Reading 1-2 Liverpool: result and report

Premier League · Saturday 7 April 2007

Result

Reading 1-2 Liverpool

Premier League · Saturday 7 April 2007, 14:00 UTC · half-time 0-1

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Reading 1-2 Liverpool: match report

Reading were beaten by Liverpool 1-2 in the Premier League on Saturday 7 April 2007. It was 0-1 at half-time.

Arbeloa opened the scoring in the 15th minute. Reading's goal came from Brynjar Gunnarsson (47'). Liverpool scored through Arbeloa (15') and Dirk Kuyt (85').

Discipline: Reading received 2 yellow cards; Liverpool received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Reading were 8th on 44 points from 31 and Liverpool 3rd on 57 points from 31. Reading went on to finish that season 8th with 55 points, and Liverpool 3rd with 68.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Reading wins, 0 draws and 1 for Liverpool.

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 15'Goal · ArbeloaLiverpool · 0-1
  • 47'Goal · Brynjar GunnarssonReading · 1-1
  • 68'Yellow card · Mohamed SissokoLiverpool
  • 73'Yellow card · Dave KitsonReading
  • 76'Yellow card · Marcus HahnemannReading
  • 85'Goal · Dirk KuytLiverpool · 1-2

Head-to-head

1 meetings: Reading 0, draws 0, Liverpool 1.

Team news

Reading line-up

Marcus Hahnemann, Nicky Shorey, Ivar Ingimarsson, Michael Duberry, Steve Sidwell, Noel Hunt, John Oster, James Harper, Kevin Doyle, Dave Kitson, Brynjar Björn Gunnarsson

Liverpool line-up

Pepe Reina, Álvaro Arbeloa, Steve Finnan, Javier Mascherano, Jamie Carragher, Mark González, Mohamed Sissoko, Peter Crouch, Craig Bellamy, Sami Hyypia, Steven Gerrard