Reading 1-2 Wigan Athletic: result and report
Championship · Saturday 21 December 2013
Result
Reading 1-2 Wigan Athletic
Championship · Saturday 21 December 2013, 15:00 UTC · half-time 0-2
Reading 1-2 Wigan Athletic: match report
Reading were beaten by Wigan Athletic 1-2 in the Championship on Saturday 21 December 2013. It was 0-2 at half-time.
C. McCann opened the scoring in the 10th minute. Reading's goal came from Pavel Pogrebnyak (68'). Wigan Athletic scored through C. McCann (10') and N. Powell (12').
Discipline: Reading received 1 yellow card; Wigan Athletic received 5 yellow cards.
Going into the game Reading were 5th on 34 points from 20 and Wigan Athletic 13th on 25 points from 19. Reading went on to finish that season 7th with 71 points, and Wigan Athletic 5th with 74.
Reading lined up in a 4-4-1-1 and Wigan Athletic 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 3 for Wigan Athletic.
Going into the match Reading's last five read W-L-W-W-D and Wigan Athletic's W-L-L-L-L.
Key events
- 10'Goal · C. McCann
- 12'Goal · N. Powell
- 58'Yellow card · Jean Beausejour
- 68'Goal · Pavel Pogrebnyak
- 74'Yellow card · Ben Watson
- 74'Yellow card · Danny Williams
- 77'Yellow card · James McClean
- 82'Yellow card · Jordi Gómez
- 90+6'Yellow card · Stephen Crainey
Head-to-head
Team news
Reading expected line-up (4-4-1-1)
Alex Simon McCarthy, Chris Gunter, Sean Morrison, Stephen Kelly, Adrian Mariappa, Danny Guthrie, Garath McCleary, Jem Karacan, Pavel Pogrebnyak, Hal Robson-Kanu
Wigan Athletic expected line-up (4-2-3-1)
Scott Carson, Leon Barnett, Thomas Rogne, Jean Beausejour, Nick Powell, James McArthur, Jordi Gómez, Callum McManaman