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

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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.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 36'Yellow card · Craig NooneCardiff City
  • 38'Yellow card · Anton FerdinandReading
  • 44'Goal · K. JonesCardiff City · 1-0
  • 53'Goal · Matthew ConnollyCardiff City · 2-0
  • 75'Yellow card · Lee PeltierCardiff City
  • 88'Yellow card · S. MorrisonCardiff City
  • 90+5'Yellow card · Danny WilliamsReading
  • 90+5'Yellow card · Danny WilliamsReading

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Cardiff City 4, draws 5, Reading 1.

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