Fulham 1-2 Reading: result and report
Championship · Wednesday 1 January 2020
Result
Fulham 1-2 Reading
Championship · Wednesday 1 January 2020, 15:00 UTC · half-time 0-1
Fulham 1-2 Reading: match report
Fulham were beaten by Reading 1-2 in the Championship on Wednesday 1 January 2020. It was 0-1 at half-time.
John Swift opened the scoring in the 14th minute. Fulham's goal came from Ivan Cavaleiro (61'). Reading scored through John Swift (14') and Charlie Adam (48').
Discipline: Fulham received 4 yellow cards; Reading received 3 yellow cards.
Going into the game Fulham were 3rd on 42 points from 25 and Reading 14th on 32 points from 24. Fulham went on to finish that season 3rd with 85 points, and Reading 15th with 56.
Fulham lined up in a 4-3-3 and Reading in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to John Swift of Reading (8.4), ahead of Ovie Ejaria (8.1).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 5 Fulham wins, 3 draws and 2 for Reading.
Going into the match Fulham's last five read W-D-W-L-L and Reading's W-W-W-D-D.
Key events
- 14'Goal · John Swift
- 45'Yellow card · Joe Bryan
- 48'Goal · Charlie Adam
- 61'Goal · Ivan Cavaleiro
- 62'Yellow card · Ivan Cavaleiro
- 68'Yellow card · Pelé
- 73'Yellow card · Aleksandar Mitrović
- 76'Yellow card · Lucas João
- 90+2'Yellow card · Anthony Knockaert
- 90+2'Yellow card · Michael Morrison
Head-to-head
Team news
Fulham line-up (4-3-3)
Marek Rodák, Cyrus Christie, Denis Odoi, Tim Ream, Joe Bryan, Bobby De Cordova-Reid, Harrison Reed, Stefan Johansen, Anthony Knockaert, Aleksandar Mitrović, Aboubakar Kamara
Reading line-up (4-2-3-1)
Rafael Cabral, Chris Gunter, Michael Morrison, Liam Moore, Tyler Blackett, Pelé, Charlie Adam, Yakou Méïté, John Swift, Ovie Ejaria, Lucas João