Swansea City 2-2 Reading: result and report
Premier League · Saturday 6 October 2012
Result
Swansea City 2-2 Reading
Premier League · Saturday 6 October 2012, 14:00 UTC · half-time 0-2
Swansea City 2-2 Reading: match report
Swansea City drew with Reading 2-2 in the Premier League on Saturday 6 October 2012. The half-time score was 0-2.
Pavel Pogrebnyak opened the scoring in the 31st minute. Swansea City's goals came from Michu (71') and Wayne Routledge (78'). Reading scored through Pavel Pogrebnyak (31') and N. Hunt (44').
Discipline: Swansea City received 1 yellow card; Reading received 3 yellow cards.
Going into the game Swansea City were 11th on 7 points from 6 and Reading 19th on 2 points from 5. Swansea City went on to finish that season 9th with 45 points, and Reading 19th with 30.
Swansea City lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Reading in a 4-4-2.
Going into the match Swansea City's last five read L-L-L-D-W and Reading's D-L-L-L-D.
Key events
- 15'Yellow card · A. Mariappa
- 31'Goal · Pavel Pogrebnyak
- 43'Yellow card · Michu
- 44'Goal · N. Hunt
- 60'Yellow card · Jay Tabb
- 71'Goal · Michu
- 72'Yellow card · Jason Roberts
- 78'Goal · Wayne Routledge
Team news
Swansea City line-up (4-2-3-1)
Michel Vorm, Chico Flores, Ashley Williams, Àngel Rangel, Ben Davies, Nathan Dyer, Wayne Routledge, Sung-yueng Ki, Miguel Pérez Cuesta, Danny Graham, Leon Britton
Reading line-up (4-4-2)
Alex Simon McCarthy, Nicky Shorey, Adrian Mariappa, Kaspars Gorkss, Shaun Cummings, Jem Karacan, Jobi McAnuff, Jimmy Kébé, Jay Tabb, Pavel Pogrebnyak, Noel Hunt