Reading 2-4 Crystal Palace: result and report
Championship · Tuesday 8 December 2009
Result
Reading 2-4 Crystal Palace
Championship · Tuesday 8 December 2009, 20:00 UTC · half-time 1-3
Reading 2-4 Crystal Palace: match report
Reading were beaten by Crystal Palace 2-4 in the Championship on Tuesday 8 December 2009. It was 1-3 at half-time.
N. Clyne opened the scoring in the 7th minute. Reading's goals came from Alex Pearce (31') and Dejan Joksimovic (80', penalty). Crystal Palace scored through N. Clyne (7'), Darren Ambrose (43'), Victor Moses (44') and Victor Moses (88').
Discipline: Reading received no yellow cards; Crystal Palace received 3 yellow cards.
Going into the game Reading were 19th on 20 points from 19 and Crystal Palace 14th on 26 points from 19. Reading went on to finish that season 9th with 63 points, and Crystal Palace 13th with 59.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Reading wins, 2 draws and 0 for Crystal Palace.
Going into the match Reading's last five read W-L-W-D-W and Crystal Palace's L-W-D-W-D.
Key events
- 7'Goal · N. Clyne
- 31'Goal · Alex Pearce
- 33'Yellow card · Danny Butterfield
- 40'Yellow card · N. Clyne
- 43'Goal · Darren Ambrose
- 44'Goal · Victor Moses
- 80'Penalty goal · Dejan Joksimovic
- 86'Yellow card · Victor Moses
- 88'Goal · Victor Moses
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