Reading 2-1 Birmingham City: result and report

Premier League · Saturday 22 March 2008

Result

Reading 2-1 Birmingham City

Premier League · Saturday 22 March 2008, 15:00 UTC · half-time 1-0

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Reading 2-1 Birmingham City: match report

Reading beat Birmingham City 2-1 in the Premier League on Saturday 22 March 2008. It was 1-0 at half-time.

Andre Bikey opened the scoring in the 31st minute. Reading's goals came from Andre Bikey (31') and Andre Bikey (79'). Birmingham City scored through Mauro Zárate (64').

Discipline: Reading received no yellow cards; Birmingham City received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Reading were 15th on 28 points from 30 and Birmingham City 16th on 27 points from 30. Reading went on to finish that season 18th with 36 points, and Birmingham City 19th with 35.

Reading lined up in a 4-4-2 and Birmingham City in a 4-4-2.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Reading wins, 1 draw and 0 for Birmingham City.

Going into the match Reading's last five read L-W-W-L-L and Birmingham City's D-L-W-D-D.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 31'Goal · Andre BikeyReading · 1-0
  • 64'Goal · Mauro ZárateBirmingham City · 1-1
  • 79'Yellow card · Liam RidgewellBirmingham City
  • 79'Goal · Andre BikeyReading · 2-1

Head-to-head

1 meetings: Reading 0, draws 1, Birmingham City 0.

Team news

Reading line-up (4-4-2)

Marcus Hahnemann, Nicky Shorey, Ivar Ingimarsson, Andre Bikey, Noel Hunt, John Oster, James Harper, M. Matějovský, Kevin Doyle, Dave Kitson, Liam Rosenior

Birmingham City line-up (4-4-2)

Maik Taylor, Stephen Kelly, Liam Ridgewell, David Murphy, Sebastian Larsson, Gary McSheffrey, Fabrice Muamba, Mikael Forssell, Mauro Zárate, Mehdi Nafti, Radhi Jaïdi