Manchester United 3-2 Reading: result and report
Premier League · Saturday 30 December 2006
Result
Manchester United 3-2 Reading
Premier League · Saturday 30 December 2006, 15:00 UTC · half-time 1-1
Manchester United 3-2 Reading: match report
Manchester United defeated Reading 3-2 in the Premier League on Saturday 30 December 2006. It was 1-1 at half-time.
Ole Solskjær opened the scoring in the 33rd minute. Manchester United's goals came from Ole Solskjær (33'), Cristiano Ronaldo (59') and Cristiano Ronaldo (77'). Reading scored through I. Sonko (38') and L. Lita (90+1').
Discipline: Manchester United received 1 yellow card; Reading received 2 yellow cards.
Going into the game Manchester United were 1st on 50 points from 20 and Reading 9th on 27 points from 20. Manchester United went on to finish that season 1st with 89 points, and Reading 8th with 55.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Manchester United wins, 1 draw and 0 for Reading.
Going into the match Manchester United's last five read W-W-L-W-W and Reading's D-L-L-D-L.
Key events
- 33'Goal · Ole Solskjær
- 38'Goal · I. Sonko
- 59'Goal · Cristiano Ronaldo
- 64'Yellow card · Sam Sodje
- 77'Goal · Cristiano Ronaldo
- 87'Yellow card · Brynjar Gunnarsson
- 90+1'Goal · L. Lita
- 90+4'Yellow card · Kieran Richardson
Head-to-head
Team news
Manchester United expected line-up
Edwin van der Sar, Rio Ferdinand, Wes Brown, John O'Shea, Patrice Evra, Kieran Richardson, Louis Saha, Cristiano Ronaldo, Ryan Giggs, Gary Neville
Reading line-up
Marcus Hahnemann, Nicky Shorey, Ibrahima Sonko, Ivar Ingimarsson, Steve Sidwell, James Harper, Leroy Lita, Kevin Doyle, Graeme Murty, Brynjar Björn Gunnarsson, Glen Little