Swansea City 2-0 Reading: result and report

Championship · Saturday 17 January 2009

Result

Swansea City 2-0 Reading

Championship · Saturday 17 January 2009, 15:00 UTC · half-time 1-0

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Swansea City 2-0 Reading: match report

Swansea City defeated Reading 2-0 in the Championship on Saturday 17 January 2009. It was 1-0 at half-time.

J. Scotland opened the scoring in the 44th minute. Swansea City's goals came from J. Scotland (44') and Andrea Orlandi (89'). Reading did not score.

Discipline: Swansea City received 1 yellow card; Reading received 2 yellow cards and 1 red card.

Going into the game Swansea City were 10th on 38 points from 27 and Reading 2nd on 54 points from 27. Swansea City went on to finish that season 8th with 68 points, and Reading 5th with 77.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Swansea City wins, 0 draws and 1 for Reading.

Going into the match Swansea City's last five read W-D-D-D-D and Reading's W-D-D-W-W.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 44'Goal · J. ScotlandSwansea City · 1-0
  • 75'Yellow card · Liam RoseniorReading
  • 81'Second yellow · Liam RoseniorReading
  • 87'Yellow card · Noel HuntReading
  • 89'Goal · Andrea OrlandiSwansea City · 2-0
  • 90'Yellow card · Alan TateSwansea City

Head-to-head

1 meetings: Swansea City 0, draws 0, Reading 1.

Team news

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