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Reading 5-1 Brighton & Hove - December 10, 2005 / Championship 2005/2006

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Championship 2005/2006 - Round 23

Madejski Stadium - Reading - England

December 10, 2005

18 546

Reading

5 - 1

Brighton & Hove

(o.g) Charlie Oatway

27'

(penalty) Dave Kitson

51'

Dave Kitson

71'

Stephen Hunt

76'

Dave Kitson

90'

84'

Colin Kazim-Richards

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27' - Own goal Charlie Oatway27

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48' - Red card Gary Elphick

51' - Goal Dave Kitson51

54' - Substitution Sébastien Caroleis substituted by Colin Kazim-Richards

65' - Substitution Paul Reidis substituted by Jake Robinson

71' - Goal Dave Kitson71

73' - Substitution James Harperis substituted by Brynjar Gunnarsson photo Stephen Hunt

73' - Substitution Kevin Doyleis substituted by Stephen Hunt73

73' - Substitution Leon Knightis substituted by Tommy Elphick

76' - Goal Stephen Hunt76

79' - Substitution Glen Littleis substituted by John Oster79

84' - Goal Colin Kazim-Richards

90' - Goal Dave Kitson90

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Reading

5 - 1

Brighton & Hove

Reading Brighton & Hove

Team line-ups

Reading

Hahnemann

Marcus Hahnemann

United States

B.date15/06/1972

Age33 years

H1m91

positionGoalkeeper

Ingimarsson

Ívar Ingimarsson

Iceland

B.date20/08/1977

Age28 years

H1m82

positionCentral defender

Sonko

Ibrahima Sonko

Senegal

B.date22/01/1981

Age24 years

H1m91

positionCentral defender

Shorey

Nicky Shorey

England

B.date19/02/1981

Age24 years

H1m75

positionLeft full-back

Murty

Graeme Murty

Scotland

B.date13/11/1974

Age31 years

H1m78

positionRight full-back

Harper73

James Harper

England

B.date09/11/1980

Age25 years

H1m77

positionCentre Midfield

Sidwell

Steve Sidwell

England

B.date14/12/1982

Age22 years

H1m84

positionCentre Midfield

Little79

Glen Little

England

B.date15/10/1975

Age30 years

H1m91

positionRight Offensive Midfielder

Convey

Bobby Convey

United States

B.date27/05/1983

Age22 years

H1m73

positionLeft Offensive Midfielder

Doyle73

Kevin Doyle

Republic of Ireland

B.date18/09/1983

Age22 years

H1m80

positionStriker

Kitson905171

Dave Kitson

England

B.date21/01/1980

Age25 years

H1m90

positionStriker

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Marcus Hahnemann		33	164	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Ívar Ingimarsson		28	104	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Ibrahima Sonko		24	67	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Nicky Shorey		24	159	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Graeme Murty		31	162	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	James Harper	73	25	159	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Steve Sidwell		22	128	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Glen Little	79	30	71	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Bobby Convey		22	45	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Kevin Doyle	73	22	25	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Dave Kitson	905171	25	72	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

