Reading 3-0 Crystal Palace: result and report

Championship · Saturday 11 September 2010

Result

Reading 3-0 Crystal Palace

Championship · Saturday 11 September 2010, 14:00 UTC · half-time 1-0

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Reading 3-0 Crystal Palace: match report

Reading defeated Crystal Palace 3-0 in the Championship on Saturday 11 September 2010. It was 1-0 at half-time.

Ingo Goetze opened the scoring in the 37th minute. Reading's goals came from Ingo Goetze (37', penalty), Ian Harte (65', penalty) and Jimmy Kébé (90'). Crystal Palace did not score.

Discipline: Reading received 2 yellow cards; Crystal Palace received 4 yellow cards.

Going into the game Reading were 18th on 3 points from 4 and Crystal Palace 21st on 3 points from 4. Reading went on to finish that season 5th with 79 points, and Crystal Palace 20th with 48.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Reading wins, 2 draws and 1 for Crystal Palace.

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

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 13'Yellow card · Matthew MillsReading
  • 16'Yellow card · James VaughanCrystal Palace
  • 36'Yellow card · P. McCarthyCrystal Palace
  • 37'Penalty goal · Ingo GoetzeReading · 1-0
  • 64'Yellow card · Julian BennettCrystal Palace
  • 65'Penalty goal · Ian HarteReading · 2-0
  • 79'Yellow card · N. ClyneCrystal Palace
  • 89'Yellow card · Brian HowardReading
  • 90'Goal · Jimmy KébéReading · 3-0

Head-to-head

6 meetings: Reading 3, draws 2, Crystal Palace 1.

Team news

Reading line-up

Adam Federici, Matthew Mills, Ian Harte, Shaun Cummings, Alex Pearce, Jem Karacan, Jobi McAnuff, Jimmy Kébé, Brian Howard, Shane Long, Brynjar Björn Gunnarsson

Crystal Palace line-up

Julián Speroni, Nathaniel Clyne, Julian Bennett, Anthony Gardner, Neil Danns, Owen Garvan, Andy Dorman, Kieran Djilali, James Vaughan, Patrick McCarthy, Alex Marrow