Fulham 2-1 Reading: result and report
Championship · Saturday 17 January 2015
Result
Fulham 2-1 Reading
Championship · Saturday 17 January 2015, 15:00 UTC · half-time 0-0
Fulham 2-1 Reading: match report
Fulham defeated Reading 2-1 in the Championship on Saturday 17 January 2015. It was 0-0 at half-time.
A. Kačaniklić opened the scoring in the 55th minute. Fulham's goals came from A. Kačaniklić (55') and Bryan Ruiz (90+3'). Reading scored through Pavel Pogrebnyak (63').
Discipline: Fulham received 3 yellow cards; Reading received 4 yellow cards.
Going into the game Fulham were 17th on 29 points from 25 and Reading 18th on 29 points from 25. Fulham went on to finish that season 17th with 53 points, and Reading 20th with 49.
Fulham lined up in a 4-3-1-2 and Reading in a 4-4-2.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Fulham wins, 1 draw and 4 for Reading.
Going into the match Fulham's last five read L-L-L-W-W and Reading's D-W-D-L-L.
Key events
- 33'Yellow card · Nikolay Bodurov
- 52'Yellow card · A. Kačaniklić
- 55'Goal · A. Kačaniklić
- 63'Goal · Pavel Pogrebnyak
- 67'Yellow card · Pavel Pogrebnyak
- 74'Yellow card · Ryan Tunnicliffe
- 77'Yellow card · Garath McCleary
- 84'Yellow card · Simon Cox
- 90+1'Yellow card · Chris Gunter
- 90+3'Goal · Bryan Ruiz
Head-to-head
Team news
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Fulham expected line-up (4-3-1-2)
Jesse Joronen, Nikolay Bodurov, Konstantinos Stafylidis, Cameron Burgess, Brede Hangeland, Scott Parker, Steve Sidwell, Ross McCormack, Hugo Rodallega, Johnny Heitinga
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