Barnsley 1-2 Reading: result and report

Barnsley 1-2 Reading

Championship · Saturday 17 September 2016, 14:00 UTC · half-time 0-2

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Barnsley were beaten by Reading 1-2 in the Championship on Saturday 17 September 2016. It was 0-2 at half-time.

Garath McCleary opened the scoring in the 9th minute. Barnsley's goal came from Adam Armstrong (81'). Reading scored through Garath McCleary (9') and John Swift (27').

Discipline: Barnsley received 3 yellow cards; Reading received 4 yellow cards and 1 red card.

Going into the game Barnsley were 2nd on 14 points from 7 and Reading 11th on 11 points from 7. Barnsley went on to finish that season 15th with 57 points, and Reading 3rd with 90.

Barnsley lined up in a 4-4-2 and Reading in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to C. Hourihane of Barnsley (7.8), ahead of Adam Armstrong (7.7).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Barnsley wins, 2 draws and 6 for Reading.

Going into the match Barnsley's last five read W-W-W-D-D and Reading's D-W-W-D-L.