Reading 1-0 Preston North End: result and report

Championship · Saturday 6 August 2016

Result

Reading 1-0 Preston North End

Championship · Saturday 6 August 2016, 14:00 UTC · half-time 1-0

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Reading 1-0 Preston North End: match report

Reading won against Preston North End 1-0 in the Championship on Saturday 6 August 2016. It was 1-0 at half-time.

The only goal came from John Swift of Reading in the 35th minute.

Discipline: Reading received 2 yellow cards; Preston North End received 4 yellow cards.

Reading went on to finish that season 3rd with 90 points, and Preston North End 12th with 63.

Reading lined up in a 4-4-2 and Preston North End in a 5-3-2.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 5 Reading wins, 2 draws and 3 for Preston North End.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 35'Goal · John SwiftReading · 1-0
  • 36'Yellow card · P. McShaneReading
  • 48'Yellow card · Joe GarnerPreston North End
  • 50'Yellow card · Greg CunninghamPreston North End
  • 50'Yellow card · George EvansReading
  • 59'Yellow card · Paul GallagherPreston North End
  • 90+5'Yellow card · Alan BrownePreston North End

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Reading 5, draws 2, Preston North End 3.

Team news

Reading expected line-up (4-4-2)

Alex Simon McCarthy, Chris Gunter, Sean Morrison, Stephen Kelly, Alex Pearce, Jordan Obita, Jem Karacan, Hal Robson-Kanu, Garath McCleary

Preston North End expected line-up (5-3-2)

Iain Turner, Billy Jones, Craig Morgan, Bongani Khumalo, Ian Ashbee, Keith Treacy, Iain Edward Hume, Eddie Johnson, Chris Brown, Barry Nicholson, Darren Carter