Hull City 2-1 Reading: result and report

Championship · Wednesday 16 December 2015

Result

Hull City 2-1 Reading

Championship · Wednesday 16 December 2015, 19:45 UTC · half-time 0-1

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Hull City 2-1 Reading: match report

Hull City beat Reading 2-1 in the Championship on Wednesday 16 December 2015. It was 0-1 at half-time.

Nick Blackman opened the scoring in the 29th minute. Hull City's goals came from Abel Hernández (62') and J. Livermore (90'). Reading scored through Nick Blackman (29').

Discipline: Hull City received 1 yellow card; Reading received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Hull City were 4th on 38 points from 20 and Reading 13th on 27 points from 20. Hull City went on to finish that season 3rd with 89 points, and Reading 17th with 52.

Hull City lined up in a 3-5-2 and Reading in a 4-4-2.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Hull City wins, 3 draws and 1 for Reading.

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

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 29'Goal · Nick BlackmanReading · 0-1
  • 45+1'Yellow card · J. LivermoreHull City
  • 62'Goal · Abel HernándezHull City · 1-1
  • 70'Yellow card · Jonathan BondReading
  • 90'Goal · J. LivermoreHull City · 2-1

Head-to-head

6 meetings: Hull City 2, draws 3, Reading 1.

Team news

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Hull City expected line-up (3-5-2)

Steve Harper, Michael Dawson, Paul McShane, James Chester, Ahmed Eissa El Mohamady Abdel Fattah, S. Quinn, Tom Huddlestone, Robbie Brady, Jake Livermore, Dame N'Doye

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