Reading 1-2 Brentford: result and report

Championship · Monday 28 December 2015

Result

Reading 1-2 Brentford

Championship · Monday 28 December 2015, 15:00 UTC · half-time 0-1

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Reading 1-2 Brentford: match report

Reading lost to Brentford 1-2 in the Championship on Monday 28 December 2015. The half-time score was 0-1.

Ryan Woods opened the scoring in the 17th minute. Reading's goal came from Garath McCleary (58'). Brentford scored through Ryan Woods (17') and Sergi Canós (72').

Discipline: Reading received 3 yellow cards and 1 red card; Brentford received 4 yellow cards.

Going into the game Reading were 11th on 30 points from 23 and Brentford 8th on 33 points from 23. Reading went on to finish that season 17th with 52 points, and Brentford 9th with 65.

Reading lined up in a 4-4-2 and Brentford in a 4-4-2.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Reading win, 0 draws and 2 for Brentford.

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

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 5'Yellow card · James TarkowskiBrentford
  • 12'Yellow card · Michael HectorReading
  • 17'Goal · Ryan WoodsBrentford · 0-1
  • 28'Yellow card · Toumani DiagouragaBrentford
  • 58'Goal · Garath McClearyReading · 1-1
  • 72'Goal · Sergi CanósBrentford · 1-2
  • 72'Yellow card · Stephen QuinnReading
  • 75'Yellow card · Danny WilliamsReading
  • 80'Yellow card · D. ButtonBrentford
  • 87'Second yellow · Michael HectorReading
  • 87'Yellow card · Harlee DeanBrentford

Head-to-head

3 meetings: Reading 1, draws 0, Brentford 2.

Team news

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Reading expected line-up (4-4-2)

Alex Simon McCarthy, Chris Gunter, Sean Morrison, Stephen Kelly, Alex Pearce, Jordan Obita, Jem Karacan, Hal Robson-Kanu, Garath McCleary

Brentford expected line-up (4-4-2)

David Button, Moses Odubajo, James Tarkowski, Harlee Dean, Alan Judge, Alex Pritchard, Jake Bidwell, Jonathan Douglas, Toumani Diagouraga, Jota Peleteiro, Andre Gray