Reading 2-1 Sunderland: result and report
Premier League · Saturday 2 February 2013
Result
Reading 2-1 Sunderland
Premier League · Saturday 2 February 2013, 15:00 UTC · half-time 1-1
Reading 2-1 Sunderland: match report
Reading won against Sunderland 2-1 in the Premier League on Saturday 2 February 2013. The half-time score was 1-1.
Jimmy Kébé opened the scoring in the 7th minute. Reading's goals came from Jimmy Kébé (7') and Jimmy Kébé (85'). Sunderland scored through Craig Gardner (29', penalty).
Discipline: Reading received 1 yellow card; Sunderland received 3 yellow cards.
Going into the game Reading were 18th on 22 points from 24 and Sunderland 10th on 30 points from 24. Reading went on to finish that season 19th with 30 points, and Sunderland 14th with 41.
Reading lined up in a 4-1-4-1 and Sunderland in a 4-1-4-1.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Reading win, 0 draws and 2 for Sunderland.
Going into the match Reading's last five read W-W-W-L-W and Sunderland's D-W-W-L-L.
Key events
- 1'Yellow card · Jobi McAnuff
- 7'Goal · Jimmy Kébé
- 19'Yellow card · Craig Gardner
- 29'Penalty goal · Craig Gardner
- 33'Yellow card · Titus Bramble
- 55'Yellow card · Stéphane Sessègnon
- 85'Goal · Jimmy Kébé
Head-to-head
Team news
Reading line-up (4-1-4-1)
Adam Federici, Alex Pearce, Mikele Leigertwood, Jobi McAnuff, Garath McCleary, Pavel Pogrebnyak, Adrian Mariappa, Ian Harte, Stephen Kelly, Jimmy Kébé, Hope Akpan
Sunderland line-up (4-1-4-1)
John O'Shea, Jack Colback, Sebastian Larsson, Craig Gardner, Simon Mignolet, Titus Bramble, Alfred N'Diaye, Adam Johnson, Stéphane Sessègnon, Steven Fletcher, David Vaughan