| Competition | Date | Opponent | Venue | Result |
| Nationwide League Division 1 | Saturday, 7th December (12noon) | Portsmouth | Home | Drew 0-0 |
Match facts:
Reading goals: None
Assists: None
Opposition goals: None
Half-time: Reading 0 Portsmouth 0
Gamebreaker: Final whistle
Attendance: 23,462
Weather: Cold, dry
Referee: Tony
Leake (Darwen)
Reading line-up: 31 Marcus
Hahnemann; 2 Graeme Murty, 8 Adie Williams, 29 Matthew Upson, 3
Nicky Shorey; 7 Anthony Rougier (9 Martin Butler, 79 minutes), 15
James Harper, 25 Ricky Newman (4 Kevin Watson, 63 minutes), 11
Andy Hughes (12 Jamie Cureton, 71 minutes), 17 John Salako; 10
Nicky Forster
Subs not used: 21 Jamie Ashdown, 22 Nathan Tyson
Approximate starting formation:
| Hahnemann | |||
| Murty | Williams | Upson | Shorey |
| Rougier | Harper | Newman | Hughes | Salako |
| Forster | ||||
Reading yellow cards: None
Reading red cards: None
Match report:
To follow
Match notes:
Compared to the Brighton & Hove Albion game, Ricky Newman replaced Kevin Watson in midfield, with Watson taking Newman's place on the bench. Also, Nathan Tyson replaced John Mackie on the bench.
Reading's run of consecutive victories ended at six, but the clean sheet means that we now have seven on the trot, whilst Marcus Hahnemann now has gone 698 minutes without conceding a goal.
This was the last game of Matthew Upson's loan
spell. The record in the League games he has played (including a
late substitute appearance away to Rotherham United) is:
P14 W9 D3 L2 F15 A5 Pts 36
Of the five goals conceded, two came in the first five minutes of
his first start for Reading, whilst one was the wicked deflection
that handed Stoke City an equaliser.
The crowd of 23,562 was a ground record, beating the 22,151 that saw the 2-2 draw with Peterborough United at the end of last season. It was Reading's highest home crowd since 8/11/1978 (24,046 for a draw at home to Southampton in the League Cup) and the highest home League crowd since 15/4/1960 (23,692 for a 2-0 victory over Southampton), both those last two games obviously taking place at Elm Park.
Match preview:
None.
Ticket information:
This game is all-ticket with none available on the day. Prices are the same as for standard home games, and are available here. Note that it is reserved seating in the North Stand.
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