Reading 2-0 Wigan Athletic: result and report
League One · Saturday 23 December 2023
Result
Reading 2-0 Wigan Athletic
League One · Saturday 23 December 2023, 15:00 UTC · half-time 1-0
Reading 2-0 Wigan Athletic: match report
Reading won against Wigan Athletic 2-0 in the League One on Saturday 23 December 2023. It was 1-0 at half-time.
Femi Azeez opened the scoring in the 34th minute. Reading's goals came from Femi Azeez (34') and Sam Smith (50'). Wigan Athletic did not score.
Discipline: Reading received 1 yellow card; Wigan Athletic received 5 yellow cards.
Going into the game Reading were 20th on 19 points from 21 and Wigan Athletic 10th on 31 points from 21. Reading went on to finish that season 15th with 59 points, and Wigan Athletic 10th with 70.
Reading lined up in a 4-4-2 and Wigan Athletic in a 3-4-1-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Amadou Mbengue of Reading (8.1), ahead of Liam Shaw (7.7).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 5 Reading wins, 3 draws and 2 for Wigan Athletic.
Going into the match Reading's last five read D-D-L-W-W and Wigan Athletic's L-D-W-D-D.
Key events
- 34'Goal · Femi Azeez
- 42'Yellow card · Charlie Wyke
- 47'Yellow card · Sean Clare
- 50'Goal · Sam Smith
- 56'Yellow card · Nelson Abbey
- 57'Yellow card · Callum McManaman
- 75'Yellow card · Stephen Humphrys
- 90+3'Yellow card · Callum Lang
Head-to-head
Team news
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Reading line-up (4-4-2)
David Button, Amadou Mbengue, Tom Holmes, Nelson Abbey, Jeriel Dorsett, Michael Craig, Femi Azeez, Lewis Wing, Harvey Knibbs, Paul Mukairu, Sam Smith
Wigan Athletic line-up (3-4-1-2)
Sam Tickle, Sean Clare, Liam Morrison, Steven Sessegnon, Harry McHugh, Liam Shaw, Scott Smith, Jordan Jones, Callum McManaman, Callum Lang, Charlie Wyke