West Bromwich Albion 4-1 Reading: result and report

Championship · Saturday 6 October 2018

Result

West Bromwich Albion 4-1 Reading

Championship · Saturday 6 October 2018, 14:00 UTC · half-time 0-1

West Bromwich Albion · Reading · Championship predictions

West Bromwich Albion 4-1 Reading: match report

West Bromwich Albion won against Reading 4-1 in the Championship on Saturday 6 October 2018. It was 0-1 at half-time.

L. Bacuna opened the scoring in the 6th minute. West Bromwich Albion's goals came from Dwight Gayle (49'), Dwight Gayle (65'), Harvey Barnes (72') and Kyle Bartley (80'). Reading scored through L. Bacuna (6').

Discipline: West Bromwich Albion received 2 yellow cards; Reading received 3 yellow cards.

Going into the game West Bromwich Albion were 4th on 21 points from 11 and Reading 20th on 9 points from 11. West Bromwich Albion went on to finish that season 4th with 83 points, and Reading 20th with 47.

West Bromwich Albion lined up in a 3-4-1-2 and Reading in a 5-3-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Kyle Bartley of West Bromwich Albion (8.3), level with Dwight Gayle (8.3).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 West Bromwich Albion wins, 1 draw and 1 for Reading.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 6'Goal · L. BacunaReading · 0-1
  • 41'Yellow card · Craig DawsonWest Bromwich Albion
  • 49'Goal · Dwight GayleWest Bromwich Albion · 1-1
  • 51'Yellow card · John SwiftReading
  • 52'Yellow card · Gareth BarryWest Bromwich Albion
  • 56'Yellow card · Tiago IloriReading
  • 65'Goal · Dwight GayleWest Bromwich Albion · 2-1
  • 72'Goal · Harvey BarnesWest Bromwich Albion · 3-1
  • 80'Goal · Kyle BartleyWest Bromwich Albion · 4-1
  • 82'Yellow card · Liam MooreReading

Head-to-head

4 meetings: West Bromwich Albion 2, draws 1, Reading 1.

Team news

West Bromwich Albion line-up (3-4-1-2)

Sam Johnstone, Craig Dawson, Ahmed Hegazy, Kyle Bartley, Tyrone Mears, Jake Livermore, Gareth Barry, Kieran Gibbs, Harvey Barnes, Jay Rodríguez, Dwight Gayle

Reading line-up (5-3-2)

Sam Walker, Chris Gunter, Tiago Ilori, Liam Moore, Tyler Blackett, Andy Yiadom, Leandro Bacuna, Saeed Ezatolahi, John Swift, Marc McNulty, Yakou Méïté