Manchester City 1-0 Reading: result and report

Premier League · Saturday 22 December 2012

Result

Manchester City 1-0 Reading

Premier League · Saturday 22 December 2012, 15:00 UTC · half-time 0-0

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Manchester City 1-0 Reading: match report

Manchester City defeated Reading 1-0 in the Premier League on Saturday 22 December 2012. It was 0-0 at half-time.

The only goal came from Gareth Barry of Manchester City in the 90th minute.

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

Going into the game Manchester City were 2nd on 36 points from 17 and Reading 20th on 9 points from 17. Manchester City went on to finish that season 3rd with 74 points, and Reading 19th with 30.

Manchester City lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Reading in a 4-5-1.

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

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 2'Yellow card · Adrian MariappaReading
  • 21'Yellow card · Sergio AgüeroManchester City
  • 27'Yellow card · Chris GunterReading
  • 66'Yellow card · Mikele LeigertwoodReading
  • 70'Yellow card · Yaya TouréManchester City
  • 90+3'Goal · Gareth BarryManchester City · 1-0

Head-to-head

4 meetings: Manchester City 1, draws 0, Reading 3.

Team news

Manchester City line-up (4-2-3-1)

Joe Hart, Pablo Zabaleta, Matija Nastasić, Javi García, David Silva, Yaya Touré, Sergio Agüero, Kolo Touré, Karim Rekik, Gareth Barry, Carlos Alberto Tevez

Reading line-up (4-5-1)

Adam Federici, Chris Gunter, Alex Pearce, Mikele Leigertwood, Jem Karacan, Jobi McAnuff, Pavel Pogrebnyak, Adrian Mariappa, Ian Harte, Jimmy Kébé, Jay Tabb