Sheffield United 3-0 Reading: result and report
Championship · Tuesday 26 January 2010
Result
Sheffield United 3-0 Reading
Championship · Tuesday 26 January 2010, 19:45 UTC · half-time 2-0
Sheffield United 3-0 Reading: match report
Sheffield United beat Reading 3-0 in the Championship on Tuesday 26 January 2010. The half-time score was 2-0.
Jonathan Fortune opened the scoring in the 12th minute. Sheffield United's goals came from Jonathan Fortune (12'), Richard Cresswell (42') and Chris Morgan (80'). Reading did not score.
Discipline: Sheffield United received 4 yellow cards; Reading received 2 yellow cards.
Going into the game Sheffield United were 7th on 38 points from 25 and Reading 22nd on 23 points from 25. Sheffield United went on to finish that season 8th with 65 points, and Reading 9th with 63.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Sheffield United wins, 1 draw and 4 for Reading.
Going into the match Sheffield United's last five read W-W-L-D-W and Reading's L-L-D-D-D.
Key events
- 12'Goal · Jonathan Fortune
- 35'Yellow card · Andy Griffin
- 40'Missed penalty · Dejan Joksimovic
- 42'Goal · Richard Cresswell
- 47'Yellow card · Nick Montgomery
- 54'Yellow card · Chris Morgan
- 62'Yellow card · James Harper
- 74'Yellow card · Stephen Quinn
- 79'Yellow card · Brian Howard
- 80'Goal · Chris Morgan
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