Match Report
26 points separated the sides: Coventry City 5th on 70, Reading 22nd on 44. Per game in the league, Coventry City were scoring 1.26 and conceding 1, Reading 1 and 1.48, against a competition average of 1.22 goals per team per game.
10 games without a win framed Reading's arrival.
The head-to-head ledger counts 12 games: 3 Coventry City wins, 6 for Reading, 3 draws, at 2.67 goals per meeting.
The venue was The Coventry Building Society Arena in Coventry, with room for 32,609 spectators. M. Donohue officiated: 100 games logged, averaging 2.5 yellow cards each. On the scoreboard, Coventry City led 1-0 at the break; 2 second-half goals set the final 2-1.