Reading 1-4 Fulham: result and report
Championship · Tuesday 1 October 2019
Result
Reading 1-4 Fulham
Championship · Tuesday 1 October 2019, 19:00 UTC · half-time 0-3
Reading 1-4 Fulham: match report
Reading were beaten by Fulham 1-4 in the Championship on Tuesday 1 October 2019. It was 0-3 at half-time.
Tom Cairney opened the scoring in the 13th minute. Reading's goal came from Y. Meïté (89'). Fulham scored through Tom Cairney (13'), Aleksandar Mitrović (26'), Aleksandar Mitrović (29') and Tom Cairney (67').
Discipline: Reading received 2 yellow cards and 1 red card; Fulham received no yellow cards.
Going into the game Reading were 21st on 8 points from 9 and Fulham 10th on 15 points from 9. Reading went on to finish that season 15th with 56 points, and Fulham 3rd with 85.
Reading lined up in a 4-3-3 and Fulham in a 4-1-4-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Tom Cairney of Fulham (9.0), ahead of Aleksandar Mitrović (8.6).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Reading wins, 3 draws and 4 for Fulham.
Key events
- 5'Yellow card · John Swift
- 13'Goal · Tom Cairney
- 20'Second yellow · John Swift
- 26'Goal · Aleksandar Mitrović
- 29'Goal · Aleksandar Mitrović
- 67'Goal · Tom Cairney
- 71'Yellow card · Liam Moore
- 89'Goal · Y. Meïté
Head-to-head
Team news
Reading line-up (4-3-3)
Rafael Cabral, Andy Yiadom, Michael Morrison, Liam Moore, Omar Richards, John Swift, Andrew Farai Rinomhota, Ovie Ejaria, Yakou Méïté, G. Pușcaș, Joshua Barrett
Fulham line-up (4-1-4-1)
Marcus Bettinelli, Denis Odoi, Alfie Mawson, Tim Ream, Joe Bryan, Harry Arter, Anthony Knockaert, Stefan Johansen, Tom Cairney, Bobby De Cordova-Reid, Aleksandar Mitrović