Reading 1-4 Swansea City: result and report
Championship · Tuesday 1 January 2019
Result
Reading 1-4 Swansea City
Championship · Tuesday 1 January 2019, 15:00 UTC · half-time 0-3
Reading 1-4 Swansea City: match report
Reading were beaten by Swansea City 1-4 in the Championship on Tuesday 1 January 2019. It was 0-3 at half-time.
Oliver McBurnie opened the scoring in the 2nd minute. Reading's goal came from Callum Harriott (77'). Swansea City scored through Oliver McBurnie (2'), C. Roberts (30'), Mike van der Hoorn (45') and Oliver McBurnie (48', penalty).
Discipline: Reading received 2 yellow cards; Swansea City received 1 yellow card.
Going into the game Reading were 23rd on 20 points from 25 and Swansea City 13th on 33 points from 25. Reading went on to finish that season 20th with 47 points, and Swansea City 10th with 65.
Reading lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Swansea City in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Mike van der Hoorn of Swansea City (8.4), ahead of Matt Grimes (8.2).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Reading win, 4 draws and 5 for Swansea City.
Key events
- 2'Goal · Oliver McBurnie
- 30'Goal · C. Roberts
- 45'Goal · Mike van der Hoorn
- 48'Penalty goal · Oliver McBurnie
- 53'Yellow card · C. Roberts
- 67'Yellow card · Tiago Ilori
- 75'Yellow card · Modou Barrow
- 77'Goal · Callum Harriott
Head-to-head
Team news
Reading line-up (4-2-3-1)
Anssi Jaakkola, Andy Yiadom, Tiago Ilori, John O'Shea, Omar Richards, Andrew Farai Rinomhota, John Swift, Garath McCleary, Sone Aluko, Modou Barrow, Yakou Méïté
Swansea City line-up (4-2-3-1)
Erwin Mulder, Kyle Naughton, Mike van der Hoorn, Joe Rodon, Connor Roberts, Leroy Fer, Matt Grimes, Nathan Dyer, Bersant Celina, Wayne Routledge, Oli McBurnie