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Reading 1-1 Cardiff City - December 26, 2008 / Championship 2008/2009

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Championship 2008/2009 - Round 25

Madejski Stadium - Reading - England

December 26, 2008

22 770

Reading

1 - 1

Cardiff City

Assist by Michael Duberry (right foot) Adam Federici

90'

89'

Michael Chopra (left foot)

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61' - Substitution James Henryis substituted by Jimmy Kébé61

62' - Substitution Noel Huntis substituted by Shane Long62

86' - Substitution Paul Parryis substituted by Peter Whittingham

89' - Goal Michael Chopra

90' - Goal Adam Federici90

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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

Federici90

Adam Federici

Australia

B.date31/01/1985

Age23 years

H1m88

positionGoalkeeper

Ingimarsson

Ívar Ingimarsson

Iceland

B.date20/08/1977

Age31 years

H1m82

positionCentral defender

Duberry

Michael Duberry

England

B.date14/10/1975

Age33 years

H1m86

positionRight central defender

Rosenior

Liam Rosenior

England

B.date09/07/1984

Age24 years

H1m78

positionRight full-back

Armstrong

Chris Armstrong

Scotland

B.date05/08/1982

Age26 years

H1m75

positionLeft full-back

Cissé

Kalifa Cissé

Mali

B.date09/01/1984

Age24 years

H1m88

positionRight central midfielder

Harper

James Harper

England

B.date09/11/1980

Age28 years

H1m77

positionCentre Midfield

Henry61

James Henry

England

B.date10/06/1989

Age19 years

H1m82

positionRight Offensive Midfielder

S. Hunt

Stephen Hunt

Republic of Ireland

B.date01/08/1981

Age27 years

H1m75

positionLeft Offensive Midfielder

Noel Hunt62

Noel Hunt

Republic of Ireland

B.date26/12/1982

Age26 years

H1m73

positionStriker

Doyle

Kevin Doyle

Republic of Ireland

B.date18/09/1983

Age25 years

H1m80

positionStriker

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Adam Federici	90	23	17	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Ívar Ingimarsson		31	233	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Michael Duberry		33	31	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Liam Rosenior		24	44	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Chris Armstrong		26	22	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Kalifa Cissé		24	47	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	James Harper		28	289	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	James Henry	61	19	11	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Stephen Hunt		27	151	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Noel Hunt	62	26	26	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Kevin Doyle		25	146	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

26 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Cardiff City

Enckelman

Peter Enckelman

Finland

B.date10/03/1977

Age31 years

H1m88

positionGoalkeeper

Gyepes

Gábor Gyepes

Hungary

B.date26/06/1981

Age27 years

H1m91

positionLeft central defender

Johnson

Roger Johnson

England

B.date28/04/1983

Age25 years

H1m91

positionCentral defender

Kennedy

Mark Kennedy

Republic of Ireland

B.date15/05/1976

Age32 years

H1m80

positionLeft full-back

McNaughton

Kevin McNaughton

Scotland

B.date28/08/1982

Age26 years

H1m78

positionRight full-back

Ledley

Joe Ledley

Wales

B.date21/01/1987

Age21 years

H1m83

positionDefensive Midfielder

Parry86

Paul Parry

Wales

B.date19/08/1980

Age28 years

H1m80

positionMidfield

Rae

Gavin Rae

Scotland

B.date28/11/1977

Age31 years

H1m80

positionCentre Midfield

Routledge

Wayne Routledge

England

B.date07/01/1985

Age23 years

H1m70

positionLeft Offensive Midfielder

Chopra89

Michael Chopra

England

B.date23/12/1983

Age25 years

H1m75

positionStriker

Bothroyd

Jay Bothroyd

England

B.date05/05/1982

Age26 years

H1m90

positionStriker

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Peter Enckelman		31	29	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Gábor Gyepes		27	9	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Roger Johnson		25	113	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Mark Kennedy		32	19	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Kevin McNaughton		26	112	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Joe Ledley		21	197	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Paul Parry	86	28	194	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Gavin Rae		31	79	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Wayne Routledge		23	8	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Michael Chopra	89	25	54	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Jay Bothroyd		26	24	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

26.8 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
	M		Jimmy Kébé	61	24	27	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
	F		Shane Long	62	21	95	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
	M		Peter Whittingham	86	24	91	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

No changes regarding the previous match for the starting players

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

No changes regarding the previous match for the starting players

Manager

Age

Match num

Steve Coppell

258

Success rate in this team:

46 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

41 %

Coppell vs Cardiff City

6 victories

3 draws

2 losses

Latest figure on December 26, 2008

Coppell vs Jones

3 victories

4 draws

1 loss

Latest figure on December 26, 2008

Manager

Age

Match num

Dave Jones

183

Success rate in this team:

39 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

40 %

Jones vs Reading

3 victories

2 draws

3 losses

Latest figure on December 26, 2008

Jones vs Coppell

1 victory

4 draws

3 losses

Latest figure on December 26, 2008

Referee

Andy Hall

4 victories	3 draws	2 losses	Reading9 matches	General total	Cardiff City10 matches	3 victories	4 draws	3 losses
1 victory	1 draw	0 loss	Reading2 matches	Season total	Cardiff City2 matches	1 victory	1 draw	0 loss
Latest figure on March 20, 2010					Latest figure on February 27, 2010

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Key figures

No manager (with more than 30 matches on the bench) before Dave Jones has reached 32% of draws in Championship.

