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Reading 1-1 Cardiff City - April 16, 2021 / Sky Bet Championship 2020/2021

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Sky Bet Championship 2020/2021 - Round 42

Madejski Stadium - Reading - England

April 16, 2021

Reading

1 - 1

Cardiff City

Assist by Sam Baldock (header) Yakou Meité

90+4'

87'

Kieffer Moore (penalty)

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46' - Yellow card Curtis Nelson

50' - Yellow card Marlon Pack

58' - Substitution Lucas Joãois substituted by George Puscas58

70' - Substitution Marlon Packis substituted by Josh Murphy

77' - Substitution Andrew Rinomhotais substituted by John Swift77

78' - Yellow card Ciaron Brown

81' - Substitution Harry Wilsonis substituted by Sheyi Ojo

87' - Goal Kieffer Moore

90' - Substitution Andy Yiadomis substituted by Sam Baldock photo Sone Aluko

90' - Substitution Omar Richardsis substituted by Sone Aluko photo Dejan Tetek

90' - Substitution Michael Oliseis substituted by Dejan Tetek90

94' - Goal Yakou Meité94

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Reading

1 - 1

Cardiff City

Reading Cardiff City

Team line-ups

Reading

forward

offensive midfielder

midfielder

defensive midfielder

defender

sweeper

goalkeeper

18João58

Lucas João

Angola

B.date04/09/1993

Age27 years

H1m92

positionCentre forward

14Ejaria

Oviemuno Ejaria

England

B.date18/11/1997

Age23 years

H1m83

positionCentre Midfield

7Olise90

Michael Olise

France

B.date12/12/2001

Age19 years

H1m84

positionRight Offensive Midfielder

11Meité94

Yakou Meité

Ivory Coast

B.date11/02/1996

Age25 years

H1m84

positionLeft Midfielder

28Laurent

Josh Laurent

England

B.date06/05/1995

Age25 years

H1m88

positionCentre Midfield

8Rinomhota77

Andrew Rinomhota

Zimbabwe

B.date21/04/1997

Age23 years

H1m75

positionCentre Midfield

3Richards90

Omar Richards

England

B.date15/02/1998

Age23 years

H1m85

positionLeft full-back

6Moore

Liam Moore

Jamaica

B.date31/01/1993

Age28 years

H1m86

positionRight central defender

29Holmes

Thomas Holmes

England

B.date12/03/2000

Age21 years

H1m89

positionCentral defender

17Yiadom90

Andy Yiadom

Ghana

B.date02/12/1991

Age29 years

H1m80

positionRight full-back

33Rafael Cabral

Rafael Cabral

Brazil

B.date20/05/1990

Age30 years

H1m86

positionGoalkeeper

First 11				Age	Match num	Note
33	G	Rafael Cabral		30	88	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
6	D	Liam Moore		28	211	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
29	D	Thomas Holmes		21	37	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
17	D	Andy Yiadom	90	29	90	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
3	D	Omar Richards	90	23	100	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
8	M	Andrew Rinomhota	77	23	115	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
11	M	Yakou Meité	94	25	121	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
28	M	Josh Laurent		25	42	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
14	M	Oviemuno Ejaria		23	90	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
7	M	Michael Olise	90	19	69	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
18	F	Lucas João	58	27	56	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

