Reading 2-0 Birmingham City: result and report

Championship · Saturday 28 September 2013

Result

Reading 2-0 Birmingham City

Championship · Saturday 28 September 2013, 14:00 UTC · half-time 1-0

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Reading 2-0 Birmingham City: match report

Reading beat Birmingham City 2-0 in the Championship on Saturday 28 September 2013. The half-time score was 1-0.

Danny Guthrie opened the scoring in the 32nd minute. Reading's goals came from Danny Guthrie (32') and Danny Guthrie (75'). Birmingham City did not score.

Discipline: Reading received no yellow cards; Birmingham City received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Reading were 7th on 15 points from 8 and Birmingham City 18th on 7 points from 8. Reading went on to finish that season 7th with 71 points, and Birmingham City 21st with 45.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Reading wins, 1 draw and 2 for Birmingham City.

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

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 32'Goal · Danny GuthrieReading · 1-0
  • 63'Yellow card · Jonathan SpectorBirmingham City
  • 75'Goal · Danny GuthrieReading · 2-0
  • 90+4'Yellow card · Nikola ZigicBirmingham City

Head-to-head

6 meetings: Reading 3, draws 1, Birmingham City 2.

Team news

Reading expected line-up (4-3-3)

Alex Simon McCarthy, Chris Gunter, Sean Morrison, Stephen Kelly, Adrian Mariappa, Danny Guthrie, Jem Karacan, Jobi McAnuff, Pavel Pogrebnyak, Garath McCleary, Hal Robson-Kanu

Birmingham City expected line-up

Jack Butland, Darren Randolph, Paul Robinson, Curtis Davies, Jonathan Spector, Wade Elliott, Ravel Morrison, Nikola Zigic, Nathan Redmond