Reading 2-2 Sunderland: result and report
Championship · Saturday 14 April 2018
Result
Reading 2-2 Sunderland
Championship · Saturday 14 April 2018, 14:00 UTC · half-time 1-0
Reading 2-2 Sunderland: match report
Reading drew with Sunderland 2-2 in the Championship on Saturday 14 April 2018. It was 1-0 at half-time.
Liam Kelly opened the scoring in the 20th minute. Reading's goals came from Liam Kelly (20', penalty) and Yann Kermorgant (79'). Sunderland scored through Paddy McNair (47') and L. Cattermole (66').
Discipline: Reading received 1 yellow card; Sunderland received 1 yellow card.
Going into the game Reading were 19th on 42 points from 42 and Sunderland 23rd on 33 points from 42. Reading went on to finish that season 20th with 44 points, and Sunderland 24th with 37.
Reading lined up in a 4-3-3 and Sunderland in a 4-1-4-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Aiden McGeady of Sunderland (8.7), ahead of Yann Kermorgant (8.2).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Reading wins, 0 draws and 2 for Sunderland.
Going into the match Reading's last five read L-W-L-W-L and Sunderland's D-D-L-W-L.
Key events
- 20'Penalty goal · Liam Kelly
- 47'Goal · Paddy McNair
- 66'Goal · L. Cattermole
- 79'Goal · Yann Kermorgant
- 85'Yellow card · John Swift
- 90+4'Yellow card · Donald Love
Head-to-head
Team news
Reading line-up (4-3-3)
Vito Mannone, Chris Gunter, Liam Moore, Tiago Ilori, Omar Richards, John Swift, Dave Edwards, Liam Kelly, Sone Aluko, Modou Barrow, J. Böðvarsson
Sunderland line-up (4-1-4-1)
Lee Camp, Bryan Oviedo, Donald Love, Lamine Koné, Marc Wilson, Paddy McNair, Lee Cattermole, Callum McManaman, Aiden McGeady, George Honeyman, Ashley Fletcher