Reading 3-1 AFC Bournemouth: result and report

Championship · Friday 29 January 2021

Result

Reading 3-1 AFC Bournemouth

Championship · Friday 29 January 2021, 20:00 UTC · half-time 3-0

Reading · AFC Bournemouth · Championship predictions

Reading 3-1 AFC Bournemouth: match report

Reading defeated AFC Bournemouth 3-1 in the Championship on Friday 29 January 2021. It was 3-0 at half-time.

Josh Laurent opened the scoring in the 24th minute. Reading's goals came from Josh Laurent (24'), T. Mcintyre (31') and Lucas João (43'). AFC Bournemouth scored through Junior Stanislas (85').

Discipline: Reading received 1 yellow card; AFC Bournemouth received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Reading were 5th on 44 points from 25 and AFC Bournemouth 6th on 42 points from 25. Reading went on to finish that season 7th with 70 points, and AFC Bournemouth 5th with 80.

Reading lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and AFC Bournemouth in a 4-3-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Josh Laurent of Reading (8.1), ahead of Lucas João (7.8).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Reading wins, 0 draws and 5 for AFC Bournemouth.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 24'Goal · Josh LaurentReading · 1-0
  • 31'Yellow card · Diego RicoAFC Bournemouth
  • 31'Goal · T. McintyreReading · 2-0
  • 34'Yellow card · John SwiftReading
  • 43'Goal · Lucas JoãoReading · 3-0
  • 85'Goal · Junior StanislasAFC Bournemouth · 3-1

Head-to-head

5 meetings: Reading 0, draws 0, AFC Bournemouth 5.

Team news

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Reading line-up (4-2-3-1)

Rafael Cabral, Tom Holmes, Michael Morrison, Tom McIntyre, Omar Richards, Andrew Farai Rinomhota, Josh Laurent, Michael Olise, John Swift, Ovie Ejaria, Lucas João

AFC Bournemouth line-up (4-3-3)

Asmir Begović, Jack Stacey, Chris Mepham, Steve Cook, Diego Rico, Jefferson Lerma, Lewis Cook, Philip Billing, Joshua King, Dominic Solanke, Arnaut Danjuma