Reading 0-0 Newcastle United: result and report
Championship · Tuesday 7 March 2017
Result
Reading 0-0 Newcastle United
Championship · Tuesday 7 March 2017, 20:00 UTC · half-time 0-0
Reading 0-0 Newcastle United: match report
Reading drew with Newcastle United 0-0 in the Championship on Tuesday 7 March 2017. The half-time score was 0-0.
Neither side found the net.
Discipline: Reading received 1 yellow card; Newcastle United received no yellow cards.
Going into the game Reading were 5th on 63 points from 35 and Newcastle United 1st on 77 points from 35. Reading went on to finish that season 3rd with 90 points, and Newcastle United 1st with 95.
Reading lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Newcastle United in a 4-4-1-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Ali Al-Habsi of Reading (8.2), ahead of Joey van den Berg (8.1).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Reading wins, 1 draw and 5 for Newcastle United.
Going into the match Reading's last five read W-L-L-W-D and Newcastle United's W-W-D-W-D.
Key events
- 90+2'Yellow card · Chris Gunter
Head-to-head
Team news
Reading line-up (4-2-3-1)
Ali Al-Habsi, Chris Gunter, Paul McShane, Liam Moore, Tyler Blackett, Liam Kelly, Joey van den Berg, Lewis Grabban, Jordon Mutch, Garath McCleary, Yann Kermorgant
Newcastle United line-up (4-4-1-1)
Karl Darlow, Jesús Gámez, Jamaal Lascelles, Ciaran Clark, Paul Dummett, Matt Ritchie, Jonjo Shelvey, Jack Colback, Yoan Gouffran, Ayoze Pérez, Daryl Murphy