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Cardiff City 2-5 Reading - April 08, 2006 / Championship 2005/2006

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Championship 2005/2006 - Round 42

Ninian Park - Cardiff - Wales

April 08, 2006

11 866

Cardiff City

2 - 5

Reading

Cameron Jerome

67'

Paul Parry

80'

10'

James Harper

39'

Dave Kitson

52'

Glenn Loovens (o.g)

87'

Kevin Doyle

90'

James Harper

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10' - Goal James Harper

39' - Goal Dave Kitson

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52' - Own goal Glenn Loovens

65' - Substitution Kevin Cooperis substituted by Paul Parry65

67' - Goal Cameron Jerome67

68' - Substitution Dave Kitsonis substituted by Shane Long

75' - Substitution Bobby Conveyis substituted by Stephen Hunt

80' - Goal Paul Parry80

87' - Goal Kevin Doyle

89' - Substitution John Osteris substituted by Brynjar Gunnarsson

90' - Goal James Harper

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Cardiff City

2 - 5

Reading

Cardiff City Reading

Team line-ups

Cardiff City

Alexander

Neil Alexander

Scotland

B.date10/03/1978

Age28 years

H1m85

positionGoalkeeper

Loovens52

Glenn Loovens

Netherlands

B.date22/09/1983

Age22 years

H1m88

positionCentral defender

Purse

Darren Purse

England

B.date14/02/1977

Age29 years

H1m88

positionCentral defender

Scimeca

Riccardo Scimeca

England

B.date13/06/1975

Age30 years

H1m85

positionCentral defender

Ledley

Joe Ledley

Wales

B.date21/01/1987

Age19 years

H1m83

positionDefensive Midfielder

Boland

Willie Boland

Republic of Ireland

B.date06/08/1975

Age30 years

H1m75

positionRight Midfielder

Cooper65

Kevin Cooper

England

B.date08/02/1975

Age31 years

H1m73

positionLeft Offensive Midfielder

Ardley

Neal Ardley

England

B.date01/09/1972

Age33 years

H1m75

positionRight Offensive Midfielder

Koumas

Jason Koumas

Wales

B.date25/09/1979

Age26 years

H1m76

positionVersatile Offensive Midfielder

Thompson

Steven Thompson

Scotland

B.date14/10/1978

Age27 years

H1m88

positionStriker

Jerome67

Cameron Jerome

England

B.date14/10/1986

Age19 years

H1m86

positionStriker

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Neil Alexander		28	98	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Glenn Loovens	52	22	32	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Darren Purse		29	42	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Riccardo Scimeca		30	14	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Joe Ledley		19	72	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Willie Boland		30	95	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Kevin Cooper	65	31	36	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Neal Ardley		33	40	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Jason Koumas		26	43	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Steven Thompson		27	10	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Cameron Jerome	67	19	76	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

26.7 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Reading

Hahnemann

Marcus Hahnemann

United States

B.date15/06/1972

Age33 years

H1m91

positionGoalkeeper

Sonko

Ibrahima Sonko

Senegal

B.date22/01/1981

Age25 years

H1m91

positionCentral defender

Ingimarsson

Ívar Ingimarsson

Iceland

B.date20/08/1977

Age28 years

H1m82

positionCentral defender

Shorey

Nicky Shorey

England

B.date19/02/1981

Age25 years

H1m75

positionLeft full-back

Murty

Graeme Murty

Scotland

B.date13/11/1974

Age31 years

H1m78

positionRight full-back

Sidwell

Steve Sidwell

England

B.date14/12/1982

Age23 years

H1m84

positionCentre Midfield

Harper1090

James Harper

England

B.date09/11/1980

Age25 years

H1m77

positionCentre Midfield

Oster89

John Oster

Wales

B.date08/12/1978

Age27 years

H1m73

positionRight Offensive Midfielder

Convey75

Bobby Convey

United States

B.date27/05/1983

Age22 years

H1m73

positionLeft Offensive Midfielder

Kitson3968

Dave Kitson

England

B.date21/01/1980

Age26 years

H1m90

positionStriker

Doyle87

Kevin Doyle

Republic of Ireland

B.date18/09/1983

Age22 years

H1m80

positionStriker

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Marcus Hahnemann		33	183	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Ibrahima Sonko		25	88	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Ívar Ingimarsson		28	126	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Nicky Shorey		25	180	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Graeme Murty		31	183	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Steve Sidwell		23	146	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	James Harper	1090	25	182	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	John Oster	89	27	38	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Bobby Convey	75	22	64	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Dave Kitson	3968	26	91	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Kevin Doyle	87	22	47	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

