Reading 1-0 West Ham United: result and report
Premier League · Saturday 29 December 2012
Result
Reading 1-0 West Ham United
Premier League · Saturday 29 December 2012, 15:00 UTC · half-time 1-0
Reading 1-0 West Ham United: match report
Reading defeated West Ham United 1-0 in the Premier League on Saturday 29 December 2012. The half-time score was 1-0.
The only goal came from Pavel Pogrebnyak of Reading in the 5th minute.
Discipline: Reading received 3 yellow cards; West Ham United received 4 yellow cards.
Going into the game Reading were 20th on 10 points from 19 and West Ham United 11th on 23 points from 18. Reading went on to finish that season 19th with 30 points, and West Ham United 8th with 47.
Reading lined up in a 4-4-2 and West Ham United in a 4-2-3-1.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Reading wins, 1 draw and 1 for West Ham United.
Going into the match Reading's last five read D-L-L-L-L and West Ham United's L-D-L-W-L.
Key events
- 5'Goal · Pavel Pogrebnyak
- 15'Yellow card · Mark Noble
- 37'Yellow card · Pavel Pogrebnyak
- 45+1'Yellow card · James Collins
- 61'Yellow card · Alex Pearce
- 67'Yellow card · James Tomkins
- 79'Yellow card · Ian Harte
- 81'Yellow card · Kevin Nolan
Head-to-head
Team news
Reading line-up (4-4-2)
Adam Federici, Chris Gunter, Alex Pearce, Mikele Leigertwood, Jem Karacan, Danny Guthrie, Jobi McAnuff, Pavel Pogrebnyak, Adrian Mariappa, Ian Harte, Jimmy Kébé
West Ham United expected line-up (4-2-3-1)
Jussi Jaaskelainen, Winston Reid, James Collins, Joey O'Brien, Kevin Nolan, Mohamed Diamé, Matt Jarvis, Mark Noble, Andy Carroll