Aston Villa 1-0 Reading: result and report
Premier League · Tuesday 27 November 2012
Result
Aston Villa 1-0 Reading
Premier League · Tuesday 27 November 2012, 20:00 UTC · half-time 0-0
Aston Villa 1-0 Reading: match report
Aston Villa won against Reading 1-0 in the Premier League on Tuesday 27 November 2012. The half-time score was 0-0.
The only goal came from Christian Benteke of Aston Villa in the 80th minute.
Discipline: Aston Villa received 1 yellow card; Reading received no yellow cards.
Going into the game Aston Villa were 18th on 10 points from 13 and Reading 19th on 9 points from 12. Aston Villa went on to finish that season 16th with 41 points, and Reading 19th with 30.
Aston Villa lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Reading in a 4-4-2.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Aston Villa wins, 0 draws and 1 for Reading.
Going into the match Aston Villa's last five read D-L-L-W-D and Reading's L-W-D-D-D.
Key events
- 64'Yellow card · Ciaran Clark
- 80'Goal · Christian Benteke
Head-to-head
Team news
Aston Villa line-up (4-2-3-1)
Ciaran Clark, Gabriel Agbonlahor, Ashley Westwood, Matthew Lowton, Brad Guzan, Enda Stevens, Barry Bannan, Andreas Weimann, Brett Holman, Christian Benteke, Nathan Baker
Reading line-up (4-4-2)
Adam Le Fondre, Mikele Leigertwood, Jobi McAnuff, Adam Federici, Sean Morrison, Hal Robson-Kanu, Shaun Cummings, Jason Roberts, Nicky Shorey, Adrian Mariappa, Jay Tabb