Reading 2-0 Sheffield Wednesday: result and report

Championship · Saturday 31 January 2015

Result

Reading 2-0 Sheffield Wednesday

Championship · Saturday 31 January 2015, 15:00 UTC · half-time 2-0

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Reading 2-0 Sheffield Wednesday: match report

Reading beat Sheffield Wednesday 2-0 in the Championship on Saturday 31 January 2015. The half-time score was 2-0.

Pavel Pogrebnyak opened the scoring in the 29th minute. Reading's goals came from Pavel Pogrebnyak (29') and Nathaniel Chalobah (40'). Sheffield Wednesday did not score.

Discipline: Reading received 1 yellow card; Sheffield Wednesday received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Reading were 19th on 30 points from 27 and Sheffield Wednesday 9th on 38 points from 27. Reading went on to finish that season 20th with 49 points, and Sheffield Wednesday 13th with 60.

Reading lined up in a 4-4-2 and Sheffield Wednesday in a 4-4-2.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 5 Reading wins, 1 draw and 3 for Sheffield Wednesday.

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

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 29'Goal · Pavel PogrebnyakReading · 1-0
  • 34'Yellow card · Glenn LoovensSheffield Wednesday
  • 40'Goal · Nathaniel ChalobahReading · 2-0
  • 63'Missed penalty · H. Robson-KanuReading
  • 67'Yellow card · Michael HectorReading

Head-to-head

9 meetings: Reading 5, draws 1, Sheffield Wednesday 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

Sheffield Wednesday expected line-up (4-4-2)

Keiren Westwood, Liam Palmer, Glenn Loovens, Tom Lees, José Semedo, Jacques Maghoma, Jeremy Helan, Stevie May, Giles Coke