Reading 2-1 Brighton & Hove Albion: result and report
Championship · Tuesday 10 March 2015
Result
Reading 2-1 Brighton & Hove Albion
Championship · Tuesday 10 March 2015, 20:00 UTC · half-time 1-0
Reading 2-1 Brighton & Hove Albion: match report
Reading beat Brighton & Hove Albion 2-1 in the Championship on Tuesday 10 March 2015. The half-time score was 1-0.
Jamie Mackie opened the scoring in the 24th minute. Reading's goals came from Jamie Mackie (24') and Jamie Mackie (56'). Brighton & Hove Albion scored through Chris O'Grady (53', penalty).
Discipline: Reading received 2 yellow cards; Brighton & Hove Albion received 4 yellow cards.
Going into the game Reading were 21st on 40 points from 35 and Brighton & Hove Albion 18th on 40 points from 35. Reading went on to finish that season 20th with 49 points, and Brighton & Hove Albion 21st with 47.
Reading lined up in a 4-4-2 and Brighton & Hove Albion in a 4-3-3.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 4 Reading wins, 3 draws and 0 for Brighton & Hove Albion.
Going into the match Reading's last five read D-L-L-W-L and Brighton & Hove Albion's W-L-W-W-D.
Key events
- 24'Goal · Jamie Mackie
- 53'Penalty goal · Chris O'Grady
- 56'Goal · Jamie Mackie
- 61'Yellow card · Rohan Ince
- 87'Yellow card · Lewis Dunk
- 88'Yellow card · Joe Bennett
- 88'Yellow card · Garath McCleary
- 90+4'Yellow card · Gordon Greer
- 90+5'Yellow card · Pavel Pogrebnyak
Head-to-head
Team news
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
Brighton & Hove Albion expected line-up (4-3-3)
Tomasz Kuszczak, Gordon Greer, Matthew Upson, Lewis Dunk, Andrew Crofts, Rohan Ince, Will Buckley, Leonardo Ulloa, Stephen Ward, Keith Andrews, Iñigo Calderón