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Reading 2-0 Sheffield United - October 25, 2005 / League Cup 2005/2006

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League Cup 2005/2006 - 3rd round

Madejski Stadium - Reading - England

October 25, 2005

11 607

Reading

2 - 0

Sheffield United

Dave Kitson

54'

Dave Kitson

75'

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54' - Goal Dave Kitson54

58' - Substitution Colin Marrisonis substituted by Nicky Law

75' - Goal Dave Kitson75

78' - Substitution Dave Kitsonis substituted by Simon Cox78

81' - Substitution Danny Webberis substituted by Kyle Nix

82' - Substitution Simon Francisis substituted by Evan Horwood

85' - Substitution Stephen Huntis substituted by Glen Little85

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Reading

2 - 0

Sheffield United

Reading Sheffield United

Team line-ups

Reading

Stack

Graham Stack

Republic of Ireland

B.date26/09/1981

Age24 years

H1m88

positionGoalkeeper

Ingimarsson

Ívar Ingimarsson

Iceland

B.date20/08/1977

Age28 years

H1m82

positionCentral defender

Sonko

Ibrahima Sonko

Senegal

B.date22/01/1981

Age24 years

H1m91

positionCentral defender

Murty

Graeme Murty

Scotland

B.date13/11/1974

Age30 years

H1m78

positionRight full-back

Shorey

Nicky Shorey

England

B.date19/02/1981

Age24 years

H1m75

positionLeft full-back

Baradji

Sekou Baradji

France

B.date24/04/1984

Age21 years

H1m83

positionDefensive Midfielder

Sidwell

Steve Sidwell

England

B.date14/12/1982

Age22 years

H1m84

positionCentre Midfield

Hunt85

Stephen Hunt

Republic of Ireland

B.date01/08/1981

Age24 years

H1m75

positionLeft Offensive Midfielder

Oster

John Oster

Wales

B.date08/12/1978

Age26 years

H1m73

positionRight Offensive Midfielder

Kitson547578

Dave Kitson

England

B.date21/01/1980

Age25 years

H1m90

positionStriker

Obinna

Eric Obinna

Nigeria

B.date10/06/1981

Age24 years

H1m89

positionStriker

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Graham Stack		24	2	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Ívar Ingimarsson		28	95	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Ibrahima Sonko		24	58	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Graeme Murty		30	154	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Nicky Shorey		24	151	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Sekou Baradji		21	3	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Steve Sidwell		22	119	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Stephen Hunt	85	24	13	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	John Oster		26	12	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Dave Kitson	547578	25	66	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Eric Obinna		24	7	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

24.7 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Sheffield United

Barnes

Phil Barnes

England

B.date02/03/1979

Age26 years

H1m88

positionGoalkeeper

Francis82

Simon Francis

England

B.date16/02/1985

Age20 years

H1m83

positionRight full-back

Geary

Derek Geary

Republic of Ireland

B.date19/06/1980

Age25 years

H1m68

positionLeft full-back

Wright

Alan Wright

England

B.date28/09/1971

Age34 years

H1m63

positionLeft full-back

Bromby

Leigh Bromby

England

B.date02/06/1980

Age25 years

H1m80

positionRight full-back

Tonge

Michael Tonge

England

B.date07/04/1983

Age22 years

H1m83

positionCentre Midfield

Quinn

Stephen Quinn

Republic of Ireland

B.date01/04/1986

Age19 years

H1m68

positionLeft central midfielder

Forte

Jonathan Forte

Barbados

B.date25/07/1986

Age19 years

H1m83

positionCentre Midfield

Ross

Ian Ross

England

B.date13/01/1986

Age19 years

H1m78

positionCentre Midfield

Marrison58

Colin Marrison

England

B.date23/09/1985

Age20 years

H1m86

positionStriker

Webber81

Danny Webber

England

B.date28/12/1981

Age23 years

H1m75

positionStriker

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Phil Barnes		26	4	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Simon Francis	82	20	14	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Derek Geary		25	29	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Alan Wright		34	43	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Leigh Bromby		25	71	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Michael Tonge		22	192	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Stephen Quinn		19	2	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Jonathan Forte		19	37	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Ian Ross		19	2	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Colin Marrison	58	20	2	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Danny Webber	81	23	20	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

