Newcastle United 3-2 Reading: result and report
Premier League · Wednesday 6 December 2006
Result
Newcastle United 3-2 Reading
Premier League · Wednesday 6 December 2006, 18:45 UTC · half-time 1-2
Newcastle United 3-2 Reading: match report
Newcastle United beat Reading 3-2 in the Premier League on Wednesday 6 December 2006. It was 1-2 at half-time.
A. Sibierski opened the scoring in the 23rd minute. Newcastle United's goals came from A. Sibierski (23'), Obafemi Martins (57', penalty) and Emre Belözoglu (84'). Reading scored through James Harper (37') and James Harper (42').
Discipline: Newcastle United received 1 yellow card; Reading received 1 yellow card.
Going into the game Newcastle United were 18th on 13 points from 14 and Reading 6th on 25 points from 15. Newcastle United went on to finish that season 13th with 43 points, and Reading 8th with 55.
Going into the match Newcastle United's last five read W-D-D-L-D and Reading's W-W-W-W-L.
Key events
- 23'Goal · A. Sibierski
- 37'Goal · James Harper
- 42'Goal · James Harper
- 57'Penalty goal · Obafemi Martins
- 64'Yellow card · G. Murty
- 82'Yellow card · N. Solano
- 84'Goal · Emre Belözoglu
Team news
Newcastle United line-up
Shay Given, Peter Ramage, Steven Taylor, Celestine Babayaro, Charles N'Zogbia, James Milner, Antoine Sibierski, Obafemi Martins, N. Solano, Emre Belözoğlu, Nicky Butt
Reading line-up
Marcus Hahnemann, Nicky Shorey, Ibrahima Sonko, Ivar Ingimarsson, Steve Sidwell, Noel Hunt, John Oster, James Harper, Kevin Doyle, Graeme Murty, Ki-Hyeon Seol