West Bromwich Albion 3-1 Reading: result and report
Championship · Saturday 17 October 2009
Result
West Bromwich Albion 3-1 Reading
Championship · Saturday 17 October 2009, 14:00 UTC · half-time 1-1
West Bromwich Albion 3-1 Reading: match report
West Bromwich Albion defeated Reading 3-1 in the Championship on Saturday 17 October 2009. It was 1-1 at half-time.
Matthew Mills opened the scoring in the 6th minute. West Bromwich Albion's goals came from Jerome Thomas (29'), Jerome Thomas (65') and Youssouf Mulumbu (87'). Reading scored through Matthew Mills (6').
Discipline: West Bromwich Albion received 1 yellow card; Reading received 1 yellow card.
Going into the game West Bromwich Albion were 2nd on 21 points from 11 and Reading 21st on 10 points from 11. West Bromwich Albion went on to finish that season 2nd with 91 points, and Reading 9th with 63.
West Bromwich Albion lined up in a 4-4-1-1 and Reading in a 4-4-2.
Going into the match West Bromwich Albion's last five read D-L-L-W-W and Reading's L-W-D-L-L.
Key events
- 6'Goal · Matthew Mills
- 29'Goal · Jerome Thomas
- 62'Yellow card · Gianni Zuiverloon
- 65'Goal · Jerome Thomas
- 86'Yellow card · Darren O'Dea
- 87'Goal · Youssouf Mulumbu
Team news
West Bromwich Albion expected line-up (4-4-1-1)
Dean Kiely, Gianni Zuiverloon, Jonas Olsson, Shelton Martis, Jonathan Greening, Chris Brunt, Robert Koren, Borja Valero, Marc-Antoine Fortune, Juan Carlos Menseguez, Paul Robinson
Reading expected line-up (4-4-2)
Marcus Hahnemann, Ivar Ingimarsson, Nicky Shorey, Michael Duberry, James Harper, Noel Hunt, Dave Kitson, Leroy Lita, Liam Rosenior