22.9 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
	M		Glen Little	85	30	63	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
	F		Simon Cox	78	18	2	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

			Age	Match num	Note
D	Evan Horwood	82	19	1	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Nicky Law	58	17	1	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Kyle Nix	81	19	2	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Stephen Hunt

Glen Little

OUT

Graeme Murty

Chris Makin

OUT

Graham Stack

Marcus Hahnemann

OUT

John Oster

Bobby Convey

OUT

Steve Sidwell

James Harper

OUT

Eric Obinna

Kevin Doyle

OUT

Sekou Baradji

Brynjar Gunnarsson

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Phil Barnes

Paddy Kenny

OUT

Colin Marrison

Steve Kabba

OUT

Danny Webber

Neil Shipperley

OUT

Simon Francis

Phil Jagielka

OUT

Michael Tonge

Nick Montgomery

OUT

Stephen Quinn

Alan Quinn

OUT

Jonathan Forte

Paul Ifill

OUT

Ian Ross

Chris Morgan

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Steve Coppell

108

Success rate in this team:

47 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

40 %

Coppell vs Sheffield United

14 victories

7 draws

7 losses

Latest figure on October 25, 2005

Coppell vs Warnock

8 victories

3 draws

2 losses

Latest figure on October 25, 2005

Manager

Age

Match num

Neil Warnock

315

Success rate in this team:

44 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

40 %

Warnock vs Reading

2 victories

4 draws

9 losses

Latest figure on October 25, 2005

Warnock vs Coppell

2 victories

3 draws

8 losses

Latest figure on October 25, 2005

Referee

Rob Styles

4 victories	3 draws	3 losses	Reading10 matches	General total	Sheffield United10 matches	2 victories	5 draws	3 losses
1 victory	0 draw	0 loss	Reading1 match	Season total	Sheffield United1 match	0 victory	0 draw	1 loss
Latest figure on November 12, 2007					Latest figure on April 25, 2009

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Key figures

Reading keeps its 7 consecutive matches without a loss vs Sheffield United running (since 18/02/2003). It's a record streak. The previous one was back on the 25/11/1995 (3 matches)

Reading keeps its 7 matches with only one goal conceded at most vs Sheffield United running (since 18/02/2003). It's a record streak. The previous one was back on the 25/11/1995 (4 matches)

No Reading manager (with more than 30 matches on the bench) before Steve Coppell has done less than 1.01 goals conceded per game .

Read the next 12 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

VReading 2-1 Burnley29/08/2005

VReading 3-2 Crystal Palace13/09/2005

VReading 1-0 Crewe Alexandra17/09/2005

VReading 1-0 Luton Town20/09/2005

VReading 2-1 Sheffield United01/10/2005

VReading 2-0 Ipswich Town16/10/2005

Overall

VNorwich City 0-1 Reading24/09/2005

DSouthampton 0-0 Reading28/09/2005

VReading 2-1 Sheffield United01/10/2005

VReading 2-0 Ipswich Town16/10/2005

DHull City 1-1 Reading18/10/2005

VStoke City 0-1 Reading22/10/2005

Current form

Away

VBrighton & Hove 0-1 Sheffield United13/09/2005

VWatford 2-3 Sheffield United17/09/2005

DShrewsbury Town 0-0 Sheffield United20/09/2005

LReading 2-1 Sheffield United01/10/2005

VMillwall 0-4 Sheffield United18/10/2005

DLeeds United 1-1 Sheffield United21/10/2005

Overall

VSheffield United 2-1 Derby County24/09/2005

VSheffield United 2-0 Plymouth27/09/2005

LReading 2-1 Sheffield United01/10/2005

VSheffield United 1-0 Wolverhampton15/10/2005

VMillwall 0-4 Sheffield United18/10/2005

DLeeds United 1-1 Sheffield United21/10/2005

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Winning streak	8	1
Unbeaten streak	8	16
Drawless streak	12	1
Scoring streak	12	4
Invincibility streak	1	1

