Aston Villa 2-1 Reading: result and report
Premier League · Wednesday 23 August 2006
Result
Aston Villa 2-1 Reading
Premier League · Wednesday 23 August 2006, 17:45 UTC · half-time 1-1
Aston Villa 2-1 Reading: match report
Aston Villa defeated Reading 2-1 in the Premier League on Wednesday 23 August 2006. It was 1-1 at half-time.
Kevin Doyle opened the scoring in the 4th minute. Aston Villa's goals came from Juan Ángel Arango (34', penalty) and Gareth Barry (61'). Reading scored through Kevin Doyle (4').
Discipline: Aston Villa received 2 yellow cards; Reading received 1 yellow card and 1 red card.
Aston Villa went on to finish that season 11th with 50 points, and Reading 8th with 55.
Key events
- 4'Goal · Kevin Doyle
- 8'Yellow card · Gavin McCann
- 33'Red card · I. Sonko
- 34'Penalty goal · Juan Ángel Arango
- 43'Yellow card · Ivar Ingimarsson
- 47'Yellow card · Jlloyd Samuel
- 61'Goal · Gareth Barry
Team news
Aston Villa expected line-up
Thomas Sorensen, Liam Ridgewell, Ronny Johnsen, Gareth Barry, Gavin McCann, James Milner, Steven Davis, Olof Mellberg, Mark Anthony Delaney
Reading line-up
Marcus Hahnemann, Nicky Shorey, Ibrahima Sonko, Ivar Ingimarsson, Steve Sidwell, James Harper, Leroy Lita, Kevin Doyle, Bobby Convey, Graeme Murty, Ki-Hyeon Seol