Reading 2-1 Ipswich Town: result and report
Championship · Friday 9 September 2016
Result
Reading 2-1 Ipswich Town
Championship · Friday 9 September 2016, 19:00 UTC · half-time 1-0
Reading 2-1 Ipswich Town: match report
Reading defeated Ipswich Town 2-1 in the Championship on Friday 9 September 2016. It was 1-0 at half-time.
Garath McCleary opened the scoring in the 45th minute. Reading's goals came from Garath McCleary (45+3', penalty) and Danny Williams (90+5', penalty). Ipswich Town scored through Juan Carlos León (50', penalty).
Discipline: Reading received 5 yellow cards; Ipswich Town received 4 yellow cards.
Going into the game Reading were 16th on 7 points from 5 and Ipswich Town 11th on 8 points from 5. Reading went on to finish that season 3rd with 90 points, and Ipswich Town 16th with 55.
Reading lined up in a 4-3-3 and Ipswich Town in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Joey van den Berg of Reading (7.8), level with Roy Beerens (7.8).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 8 Reading wins, 0 draws and 2 for Ipswich Town.
Key events
- 29'Yellow card · Liam Moore
- 38'Yellow card · Chris Gunter
- 41'Yellow card · George Evans
- 45+3'Penalty goal · Garath McCleary
- 49'Yellow card · Tyler Blackett
- 50'Penalty goal · Juan Carlos León
- 52'Yellow card · Luke Chambers
- 90+4'Yellow card · Joey van den Berg
- 90+4'Yellow card · Christophe Berra
- 90+5'Penalty goal · Danny Williams
- 90+5'Yellow card · Jonathan Douglas
- 90+5'Yellow card · Jonas Knudsen
Head-to-head
Team news
Reading line-up (4-3-3)
Ali Al-Habsi, Chris Gunter, Paul McShane, Liam Moore, Tyler Blackett, Danny Williams, Joey van den Berg, George Evans, Garath McCleary, Yann Kermorgant, Roy Beerens
Ipswich Town line-up (4-2-3-1)
Bartosz Białkowski, Luke Chambers, Tommy Smith, Christophe Berra, Jonas Knudsen, Jonathan Douglas, Cole Skuse, Grant Ward, Kévin Bru, Freddie Sears, Brett Pitman