24.8 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Cardiff City

forward

offensive midfielder

midfielder

defensive midfielder

defender

sweeper

goalkeeper

8Ralls

Joe Ralls

England

B.date13/10/1993

Age27 years

H1m78

positionLeft central midfielder

10Moore87

Kieffer Moore

Wales

B.date08/08/1992

Age28 years

H1m96

positionStriker

23Wilson81

Harry Wilson

Wales

B.date22/03/1997

Age24 years

H1m73

positionRight Winger

28Sang

Thomas Sang

England

B.date29/06/1999

Age21 years

H1m88

positionDefensive Midfielder

6Vaulks

Will Vaulks

Wales

B.date13/09/1993

Age27 years

H1m80

positionCentral defender

21Pack7050

Marlon Pack

England

B.date25/03/1991

Age30 years

H1m88

positionCentre Midfield

38Ng

Perry Ng

Singapore

B.date27/04/1996

Age24 years

H1m80

positionRight full-back

30Brown78

Ciaron Brown

Northern Ireland

B.date14/01/1998

Age23 years

H1m85

positionLeft full-back

16Nelson46

Curtis Nelson

England

B.date21/05/1993

Age27 years

H1m83

positionCentral defender

5Flint

Aden Flint

England

B.date11/07/1989

Age31 years

H1m97

positionSweeper

12Smithies

Alex Smithies

England

B.date05/03/1990

Age31 years

H1m91

positionGoalkeeper

First 11				Age	Match num	Note
12	G	Alex Smithies		31	67	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
5	D	Aden Flint		31	48	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
16	D	Curtis Nelson	46	27	78	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
6	M	Will Vaulks		27	75	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
38	M	Perry Ng		24	15	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
30	D	Ciaron Brown	78	23	9	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
28	M	Thomas Sang		21	10	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
21	M	Marlon Pack	7050	30	79	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
8	F	Joe Ralls		27	275	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
23	F	Harry Wilson	81	24	35	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
10	F	Kieffer Moore	87	28	38	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

26.6 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Substitutes				Age	Match num	Note
22	G	Luke Southwood		23
15	D	Lewis Gibson		20
2	D	Tomas Esteves		19
34	M	Dejan Tetek	90	18	7	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
30	M	Alfa Semedo		23
10	M	John Swift	77	25	160	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
24	M	Sone Aluko	90	32	100	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
9	F	Sam Baldock	90	32	73	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
47	F	George Puscas	58	25	62	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Substitutes				Age	Match num	Note
1	G	Dillon Phillips		25
2	D	Jordi Osei-Tutu		22
27	M	Sheyi Ojo	81	23	40	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
15	M	Jonathan Williams		27
40	M	Rubin Colwill		18
11	F	Josh Murphy	70	26	92	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
29	F	Mark Harris		22
33	F	Junior Hoilett		30
19	F	Max Watters		22

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Lucas João

George Puscas

OUT

Omar Richards

Lewis Gibson

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Joe Ralls

Josh Murphy

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Veljko Paunovic

Success rate in this team:

44 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

37 %

Paunovic vs Cardiff City

1 victory

1 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on April 16, 2021

Paunovic vs McCarthy

0 victory

1 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on April 16, 2021

Manager

Age

Match num

Mick McCarthy

Success rate in this team:

44 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

39 %

McCarthy vs Reading

7 victories

3 draws

9 losses

Latest figure on April 16, 2021

McCarthy vs Paunovic

0 victory

1 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on April 16, 2021

Referee

John Brooks

1 victory	4 draws	4 losses	Reading9 matches	General total	Cardiff City8 matches	1 victory	4 draws	3 losses
0 victory	1 draw	1 loss	Reading2 matches	Season total	Cardiff City3 matches	0 victory	2 draws	1 loss
Latest figure on February 25, 2023					Latest figure on October 04, 2022

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Key figures

Aden Flint played his game number 10 vs in Championship

It's the first time Kieffer Moore scores a goal vs Cardiff City in his professional career since the 26/02/2020 (with Reading vs Cardiff City )

Reading keeps its 10 consecutive matches without a loss vs Cardiff City running (since 19/03/2016). It's a record streak. The previous one was back on the 17/05/2011 (5 matches)

Read the next 16 key stats

General ranking

5	Bournemouth	71 pts	41 rd
6	Barnsley	71 pts	41 rd
7	Reading	67 pts	42 rd
8	Cardiff City	60 pts	42 rd
9	Millwall	58 pts	41 rd

General ranking

6	Barnsley	71 pts	41 rd
7	Reading	67 pts	42 rd
8	Cardiff City	60 pts	42 rd
9	Millwall	58 pts	41 rd
10	Middlesbrough	57 pts	41 rd

