Liverpool 1-0 Reading: result and report

Premier League · Saturday 20 October 2012

Result

Liverpool 1-0 Reading

Premier League · Saturday 20 October 2012, 14:00 UTC · half-time 1-0

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Liverpool 1-0 Reading: match report

Liverpool defeated Reading 1-0 in the Premier League on Saturday 20 October 2012. It was 1-0 at half-time.

The only goal came from Raheem Sterling of Liverpool in the 29th minute.

Discipline: Liverpool received 1 yellow card; Reading received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Liverpool were 14th on 6 points from 7 and Reading 18th on 3 points from 6. Liverpool went on to finish that season 6th with 63 points, and Reading 19th with 30.

Liverpool lined up in a 4-3-3 and Reading in a 4-4-1-1.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Liverpool wins, 0 draws and 1 for Reading.

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 29'Goal · Raheem SterlingLiverpool · 1-0
  • 57'Yellow card · D. AggerLiverpool
  • 90+1'Yellow card · A. MariappaReading

Head-to-head

4 meetings: Liverpool 3, draws 0, Reading 1.

Team news

Liverpool line-up (4-3-3)

Brad Jones, Glen Johnson, Daniel Agger, Andre Wisdom, Joe Allen, Suso, Luis Suárez, Raheem Sterling, Nuri Şahin, Steven Gerrard, Martin Škrtel

Reading line-up (4-4-1-1)

Alex Simon McCarthy, Nicky Shorey, Adrian Mariappa, Kaspars Gorkss, Shaun Cummings, Jem Karacan, Mikele Leigertwood, Jobi McAnuff, Jimmy Kébé, Danny Guthrie, Pavel Pogrebnyak