Sheffield United 0-2 Reading: result and report
Championship · Saturday 15 November 2008
Result
Sheffield United 0-2 Reading
Championship · Saturday 15 November 2008, 15:00 UTC · half-time 0-2
Sheffield United 0-2 Reading: match report
Sheffield United were beaten by Reading 0-2 in the Championship on Saturday 15 November 2008. It was 0-2 at half-time.
Kalifa Cisse opened the scoring in the 5th minute. Sheffield United did not score. Reading scored through Kalifa Cisse (5') and Kevin Doyle (44').
Discipline: Sheffield United received 1 yellow card; Reading received 3 yellow cards.
Going into the game Sheffield United were 4th on 28 points from 16 and Reading 3rd on 30 points from 16. Sheffield United went on to finish that season 3rd with 84 points, and Reading 5th with 77.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Sheffield United wins, 1 draw and 3 for Reading.
Going into the match Sheffield United's last five read W-W-D-W-D and Reading's W-W-L-D-W.
Key events
- 5'Goal · Kalifa Cisse
- 7'Yellow card · Anthony Stokes
- 44'Goal · Kevin Doyle
- 44'Yellow card · Jimmy Kébé
- 59'Yellow card · Andre Bikey
- 64'Yellow card · Chris Armstrong
Head-to-head
Team news
Sheffield United expected line-up
Paddy Kenny, Phil Jagielka, Claude Davis, Chris Armstrong, Robert Kozluk, Keith Gillespie, Rob Hulse, Chris Morgan, Mikele Leigertwood, Michael Tonge
Reading expected line-up (4-4-2)
Marcus Hahnemann, Ivar Ingimarsson, Nicky Shorey, Michael Duberry, James Harper, Noel Hunt, Dave Kitson, Leroy Lita, Liam Rosenior