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Drawing streak	1	1
Unbeaten streak	2	3
Winless streak	1	1
Scoring streak	3	6
Conceding streak	1	1

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

2	Number of games (Competition total)	2
2	Number of games (Home / Away)	1
2	Victories (Competition total)	1
2	Victories (Home / Away)	0
0	Draws (Competition total)	1
0	Draws (Home / Away)	1
0	Losses (Competition total)	0
0	Losses (Home / Away)	0

Goals

4	Goals scored (Competition total)	1
4	Goals scored (Home / Away)	0
1	Goals conceded (Competition total)	0
1	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	0
2	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	0.5
2	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	0
0.5	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	0
0.5	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	0

Betting aid

1	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	0
1	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	0
1	Clean sheets (Competition total)	2
1	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	1
0	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	1
0	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	1
1	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	0
1	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	0
3-1 (1 times)	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	0-0 (1 times)

Bookings

3	Yellow cards (Competition total)	2
3	Yellow cards (Home / Away)	2
0	Red cards (Competition total)	0
0	Red cards (Home / Away)	0

Key players

Dave Kitson	2 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	1 goal	Ian Ross
Dave Kitson	2 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)		-
Dave Kitson	2 goals during the last 2 matches	The fittest player	1 goal during the last 2 matches	Ian Ross

Historical head to head

Home

12 matches

7 v

1 d

4 l

13 gf

12 ga

Away

12 matches

3 v

4 d

5 l

12 gf

19 ga

Total

24 matches

10 v

5 d

9 l

25 gf

31 ga

Historical head to head

Home

12 matches

5 v

4 d

3 l

19 gf

12 ga

Away

12 matches

4 v

1 d

7 l

12 gf

13 ga

Total

24 matches

9 v

5 d

10 l

31 gf

25 ga

Largest victory

Overall	3 - 1	February 18, 2003
Home	2 - 0	March 21, 1987

Largest victory

Overall	4 - 0	March 14, 1998
Away	3 - 0	April 27, 1996

Latest head to head

October 01, 2005 - Championship 2005/2006

Reading

2 - 1

Sheffield United logo Sheffield United

April 02, 2005 - Championship 2004/2005

Reading

0 - 0

Sheffield United logo Sheffield United

August 14, 2004 - Championship 2004/2005

Sheffield United

0 - 1

Reading

February 28, 2004 - First Division 2003/2004

Reading

2 - 1

Sheffield United logo Sheffield United

October 24, 2003 - First Division 2003/2004

Sheffield United

1 - 2

Reading

Best historical scorers against Sheffield United

Nicky Forster	3 goals	2003 - 2003
Ady Williams	2 goals	2003 - 2003
Brynjar Gunnarsson	2 goals	2005 - 2005
Nicky Shorey	1 goal	2004 - 2004
Shaun Goater	1 goal	2004 - 2004
James Harper	1 goal	2004 - 2004

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 13/02/1998. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Reading

Michael Brown	1 goal	2003 - 2003
Dean Windass	1 goal	2002 - 2002
Andy Gray	1 goal	2004 - 2004
Lee Sandford	1 goal	1998 - 1998
Jon Harley	1 goal	2002 - 2002
Ashley Ward	1 goal	2003 - 2003

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 13/02/1998. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Sheffield United

Marcus Hahnemann	7 matches	2002 - 2005
Nicky Shorey	6 matches	2002 - 2005
James Harper	6 matches	2002 - 2005
Andy Hughes	6 matches	2002 - 2005
Nicky Forster	5 matches	2002 - 2005
Ívar Ingimarsson	5 matches	2003 - 2005

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 13/02/1998. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Reading

Phil Jagielka	7 matches	2002 - 2005
Michael Tonge	6 matches	2002 - 2005
Paddy Kenny	6 matches	2002 - 2005
Steve Kabba	4 matches	2002 - 2005
Robert Kozluk	4 matches	2003 - 2005
Nick Montgomery	4 matches	2002 - 2005