Reading 2-1 Brentford: result and report

Championship · Saturday 13 April 2019

Result

Reading 2-1 Brentford

Championship · Saturday 13 April 2019, 14:00 UTC · half-time 2-1

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Reading 2-1 Brentford: match report

Reading won against Brentford 2-1 in the Championship on Saturday 13 April 2019. The half-time score was 2-1.

Y. Meïté opened the scoring in the 8th minute. Reading's goals came from Y. Meïté (8') and Y. Meïté (15'). Brentford scored through Neal Maupay (45').

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

Going into the game Reading were 20th on 41 points from 41 and Brentford 14th on 54 points from 41. Reading went on to finish that season 20th with 47 points, and Brentford 11th with 64.

Reading lined up in a 4-3-3 and Brentford in a 3-4-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Yakou Méïté of Reading (8.8), ahead of Lewis Baker (8.0).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Reading wins, 2 draws and 5 for Brentford.

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

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 8'Goal · Y. MeïtéReading · 1-0
  • 15'Goal · Y. MeïtéReading · 2-0
  • 37'Yellow card · Ovie EjariaReading
  • 44'Yellow card · A. RinomhotaReading
  • 45'Goal · Neal MaupayBrentford · 2-1
  • 51'Yellow card · Mads Bech SörensenBrentford
  • 56'Yellow card · Chris GunterReading
  • 87'Yellow card · Callum HarriottReading

Head-to-head

9 meetings: Reading 2, draws 2, Brentford 5.

Team news

Reading line-up (4-3-3)

Emiliano Martínez, Andy Yiadom, Matt Miazga, Liam Moore, Chris Gunter, Andrew Farai Rinomhota, Lewis Baker, Ovie Ejaria, Yakou Méïté, Nélson Oliveira, Modou Barrow

Brentford line-up (3-4-3)

Luke Daniels, Ezri Konsa, J. Jeanvier, Mads Bech Sørensen, Henrik Dalsgaard, Josh Dasilva, R. Sawyers, Moses Odubajo, Ollie Watkins, Neal Maupay, Saïd Benrahma