Cardiff City 1-1 Reading: result and report

Championship · Friday 31 January 2020

Result

Cardiff City 1-1 Reading

Championship · Friday 31 January 2020, 19:45 UTC · half-time 0-1

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Cardiff City 1-1 Reading: match report

Cardiff City drew with Reading 1-1 in the Championship on Friday 31 January 2020. The half-time score was 0-1.

Y. Meïté opened the scoring in the 8th minute. Cardiff City's goal came from Callum Paterson (70'). Reading scored through Y. Meïté (8').

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

Going into the game Cardiff City were 12th on 42 points from 29 and Reading 15th on 37 points from 29. Cardiff City went on to finish that season 5th with 76 points, and Reading 15th with 56.

Cardiff City lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Reading in a 4-4-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Sean Morrison of Cardiff City (8.4), ahead of Marlon Pack (7.8).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Cardiff City wins, 4 draws and 3 for Reading.

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

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 8'Goal · Y. MeïtéReading · 0-1
  • 45+1'Yellow card · Sam BaldockReading
  • 56'Yellow card · Jordan ObitaReading
  • 56'Yellow card · J. RichardsCardiff City
  • 70'Goal · Callum PatersonCardiff City · 1-1
  • 88'Yellow card · C. NelsonCardiff City
  • 90'Yellow card · S. MorrisonCardiff City

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Cardiff City 3, draws 4, Reading 3.

Team news

Cardiff City line-up (4-2-3-1)

Alex Smithies, Jazz Richards, Sean Morrison, Curtis Nelson, Joe Bennett, Will Vaulks, Marlon Pack, Gavin Whyte, Lee Tomlin, Junior Hoilett, Callum Paterson

Reading line-up (4-4-2)

Rafael Cabral, Chris Gunter, Michael Morrison, Liam Moore, Tom McIntyre, John Swift, Pelé, Ovie Ejaria, Jordan Obita, Sam Baldock, Yakou Méïté