-2)
Dillon Phillips, Ben Purrington, Tom Lockyer, Jason Pearce, Chris Solly, Jonathan Williams, Conor Gallagher, Josh Cullen, Sam Field, Lyle Taylor, Jonathan Leko