Bristol City 2-0 Reading: result and report

Championship · Tuesday 26 December 2017

Result

Bristol City 2-0 Reading

Championship · Tuesday 26 December 2017, 15:00 UTC · half-time 0-0

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Bristol City 2-0 Reading: match report

Bristol City won against Reading 2-0 in the Championship on Tuesday 26 December 2017. It was 0-0 at half-time.

Jamie Paterson opened the scoring in the 68th minute. Bristol City's goals came from Jamie Paterson (68') and Lloyd Kelly (90+3'). Reading did not score.

Discipline: Bristol City received 3 yellow cards; Reading received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Bristol City were 4th on 44 points from 23 and Reading 14th on 27 points from 23. Bristol City went on to finish that season 11th with 67 points, and Reading 20th with 44.

Bristol City lined up in a 4-4-2 and Reading in a 4-3-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Aden Flint of Bristol City (8.1), ahead of Hörður Magnússon (7.8).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Bristol City wins, 0 draws and 8 for Reading.

Going into the match Bristol City's last five read D-W-W-W-W and Reading's L-L-D-W-W.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 30'Yellow card · Sone AlukoReading
  • 31'Yellow card · Nathan BakerBristol City
  • 38'Yellow card · Marlon PackBristol City
  • 68'Goal · Jamie PatersonBristol City · 1-0
  • 72'Yellow card · L. BacunaReading
  • 82'Yellow card · Cauley WoodrowBristol City
  • 90+3'Goal · Lloyd KellyBristol City · 2-0

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Bristol City 2, draws 0, Reading 8.

Team news

Bristol City line-up (4-4-2)

Frank Fielding, Aden Flint, Bailey Wright, Nathan Baker, Hörður Magnússon, Joe Bryan, Korey Smith, Josh Brownhill, Marlon Pack, M. Taylor, Bobby De Cordova-Reid

Reading line-up (4-3-3)

Vito Mannone, Chris Gunter, Paul McShane, Liam Moore, Leandro Bacuna, Joey van den Berg, George Evans, Dave Edwards, Sone Aluko, Modou Barrow, J. Böðvarsson