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
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.
Key events
- 2'Yellow card · Adrian Mariappa
- 21'Yellow card · Sergio Agüero
- 27'Yellow card · Chris Gunter
- 66'Yellow card · Mikele Leigertwood
- 70'Yellow card · Yaya Touré
- 90+3'Goal · Gareth Barry
Head-to-head
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