Kevin McNaughton played his game number 100 in Championship

Dave Jones has registered 50 clean sheet in Championship since the 25/05/2005 as the manager of next after this match..

Read the next 18 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

DReading 0-0 Queens Park Rangers25/10/2008

VReading 3-0 Derby County08/11/2008

LReading 1-2 Southampton22/11/2008

VReading 3-1 Coventry01/12/2008

VReading 1-0 Blackpool09/12/2008

VReading 2-0 Norwich City13/12/2008

Overall

DCardiff City 2-2 Reading25/11/2008

VReading 3-1 Coventry01/12/2008

VBarnsley 0-1 Reading06/12/2008

VReading 1-0 Blackpool09/12/2008

VReading 2-0 Norwich City13/12/2008

VBirmingham City 1-3 Reading20/12/2008

Current form

Away

VNottingham Forest 0-1 Cardiff City25/10/2008

LQueens Park Rangers 1-0 Cardiff City08/11/2008

LPlymouth 2-1 Cardiff City22/11/2008

DSwansea 2-2 Cardiff City30/11/2008

DBurnley 2-2 Cardiff City09/12/2008

VIpswich Town 1-2 Cardiff City13/12/2008

Overall

DCardiff City 2-2 Reading25/11/2008

DSwansea 2-2 Cardiff City30/11/2008

VCardiff City 2-0 Preston North End06/12/2008

DBurnley 2-2 Cardiff City09/12/2008

VIpswich Town 1-2 Cardiff City13/12/2008

VCardiff City 2-0 Sheffield Wednesday20/12/2008

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Winning streak	3	5
Unbeaten streak	3	6
Drawless streak	5	5
Scoring streak	5	10
Conceding streak	0	1
Invincibility streak	2	0

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Winning streak	1	2
Unbeaten streak	3	6
Drawless streak	1	2
Scoring streak	4	8
Conceding streak	5	0
Invincibility streak	0	1

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

24	Number of games (Competition total)	24
12	Number of games (Home / Away)	12
15	Victories (Competition total)	10
10	Victories (Home / Away)	3
4	Draws (Competition total)	10
1	Draws (Home / Away)	7
5	Losses (Competition total)	4
1	Losses (Home / Away)	2

Goals

51	Goals scored (Competition total)	34
31	Goals scored (Home / Away)	14
22	Goals conceded (Competition total)	24
7	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	13
2.13	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	1.42
2.58	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	1.17
0.92	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	1
0.58	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	1.08

Betting aid

15	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	12
8	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	5
11	Clean sheets (Competition total)	8
7	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	3
4	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	3
1	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	2
11	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	15
5	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	8
2-0 (2 times)	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	1-1 (3 times)

Bookings

27	Yellow cards (Competition total)	18
9	Yellow cards (Home / Away)	12
3	Red cards (Competition total)	3
0	Red cards (Home / Away)	3

Key players

Kevin Doyle	16 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	13 goals	Ross McCormack
Kevin Doyle	11 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	4 goals	Jay Bothroyd
Stephen Hunt	4 penalties	Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)	6 penalties	Ross McCormack
Stephen Hunt	1 penalty	Team's penalty best scorer (Home / Away)	3 penalties	Ross McCormack
Stephen Hunt	13 assists	Player with most assists (Competition total)	4 assists	Jay Bothroyd
Stephen Hunt	10 assists	Player with most assists (Home / Away)	3 assists	Wayne Routledge
Kevin Doyle	16 goals, 6 assists during the last 21 matches	The fittest player	2 goals, 2 assists during the last 3 matches	Jay Bothroyd

Historical head to head

Home

13 matches

6 v

3 d

4 l

22 gf

13 ga

Away

18 matches

5 v

4 d

9 l

25 gf

41 ga

Total

31 matches

11 v

7 d

13 l

47 gf

54 ga

Historical head to head

Home

18 matches

9 v

4 d

5 l

41 gf

25 ga

Away

13 matches

4 v

3 d

6 l

13 gf

22 ga

Total

31 matches

13 v

7 d

11 l

54 gf

47 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	September 08, 2001

Latest head to head

November 25, 2008 - Championship 2008/2009

Cardiff City

2 - 2

Reading

April 08, 2006 - Championship 2005/2006

Cardiff City

2 - 5

Reading

January 02, 2006 - Championship 2005/2006

Reading

5 - 1

Cardiff City logo Cardiff City

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

Best historical scorers against Cardiff City

Dave Kitson	5 goals	2004 - 2006
Steve Sidwell	3 goals	2003 - 2006
James Harper	2 goals	2006 - 2006
Dean Morgan	2 goals	2004 - 2004
Kevin Doyle	2 goals	2006 - 2008
Ibrahima Sonko	1 goal	2006 - 2006

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
Kevin Nugent	1 goal	1998 - 1998
Wayne Routledge	1 goal	2008 - 2008
Robert Earnshaw	1 goal	2004 - 2004
Paul Parry	1 goal	2006 - 2006

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

James Harper	7 matches	2003 - 2008
Steve Sidwell	6 matches	2003 - 2006
Graeme Murty	6 matches	2003 - 2006
Marcus Hahnemann	6 matches	2003 - 2008
Dave Kitson	5 matches	2004 - 2006
Ívar Ingimarsson	5 matches	2004 - 2008

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

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