Reading 4-1 Bristol City: result and report

Championship · Sunday 26 December 2010

Result

Reading 4-1 Bristol City

Championship · Sunday 26 December 2010, 15:00 UTC · half-time 2-1

Reading · Bristol City · Championship predictions

Reading 4-1 Bristol City: match report

Reading beat Bristol City 4-1 in the Championship on Sunday 26 December 2010. The half-time score was 2-1.

Jon Stead opened the scoring in the 15th minute. Reading's goals came from Jobi McAnuff (31'), N. Hunt (43'), Ingo Goetze (66') and Ingo Goetze (89'). Bristol City scored through Jon Stead (15').

Discipline: Reading received 1 yellow card; Bristol City received 5 yellow cards.

Going into the game Reading were 15th on 28 points from 21 and Bristol City 19th on 26 points from 21. Reading went on to finish that season 5th with 79 points, and Bristol City 15th with 60.

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

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

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 15'Goal · Jon SteadBristol City · 0-1
  • 19'Yellow card · Chris ArmstrongReading
  • 22'Yellow card · M. ElliottBristol City
  • 31'Goal · Jobi McAnuffReading · 1-1
  • 35'Yellow card · Cole SkuseBristol City
  • 43'Goal · N. HuntReading · 2-1
  • 43'Yellow card · Damion StewartBristol City
  • 55'Yellow card · Steven CaulkerBristol City
  • 66'Goal · Ingo GoetzeReading · 3-1
  • 80'Yellow card · Danny RoseBristol City
  • 89'Goal · Ingo GoetzeReading · 4-1

Head-to-head

5 meetings: Reading 2, draws 1, Bristol City 2.

Team news

Reading line-up

Adam Federici, Andy Griffin, Matthew Mills, Alex Pearce, Chris Armstrong, Jem Karacan, Mikele Leigertwood, Jobi McAnuff, Jimmy Kébé, Shane Long, Noel Hunt

Bristol City expected line-up

Steven Caulker, Liam Fontaine, James McAllister, Louis Carey, Marvin Elliott, Albert Adomah, Jon Stead, David James, Lee Johnson, Danny Rose