Pre-match

Current form

Home

LReading 1-2 Millwall13/02/2021

LReading 0-2 Middlesbrough20/02/2021

VReading 1-0 Blackburn02/03/2021

VReading 3-0 Sheffield Wednesday06/03/2021

DReading 1-1 Queens Park Rangers20/03/2021

VReading 3-1 Derby County05/04/2021

Overall

DNottingham Forest 1-1 Reading13/03/2021

LBirmingham City 2-1 Reading17/03/2021

DReading 1-1 Queens Park Rangers20/03/2021

DBarnsley 1-1 Reading02/04/2021

VReading 3-1 Derby County05/04/2021

LWatford 2-0 Reading09/04/2021

Current form

Away

VLuton Town 0-2 Cardiff City16/02/2021

VBournemouth 1-2 Cardiff City24/02/2021

DMiddlesbrough 1-1 Cardiff City27/02/2021

DHuddersfield Town 0-0 Cardiff City05/03/2021

VSwansea 0-1 Cardiff City20/03/2021

LSheffield Wednesday 5-0 Cardiff City05/04/2021

Overall

LCardiff City 1-2 Watford13/03/2021

DCardiff City 0-0 Stoke City16/03/2021

VSwansea 0-1 Cardiff City20/03/2021

LCardiff City 0-1 Nottingham Forest02/04/2021

LSheffield Wednesday 5-0 Cardiff City05/04/2021

DCardiff City 2-2 Blackburn10/04/2021

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Winning streak	1	0
Loosing streak	0	1
Unbeaten streak	4	0
Winless streak	0	1
Drawless streak	1	2
Scoring streak	4	0
Goalless streak	0	1
Conceding streak	2	6

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Drawing streak	0	1
Loosing streak	1	0
Unbeaten streak	0	1
Winless streak	1	3
Drawless streak	2	0
Scoring streak	0	1
Goalless streak	1	0
Conceding streak	1	3

Statistical comparison of the season

Rankings

7	General ranking (Competition total)	8
7	General ranking (Home / Away)	5

Ranking evolution during the season

Results

41	Number of games (Competition total)	41
20	Number of games (Home / Away)	20
19	Victories (Competition total)	16
12	Victories (Home / Away)	9
9	Draws (Competition total)	11
1	Draws (Home / Away)	6
13	Losses (Competition total)	14
7	Losses (Home / Away)	5

Goals

56	Goals scored (Competition total)	57
32	Goals scored (Home / Away)	23
45	Goals conceded (Competition total)	45
22	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	21
1.37	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	1.39
1.6	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	1.15
1.1	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	1.1
1.1	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	1.05

Betting aid

20	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	19
13	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	7
16	Clean sheets (Competition total)	14
8	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	8
9	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	11
3	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	5
20	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	19
9	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	9
1-0 (3 times)	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	2-0 (3 times)

Bookings

43	Yellow cards (Competition total)	69
22	Yellow cards (Home / Away)	36
0	Red cards (Competition total)	3
0	Red cards (Home / Away)	1

Key players

Lucas João	19 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	16 goals	Kieffer Moore
Lucas João	9 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	8 goals	Kieffer Moore
Lucas João	4 penalties	Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)	2 penalties	Joe Ralls
Lucas João	3 penalties	Team's penalty best scorer (Home / Away)	1 penalty	Joe Ralls
Michael Olise	10 assists	Player with most assists (Competition total)	11 assists	Harry Wilson
Lucas João	3 assists	Player with most assists (Home / Away)	3 assists	Joe Ralls
Lucas João	1 goal during the last 2 matches	The fittest player	2 assists during the last match	Harry Wilson

Historical head to head

Home

24 matches

8 v

10 d

6 l

35 gf

24 ga

Away

31 matches

9 v

9 d

13 l

41 gf

58 ga

Total

55 matches

17 v

19 d

19 l

76 gf

82 ga

Historical head to head

Home

31 matches

13 v

9 d

9 l

58 gf

41 ga

Away

24 matches

6 v

10 d

8 l

24 gf

35 ga

Total

55 matches

19 v

19 d

17 l

82 gf

76 ga

Largest victory

Overall	5 - 1	January 02, 2006
Home	5 - 1	January 02, 2006

Largest victory

Overall	5 - 0	November 08, 1930
Away	2 - 1	November 19, 2011

Latest head to head

September 26, 2020 - Sky Bet Championship 2020/2021

Cardiff City

1 - 2

Reading

February 04, 2020 - FA Cup 2019/2020

Cardiff City

3 - 3

Reading

January 31, 2020 - Championship 2019/2020

Cardiff City

1 - 1

Reading

January 25, 2020 - FA Cup 2019/2020

Reading

1 - 1

Cardiff City logo Cardiff City

August 18, 2019 - Championship 2019/2020

Reading

3 - 0

Cardiff City logo Cardiff City

Best historical scorers against Cardiff City

Dave Kitson	5 goals	2004 - 2006
Yakou Meité	3 goals	2020 - 2020
Steve Sidwell	3 goals	2003 - 2006
Dean Morgan	2 goals	2004 - 2004
Kevin Doyle	2 goals	2006 - 2008
Jobi McAnuff	2 goals	2011 - 2012

