Fulham 5-0 Reading: result and report

Championship · Saturday 3 December 2016

Result

Fulham 5-0 Reading

Championship · Saturday 3 December 2016, 15:00 UTC · half-time 1-0

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Fulham 5-0 Reading: match report

Fulham won against Reading 5-0 in the Championship on Saturday 3 December 2016. The half-time score was 1-0.

Fulham's goals came from an own goal by Chris Gunter (15'), Chris Martin (49'), Sone Aluko (68'), Stefan Johansen (71') and Chris Martin (90'). Reading did not score.

Discipline: Fulham received 1 yellow card; Reading received 4 yellow cards and 1 red card.

Going into the game Fulham were 16th on 22 points from 18 and Reading 3rd on 34 points from 18. Fulham went on to finish that season 6th with 78 points, and Reading 3rd with 90.

Fulham lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Reading in a 4-3-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Chris Martin of Fulham (9.2), ahead of Stefan Johansen (8.3).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 4 Fulham wins, 2 draws and 4 for Reading.

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

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 2'Yellow card · P. McShaneReading
  • 15'Own goal · Chris GunterFulham · 1-0
  • 40'Yellow card · Sone AlukoFulham
  • 49'Goal · Chris MartinFulham · 2-0
  • 50'Yellow card · Jordan ObitaReading
  • 54'Red card · Danny WilliamsReading
  • 57'Yellow card · Joey van den BergReading
  • 68'Goal · Sone AlukoFulham · 3-0
  • 71'Goal · Stefan JohansenFulham · 4-0
  • 88'Yellow card · George EvansReading
  • 90'Goal · Chris MartinFulham · 5-0

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Fulham 4, draws 2, Reading 4.

Team news

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

David Button, Kazım Nas, Tomas Kalas, Tim Ream, Scott Malone, Stefan Johansen, K. McDonald, Sone Aluko, Tom Cairney, Floyd Ayité, Chris Martin

Reading line-up (4-3-3)

Ali Al-Habsi, Chris Gunter, Paul McShane, Tyler Blackett, Jordan Obita, George Evans, Danny Williams, Joey van den Berg, Garath McCleary, Dominic Samuel, Roy Beerens