Last time out (Middlesbrough 0-2 Barnsley)
40. Brad Collins
6. Mads Andersen
30. Michal Helik
26. Michael Sollbauer
2. Jordan Williams
17. Marcel Ritzmaier
27. Alex Mowatt
14. Kilian Ludewig
28. Dominik Frieser
19. Patrick Schmidt
16. Luke Thomas
Head to Head
Last six Reading v Barnsley results:
29/02/2020 (Championship) LOST
Reading (Yakou Meite 17, George Puscas 60) 2-0 Barnsley
11/12/2019 (Championship) DRAW
Barnsley (Cauley Woodrow 58) 1-1 Reading (Lucas Joao 76)
30/12/2017 (Championship) DRAW
Barnsley (Ethan Pinnock 90) 1-1 Reading (Yann Kermorgant 68)
28/11/2017 (Championship) LOST
Reading (David Edwards 20, Joey van den Berg 29, Jon Dadi Bodvarsson 88) 3-0 Barnsley
11/02/2017 (Championship) DRAW
Reading 0-0 Barnsley
17/09/2016 (Championship) LOST
Barnsley (Adam Armstrong 81) 1-2 Reading (Garath McCleary 9, John Swift 27)
Overall Record:
Reading Wins: 30
Barnsley Wins: 26
Draws: 20
Reading Goals: 119
Barnsley Goals: 105
At Reading (Madejski Stadium & Elm Park):
Reading Wins: 19
Barnsley Wins: 7
Draws: 12
Reading Goals: 66
Barnsley Goals: 34
First Met In League: Barnsley 2-2 Reading, Saturday 11th September 1926. Att: 5,570. (Second Division)
Biggest Win: Barnsley 5-2 Reading, Tuesday 20th October 1987. Att: 4,396. (Second Division)
Biggest Defeat: Reading 7-0 Barnsley, Saturday 29th December 1979. Att: 5,728. (Third Division)
Last Home Win: Barnsley (Darren Barnard 22, Jan-Aage Fjortoft 59,86) 3-0 Reading Tuesday 15th September 1998. (League Cup Second Round First Leg)
Last Away Win: Reading (Pavel Pogrebnyak pen 20) 1-3 Barnsley (Stephen Dawson 16, Reuben Noble-Lazarus 53, Dale Jennings 57) Tuesday 25th March 2014. Att: 16,645. (Championship)
Last Home Draw: Barnsley (Cauley Woodrow 58) 1-1 Reading (Lucas Joao 76) Wednesday 11th December 2019. Att: 11,510. (Championship)
Last Away Draw: Reading 0-0 Barnsley Saturday 11th February 2017. Att: 16,222. (Championship)
Last Home Defeat: Barnsley (Adam Armstrong 81) 1-2 Reading (Garath McCleary 9, John Swift 27) Saturday 17th September 2016. Att: 12,675. (Championship)
Last Away Defeat: Reading (Yakou Meite 17, George Puscas 60) 2-0 Barnsley, Saturday 29th February 2020. Att: 13,263. (Championship)
Last Away Meeting:
Saturday 29th February (Championship)
Madejski Stadium attendance: 13,263
Referee: Jeremy Simpson
Reading 2-0 Barnsley
Reading:
33. Rafael
4. Michael Morrison
5. Matt Miazga
11. Jordan Obita
17. Andy Yiadom
8. Andy Rinomhota
14. Ovie Ejaria
21. Michael Olise
10. John Swift
19. Yakou Méïté
47. George Puscas
Substitutions:
12. Garath McCleary (for Méïté 64)
25. Ayub Timbe Masika (for Olise 71)
29. Pelé (for Swift 79)
Unused substitutes:
1. Sam Walker, 24. Tyler Blackett, 27. Omar Richards, 9. Sam Baldock.
Manager: Mark Bowen (14th October 2019 – 29th August 2020)
Barnsley:
40. Brad Collins
18. Michael Sollbauer
24. Aapo Halme
2. Jordan Williams
17. Marcel Ritzmaier
27. Alex Mowatt
14. Kilian Ludewig
22. Clarke Oduor
9. Cauley Woodrow
7. Jacob Brown
11. Conor Chaplin
Substitutions:
16. Luke Thomas (for Oduor 45)
10. Mike Bähre (for Ritzmaier 57)
19. Patrick Schmidt (for Chaplin 57)
Unused substitutes:
