Reading 1-3 Tottenham Hotspur: result and report

Premier League · Sunday 16 September 2012

Result

Reading 1-3 Tottenham Hotspur

Premier League · Sunday 16 September 2012, 15:00 UTC · half-time 0-1

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Reading 1-3 Tottenham Hotspur: match report

Reading were beaten by Tottenham Hotspur 1-3 in the Premier League on Sunday 16 September 2012. It was 0-1 at half-time.

Jermain Defoe opened the scoring in the 18th minute. Reading's goal came from H. Robson-Kanu (90'). Tottenham Hotspur scored through Jermain Defoe (18'), Gareth Bale (71') and Jermain Defoe (74').

Discipline: Reading received no yellow cards; Tottenham Hotspur received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Reading were 19th on 1 point from 2 and Tottenham Hotspur 16th on 2 points from 3. Reading went on to finish that season 19th with 30 points, and Tottenham Hotspur 5th with 72.

Reading lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Tottenham Hotspur in a 4-3-3.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Reading win, 0 draws and 3 for Tottenham Hotspur.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 18'Goal · Jermain DefoeTottenham Hotspur · 0-1
  • 71'Goal · Gareth BaleTottenham Hotspur · 0-2
  • 74'Goal · Jermain DefoeTottenham Hotspur · 0-3
  • 90'Goal · H. Robson-KanuReading · 1-3
  • 90+3'Yellow card · Jermain DefoeTottenham Hotspur

Head-to-head

4 meetings: Reading 1, draws 0, Tottenham Hotspur 3.

Team news

Reading line-up (4-2-3-1)

Alex Simon McCarthy, Chris Gunter, Alex Pearce, Kaspars Gorkss, Ian Harte, Jem Karacan, Mikele Leigertwood, Jobi McAnuff, Danny Guthrie, Pavel Pogrebnyak, Garath McCleary

Tottenham Hotspur line-up (4-3-3)

Jan Vertonghen, William Gallas, Kyle Naughton, Kyle Walker, Mousa Dembélé, Gylfi Sigurdsson, Gareth Bale, Aaron Lennon, Jermain Defoe, Brad Friedel, Sandro