Leicester City 1-2 Reading: result and report

Championship · Wednesday 24 March 2010

Result

Leicester City 1-2 Reading

Championship · Wednesday 24 March 2010, 19:45 UTC · half-time 1-1

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Leicester City 1-2 Reading: match report

Leicester City were beaten by Reading 1-2 in the Championship on Wednesday 24 March 2010. It was 1-1 at half-time.

Jimmy Kébé opened the scoring in the 16th minute. Leicester City's goal came from Martyn Waghorn (40'). Reading scored through Jimmy Kébé (16') and Dejan Joksimovic (90', penalty).

Discipline: Leicester City received 3 yellow cards; Reading received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Leicester City were 4th on 61 points from 37 and Reading 15th on 48 points from 36. Leicester City went on to finish that season 6th with 77 points, and Reading 9th with 63.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Leicester City win, 1 draw and 1 for Reading.

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

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 16'Goal · Jimmy KébéReading · 0-1
  • 25'Yellow card · Brian HowardReading
  • 40'Goal · Martyn WaghornLeicester City · 1-1
  • 57'Yellow card · Lloyd DyerLeicester City
  • 57'Yellow card · Andy GriffinReading
  • 77'Yellow card · Martyn WaghornLeicester City
  • 90'Penalty goal · Dejan JoksimovicReading · 1-2
  • 90'Yellow card · N. SolanoLeicester City

Head-to-head

3 meetings: Leicester City 1, draws 1, Reading 1.

Team news

Leicester City expected line-up

Ian Walker, Ben Thatcher, Nikos Dabizas, Riccardo Scimeca, Mustafa Izzet, Steffen Freund, Marcus Bent, Leslie Ferdinand, Billy McKinlay, Matt Heath

Reading expected line-up (4-4-2)

Marcus Hahnemann, Ivar Ingimarsson, Nicky Shorey, Michael Duberry, James Harper, Noel Hunt, Dave Kitson, Leroy Lita, Liam Rosenior