Aston Villa 1-3 Reading: result and report

Championship · Saturday 15 April 2017

Result

Aston Villa 1-3 Reading

Championship · Saturday 15 April 2017, 14:00 UTC · half-time 1-1

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Aston Villa 1-3 Reading: match report

Aston Villa lost to Reading 1-3 in the Championship on Saturday 15 April 2017. The half-time score was 1-1.

Joseph Mendes opened the scoring in the 6th minute. Aston Villa's goal came from James Chester (14'). Reading scored through Joseph Mendes (6'), Joseph Mendes (46') and Lewis Grabban (79', penalty).

Discipline: Aston Villa received 1 yellow card; Reading received 3 yellow cards.

Going into the game Aston Villa were 12th on 58 points from 41 and Reading 5th on 73 points from 41. Aston Villa went on to finish that season 13th with 62 points, and Reading 3rd with 90.

Aston Villa lined up in a 4-3-3 and Reading in a 3-5-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Lewis Grabban of Reading (9.0), ahead of C. Hourihane (8.4).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 6 Aston Villa wins, 0 draws and 1 for Reading.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 6'Goal · Joseph MendesReading · 0-1
  • 14'Goal · James ChesterAston Villa · 1-1
  • 16'Yellow card · Danny WilliamsReading
  • 46'Goal · Joseph MendesReading · 1-2
  • 66'Yellow card · Jordan ObitaReading
  • 78'Yellow card · L. BacunaAston Villa
  • 79'Penalty goal · Lewis GrabbanReading · 1-3
  • 86'Yellow card · John SwiftReading

Head-to-head

7 meetings: Aston Villa 6, draws 0, Reading 1.

Team news

Aston Villa line-up (4-3-3)

Sam Johnstone, Alan Hutton, James Chester, Nathan Baker, J. Amavi, C. Hourihane, Mile Jedinak, Henri Lansbury, Leandro Bacuna, Jonathan Kodjia, Albert Adomah

Reading line-up (3-5-2)

Ali Al-Habsi, Chris Gunter, Liam Moore, Tyler Blackett, Adrian Dumitru Popa, John Swift, Liam Kelly, Danny Williams, Jordan Obita, Lewis Grabban, Joseph Mendes