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 Reading

Cameron Jerome	4 goals	2004 - 2006
Peter Thorne	2 goals	2003 - 2005
Lee Tomlin	2 goals	2017 - 2020
Callum Paterson	2 goals	2020 - 2020
Josh Murphy	2 goals	2020 - 2020
Kenwyne Jones	2 goals	2015 - 2015

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

Adam Federici	13 matches	2008 - 2015
Chris Gunter	11 matches	2014 - 2020
Noel Hunt	9 matches	2008 - 2012
Shane Long	9 matches	2006 - 2011
Hal Robson-Kanu	8 matches	2010 - 2016
Alex Pearce	8 matches	2009 - 2015

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

Peter Whittingham	14 matches	2008 - 2016
Sean Morrison	11 matches	2014 - 2020
Joe Ralls	10 matches	2012 - 2020
Aron Gunnarsson	9 matches	2011 - 2017
Jay Bothroyd	9 matches	2008 - 2011
Michael Chopra	8 matches	2008 - 2011

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

They played in both sides

Chris Gunter

314 matches

33 matches

2006 - 2020

Jobi McAnuff

206 matches

48 matches

2004 - 2014

Adam Le Fondre

110 matches

25 matches

2011 - 2015

Leandro Bacuna

66 matches

96 matches

2017 - 2021

Sean Morrison

45 matches

275 matches

2011 - 2021

Andrew Taylor

23 matches

114 matches

2011 - 2016

Total : 13 players

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They played in both sides

Sean Morrison

45 matches

275 matches

2011 - 2021

Matthew Connolly

6 matches

146 matches

2012 - 2018

Andrew Taylor

23 matches

114 matches

2011 - 2016

Leandro Bacuna

66 matches

96 matches

2017 - 2021

Jordon Mutch

9 matches

60 matches

2012 - 2017

Jobi McAnuff

206 matches

48 matches

2004 - 2014

Total : 13 players

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 06/01/1998. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Competition info

The other matches

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Blackburn

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Derby County

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April 18, 2021

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Post-match general ranking

		pts	m	v	d	l	GF	GA	diff
1	Norwich City	90	41	27	9	5	65	28	+37
2	Watford	82	41	24	10	7	59	27	+32
3	Swansea	75	41	22	9	10	50	31	+19
4	Brentford	73	40	20	13	7	70	40	+30
5	Bournemouth	71	41	20	11	10	66	40	+26
6	Barnsley	71	41	21	8	12	54	44	+10
7	Reading	67	42	19	10	13	57	46	+11
8	Cardiff City	60	42	16	12	14	58	46	+12
9	Millwall	58	41	14	16	11	41	40	+1
10	Middlesbrough	57	41	16	9	16	48	45	+3
11	Queens Park Rangers	56	41	15	11	15	48	50	-2
12	Stoke City	55	41	14	13	14	45	46	-1
13	Luton Town	53	40	15	8	17	35	46	-11
+314	Blackburn	50	42	13	11	18	54	48	+6
-115	Bristol City	50	41	15	5	21	40	55	-15
-116	Nottingham Forest	49	41	12	13	16	34	38	-4
-117	Preston North End	48	41	14	6	21	41	55	-14
18	Coventry	45	41	11	12	18	37	56	-19
19	Birmingham City	45	41	11	12	18	31	50	-19
20	Huddersfield Town	44	41	11	11	19	43	62	-19
21	Derby County	43	42	11	10	21	31	48	-17
22	Rotherham United	39	39	11	6	22	41	53	-12
23	Wycombe Wanderers	33	41	8	9	24	30	64	-34
24	Sheffield Wednesday	29	41	11	8	22	34	54	-20

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Reading 1-1 Cardiff City - April 16, 2021 / Sky Bet Championship 2020/2021

Reading

1 - 1

Cardiff City

Team line-ups

First 11

First 11

Substitutes

Substitutes

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Manager

Paunovic vs Cardiff City

Paunovic vs McCarthy

Manager

McCarthy vs Reading

McCarthy vs Paunovic

Referee

Videos

Comments

Key figures

General ranking

General ranking

Pre-match

Current form

Current form

Running streaks

Running streaks

Statistical comparison of the season

Rankings

Ranking evolution during the season

Results

Goals

Betting aid

Bookings

Key players

Historical head to head

Historical head to head

Largest victory

Largest victory

Latest head to head

Best historical scorers against Cardiff City

Best historical scorers against Reading

Players with most games played vs Cardiff City

Players with most games played vs Reading

They played in both sides

They played in both sides

Competition info

The other matches

Post-match general ranking