Ipswich Town 2-0 Reading: result and report

Championship · Saturday 16 December 2017

Result

Ipswich Town 2-0 Reading

Championship · Saturday 16 December 2017, 15:00 UTC · half-time 2-0

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Ipswich Town 2-0 Reading: match report

Ipswich Town won against Reading 2-0 in the Championship on Saturday 16 December 2017. The half-time score was 2-0.

Callum Connolly opened the scoring in the 3rd minute. Ipswich Town's goals came from Callum Connolly (3') and Joe Garner (27'). Reading did not score.

Discipline: Ipswich Town received 3 yellow cards; Reading received 4 yellow cards.

Going into the game Ipswich Town were 9th on 32 points from 21 and Reading 14th on 27 points from 21. Ipswich Town went on to finish that season 12th with 60 points, and Reading 20th with 44.

Ipswich Town lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Reading in a 4-3-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Jordan Spence of Ipswich Town (7.8), ahead of Adam Webster (7.7).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Ipswich Town wins, 1 draw and 7 for Reading.

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

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 3'Goal · Callum ConnollyIpswich Town · 1-0
  • 8'Yellow card · Modou BarrowReading
  • 9'Yellow card · L. BacunaReading
  • 27'Goal · Joe GarnerIpswich Town · 2-0
  • 34'Yellow card · Martyn WaghornIpswich Town
  • 52'Yellow card · P. McShaneReading
  • 66'Yellow card · D. EdwardsReading
  • 69'Yellow card · Jonas KnudsenIpswich Town
  • 88'Yellow card · Adam WebsterIpswich Town

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Ipswich Town 2, draws 1, Reading 7.

Team news

Ipswich Town line-up (4-2-3-1)

Bartosz Białkowski, Jonas Knudsen, Luke Chambers, Adam Webster, Jordan Spence, Cole Skuse, Martyn Waghorn, Bersant Celina, Callum Connolly, Grant Ward, Joe Garner

Reading line-up (4-3-3)

Vito Mannone, Chris Gunter, Paul McShane, Liam Moore, Tyler Blackett, Joey van den Berg, Dave Edwards, Leandro Bacuna, Sone Aluko, Modou Barrow, Yann Kermorgant