Cardiff City 0-1 Reading: result and report
Championship · Saturday 27 August 2016
Result
Cardiff City 0-1 Reading
Championship · Saturday 27 August 2016, 14:00 UTC · half-time 0-0
Cardiff City 0-1 Reading: match report
Cardiff City lost to Reading 0-1 in the Championship on Saturday 27 August 2016. The half-time score was 0-0.
The only goal came from Yann Kermorgant of Reading in the 89th minute.
Neither side received a card.
Going into the game Cardiff City were 7th on 7 points from 4 and Reading 21st on 4 points from 4. Cardiff City went on to finish that season 11th with 64 points, and Reading 3rd with 90.
Cardiff City lined up in a 4-4-2 and Reading in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Liam Moore of Reading (7.8), ahead of Yann Kermorgant (7.7).
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 W-W-L-D and Reading's D-L-L-W.
Key events
- 89'Goal · Yann Kermorgant
Head-to-head
Team news
Cardiff City line-up (4-4-2)
Ben Wilson, Lee Peltier, Sean Morrison, Matthew Connolly, Jazz Richards, Kadeem Harris, Joe Ralls, Peter Whittingham, Aron Gunnarsson, Lex Immers, Anthony Pilkington
Reading line-up (4-2-3-1)
Ali Al-Habsi, Chris Gunter, Paul McShane, Liam Moore, Tyler Blackett, Joey van den Berg, George Evans, Garath McCleary, Danny Williams, Roy Beerens, Yann Kermorgant