Reading 1-2 Sheffield Wednesday: result and report
Championship · Saturday 1 September 2018
Result
Reading 1-2 Sheffield Wednesday
Championship · Saturday 1 September 2018, 14:00 UTC · half-time 0-1
Reading 1-2 Sheffield Wednesday: match report
Reading lost to Sheffield Wednesday 1-2 in the Championship on Saturday 1 September 2018. The half-time score was 0-1.
Adam Reach opened the scoring in the 12th minute. Reading's goal came from Liam Moore (64'). Sheffield Wednesday scored through Adam Reach (12') and Lucas João (46').
Discipline: Reading received 1 yellow card; Sheffield Wednesday received 1 yellow card.
Going into the game Reading were 23rd on 2 points from 5 and Sheffield Wednesday 14th on 7 points from 5. Reading went on to finish that season 20th with 47 points, and Sheffield Wednesday 12th with 64.
Reading lined up in a 4-4-2 and Sheffield Wednesday in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Adam Reach of Sheffield Wednesday (8.1), ahead of Lucas João (8.0).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Reading wins, 3 draws and 4 for Sheffield Wednesday.
Going into the match Reading's last five read D-D-L-L-L and Sheffield Wednesday's W-W-L-D-L.
Key events
- 12'Goal · Adam Reach
- 19'Yellow card · Matt Penney
- 46'Goal · Lucas João
- 64'Goal · Liam Moore
- 87'Yellow card · Josh Sims
Head-to-head
Team news
Reading line-up (4-4-2)
Vito Mannone, Chris Gunter, Tiago Ilori, Liam Moore, Andy Yiadom, Sone Aluko, David Meyler, Leandro Bacuna, Modou Barrow, Yakou Méïté, Sam Baldock
Sheffield Wednesday line-up (4-2-3-1)
Cameron Dawson, Liam Palmer, Tom Lees, Jordan Thorniley, Matt Penney, Joey Pelupessy, Barry Bannan, Marco Matias, Adam Reach, Lucas João, Atdhe Nuhiu