Reading 1-0 Wigan Athletic: result and report
Championship · Saturday 29 April 2017
Result
Reading 1-0 Wigan Athletic
Championship · Saturday 29 April 2017, 14:00 UTC · half-time 1-0
Reading 1-0 Wigan Athletic: match report
Reading beat Wigan Athletic 1-0 in the Championship on Saturday 29 April 2017. The half-time score was 1-0.
The only goal came from Yann Kermorgant of Reading in the 6th minute.
Discipline: Reading received 6 yellow cards; Wigan Athletic received 1 yellow card.
Going into the game Reading were 3rd on 79 points from 44 and Wigan Athletic 23rd on 41 points from 44. Reading went on to finish that season 3rd with 90 points, and Wigan Athletic 23rd with 42.
Reading lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Wigan Athletic in a 5-4-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Liam Moore of Reading (7.8), level with Ali Al-Habsi (7.8).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Reading wins, 2 draws and 5 for Wigan Athletic.
Going into the match Reading's last five read L-W-W-L-W and Wigan Athletic's D-L-W-W-L.
Key events
- 6'Goal · Yann Kermorgant
- 13'Yellow card · George Evans
- 45+4'Yellow card · Liam Moore
- 50'Yellow card · Callum Connolly
- 51'Yellow card · Chris Gunter
- 64'Yellow card · Danny Williams
- 64'Yellow card · Danny Williams
- 87'Yellow card · Liam Kelly
Head-to-head
Team news
Reading line-up (4-2-3-1)
Ali Al-Habsi, Chris Gunter, Liam Moore, Tyler Blackett, Jordan Obita, Liam Kelly, George Evans, Garath McCleary, John Swift, Roy Beerens, Yann Kermorgant
Wigan Athletic line-up (5-4-1)
Matthew Gilks, Jamie Hanson, Reece Burke, Craig Morgan, Dan Burn, Stephen Warnock, Michael Jacobs, Shaun MacDonald, David Perkins, Ryan Tunnicliffe, Nick Powell