Reading 2-0 Manchester City: result and report

Premier League · Saturday 8 March 2008

Result

Reading 2-0 Manchester City

Premier League · Saturday 8 March 2008, 15:00 UTC · half-time 0-0

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Reading 2-0 Manchester City: match report

Reading beat Manchester City 2-0 in the Premier League on Saturday 8 March 2008. It was 0-0 at half-time.

Ingo Goetze opened the scoring in the 62nd minute. Reading's goals came from Ingo Goetze (62') and Dave Kitson (87'). Manchester City did not score.

Discipline: Reading received no yellow cards; Manchester City received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Reading were 18th on 25 points from 28 and Manchester City 8th on 45 points from 28. Reading went on to finish that season 18th with 36 points, and Manchester City 9th with 55.

Reading lined up in a 4-4-2 and Manchester City in a 4-4-1-1.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Reading wins, 0 draws and 1 for Manchester City.

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 18'Yellow card · Dietmar HamannManchester City
  • 44'Yellow card · Michael JohnsonManchester City
  • 62'Goal · Ingo GoetzeReading · 1-0
  • 87'Goal · Dave KitsonReading · 2-0

Head-to-head

3 meetings: Reading 2, draws 0, Manchester City 1.

Team news

Reading line-up (4-4-2)

Marcus Hahnemann, Nicky Shorey, Ivar Ingimarsson, Andre Bikey, Noel Hunt, John Oster, James Harper, M. Matějovský, Kevin Doyle, Shane Long, Liam Rosenior

Manchester City line-up (4-4-1-1)

Joe Hart, Michael Ball, Vedran Ćorluka, Richard Dunne, Javier Garrido, Michael Johnson, Dietmar Hamann, Gelson Fernandes, Darius Vassell, Benjamin Mwaruwari, Elano