Wolverhampton Wanderers 3-0 Reading: result and report
Championship · Tuesday 13 March 2018
Result
Wolverhampton Wanderers 3-0 Reading
Championship · Tuesday 13 March 2018, 19:45 UTC · half-time 1-0
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Wolverhampton Wanderers 3-0 Reading: match report
Wolverhampton Wanderers beat Reading 3-0 in the Championship on Tuesday 13 March 2018. It was 1-0 at half-time.
Matt Doherty opened the scoring in the 40th minute. Wolverhampton Wanderers's goals came from Matt Doherty (40'), Benik Afobe (58') and Matt Doherty (73'). Reading did not score.
Discipline: Wolverhampton Wanderers received 1 yellow card; Reading received 2 yellow cards.
Going into the game Wolverhampton Wanderers were 1st on 76 points from 36 and Reading 19th on 36 points from 36. Wolverhampton Wanderers went on to finish that season 1st with 99 points, and Reading 20th with 44.
Wolverhampton Wanderers lined up in a 3-4-3 and Reading in a 4-3-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Matt Doherty of Wolverhampton Wanderers (8.7), ahead of B. Douglas (7.8).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 4 Wolverhampton Wanderers wins, 2 draws and 4 for Reading.
Going into the match Wolverhampton Wanderers's last five read L-W-L-D-D and Reading's D-D-L-D-D.
Key events
- 40'Goal · Matt Doherty
- 51'Yellow card · Chris Gunter
- 54'Yellow card · George Evans
- 58'Goal · Benik Afobe
- 73'Goal · Matt Doherty
- 85'Yellow card · Ryan Bennett
Head-to-head
Team news
Wolverhampton Wanderers line-up (3-4-3)
John Ruddy, Ryan Bennett, Willy Boly, Conor Coady, Matt Doherty, B. Douglas, Rúben Neves, Romain Saïss, Hélder Costa, Diogo Jota, Benik Afobe
Reading line-up (4-3-3)
Anssi Jaakkola, Chris Gunter, Liam Moore, Tiago Ilori, Tyler Blackett, George Evans, Dave Edwards, Pelle Clement, Sone Aluko, Modou Barrow, J. Böðvarsson