Southampton 1-3 Reading: result and report

Championship · Friday 13 April 2012

Result

Southampton 1-3 Reading

Championship · Friday 13 April 2012, 18:45 UTC · half-time 0-1

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Southampton 1-3 Reading: match report

Southampton lost to Reading 1-3 in the Championship on Friday 13 April 2012. The half-time score was 0-1.

Jason Roberts opened the scoring in the 19th minute. Southampton's goal came from Rickie Lambert (48'). Reading scored through Jason Roberts (19'), Adam Le Fondre (72') and Adam Le Fondre (90+2').

Discipline: Southampton received 2 yellow cards; Reading received no yellow cards.

Going into the game Southampton were 1st on 82 points from 42 and Reading 2nd on 82 points from 42. Southampton went on to finish that season 3rd with 88 points, and Reading 2nd with 89.

Southampton lined up in a 4-4-2 and Reading in a 4-4-2.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Southampton win, 3 draws and 1 for Reading.

Going into the match Southampton's last five read W-D-L-W-W and Reading's W-W-W-W-L.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 19'Goal · Jason RobertsReading · 0-1
  • 37'Yellow card · R. ChaplowSouthampton
  • 48'Goal · Rickie LambertSouthampton · 1-1
  • 72'Goal · Adam Le FondreReading · 1-2
  • 88'Yellow card · GulySouthampton
  • 90+2'Goal · Adam Le FondreReading · 1-3

Head-to-head

5 meetings: Southampton 1, draws 3, Reading 1.

Team news

Southampton line-up (4-4-2)

José Fonte, Danny Butterfield, Danny Fox, Jos Hooiveld, Jack Cork, Dean Hammond, Richard Chaplow, Adam Lallana, Patrick McCarthy, Kelvin Davis, Rickie Lambert

Reading line-up (4-4-2)

Adam Federici, Alex Pearce, Kaspars Gorkss, Ian Harte, Shaun Cummings, Jay Tabb, Jobi McAnuff, Jimmy Kébé, Jason Roberts, Noel Hunt, Hayden Mullins