Reading 2-1 Wigan Athletic: result and report
Premier League · Saturday 22 September 2007
Result
Reading 2-1 Wigan Athletic
Premier League · Saturday 22 September 2007, 14:00 UTC · half-time 1-0
Reading 2-1 Wigan Athletic: match report
Reading won against Wigan Athletic 2-1 in the Premier League on Saturday 22 September 2007. The half-time score was 1-0.
Dave Kitson opened the scoring in the 29th minute. Reading's goals came from Dave Kitson (29') and James Harper (90'). Wigan Athletic scored through Marcus Bent (50').
Discipline: Reading received 3 yellow cards; Wigan Athletic received 1 yellow card.
Going into the game Reading were 18th on 4 points from 6 and Wigan Athletic 9th on 8 points from 6. Reading went on to finish that season 18th with 36 points, and Wigan Athletic 14th with 40.
Reading lined up in a 4-4-2 and Wigan Athletic in a 4-4-1-1.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Reading win, 0 draws and 1 for Wigan Athletic.
Going into the match Reading's last five read L-L-L-W-L and Wigan Athletic's D-L-D-W-W.
Key events
- 29'Goal · Dave Kitson
- 32'Yellow card · Ivar Ingimarsson
- 35'Yellow card · Michael Brown
- 45'Yellow card · Liam Rosenior
- 50'Goal · Marcus Bent
- 90'Goal · James Harper
- 90'Yellow card · Marcus Hahnemann
Head-to-head
Team news
Reading line-up (4-4-2)
Marcus Hahnemann, Nicky Shorey, Ivar Ingimarsson, Michael Duberry, Noel Hunt, James Harper, Kevin Doyle, Dave Kitson, Graeme Murty, Brynjar Björn Gunnarsson, Liam Rosenior
Wigan Athletic line-up (4-4-1-1)
Andreas Granqvist, Titus Bramble, Mario Melchiot, Antoine Sibierski, Kevin Kilbane, Jason Koumas, Paul Scharner, Josip Skoko, Marcus Bent, Chris Kirkland, Michael Brown