Brighton & Hove Albion 1-1 Reading: result and report

Championship · Saturday 8 March 2014

Result

Brighton & Hove Albion 1-1 Reading

Championship · Saturday 8 March 2014, 15:00 UTC · half-time 1-0

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Brighton & Hove Albion 1-1 Reading: match report

Brighton & Hove Albion drew with Reading 1-1 in the Championship on Saturday 8 March 2014. It was 1-0 at half-time.

Brighton & Hove Albion's goal came from an own goal by Chris Gunter (16'). Reading scored through R. Drenthe (64').

Discipline: Brighton & Hove Albion received 3 yellow cards and 1 red card; Reading received 3 yellow cards.

Going into the game Brighton & Hove Albion were 8th on 49 points from 32 and Reading 7th on 51 points from 33. Brighton & Hove Albion went on to finish that season 6th with 72 points, and Reading 7th with 71.

Brighton & Hove Albion lined up in a 4-3-3 and Reading in a 4-4-1-1.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Brighton & Hove Albion wins, 1 draw and 4 for Reading.

Going into the match Brighton & Hove Albion's last five read W-L-W-W-L and Reading's D-L-W-L-W.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 16'Own goal · Chris GunterBrighton & Hove Albion · 1-0
  • 36'Yellow card · Gordon GreerBrighton & Hove Albion
  • 45'Yellow card · Michael HectorReading
  • 51'Second yellow · Gordon GreerBrighton & Hove Albion
  • 64'Goal · R. DrentheReading · 1-1
  • 67'Yellow card · H. Robson-KanuReading
  • 77'Yellow card · Jordan ObitaReading
  • 86'Yellow card · Keith AndrewsBrighton & Hove Albion
  • 90+4'Yellow card · Bruno SaltorBrighton & Hove Albion

Head-to-head

5 meetings: Brighton & Hove Albion 0, draws 1, Reading 4.

Team news

Brighton & Hove Albion expected line-up (4-3-3)

Tomasz Kuszczak, Matthew Upson, Gordon Greer, Stephen Ward, Andrew Crofts, Keith Andrews, Rohan Ince, Will Buckley, Leonardo Ulloa

Reading expected line-up (4-4-1-1)

Alex Simon McCarthy, Chris Gunter, Sean Morrison, Stephen Kelly, Adrian Mariappa, Danny Guthrie, Garath McCleary, Jem Karacan, Pavel Pogrebnyak, Hal Robson-Kanu