Tottenham Hotspur 3-1 Reading: result and report

Premier League · Tuesday 1 January 2013

Result

Tottenham Hotspur 3-1 Reading

Premier League · Tuesday 1 January 2013, 15:00 UTC · half-time 1-1

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Tottenham Hotspur 3-1 Reading: match report

Tottenham Hotspur won against Reading 3-1 in the Premier League on Tuesday 1 January 2013. The half-time score was 1-1.

Pavel Pogrebnyak opened the scoring in the 4th minute. Tottenham Hotspur's goals came from Michael Dawson (10'), Emmanuel Adebayor (51') and Clint Dempsey (79'). Reading scored through Pavel Pogrebnyak (4').

Neither side received a card.

Going into the game Tottenham Hotspur were 4th on 36 points from 20 and Reading 19th on 13 points from 20. Tottenham Hotspur went on to finish that season 5th with 72 points, and Reading 19th with 30.

Tottenham Hotspur lined up in a 4-4-2 and Reading in a 4-4-1-1.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 4 Tottenham Hotspur wins, 0 draws and 1 for Reading.

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 4'Goal · Pavel PogrebnyakReading · 0-1
  • 10'Goal · Michael DawsonTottenham Hotspur · 1-1
  • 51'Goal · Emmanuel AdebayorTottenham Hotspur · 2-1
  • 79'Goal · Clint DempseyTottenham Hotspur · 3-1

Head-to-head

5 meetings: Tottenham Hotspur 4, draws 0, Reading 1.

Team news

Tottenham Hotspur line-up (4-4-2)

Hugo Lloris, Michael Dawson, Jan Vertonghen, Kyle Naughton, Aaron Lennon, Sandro, Mousa Dembélé, Gylfi Sigurdsson, Emmanuel Adebayor, Jermain Defoe, Kyle Walker

Reading line-up (4-4-1-1)

Adam Federici, Chris Gunter, Alex Pearce, Jem Karacan, Mikele Leigertwood, Jobi McAnuff, Danny Guthrie, Pavel Pogrebnyak, Adrian Mariappa, Ian Harte, Jimmy Kébé