Sunderland 1-3 Reading: result and report

Sunderland 1-3 Reading

Championship · Saturday 2 December 2017, 15:00 UTC · half-time 0-0

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Sunderland lost to Reading 1-3 in the Championship on Saturday 2 December 2017. The half-time score was 0-0.

D. Edwards opened the scoring in the 53rd minute. Sunderland's goal came from Lewis Grabban (76', penalty). Reading scored through D. Edwards (53'), Modou Barrow (68') and Modou Barrow (71').

Discipline: Sunderland received 3 yellow cards and 1 red card; Reading received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Sunderland were 22nd on 14 points from 19 and Reading 16th on 23 points from 19. Sunderland went on to finish that season 24th with 37 points, and Reading 20th with 44.

Sunderland lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Reading in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Modou Barrow of Reading (8.6), ahead of Yann Kermorgant (8.0).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Sunderland wins, 0 draws and 2 for Reading.

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