Reading 2-1 Chelsea: result and report
Premier League · Wednesday 30 January 2013
Result
Reading 2-1 Chelsea
Premier League · Wednesday 30 January 2013, 20:00 UTC · half-time 0-1
Reading 2-1 Chelsea: match report
Reading beat Chelsea 2-1 in the Premier League on Wednesday 30 January 2013. It was 0-1 at half-time.
Juan Mata opened the scoring in the 45th minute. Reading's goals came from Adam Le Fondre (87') and Adam Le Fondre (90+4'). Chelsea scored through Juan Mata (45+1') and Frank Lampard (66').
Discipline: Reading received 1 yellow card; Chelsea received 2 yellow cards.
Going into the game Reading were 19th on 19 points from 23 and Chelsea 3rd on 45 points from 23. Reading went on to finish that season 19th with 30 points, and Chelsea 2nd with 74.
Reading lined up in a 4-5-1 and Chelsea in a 4-5-1.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Reading wins, 1 draw and 4 for Chelsea.
Going into the match Reading's last five read W-W-L-W-D and Chelsea's W-D-W-L-W.
Key events
- 29'Yellow card · Jobi McAnuff
- 40'Yellow card · Ramires
- 45+1'Goal · Juan Mata
- 66'Goal · Frank Lampard
- 87'Goal · Adam Le Fondre
- 90+4'Goal · Adam Le Fondre
- 90+5'Yellow card · César Azpilicueta
Head-to-head
Team news
Reading line-up (4-5-1)
Adam Federici, Alex Pearce, Mikele Leigertwood, Jem Karacan, Danny Guthrie, Jobi McAnuff, Pavel Pogrebnyak, Adrian Mariappa, Ian Harte, Stephen Kelly, Jimmy Kébé
Chelsea line-up (4-5-1)
César Azpilicueta, Branislav Ivanović, Gary Cahill, Ashley Cole, Juan Mata, F. Lampard, Oscar, Ramires, Ryan Bertrand, Fernando Torres, Ross Turnbull