Reading 1-0 West Ham United: result and report

Premier League · Saturday 29 December 2012

Result

Reading 1-0 West Ham United

Premier League · Saturday 29 December 2012, 15:00 UTC · half-time 1-0

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Reading 1-0 West Ham United: match report

Reading defeated West Ham United 1-0 in the Premier League on Saturday 29 December 2012. The half-time score was 1-0.

The only goal came from Pavel Pogrebnyak of Reading in the 5th minute.

Discipline: Reading received 3 yellow cards; West Ham United received 4 yellow cards.

Going into the game Reading were 20th on 10 points from 19 and West Ham United 11th on 23 points from 18. Reading went on to finish that season 19th with 30 points, and West Ham United 8th with 47.

Reading lined up in a 4-4-2 and West Ham United in a 4-2-3-1.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Reading wins, 1 draw and 1 for West Ham United.

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 5'Goal · Pavel PogrebnyakReading · 1-0
  • 15'Yellow card · Mark NobleWest Ham United
  • 37'Yellow card · Pavel PogrebnyakReading
  • 45+1'Yellow card · James CollinsWest Ham United
  • 61'Yellow card · Alex PearceReading
  • 67'Yellow card · James TomkinsWest Ham United
  • 79'Yellow card · Ian HarteReading
  • 81'Yellow card · Kevin NolanWest Ham United

Head-to-head

4 meetings: Reading 2, draws 1, West Ham United 1.

Team news

Reading line-up (4-4-2)

Adam Federici, Chris Gunter, Alex Pearce, Mikele Leigertwood, Jem Karacan, Danny Guthrie, Jobi McAnuff, Pavel Pogrebnyak, Adrian Mariappa, Ian Harte, Jimmy Kébé

West Ham United expected line-up (4-2-3-1)

Jussi Jaaskelainen, Winston Reid, James Collins, Joey O'Brien, Kevin Nolan, Mohamed Diamé, Matt Jarvis, Mark Noble, Andy Carroll