Reading 0-2 Manchester United: result and report
Premier League · Saturday 19 January 2008
Result
Reading 0-2 Manchester United
Premier League · Saturday 19 January 2008, 15:00 UTC · half-time 0-0
Reading 0-2 Manchester United: match report
Reading were beaten by Manchester United 0-2 in the Premier League on Saturday 19 January 2008. It was 0-0 at half-time.
Wayne Rooney opened the scoring in the 77th minute. Reading did not score. Manchester United scored through Wayne Rooney (77') and Cristiano Ronaldo (90+3').
Discipline: Reading received 1 yellow card; Manchester United received 1 yellow card.
Going into the game Reading were 13th on 22 points from 22 and Manchester United 2nd on 50 points from 22. Reading went on to finish that season 18th with 36 points, and Manchester United 1st with 87.
Reading lined up in a 5-4-1 and Manchester United in a 4-3-3.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Reading wins, 2 draws and 1 for Manchester United.
Going into the match Reading's last five read L-L-L-D-W and Manchester United's W-W-L-W-W.
Key events
- 69'Yellow card · Rio Ferdinand
- 70'Yellow card · Bobby Convey
- 77'Goal · Wayne Rooney
- 90+3'Goal · Cristiano Ronaldo
Head-to-head
Team news
Reading expected line-up (5-4-1)
Marcus Hahnemann, Ivar Ingimarsson, Nicky Shorey, Ibrahima Sonko, Kalifa Cisse, James Harper, Noel Hunt, Kevin Doyle, Dave Kitson, Graeme Murty
Manchester United expected line-up (4-3-3)
Rio Ferdinand, John O'Shea, Mikaël Silvestre, Patrice Evra, Michael Carrick, Darren Fletcher, Cristiano Ronaldo, Louis Saha