Brentford 3-1 Reading: result and report

Brentford 3-1 Reading

Championship · Saturday 19 December 2020, 15:00 UTC · half-time 3-0

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Brentford defeated Reading 3-1 in the Championship on Saturday 19 December 2020. The half-time score was 3-0.

Mathias Jensen opened the scoring in the 11th minute. Brentford's goals came from Mathias Jensen (11'), Bryan Mbeumo (23') and Bryan Mbeumo (29'). Reading scored through Sone Aluko (64').

Discipline: Brentford received 2 yellow cards; Reading received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Brentford were 6th on 32 points from 19 and Reading 5th on 33 points from 19. Brentford went on to finish that season 2nd with 93 points, and Reading 7th with 70.

Brentford lined up in a 4-3-3 and Reading in a 4-3-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Bryan Mbeumo of Brentford (8.5), ahead of Tariqe Fosu-Henry (7.7).

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 D-W-D-D-W and Reading's L-W-L-W-D.