Reading 2-1 Chelsea: result and report

Premier League · Wednesday 30 January 2013

Result

Reading 2-1 Chelsea

Premier League · Wednesday 30 January 2013, 20:00 UTC · half-time 0-1

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Reading 2-1 Chelsea: match report

Reading beat Chelsea 2-1 in the Premier League on Wednesday 30 January 2013. It was 0-1 at half-time.

Juan Mata opened the scoring in the 45th minute. Reading's goals came from Adam Le Fondre (87') and Adam Le Fondre (90+4'). Chelsea scored through Juan Mata (45+1') and Frank Lampard (66').

Discipline: Reading received 1 yellow card; Chelsea received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Reading were 19th on 19 points from 23 and Chelsea 3rd on 45 points from 23. Reading went on to finish that season 19th with 30 points, and Chelsea 2nd with 74.

Reading lined up in a 4-5-1 and Chelsea in a 4-5-1.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Reading wins, 1 draw and 4 for Chelsea.

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 29'Yellow card · Jobi McAnuffReading
  • 40'Yellow card · RamiresChelsea
  • 45+1'Goal · Juan MataChelsea · 0-1
  • 66'Goal · Frank LampardChelsea · 0-2
  • 87'Goal · Adam Le FondreReading · 1-2
  • 90+4'Goal · Adam Le FondreReading · 2-2
  • 90+5'Yellow card · César AzpilicuetaChelsea

Head-to-head

5 meetings: Reading 0, draws 1, Chelsea 4.

Team news

Reading line-up (4-5-1)

Adam Federici, Alex Pearce, Mikele Leigertwood, Jem Karacan, Danny Guthrie, Jobi McAnuff, Pavel Pogrebnyak, Adrian Mariappa, Ian Harte, Stephen Kelly, Jimmy Kébé

Chelsea line-up (4-5-1)

César Azpilicueta, Branislav Ivanović, Gary Cahill, Ashley Cole, Juan Mata, F. Lampard, Oscar, Ramires, Ryan Bertrand, Fernando Torres, Ross Turnbull