13. Jack Walton, 3. Ben Williams, 4. Kenny Dougall, 28. Elliot Simoes.
Manager: Gerhard Struber (20th November 2019 – present)
League positions after the game:
Reading: 16th P: 36 W: 12 D: 9 L: 15 F: 43 A: 41 GD: +2 Points: 45
Barnsley: 23rd P: 36 W: 8 D: 10 L: 18 F: 42 A: 60 GD: -18 Points: 34
Still at respective clubs:
Reading: 12 (Cabral, Morrison, Yiadom, Rinomhota, Swift, Ejaria, Olise, Meite, Puscas, Walker, Richards, Bladock)
Barnsley: 16 (Collins, J.Williams, Ludewig, Sollbauer, Halme, Ritzmaier, Mowatt, Woodrow, Chaplin, Oduor, Thomas, Schmidt, Bahre, Walton, B.Williams, Simoes)
Managers since this game (including caretakers):
Reading: 1
Veljko Paunovic (29th August 2020 – present)
Barnsley: 0
This Season:
Last six 2019-2020/2020-2021 results:
Reading:
15/09/20 Reading 0–1 Luton (Jordan Clark 24) (League Cup)
12/09/20 Derby 0-2 Reading (Lucas Joao 40, Ovie Ejaria 45) (Championship)
05/09/20 Reading (Lucas Joao 45, 56, 75) 3-1 Colchester (Jevani Brown 37) (League Cup)
22/07/20 Reading (George Puscas pen 43) 1-4 Swansea (Rhian Brewster 17, Wayne Routledge 66, 90, Liam Cullen 84) (Championship)
18/07/20 Blackburn (Ben Brereton 3, Adam Armstrong 6, Joe Rothwell 56, Sam Gallagher 87) 4-3 Reading (John Swift 15, Sam Baldock 64, Yakou Meite 68) (Championship)
14/07/20 Reading (Liam Moore 33) 1-2 Middlesbrough (Ashley Fletcher 45, Patrick Roberts 82) (Championship)
W: 2 D: 0 L: 4 F: 10 A: 12 GD: -2
League Record: W: 1 D: 0 L: 0 F: 2 A: 0 GD: +2 Points: 3 Pos: 2nd
Barnsley:
15/09/20 Middlesbrough 0–2 Barnsley (Patrick Schmidt 22, Jordan Williams 34) (League Cup)
12/09/20 Barnsley 0–1 Luton (James Collins 71) (Championship)
05/09/20 Barnsley (Cauley Woodrow 49) 1–0 Nottingham Forest (League Cup)
22/07/20 Brentford (Josh Da Silva 73) 1-2 Barnsley Callum Styles 41, Clarke Oduor 90) (Championship)
19/07/20 Barnsley (Patrick Schmidt 90) 1-0 Nottingham Forest (Championship)
16/07/20 Leeds (Michael Sollbauer og 28) 1–0 Barnsley (Championship)
W: 4 D: 0 L: 2 F: 6 A: 3 GD: +3
League Record: W: 0 D: 0 L: 1 F: 0 A: 1 GD: -1 Points: 0 Pos: 16th
Reading last time out:
Reading 0-1 Luton
22. Luke Southwood
20. Felipe Araruna
29. Thomas Holmes
5. Tom McIntyre
38. Ethan Bristow
34. Dejan Tetek
43. Tennai Watson
24. Sone Aluko
9. Sam Baldock
47. George Puscas
12. Marc McNulty
Substitutions:
42. Lynford Sackey (for McNulty 70)
37. Nahum Melvin-Lambert (for Puscas 85)
36. Nelson Abbey (for Aluko 89)
Unused Substitutes:
41. Joseph Asose, 44. Ryan East, 39. Oliver Pendlebury, 1. Sam Walker.
Reading manager Veljko Paunovic said:
"We lost the match but we won a lot of positives that we can take into the future.
"We always go out to win. And we were close. We weren't intimidated by our opponent at any moment.
"But nobody likes to lose. This is football and we also have to learn from our defeats."
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