Reading 1-2 AFC Bournemouth: result and report
Championship · Saturday 7 December 2013
Result
Reading 1-2 AFC Bournemouth
Championship · Saturday 7 December 2013, 15:00 UTC · half-time 0-2
Reading 1-2 AFC Bournemouth: match report
Reading were beaten by AFC Bournemouth 1-2 in the Championship on Saturday 7 December 2013. It was 0-2 at half-time.
Lewis Grabban opened the scoring in the 37th minute. Reading's goal came from Adam Le Fondre (90+1'). AFC Bournemouth scored through Lewis Grabban (37') and Matt Ritchie (41').
Discipline: Reading received 3 yellow cards; AFC Bournemouth received 4 yellow cards.
Going into the game Reading were 5th on 31 points from 18 and AFC Bournemouth 18th on 19 points from 18. Reading went on to finish that season 7th with 71 points, and AFC Bournemouth 10th with 66.
Reading lined up in a 4-4-1-1 and AFC Bournemouth in a 4-4-2.
Going into the match Reading's last five read W-W-D-D-L and AFC Bournemouth's L-D-L-D-L.
Key events
- 16'Yellow card · Steve Cook
- 22'Yellow card · Chris Gunter
- 36'Yellow card · Danny Guthrie
- 37'Goal · Lewis Grabban
- 41'Goal · Matt Ritchie
- 54'Yellow card · Andrew Surman
- 81'Yellow card · Eunan O'Kane
- 84'Yellow card · R. Drenthe
- 88'Yellow card · Lee Camp
- 90+1'Goal · Adam Le Fondre
Team news
Reading expected line-up (4-4-1-1)
Alex Simon McCarthy, Chris Gunter, Sean Morrison, Stephen Kelly, Adrian Mariappa, Danny Guthrie, Garath McCleary, Jem Karacan, Pavel Pogrebnyak, Hal Robson-Kanu
AFC Bournemouth expected line-up (4-4-2)
Ryan Allsop, Steve Cook, Simon Francis, Elliott Ward, Marc Pugh, Harry Arter, Ryan Fraser, Lewis Grabban, Tokelo Rantie, Jack Collison