26 years

Average number of matches played for the team

105

Brighton & Hove

Blayney

Alan Blayney

Northern Ireland

B.date10/09/1981

Age24 years

H1m88

positionGoalkeeper

Elphick48

Gary Elphick

England

B.date17/10/1985

Age20 years

H1m86

positionCentral defender

El-Abd

Adam El-Abd

Egypt

B.date11/09/1984

Age21 years

H1m80

positionRight central defender

Butters

Guy Butters

England

B.date30/10/1969

Age36 years

H1m91

positionCentral defender

Reid65

Paul Reid

Australia

B.date06/07/1979

Age26 years

H1m78

positionRight full-back

Oatway27

Charlie Oatway

England

B.date28/11/1973

Age32 years

H1m70

positionDefensive Midfielder

Hammond

Dean Hammond

England

B.date07/03/1983

Age22 years

H1m83

positionRight central midfielder

Hart

Gary Hart

England

B.date21/09/1976

Age29 years

H1m75

positionRight Midfielder

Carole54

Sébastien Carole

Martinica

B.date08/09/1982

Age23 years

H1m70

positionRight Offensive Midfielder

Frutos

Alexandre Frutos

France

B.date23/04/1982

Age23 years

H1m75

positionLeft Offensive Midfielder

Knight73

Leon Knight

England

B.date16/09/1982

Age23 years

H1m66

positionStriker

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Alan Blayney		24	14	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Gary Elphick	48	20	2	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Adam El-Abd		21	25	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Guy Butters		36	76	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Paul Reid	65	26	60	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Charlie Oatway	27	32	91	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Dean Hammond		22	58	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Gary Hart		29	92	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Sébastien Carole	54	23	21	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Alexandre Frutos		23	16	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Leon Knight	73	23	67	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

25.4 years

Average number of matches played for the team

			Age	Match num	Note
D	Brynjar Gunnarsson	73	30	12	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Stephen Hunt	7673	24	22	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	John Oster	79	27	20	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

			Age	Match num	Note
D	Tommy Elphick	73	18	1	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Jake Robinson	65	19	33	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Colin Kazim-Richards	8454	19	23	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Dave Kitson

Leroy Lita

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Leon Knight

Colin Kazim-Richards

OUT

Gary Elphick

Jake Robinson

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Steve Coppell

117

Success rate in this team:

50 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

41 %

Coppell vs Brighton & Hove

10 victories

1 draw

5 losses

Latest figure on December 10, 2005

Coppell vs McGhee

7 victories

0 draw

2 losses

Latest figure on December 10, 2005

Manager

Age

Match num

Mark McGhee

108

Success rate in this team:

30 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

40 %

McGhee vs Reading

2 victories

3 draws

10 losses

Latest figure on December 10, 2005

McGhee vs Coppell

2 victories

0 draw

7 losses

Latest figure on December 10, 2005

Referee

Paul Taylor

7 victories	0 draw	6 losses	Reading13 matches	General total	Brighton & Hove13 matches	3 victories	6 draws	4 losses
1 victory	0 draw	1 loss	Reading2 matches	Season total	Brighton & Hove3 matches	0 victory	1 draw	2 losses
Latest figure on March 13, 2010					Latest figure on March 27, 2010

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Key figures

It's the first time Stephen Hunt scores 1 goal in his professional career with Reading

End of streak for Brighton & Hove after 3 consecutive matches without a loss (since 22/11/2005).

End of streak for Brighton & Hove after 3 consecutive draws in Championship (since 22/11/2005). It's an equilized record streak. The last time the club reached this figure, it was on the 01/11/2005

Read the next 29 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

VReading 2-0 Ipswich Town16/10/2005

VReading 2-0 Sheffield United25/10/2005

DReading 1-1 Leeds United29/10/2005

VReading 2-0 Sheffield Wednesday01/11/2005

VReading 3-1 Hull City19/11/2005

VReading 3-0 Luton Town03/12/2005

Overall

VQueens Park Rangers 1-2 Reading05/11/2005

VReading 3-1 Hull City19/11/2005

VIpswich Town 0-3 Reading22/11/2005

VPlymouth 0-2 Reading26/11/2005

LArsenal 3-0 Reading29/11/2005

VReading 3-0 Luton Town03/12/2005

Current form

Away

DLeicester 0-0 Brighton & Hove27/09/2005

VCrystal Palace 0-1 Brighton & Hove18/10/2005

DSheffield Wednesday 1-1 Brighton & Hove24/10/2005

LStoke City 3-0 Brighton & Hove05/11/2005

DCardiff City 1-1 Brighton & Hove22/11/2005

DWatford 1-1 Brighton & Hove03/12/2005

Overall

DBrighton & Hove 1-1 Wolverhampton01/11/2005

LStoke City 3-0 Brighton & Hove05/11/2005

LBrighton & Hove 2-3 Crystal Palace20/11/2005

DCardiff City 1-1 Brighton & Hove22/11/2005

DBrighton & Hove 0-0 Derby County26/11/2005

DWatford 1-1 Brighton & Hove03/12/2005

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Winning streak	3	1
Unbeaten streak	13	1
Drawless streak	3	7
Scoring streak	17	1
Invincibility streak	1	1

