Reading 1-1 Cardiff City: result and report
Championship · Friday 26 December 2008
Result
Reading 1-1 Cardiff City
Championship · Friday 26 December 2008, 15:00 UTC · half-time 0-0
Reading 1-1 Cardiff City: match report
Reading drew with Cardiff City 1-1 in the Championship on Friday 26 December 2008. It was 0-0 at half-time.
Michael Chopra opened the scoring in the 89th minute. Reading's goal came from Adam Federici (90'). Cardiff City scored through Michael Chopra (89').
Discipline: Reading received 2 yellow cards; Cardiff City received 2 yellow cards.
Going into the game Reading were 2nd on 49 points from 24 and Cardiff City 6th on 40 points from 24. Reading went on to finish that season 5th with 77 points, and Cardiff City 7th with 74.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Reading wins, 1 draw and 0 for Cardiff City.
Going into the match Reading's last five read W-W-W-W-W and Cardiff City's W-W-D-W-D.
Key events
- 14'Yellow card · N. Hunt
- 38'Yellow card · Michael Chopra
- 42'Yellow card · R. Johnson
- 44'Yellow card · Chris Armstrong
- 89'Goal · Michael Chopra
- 90'Goal · Adam Federici
Head-to-head
Team news
Reading expected line-up (4-4-2)
Marcus Hahnemann, Ivar Ingimarsson, Nicky Shorey, Michael Duberry, James Harper, Noel Hunt, Dave Kitson, Leroy Lita, Liam Rosenior