Reading 2-1 Wolverhampton Wanderers: result and report
Championship · Saturday 4 March 2017
Result
Reading 2-1 Wolverhampton Wanderers
Championship · Saturday 4 March 2017, 15:00 UTC · half-time 0-0
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Reading 2-1 Wolverhampton Wanderers: match report
Reading won against Wolverhampton Wanderers 2-1 in the Championship on Saturday 4 March 2017. It was 0-0 at half-time.
Yann Kermorgant opened the scoring in the 48th minute. Reading's goals came from Yann Kermorgant (48') and P. McShane (78'). Wolverhampton Wanderers scored through Ben Marshall (50').
Discipline: Reading received 2 yellow cards; Wolverhampton Wanderers received 3 yellow cards and 1 red card.
Going into the game Reading were 5th on 60 points from 34 and Wolverhampton Wanderers 20th on 35 points from 32. Reading went on to finish that season 3rd with 90 points, and Wolverhampton Wanderers 14th with 58.
Reading lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Wolverhampton Wanderers in a 4-3-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Paul McShane of Reading (8.5), ahead of Conor Coady (8.0).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 4 Reading wins, 2 draws and 3 for Wolverhampton Wanderers.
Key events
- 38'Yellow card · M. Williamson
- 48'Goal · Yann Kermorgant
- 50'Goal · Ben Marshall
- 66'Yellow card · Nouha Dicko
- 78'Goal · P. McShane
- 85'Second yellow · M. Williamson
- 90'Yellow card · Romain Saïss
- 90+1'Yellow card · Yann Kermorgant
- 90+1'Yellow card · Danny Williams
Head-to-head
Team news
Reading line-up (4-2-3-1)
Ali Al-Habsi, Chris Gunter, Paul McShane, Liam Moore, Tyler Blackett, Joey van den Berg, Danny Williams, Adrian Dumitru Popa, John Swift, Roy Beerens, Yann Kermorgant
Wolverhampton Wanderers line-up (4-3-3)
Carl Ikeme, Dominic Iorfa, Mike Williamson, Kortney Hause, George Saville, Conor Coady, Romain Saïss, Dave Edwards, Hélder Costa, Nouha Dicko, Ben Marshall