Brentford 1-0 Reading: result and report
Championship · Saturday 23 November 2019
Result
Brentford 1-0 Reading
Championship · Saturday 23 November 2019, 15:00 UTC · half-time 0-0
Brentford 1-0 Reading: match report
Brentford defeated Reading 1-0 in the Championship on Saturday 23 November 2019. The half-time score was 0-0.
The only goal came from O. Watkins of Brentford in the 62nd minute.
Discipline: Brentford received 3 yellow cards; Reading received 3 yellow cards.
Going into the game Brentford were 9th on 24 points from 16 and Reading 17th on 18 points from 15. Brentford went on to finish that season 2nd with 85 points, and Reading 15th with 56.
Brentford lined up in a 4-3-3 and Reading in a 3-5-2. The highest match rating in our data went to John Swift of Reading (8.0), ahead of David Raya (7.5).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 5 Brentford wins, 2 draws and 3 for Reading.
Going into the match Brentford's last five read W-L-W-W-W and Reading's W-W-D-W-L.
Key events
- 4'Yellow card · A. Yiadom
- 9'Yellow card · Pontus Jansson
- 29'Yellow card · John Swift
- 62'Goal · O. Watkins
- 78'Yellow card · Josh Dasilva
- 79'Yellow card · Y. Meïté
- 82'Yellow card · Mathias Jensen
Head-to-head
Team news
Brentford line-up (4-3-3)
David Raya, Henrik Dalsgaard, Pontus Jansson, Ethan Pinnock, Rico Henry, Mathias Jensen, Islom Ismoilov, Josh Dasilva, Bryan Mbeumo, Ollie Watkins, Saïd Benrahma
Reading line-up (3-5-2)
Rafael Cabral, Matt Miazga, Michael Morrison, Liam Moore, Andy Yiadom, John Swift, Andrew Farai Rinomhota, Ovie Ejaria, Omar Richards, G. Pușcaș, Sam Baldock