Sheffield Wednesday 0-2 Reading: result and report
Championship · Friday 17 March 2017
Result
Sheffield Wednesday 0-2 Reading
Championship · Friday 17 March 2017, 19:45 UTC · half-time 0-1
Sheffield Wednesday 0-2 Reading: match report
Sheffield Wednesday lost to Reading 0-2 in the Championship on Friday 17 March 2017. The half-time score was 0-1.
Yann Kermorgant opened the scoring in the 13th minute. Sheffield Wednesday did not score. Reading scored through Yann Kermorgant (13') and A. Popa (90+5').
Discipline: Sheffield Wednesday received no yellow cards; Reading received 2 yellow cards.
Going into the game Sheffield Wednesday were 6th on 62 points from 37 and Reading 5th on 64 points from 37. Sheffield Wednesday went on to finish that season 4th with 83 points, and Reading 3rd with 90.
Sheffield Wednesday lined up in a 4-4-2 and Reading in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Ali Al-Habsi of Reading (8.6), ahead of Barry Bannan (7.8).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Sheffield Wednesday wins, 2 draws and 5 for Reading.
Going into the match Sheffield Wednesday's last five read L-D-W-L-L and Reading's L-D-W-L-L.
Key events
- 13'Goal · Yann Kermorgant
- 25'Yellow card · Tyler Blackett
- 64'Yellow card · Jordan Obita
- 90+5'Goal · A. Popa
Head-to-head
Team news
Sheffield Wednesday line-up (4-4-2)
Keiren Westwood, Jack Hunt, Tom Lees, Glenn Loovens, Morgan Fox, Will Buckley, David Jones, Barry Bannan, Adam Reach, J. Rhodes, Sam Winnall
Reading line-up (4-2-3-1)
Ali Al-Habsi, Chris Gunter, Liam Moore, Tyler Blackett, Jordan Obita, Danny Williams, Joey van den Berg, Roy Beerens, John Swift, Garath McCleary, Yann Kermorgant