26.1 years

Average number of matches played for the team

121

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
	M		Paul Parry	8065	25	71	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

			Age	Match num	Note
D	Brynjar Gunnarsson	89	30	30	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Stephen Hunt	75	24	42	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Shane Long	68	19	11	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Steven Thompson

Guylain Ndumbu-Nsungu

OUT

Willie Boland

Chris Barker

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

John Oster

Glen Little

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Dave Jones

Success rate in this team:

39 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

41 %

Jones vs Reading

3 victories

0 draw

3 losses

Latest figure on April 08, 2006

Jones vs Coppell

1 victory

2 draws

3 losses

Latest figure on April 08, 2006

Manager

Age

Match num

Steve Coppell

140

Success rate in this team:

51 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

41 %

Coppell vs Cardiff City

6 victories

1 draw

2 losses

Latest figure on April 08, 2006

Coppell vs Jones

3 victories

2 draws

1 loss

Latest figure on April 08, 2006

Referee

Anthony Leake

2 victories	0 draw	2 losses	Cardiff City4 matches	General total	Reading4 matches	2 victories	2 draws	0 loss
0 victory	0 draw	1 loss	Cardiff City1 match	Season total	Reading2 matches	2 victories	0 draw	0 loss
Latest figure on April 08, 2006					Latest figure on April 08, 2006

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Key figures

End of streak for Reading after 6 matches with only one goal conceded at most (since 25/02/2006). It was the best streak for the club since 17/09/2005-26/11/2005 (15 matches).

The last time Cardiff City has lost with a difference of 3 goals at home, It was on the 14/09/2004 (vs )

Dave Kitson scored 5 goals vs Cardiff City in Championship

Read the next 20 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

VCardiff City 3-0 Burnley14/01/2006

DCardiff City 1-1 Millwall31/01/2006

VCardiff City 3-0 Stoke City11/02/2006

VCardiff City 1-0 Hull City18/02/2006

VCardiff City 1-0 Sheffield Wednesday04/03/2006

DCardiff City 0-0 Queens Park Rangers25/03/2006

Overall

LWatford 2-1 Cardiff City25/02/2006

VCardiff City 1-0 Sheffield Wednesday04/03/2006

LWolverhampton 2-0 Cardiff City11/03/2006

VPlymouth 0-1 Cardiff City18/03/2006

DCardiff City 0-0 Queens Park Rangers25/03/2006

LSouthampton 3-2 Cardiff City01/04/2006

Current form

Away

VCrewe Alexandra 3-4 Reading04/02/2006

LBirmingham City 2-1 Reading07/02/2006

DSheffield United 1-1 Reading14/02/2006

LLuton Town 3-2 Reading17/02/2006

VBurnley 0-3 Reading04/03/2006

DLeicester 1-1 Reading25/03/2006

Overall

VReading 2-1 Preston North End25/02/2006

VBurnley 0-3 Reading04/03/2006

DReading 0-0 Watford11/03/2006

DReading 1-1 Wolverhampton18/03/2006

DLeicester 1-1 Reading25/03/2006

VReading 5-0 Derby County01/04/2006

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Drawing streak	1	0
Loosing streak	0	1
Unbeaten streak	7	0
Winless streak	1	2
Drawless streak	0	1
Scoring streak	0	1
Goalless streak	1	0
Conceding streak	0	1
Invincibility streak	4	0

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Winning streak	0	1
Drawing streak	1	0
Unbeaten streak	2	6
Winless streak	1	0
Drawless streak	0	1
Scoring streak	11	3
Conceding streak	1	0
Invincibility streak	0	1