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Drawing streak	2	3
Unbeaten streak	2	3
Winless streak	4	8
Scoring streak	2	1
Conceding streak	4	1

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

22	Number of games (Competition total)	22
11	Number of games (Home / Away)	11
16	Victories (Competition total)	2
9	Victories (Home / Away)	1
5	Draws (Competition total)	13
1	Draws (Home / Away)	8
1	Losses (Competition total)	7
1	Losses (Home / Away)	2

Goals

41	Goals scored (Competition total)	21
25	Goals scored (Home / Away)	9
11	Goals conceded (Competition total)	30
8	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	13
1.86	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	0.95
2.27	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	0.82
0.5	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	1.36
0.73	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	1.18

Betting aid

10	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	7
7	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	2
13	Clean sheets (Competition total)	5
5	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	3
2	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	7
0	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	4
9	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	13
6	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	6
2-1 (2 times)	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	1-1 (5 times)

Bookings

20	Yellow cards (Competition total)	37
7	Yellow cards (Home / Away)	16
0	Red cards (Competition total)	1
0	Red cards (Home / Away)	0

Key players

Kevin Doyle	8 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	5 goals	Leon Knight
Kevin Doyle	5 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	2 goals	Colin Kazim-Richards
Dave Kitson	1 penalty	Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)	1 penalty	Leon Knight
Kevin Doyle	4 goals during the last 4 matches	The fittest player	1 goal during the last match	Guy Butters

Historical head to head

Home

8 matches

4 v

3 d

1 l

11 gf

5 ga

Away

9 matches

6 v

2 d

1 l

13 gf

8 ga

Total

17 matches

10 v

5 d

2 l

24 gf

13 ga

Historical head to head

Home

9 matches

1 v

2 d

6 l

8 gf

13 ga

Away

8 matches

1 v

3 d

4 l

5 gf

11 ga

Total

17 matches

2 v

5 d

10 l

13 gf

24 ga

Largest victory

Overall	3 - 0	January 16, 1993
Home	3 - 0	January 16, 1993

Largest victory

Overall	3 - 1	February 11, 2002
Away	2 - 1	April 04, 2003

Latest head to head

August 09, 2005 - Championship 2005/2006

Brighton & Hove

0 - 2

Reading

March 21, 2005 - Championship 2004/2005

Brighton & Hove

0 - 1

Reading

August 07, 2004 - Championship 2004/2005

Reading

3 - 2

Brighton & Hove logo Brighton & Hove

April 04, 2003 - First Division 2002/2003

Reading

1 - 2

Brighton & Hove logo Brighton & Hove

November 30, 2002 - First Division 2002/2003

Brighton & Hove

0 - 1

Reading

Best historical scorers against Brighton & Hove

Nicky Forster	2 goals	2004 - 2005
Dave Kitson	2 goals	2004 - 2005
Glen Little	1 goal	2005 - 2005
Jamie Cureton	1 goal	2003 - 2003
James Harper	1 goal	2004 - 2004
John Salako	1 goal	2002 - 2002

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 30/11/2002. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Reading

Jake Robinson	1 goal	2004 - 2004
Paul Kitson	1 goal	2003 - 2003
Maheta Molango	1 goal	2004 - 2004
Paul Brooker	1 goal	2003 - 2003

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 30/11/2002. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Brighton & Hove

Graeme Murty	5 matches	2002 - 2005
Nicky Shorey	5 matches	2002 - 2005
Marcus Hahnemann	5 matches	2002 - 2005
James Harper	4 matches	2002 - 2005
Ricky Newman	4 matches	2002 - 2005
Glen Little	4 matches	2003 - 2005

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 30/11/2002. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Reading

Nathan Jones	4 matches	2002 - 2005
Charlie Oatway	4 matches	2003 - 2005
Kerry Mayo	4 matches	2002 - 2005
Guy Butters	3 matches	2004 - 2005
Richard Carpenter	3 matches	2002 - 2005
Gary Hart	3 matches	2002 - 2005