West Bromwich Albion 4-1 Reading: result and report
Championship · Saturday 6 October 2018
Result
West Bromwich Albion 4-1 Reading
Championship · Saturday 6 October 2018, 14:00 UTC · half-time 0-1
West Bromwich Albion 4-1 Reading: match report
West Bromwich Albion won against Reading 4-1 in the Championship on Saturday 6 October 2018. It was 0-1 at half-time.
L. Bacuna opened the scoring in the 6th minute. West Bromwich Albion's goals came from Dwight Gayle (49'), Dwight Gayle (65'), Harvey Barnes (72') and Kyle Bartley (80'). Reading scored through L. Bacuna (6').
Discipline: West Bromwich Albion received 2 yellow cards; Reading received 3 yellow cards.
Going into the game West Bromwich Albion were 4th on 21 points from 11 and Reading 20th on 9 points from 11. West Bromwich Albion went on to finish that season 4th with 83 points, and Reading 20th with 47.
West Bromwich Albion lined up in a 3-4-1-2 and Reading in a 5-3-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Kyle Bartley of West Bromwich Albion (8.3), level with Dwight Gayle (8.3).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 West Bromwich Albion wins, 1 draw and 1 for Reading.
Key events
- 6'Goal · L. Bacuna
- 41'Yellow card · Craig Dawson
- 49'Goal · Dwight Gayle
- 51'Yellow card · John Swift
- 52'Yellow card · Gareth Barry
- 56'Yellow card · Tiago Ilori
- 65'Goal · Dwight Gayle
- 72'Goal · Harvey Barnes
- 80'Goal · Kyle Bartley
- 82'Yellow card · Liam Moore
Head-to-head
Team news
West Bromwich Albion line-up (3-4-1-2)
Sam Johnstone, Craig Dawson, Ahmed Hegazy, Kyle Bartley, Tyrone Mears, Jake Livermore, Gareth Barry, Kieran Gibbs, Harvey Barnes, Jay Rodríguez, Dwight Gayle
Reading line-up (5-3-2)
Sam Walker, Chris Gunter, Tiago Ilori, Liam Moore, Tyler Blackett, Andy Yiadom, Leandro Bacuna, Saeed Ezatolahi, John Swift, Marc McNulty, Yakou Méïté