Brentford 2-2 Reading: result and report
Championship · Saturday 29 September 2018
Result
Brentford 2-2 Reading
Championship · Saturday 29 September 2018, 14:00 UTC · half-time 1-1
Brentford 2-2 Reading: match report
Brentford drew with Reading 2-2 in the Championship on Saturday 29 September 2018. It was 1-1 at half-time.
Neal Maupay opened the scoring in the 11th minute. Brentford's goals came from Neal Maupay (11') and Yoann Barbet (90+2'). Reading scored through Jón Dadi Bödvarsson (25') and Jón Dadi Bödvarsson (64').
Discipline: Brentford received 4 yellow cards and 1 red card; Reading received 1 yellow card.
Going into the game Brentford were 7th on 15 points from 9 and Reading 20th on 8 points from 9. Brentford went on to finish that season 11th with 64 points, and Reading 20th with 47.
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 John Swift of Reading (7.8), level with Saeed Ezatolahi (7.8).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 5 Brentford wins, 1 draw and 2 for Reading.
Key events
- 11'Goal · Neal Maupay
- 25'Goal · Jón Dadi Bödvarsson
- 52'Yellow card · L. Bacuna
- 52'Yellow card · Josh McEachran
- 55'Yellow card · O. Watkins
- 63'Yellow card · Saïd Benrahma
- 64'Goal · Jón Dadi Bödvarsson
- 78'Yellow card · Neal Maupay
- 86'Second yellow · Saïd Benrahma
- 90+2'Goal · Yoann Barbet
Head-to-head
Team news
Brentford line-up (4-2-3-1)
Daniel Bentley, Henrik Dalsgaard, Ezri Konsa, Chris Mepham, Yoann Barbet, Josh McEachran, R. Sawyers, Saïd Benrahma, Lewis MacLeod, Ollie Watkins, Neal Maupay
Reading line-up (4-2-3-1)
Sam Walker, Chris Gunter, Tiago Ilori, Liam Moore, Andy Yiadom, Leandro Bacuna, Saeed Ezatolahi, Yakou Méïté, John Swift, Modou Barrow, J. Böðvarsson