Reading 2-2 Newcastle United: result and report

Premier League · Saturday 29 September 2012

Result

Reading 2-2 Newcastle United

Premier League · Saturday 29 September 2012, 14:00 UTC · half-time 0-0

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Reading 2-2 Newcastle United: match report

Reading drew with Newcastle United 2-2 in the Premier League on Saturday 29 September 2012. It was 0-0 at half-time.

Demba Ba opened the scoring in the 58th minute. Reading's goals came from Jimmy Kébé (58') and N. Hunt (62'). Newcastle United scored through Demba Ba (58') and Demba Ba (83').

Discipline: Reading received no yellow cards; Newcastle United received 3 yellow cards.

Going into the game Reading were 20th on 1 point from 4 and Newcastle United 10th on 8 points from 5. Reading went on to finish that season 19th with 30 points, and Newcastle United 15th with 41.

Reading lined up in a 4-4-2 and Newcastle United in a 4-4-2.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Reading wins, 0 draws and 2 for Newcastle United.

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 44'Yellow card · James PerchNewcastle United
  • 53'Yellow card · M. WilliamsonNewcastle United
  • 58'Goal · Demba BaNewcastle United · 0-1
  • 58'Goal · Jimmy KébéReading · 1-1
  • 62'Goal · N. HuntReading · 2-1
  • 73'Yellow card · Jonás GutiérrezNewcastle United
  • 83'Goal · Demba BaNewcastle United · 2-2

Head-to-head

4 meetings: Reading 2, draws 0, Newcastle United 2.

Team news

Reading line-up (4-4-2)

Alex Simon McCarthy, Nicky Shorey, Adrian Mariappa, Kaspars Gorkss, Shaun Cummings, Jem Karacan, Mikele Leigertwood, Jobi McAnuff, Jimmy Kébé, Pavel Pogrebnyak, Noel Hunt

Newcastle United line-up (4-4-2)

Steve Harper, Mike Williamson, James Perch, Steven Taylor, Jonás Gutiérrez, Gaël Bigirimana, Cheik Tiote, Papiss Demba Cissé, Demba Ba, José Faria, Hatem Ben Arfa