Reading 3-1 Coventry City: result and report
Championship · Monday 1 December 2008
Result
Reading 3-1 Coventry City
Championship · Monday 1 December 2008, 20:00 UTC · half-time 2-1
Reading 3-1 Coventry City: match report
Reading defeated Coventry City 3-1 in the Championship on Monday 1 December 2008. The half-time score was 2-1.
Danny Fox opened the scoring in the 26th minute. Reading's goals came from N. Hunt (32'), Kalifa Cisse (37') and N. Hunt (62'). Coventry City scored through Danny Fox (26').
Discipline: Reading received 1 yellow card; Coventry City received 1 yellow card.
Going into the game Reading were 3rd on 34 points from 19 and Coventry City 16th on 24 points from 19. Reading went on to finish that season 5th with 77 points, and Coventry City 17th with 54.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Reading win, 1 draw and 0 for Coventry City.
Going into the match Reading's last five read D-L-W-W-W and Coventry City's D-W-L-L-W.
Key events
- 26'Goal · Danny Fox
- 32'Goal · N. Hunt
- 37'Goal · Kalifa Cisse
- 42'Yellow card · Noel Hunt
- 43'Yellow card · A. Gunnarsson
- 62'Goal · N. Hunt
Head-to-head
Team news
Reading expected line-up (4-4-2)
Marcus Hahnemann, Ivar Ingimarsson, Nicky Shorey, Michael Duberry, James Harper, Noel Hunt, Dave Kitson, Leroy Lita, Liam Rosenior