Cardiff City 2-0 Reading: result and report
Championship · Saturday 7 November 2015
Result
Cardiff City 2-0 Reading
Championship · Saturday 7 November 2015, 15:00 UTC · half-time 1-0
Cardiff City 2-0 Reading: match report
Cardiff City defeated Reading 2-0 in the Championship on Saturday 7 November 2015. It was 1-0 at half-time.
K. Jones opened the scoring in the 44th minute. Cardiff City's goals came from K. Jones (44') and Matthew Connolly (53'). Reading did not score.
Discipline: Cardiff City received 3 yellow cards; Reading received 3 yellow cards.
Going into the game Cardiff City were 9th on 22 points from 15 and Reading 6th on 24 points from 15. Cardiff City went on to finish that season 8th with 68 points, and Reading 17th with 52.
Cardiff City lined up in a 4-4-2 and Reading in a 4-4-2.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 4 Cardiff City wins, 5 draws and 1 for Reading.
Going into the match Cardiff City's last five read L-D-D-W-D and Reading's D-D-L-D-W.
Key events
- 36'Yellow card · Craig Noone
- 38'Yellow card · Anton Ferdinand
- 44'Goal · K. Jones
- 53'Goal · Matthew Connolly
- 75'Yellow card · Lee Peltier
- 88'Yellow card · S. Morrison
- 90+5'Yellow card · Danny Williams
- 90+5'Yellow card · Danny Williams
Head-to-head
Team news
Cardiff City expected line-up (4-4-2)
Txiki Acaz, Sean Morrison, Fábio, John Brayford, Peter Whittingham, Joe Ralls, Anthony Pilkington, Kenwyne Jones
Reading expected line-up (4-4-2)
Alex Simon McCarthy, Chris Gunter, Sean Morrison, Stephen Kelly, Alex Pearce, Jordan Obita, Jem Karacan, Hal Robson-Kanu, Garath McCleary