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Reading 2-1 Preston NE - February 25, 2006 / Championship 2005/2006

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Championship 2005/2006 - Round 36

Madejski Stadium - Reading - England

February 25, 2006

23 011

Reading

2 - 1

Preston NE

Steve Sidwell

Leroy Lita

45'

Callum Davidson

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6' - Goal Steve Sidwell6

8' - Goal Callum Davidson

40' - Substitution Dave Kitsonis substituted by Leroy Lita40

45' - Goal Leroy Lita45

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61' - Substitution Chris Sedgwickis substituted by Simon Whaley

62' - Substitution Steve Sidwellis substituted by Brynjar Gunnarsson62

74' - Substitution David Nugentis substituted by Patrick Agyemang

81' - Substitution Brett Ormerodis substituted by Danny Dichio

85' - Substitution John Osteris substituted by Stephen Hunt85

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Reading

2 - 1

Preston NE

Reading Preston NE

Team line-ups

Reading

Hahnemann

Marcus Hahnemann

United States

B.date15/06/1972

Age33 years

H1m91

positionGoalkeeper

Sonko

Ibrahima Sonko

Senegal

B.date22/01/1981

Age25 years

H1m91

positionCentral defender

Ingimarsson

Ívar Ingimarsson

Iceland

B.date20/08/1977

Age28 years

H1m82

positionCentral defender

Shorey

Nicky Shorey

England

B.date19/02/1981

Age25 years

H1m75

positionLeft full-back

Murty

Graeme Murty

Scotland

B.date13/11/1974

Age31 years

H1m78

positionRight full-back

Sidwell662

Steve Sidwell

England

B.date14/12/1982

Age23 years

H1m84

positionCentre Midfield

Harper

James Harper

England

B.date09/11/1980

Age25 years

H1m77

positionCentre Midfield

Oster85

John Oster

Wales

B.date08/12/1978

Age27 years

H1m73

positionRight Offensive Midfielder

Convey

Bobby Convey

United States

B.date27/05/1983

Age22 years

H1m73

positionLeft Offensive Midfielder

Kitson40

Dave Kitson

England

B.date21/01/1980

Age26 years

H1m90

positionStriker

Doyle

Kevin Doyle

Republic of Ireland

B.date18/09/1983

Age22 years

H1m80

positionStriker

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Marcus Hahnemann		33	177	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Ibrahima Sonko		25	82	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Ívar Ingimarsson		28	120	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Nicky Shorey		25	175	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Graeme Murty		31	178	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Steve Sidwell	662	23	142	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	James Harper		25	176	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	John Oster	85	27	32	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Bobby Convey		22	58	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Dave Kitson	40	26	85	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Kevin Doyle		22	41	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

26.1 years

Average number of matches played for the team

115

Preston NE

Nash

Carlo Nash

England

B.date13/09/1973

Age32 years

H1m95

positionGoalkeeper

Davis

Claude Davis

Jamaica

B.date06/03/1979

Age26 years

H1m91

positionCentral defender

Mawéné

Youl Mawéné

France

B.date16/07/1979

Age26 years

H1m86

positionCentral defender

Davidson8

Callum Davidson

Scotland

B.date25/06/1976

Age29 years

H1m77

positionLeft full-back

Hill

Matt Hill

England

B.date26/03/1981

Age24 years

H1m73

positionLeft full-back

Mears

Tyrone Mears

Jamaica

B.date18/02/1983

Age23 years

H1m81

positionRight full-back

O'Neil

Brian O'Neil

Scotland

B.date06/09/1972

Age33 years

H1m85

positionDefensive Midfielder

Sedgwick61

Chris Sedgwick

England

B.date28/04/1980

Age25 years

H1m82

positionLeft Midfielder

McKenna

Paul McKenna

England

B.date20/10/1977

Age28 years

H1m69

positionCentre Midfield

Ormerod81

Brett Ormerod

England

B.date18/10/1976

Age29 years

H1m77

positionStriker

Nugent74

David Nugent

England

B.date02/05/1985

Age20 years

H1m80

positionStriker

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Carlo Nash		32	49	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Claude Davis		26	94	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Youl Mawéné		26	78	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Callum Davidson	8	29	49	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Matt Hill		24	41	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Tyrone Mears		23	69	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Brian O'Neil		33	121	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Chris Sedgwick	61	25	67	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Paul McKenna		28	222	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Brett Ormerod	81	29	5	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	David Nugent	74	20	53	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

