Reading 3-1 West Bromwich Albion: result and report

Premier League · Saturday 12 January 2013

Result

Reading 3-1 West Bromwich Albion

Premier League · Saturday 12 January 2013, 15:00 UTC · half-time 0-1

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Reading 3-1 West Bromwich Albion: match report

Reading won against West Bromwich Albion 3-1 in the Premier League on Saturday 12 January 2013. It was 0-1 at half-time.

Romelu Lukaku opened the scoring in the 19th minute. Reading's goals came from Jimmy Kébé (82'), Adam Le Fondre (88', penalty) and Pavel Pogrebnyak (90'). West Bromwich Albion scored through Romelu Lukaku (19') and Romelu Lukaku (69').

Discipline: Reading received 1 yellow card; West Bromwich Albion received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Reading were 20th on 13 points from 21 and West Bromwich Albion 8th on 30 points from 21. Reading went on to finish that season 19th with 30 points, and West Bromwich Albion 10th with 45.

Reading lined up in a 4-1-4-1 and West Bromwich Albion in a 4-4-2.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Reading wins, 0 draws and 1 for West Bromwich Albion.

Going into the match Reading's last five read L-W-D-L-L and West Bromwich Albion's D-L-D-W-D.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 19'Goal · Romelu LukakuWest Bromwich Albion · 0-1
  • 37'Yellow card · Billy JonesWest Bromwich Albion
  • 69'Goal · Romelu LukakuWest Bromwich Albion · 0-2
  • 82'Goal · Jimmy KébéReading · 1-2
  • 88'Penalty goal · Adam Le FondreReading · 2-2
  • 90'Yellow card · Pavel PogrebnyakReading
  • 90'Goal · Pavel PogrebnyakReading · 3-2

Head-to-head

1 meetings: Reading 0, draws 0, West Bromwich Albion 1.

Team news

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

Adam Federici, Chris Gunter, Alex Pearce, Jem Karacan, Danny Guthrie, Jobi McAnuff, Pavel Pogrebnyak, Adrian Mariappa, Ian Harte, Jimmy Kébé, Daniel Carriço

West Bromwich Albion line-up (4-4-2)

Ben Foster, Billy Jones, Gareth McAuley, Jonas Olsson, Liam Ridgewell, Chris Brunt, Graham Dorrans, James Morrison, Jerome Thomas, George Thorne, Romelu Lukaku