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
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.
Key events
- 44'Goal · J. Scotland
- 75'Yellow card · Liam Rosenior
- 81'Second yellow · Liam Rosenior
- 87'Yellow card · Noel Hunt
- 89'Goal · Andrea Orlandi
- 90'Yellow card · Alan Tate
Head-to-head
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