Swansea City 2-0 Reading: result and report

Championship · Saturday 27 October 2018

Result

Swansea City 2-0 Reading

Championship · Saturday 27 October 2018, 14:00 UTC · half-time 1-0

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Swansea City 2-0 Reading: match report

Swansea City beat Reading 2-0 in the Championship on Saturday 27 October 2018. The half-time score was 1-0.

Oliver McBurnie opened the scoring in the 38th minute. Swansea City's goals came from Oliver McBurnie (38', penalty) and Oliver McBurnie (84'). Reading did not score.

Discipline: Swansea City received 2 yellow cards; Reading received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Swansea City were 11th on 20 points from 14 and Reading 22nd on 12 points from 14. Swansea City went on to finish that season 10th with 65 points, and Reading 20th with 47.

Swansea City lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Reading in a 4-3-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Oli McBurnie of Swansea City (8.7), ahead of Mike van der Hoorn (8.4).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 4 Swansea City wins, 4 draws and 1 for Reading.

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

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 38'Penalty goal · Oliver McBurnieSwansea City · 1-0
  • 54'Yellow card · Oliver McBurnieSwansea City
  • 66'Yellow card · Kristoffer NordfeldtSwansea City
  • 81'Yellow card · Sam BaldockReading
  • 84'Goal · Oliver McBurnieSwansea City · 2-0

Head-to-head

9 meetings: Swansea City 4, draws 4, Reading 1.

Team news

Swansea City line-up (4-2-3-1)

Kristoffer Nordfeldt, Kyle Naughton, Mike van der Hoorn, Joe Rodon, Martin Olsson, Jay Fulton, Matt Grimes, Connor Roberts, Bersant Celina, Daniel James, Oli McBurnie

Reading line-up (4-3-3)

Anssi Jaakkola, Andy Yiadom, John O'Shea, Liam Moore, Tyler Blackett, Liam Kelly, Leandro Bacuna, John Swift, Garath McCleary, Yakou Méïté, Sam Baldock