Reading 1-2 Aston Villa: result and report

Championship · Tuesday 18 October 2016

Result

Reading 1-2 Aston Villa

Championship · Tuesday 18 October 2016, 19:00 UTC · half-time 0-1

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Reading 1-2 Aston Villa: match report

Reading were beaten by Aston Villa 1-2 in the Championship on Tuesday 18 October 2016. It was 0-1 at half-time.

J. Kodjia opened the scoring in the 38th minute. Reading's goal came from Yann Kermorgant (54'). Aston Villa scored through J. Kodjia (38') and Jordan Ayew (90', penalty).

Discipline: Reading received 1 yellow card; Aston Villa received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Reading were 9th on 19 points from 12 and Aston Villa 23rd on 11 points from 12. Reading went on to finish that season 3rd with 90 points, and Aston Villa 13th with 62.

Reading lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Aston Villa in a 4-5-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Pierluigi Gollini of Aston Villa (8.0), ahead of Yann Kermorgant (7.8).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Reading win, 0 draws and 5 for Aston Villa.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 38'Goal · J. KodjiaAston Villa · 0-1
  • 54'Missed penalty · Danny WilliamsReading
  • 54'Goal · Yann KermorgantReading · 1-1
  • 78'Yellow card · Alan HuttonAston Villa
  • 90'Penalty goal · Jordan AyewAston Villa · 1-2
  • 90+3'Yellow card · Garath McClearyReading

Head-to-head

6 meetings: Reading 1, draws 0, Aston Villa 5.

Team news

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

Ali Al-Habsi, Chris Gunter, Liam Moore, Joey van den Berg, Tyler Blackett, George Evans, Danny Williams, Garath McCleary, John Swift, Roy Beerens, Yann Kermorgant

Aston Villa line-up (4-5-1)

Pierluigi Gollini, Alan Hutton, James Chester, Nathan Baker, Aly Cissokho, Albert Adomah, Leandro Bacuna, Mile Jedinak, Gary Gardner, Jonathan Kodjia, Rudy Gestede