Coventry City 3-2 Reading: result and report

Championship · Friday 30 October 2020

Result

Coventry City 3-2 Reading

Championship · Friday 30 October 2020, 19:45 UTC · half-time 1-0

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Coventry City 3-2 Reading: match report

Coventry City beat Reading 3-2 in the Championship on Friday 30 October 2020. The half-time score was 1-0.

Gustavo Hamer opened the scoring in the 23rd minute. Coventry City's goals came from Gustavo Hamer (23'), Matt Godden (76') and Sam McCallum (85'). Reading scored through Lucas João (66') and George Puscas (90+2').

Discipline: Coventry City received 5 yellow cards; Reading received no yellow cards.

Going into the game Coventry City were 23rd on 5 points from 8 and Reading 1st on 22 points from 8. Coventry City went on to finish that season 16th with 55 points, and Reading 7th with 70.

Coventry City lined up in a 3-4-1-2 and Reading in a 4-1-3-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Matty Godden of Coventry City (8.5), ahead of Lucas João (8.1).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Coventry City wins, 5 draws and 5 for Reading.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 23'Goal · Gustavo HamerCoventry City · 1-0
  • 38'Yellow card · L. ØstigårdCoventry City
  • 42'Yellow card · Gustavo HamerCoventry City
  • 66'Goal · Lucas JoãoReading · 1-1
  • 76'Goal · Matt GoddenCoventry City · 2-1
  • 79'Yellow card · Michael RoseCoventry City
  • 83'Yellow card · Dominic HyamCoventry City
  • 85'Goal · Sam McCallumCoventry City · 3-1
  • 87'Yellow card · Marko MarosiCoventry City
  • 90+2'Goal · George PuscasReading · 3-2

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Coventry City 0, draws 5, Reading 5.

Team news

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

Marko Marosi, Michael Rose, Leo Østigård, Dominic Hyam, Fankaty Dabo, Gustavo Hamer, Ben Sheaf, Ryan Giles, Jordan Shipley, Matty Godden, Maxime Biamou

Reading line-up (4-1-3-2)

Rafael Cabral, Tomás Esteves, Michael Morrison, Liam Moore, Omar Richards, Josh Laurent, Andrew Farai Rinomhota, Alfa Semedo, Michael Olise, Sone Aluko, Lucas João