Brentford 1-1 Reading: result and report
Championship · Saturday 16 September 2017
Result
Brentford 1-1 Reading
Championship · Saturday 16 September 2017, 14:00 UTC · half-time 1-0
Brentford 1-1 Reading: match report
Brentford drew with Reading 1-1 in the Championship on Saturday 16 September 2017. The half-time score was 1-0.
Josh Clarke opened the scoring in the 16th minute. Brentford's goal came from Josh Clarke (16'). Reading scored through Liam Kelly (70', penalty).
Discipline: Brentford received 3 yellow cards; Reading received 4 yellow cards.
Going into the game Brentford were 23rd on 3 points from 7 and Reading 17th on 7 points from 6. Brentford went on to finish that season 9th with 69 points, and Reading 20th with 44.
Brentford lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Reading in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Ollie Watkins of Brentford (8.3), ahead of Liam Moore (8.0).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 4 Brentford wins, 0 draws and 2 for Reading.
Going into the match Brentford's last five read L-D-D-L-D and Reading's L-W-L-W-D.
Key events
- 5'Yellow card · P. McShane
- 16'Goal · Josh Clarke
- 25'Yellow card · Garath McCleary
- 34'Yellow card · D. Edwards
- 66'Yellow card · John Egan
- 69'Yellow card · Rico Henry
- 70'Penalty goal · Liam Kelly
- 72'Yellow card · Neal Maupay
- 81'Yellow card · Jordan Obita
Head-to-head
Team news
Brentford line-up (4-2-3-1)
Daniel Bentley, Rico Henry, Andreas Bjelland, John Egan, Josh Clarke, Florian Jozefzoon, Ollie Watkins, Islom Ismoilov, Ryan Woods, R. Sawyers, Neal Maupay
Reading line-up (4-2-3-1)
Vito Mannone, Chris Gunter, Paul McShane, Liam Moore, Tyler Blackett, Joey van den Berg, Garath McCleary, Sone Aluko, Dave Edwards, Liam Kelly, J. Böðvarsson