			Age	Match num	Note
D	Brynjar Gunnarsson	62	30	25	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Stephen Hunt	85	24	36	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Leroy Lita	4540	21	31	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

			Age	Match num	Note
M	Simon Whaley	61	20	4	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Danny Dichio	81	31	30	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Patrick Agyemang	74	25	67	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Steve Sidwell

Brynjar Gunnarsson

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Brett Ormerod

Patrick Agyemang

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Steve Coppell

134

Success rate in this team:

51 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

41 %

Coppell vs Preston NE

4 victories

2 draws

4 losses

Latest figure on February 25, 2006

Coppell vs Davies

3 victories

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on February 25, 2006

Manager

Age

Match num

Billy Davies

Success rate in this team:

44 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

38 %

Davies vs Reading

1 victory

0 draw

3 losses

Latest figure on February 25, 2006

Davies vs Coppell

1 victory

0 draw

3 losses

Latest figure on February 25, 2006

Referee

Keith Stroud

13 victories	4 draws	11 losses	Reading28 matches	General total	Preston NE25 matches	11 victories	3 draws	11 losses
1 victory	0 draw	0 loss	Reading1 match	Season total	Preston NE2 matches	0 victory	0 draw	2 losses
Latest figure on March 04, 2023					Latest figure on August 31, 2024

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Key figures

Reading keeps its 10 consecutive wins at home in Championship running (since 01/11/2005). It's a record streak. The previous one was back on the 26/02/1927 (8 matches)

End of streak for Preston NE after 19 matches with only one goal conceded at most in Championship (since 22/10/2005). It's a record streak. The previous one was back on the 10/10/1903 (14 matches)

It's the first time Steve Sidwell scores a goal vs in his professional career since the 23/11/2002 (with Preston North End vs )

Read the next 24 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

VReading 5-1 Cardiff City02/01/2006

VReading 2-0 Coventry14/01/2006

VReading 3-2 West Bromwich Albion17/01/2006

DReading 1-1 Birmingham City28/01/2006

VReading 4-0 Norwich City31/01/2006

VReading 2-0 Southampton10/02/2006

Overall

VReading 4-0 Norwich City31/01/2006

VCrewe Alexandra 3-4 Reading04/02/2006

LBirmingham City 2-1 Reading07/02/2006

VReading 2-0 Southampton10/02/2006

DSheffield United 1-1 Reading14/02/2006

LLuton Town 3-2 Reading17/02/2006

Current form

Away

DDerby County 1-1 Preston North End10/12/2005

VNorwich City 0-3 Preston North End02/01/2006

VBurnley 0-2 Preston North End21/01/2006

DStoke City 0-0 Preston North End04/02/2006

VCrystal Palace 1-2 Preston North End07/02/2006

DSouthampton 0-0 Preston North End15/02/2006

Overall

VPreston North End 2-0 Crystal Palace31/01/2006

DStoke City 0-0 Preston North End04/02/2006

VCrystal Palace 1-2 Preston North End07/02/2006

VPreston North End 5-1 Luton Town11/02/2006

DSouthampton 0-0 Preston North End15/02/2006

LPreston North End 0-2 Middlesbrough19/02/2006

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Winning streak	2	0
Loosing streak	0	1
Unbeaten streak	21	0
Winless streak	0	2
Drawless streak	2	1
Scoring streak	25	18
Conceding streak	0	2
Invincibility streak	2	0

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Drawing streak	1	0
Loosing streak	0	1
Unbeaten streak	11	0
Winless streak	1	2
Drawless streak	0	1
Goalless streak	1	2
Conceding streak	0	1
Invincibility streak	1	0

