Reading 3-0 Coventry City: result and report

Championship · Tuesday 19 January 2021

Result

Reading 3-0 Coventry City

Championship · Tuesday 19 January 2021, 18:00 UTC · half-time 1-0

Reading · Coventry City · Championship predictions

Reading 3-0 Coventry City: match report

Reading beat Coventry City 3-0 in the Championship on Tuesday 19 January 2021. The half-time score was 1-0.

Lucas João opened the scoring in the 16th minute. Reading's goals came from Lucas João (16'), A. Rinomhota (46') and John Swift (72'). Coventry City did not score.

Discipline: Reading received 3 yellow cards; Coventry City received 2 yellow cards and 1 red card.

Going into the game Reading were 6th on 40 points from 23 and Coventry City 17th on 26 points from 23. Reading went on to finish that season 7th with 70 points, and Coventry City 16th with 55.

Reading lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Coventry City in a 3-4-3. The highest match rating in our data went to John Swift of Reading (8.2), ahead of Andrew Farai Rinomhota (7.8).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 5 Reading wins, 4 draws and 1 for Coventry City.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 16'Goal · Lucas JoãoReading · 1-0
  • 29'Yellow card · T. HolmesReading
  • 46'Goal · A. RinomhotaReading · 2-0
  • 60'Yellow card · Kyle McFadzeanCoventry City
  • 71'Second yellow · Kyle McFadzeanCoventry City
  • 72'Goal · John SwiftReading · 3-0
  • 80'Yellow card · L. ØstigårdCoventry City
  • 87'Yellow card · Lucas JoãoReading
  • 90'Yellow card · Michael MorrisonReading

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Reading 5, draws 4, Coventry City 1.

Team news

Unavailable

Reading line-up (4-2-3-1)

Rafael Cabral, Tom Holmes, Michael Morrison, Tom McIntyre, Omar Richards, Andrew Farai Rinomhota, Josh Laurent, Michael Olise, John Swift, Ovie Ejaria, Lucas João

Coventry City line-up (3-4-3)

Ben Wilson, Leo Østigård, Kyle McFadzean, Dominic Hyam, Fankaty Dabo, Gustavo Hamer, Matty James, Sam McCallum, Callum O'Hare, Viktor Gyökeres, Jordan Shipley