Reading 1-1 Stoke City: result and report
Premier League · Saturday 18 August 2012
Result
Reading 1-1 Stoke City
Premier League · Saturday 18 August 2012, 14:00 UTC · half-time 0-1
Reading 1-1 Stoke City: match report
Reading drew with Stoke City 1-1 in the Premier League on Saturday 18 August 2012. It was 0-1 at half-time.
Michael Kightly opened the scoring in the 34th minute. Reading's goal came from Adam Le Fondre (90', penalty). Stoke City scored through Michael Kightly (34').
Discipline: Reading received 2 yellow cards; Stoke City received 5 yellow cards and 1 red card.
Reading went on to finish that season 19th with 30 points, and Stoke City 13th with 41.
Reading lined up in a 4-4-2 and Stoke City in a 4-4-2.
Key events
- 18'Yellow card · Dean Whitehead
- 34'Goal · Michael Kightly
- 45'Yellow card · Kaspars Gorkss
- 72'Yellow card · M. Leigertwood
- 74'Yellow card · Matthew Etherington
- 89'Second yellow · Dean Whitehead
- 90'Penalty goal · Adam Le Fondre
- 90'Yellow card · Andy Wilkinson
- 90+2'Yellow card · Ryan Shawcross
- 90+3'Yellow card · Asmir Begovic
Team news
Reading line-up (4-4-2)
Adam Federici, Chris Gunter, Alex Pearce, Kaspars Gorkss, Ian Harte, Mikele Leigertwood, Jobi McAnuff, Danny Guthrie, Pavel Pogrebnyak, Adam Le Fondre, Hal Robson-Kanu
Stoke City expected line-up (4-4-2)
Asmir Begović, Robert Huth, Abdoulaye Faye, Danny Collins, Glenn Whelan, Jermaine Pennant, Jonathan Walters, Rory Delap, Matthew Etherington