Reading 3-0 Coventry City: result and report

Championship · Monday 5 April 2010

Result

Reading 3-0 Coventry City

Championship · Monday 5 April 2010, 14:00 UTC · half-time 3-0

Reading · Coventry City · Championship predictions

Reading 3-0 Coventry City: match report

Reading defeated Coventry City 3-0 in the Championship on Monday 5 April 2010. It was 3-0 at half-time.

Grzegorz Rasiak opened the scoring in the 15th minute. Reading's goals came from Grzegorz Rasiak (15'), Simon Church (22', penalty) and Jimmy Kébé (40'). Coventry City did not score.

Discipline: Reading received 2 yellow cards; Coventry City received 4 yellow cards.

Going into the game Reading were 13th on 52 points from 39 and Coventry City 14th on 52 points from 41. Reading went on to finish that season 9th with 63 points, and Coventry City 20th with 54.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Reading wins, 2 draws and 0 for Coventry City.

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

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 15'Goal · Grzegorz RasiakReading · 1-0
  • 22'Penalty goal · Simon ChurchReading · 2-0
  • 40'Goal · Jimmy KébéReading · 3-0
  • 56'Yellow card · A. GunnarssonCoventry City
  • 62'Yellow card · Matthew MillsReading
  • 63'Yellow card · Clinton MorrisonCoventry City
  • 69'Yellow card · Leon BarnettCoventry City
  • 83'Yellow card · Gary DeeganCoventry City
  • 90'Yellow card · H. Robson-KanuReading

Head-to-head

5 meetings: Reading 3, draws 2, Coventry City 0.

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