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

41	Number of games (Competition total)	41
20	Number of games (Home / Away)	20
16	Victories (Competition total)	28
10	Victories (Home / Away)	11
11	Draws (Competition total)	11
7	Draws (Home / Away)	8
14	Losses (Competition total)	2
3	Losses (Home / Away)	1

Goals

54	Goals scored (Competition total)	87
30	Goals scored (Home / Away)	34
48	Goals conceded (Competition total)	26
17	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	14
1.32	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	2.12
1.5	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	1.7
1.17	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	0.63
0.85	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	0.7

Betting aid

21	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	19
10	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	7
14	Clean sheets (Competition total)	22
9	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	11
12	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	3
4	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	2
20	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	19
10	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	9
1-0 (4 times)	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	1-1 (5 times)

Bookings

66	Yellow cards (Competition total)	37
23	Yellow cards (Home / Away)	20
2	Red cards (Competition total)	0
1	Red cards (Home / Away)	0

Key players

Cameron Jerome	17 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	16 goals	Kevin Doyle
Cameron Jerome	8 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	8 goals	Kevin Doyle
Darren Purse	3 penalties	Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)	3 penalties	Dave Kitson
Darren Purse	2 penalties	Team's penalty best scorer (Home / Away)	1 penalty	Dave Kitson
Cameron Jerome	1 goal during the last match	The fittest player	2 goals during the last 2 matches	Kevin Doyle

Historical head to head

Home

16 matches

9 v

3 d

4 l

37 gf

18 ga

Away

13 matches

4 v

3 d

6 l

13 gf

22 ga

Total

29 matches

13 v

6 d

10 l

50 gf

40 ga

Historical head to head

Home

13 matches

6 v

3 d

4 l

22 gf

13 ga

Away

16 matches

4 v

3 d

9 l

18 gf

37 ga

Total

29 matches

10 v

6 d

13 l

40 gf

50 ga

Largest victory

Overall	5 - 0	November 08, 1930
Home	5 - 0	November 08, 1930

Largest victory

Overall	5 - 1	January 02, 2006
Away	3 - 1	August 31, 1985

Latest head to head

January 02, 2006 - Championship 2005/2006

Reading

5 - 1

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April 23, 2005 - Championship 2004/2005

Cardiff City

2 - 0

Reading

November 13, 2004 - Championship 2004/2005

Reading

2 - 1

Cardiff City logo Cardiff City

March 16, 2004 - First Division 2003/2004

Cardiff City

2 - 3

Reading

September 16, 2003 - First Division 2003/2004

Reading

2 - 1

Cardiff City logo Cardiff City

Best historical scorers against Reading

Cameron Jerome	3 goals	2004 - 2006
Peter Thorne	2 goals	2003 - 2005
Carl Dale	1 goal	1998 - 1998
Robert Earnshaw	1 goal	2004 - 2004
Kevin Nugent	1 goal	1998 - 1998
Lee Bullock	1 goal	2004 - 2004

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 24/01/1998. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Cardiff City

Dave Kitson	4 goals	2004 - 2006
Steve Sidwell	3 goals	2003 - 2006
Dean Morgan	2 goals	2004 - 2004
Ibrahima Sonko	1 goal	2006 - 2006
Carl Asaba	1 goal	1998 - 1998
Trevor Morley	1 goal	1998 - 1998

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 24/01/1998. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Reading

Chris Barker	5 matches	2003 - 2006
Alan Lee	4 matches	2004 - 2006
Willie Boland	4 matches	2003 - 2005
Neil Alexander	3 matches	2003 - 2006
Cameron Jerome	3 matches	2004 - 2006
James Collins	3 matches	2003 - 2005

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 24/01/1998. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Cardiff City

Steve Sidwell	5 matches	2003 - 2006
James Harper	5 matches	2003 - 2006
Graeme Murty	5 matches	2003 - 2006
Marcus Hahnemann	4 matches	2003 - 2006
Nicky Shorey	4 matches	2003 - 2006
Dave Kitson	4 matches	2004 - 2006