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

35	Number of games (Competition total)	33
17	Number of games (Home / Away)	16
25	Victories (Competition total)	13
15	Victories (Home / Away)	7
8	Draws (Competition total)	16
1	Draws (Home / Away)	7
2	Losses (Competition total)	4
1	Losses (Home / Away)	2

Goals

75	Goals scored (Competition total)	44
45	Goals scored (Home / Away)	23
23	Goals conceded (Competition total)	23
10	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	12
2.14	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	1.33
2.65	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	1.44
0.66	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	0.7
0.59	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	0.75

Betting aid

16	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	12
10	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	7
19	Clean sheets (Competition total)	16
9	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	8
2	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	11
0	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	4
16	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	14
8	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	7
2-0 (5 times)	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	1-1 (3 times)

Bookings

31	Yellow cards (Competition total)	56
13	Yellow cards (Home / Away)	36
0	Red cards (Competition total)	2
0	Red cards (Home / Away)	2

Key players

Dave Kitson	14 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	8 goals	David Nugent
Dave Kitson	10 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	6 goals	David Nugent
Dave Kitson	3 penalties	Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)	3 penalties	Graham Alexander
Dave Kitson	2 penalties	Team's penalty best scorer (Home / Away)	2 penalties	Graham Alexander
Kevin Doyle	3 goals during the last 3 matches	The fittest player	3 goals during the last 7 matches	David Nugent

Historical head to head

Home

18 matches

10 v

5 d

3 l

46 gf

24 ga

Away

20 matches

3 v

4 d

13 l

20 gf

61 ga

Total

38 matches

13 v

9 d

16 l

66 gf

85 ga

Historical head to head

Home

20 matches

13 v

4 d

3 l

61 gf

20 ga

Away

18 matches

3 v

5 d

10 l

24 gf

46 ga

Total

38 matches

16 v

9 d

13 l

85 gf

66 ga

Largest victory

Overall	6 - 0	February 17, 1990
Home	6 - 0	February 17, 1990

Largest victory

Overall	18 - 0	January 27, 1894
Away	4 - 1	September 06, 1930

Latest head to head

August 13, 2005 - Championship 2005/2006

Preston NE

0 - 3

Reading

December 28, 2004 - Championship 2004/2005

Preston NE

3 - 0

Reading

September 14, 2004 - Championship 2004/2005

Reading

3 - 1

Preston NE

March 02, 2004 - First Division 2003/2004

Preston NE

2 - 1

Reading

January 13, 2004 - FA Cup 2003/2004

Reading

1 - 2

Preston NE

Best historical scorers against Preston NE

Nicky Forster	6 goals	2003 - 2004
Shaun Goater	3 goals	2003 - 2004
Leroy Lita	2 goals	2005 - 2005
John Salako	1 goal	2004 - 2004
Glen Little	1 goal	2005 - 2005
Nicky Shorey	1 goal	2003 - 2003

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 26/10/2002. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Reading

Ricardo Fuller	3 goals	2003 - 2004
David Healy	3 goals	2004 - 2004
Richard Cresswell	2 goals	2002 - 2004
Brian O'Neil	1 goal	2004 - 2004
Georgios Koumantarakis	1 goal	2004 - 2004
Eddie Lewis	1 goal	2004 - 2004

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 26/10/2002. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Preston NE

Nicky Shorey	9 matches	2002 - 2005
Marcus Hahnemann	9 matches	2002 - 2005
James Harper	9 matches	2002 - 2005
Ady Williams	7 matches	2002 - 2004
Steve Sidwell	7 matches	2003 - 2005
Andy Hughes	7 matches	2002 - 2004

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 26/10/2002. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Reading

Paul McKenna	9 matches	2002 - 2005
Graham Alexander	9 matches	2002 - 2005
Richard Cresswell	8 matches	2002 - 2005
Chris Lucketti	8 matches	2002 - 2005
Brian O'Neil	7 matches	2003 - 2005
Eddie Lewis	7 matches	2002 - 2004