Reading 2-2 Stoke City: result and report
Championship · Saturday 1 December 2018
Result
Reading 2-2 Stoke City
Championship · Saturday 1 December 2018, 15:00 UTC · half-time 1-0
Reading 2-2 Stoke City: match report
Reading drew with Stoke City 2-2 in the Championship on Saturday 1 December 2018. It was 1-0 at half-time.
Marc McNulty opened the scoring in the 42nd minute. Reading's goals came from Marc McNulty (42') and Modou Barrow (90+4'). Stoke City scored through Benik Afobe (48') and Tom Ince (69').
Discipline: Reading received 2 yellow cards; Stoke City received 1 yellow card.
Going into the game Reading were 20th on 17 points from 19 and Stoke City 12th on 26 points from 19. Reading went on to finish that season 20th with 47 points, and Stoke City 17th with 55.
Reading lined up in a 4-3-2-1 and Stoke City in a 4-3-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Modou Barrow of Reading (7.5), level with Sam Clucas (7.5).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Reading wins, 1 draw and 1 for Stoke City.
Key events
- 35'Yellow card · L. Bacuna
- 42'Goal · Marc McNulty
- 48'Goal · Benik Afobe
- 60'Yellow card · James McClean
- 69'Goal · Tom Ince
- 89'Yellow card · A. Yiadom
- 90+4'Goal · Modou Barrow
Head-to-head
Team news
Reading line-up (4-3-2-1)
Anssi Jaakkola, Andy Yiadom, Tiago Ilori, Tyler Blackett, Chris Gunter, Andrew Farai Rinomhota, Leandro Bacuna, John Swift, Garath McCleary, Danny Namaso, Marc McNulty
Stoke City line-up (4-3-3)
Jack Butland, Cuco Martina, Ryan Shawcross, Bruno Martins Indi, Erik Pieters, Joe Allen, Ryan Woods, Sam Clucas, Tom Ince, Benik Afobe, James McClean