Reading 2-2 Sunderland: result and report

Championship · Saturday 14 April 2018

Result

Reading 2-2 Sunderland

Championship · Saturday 14 April 2018, 14:00 UTC · half-time 1-0

Reading · Sunderland · Championship predictions

Reading 2-2 Sunderland: match report

Reading drew with Sunderland 2-2 in the Championship on Saturday 14 April 2018. It was 1-0 at half-time.

Liam Kelly opened the scoring in the 20th minute. Reading's goals came from Liam Kelly (20', penalty) and Yann Kermorgant (79'). Sunderland scored through Paddy McNair (47') and L. Cattermole (66').

Discipline: Reading received 1 yellow card; Sunderland received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Reading were 19th on 42 points from 42 and Sunderland 23rd on 33 points from 42. Reading went on to finish that season 20th with 44 points, and Sunderland 24th with 37.

Reading lined up in a 4-3-3 and Sunderland in a 4-1-4-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Aiden McGeady of Sunderland (8.7), ahead of Yann Kermorgant (8.2).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Reading wins, 0 draws and 2 for Sunderland.

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

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 20'Penalty goal · Liam KellyReading · 1-0
  • 47'Goal · Paddy McNairSunderland · 1-1
  • 66'Goal · L. CattermoleSunderland · 1-2
  • 79'Goal · Yann KermorgantReading · 2-2
  • 85'Yellow card · John SwiftReading
  • 90+4'Yellow card · Donald LoveSunderland

Head-to-head

5 meetings: Reading 3, draws 0, Sunderland 2.

Team news

Reading line-up (4-3-3)

Vito Mannone, Chris Gunter, Liam Moore, Tiago Ilori, Omar Richards, John Swift, Dave Edwards, Liam Kelly, Sone Aluko, Modou Barrow, J. Böðvarsson

Sunderland line-up (4-1-4-1)

Lee Camp, Bryan Oviedo, Donald Love, Lamine Koné, Marc Wilson, Paddy McNair, Lee Cattermole, Callum McManaman, Aiden McGeady, George Honeyman, Ashley Fletcher