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Cardiff City v Reading: head-to-head record

Cardiff City have played Reading 80 times in competitive football, winning 27, drawing 26 and losing 27, first meeting on 26 Mar 1927 and most recently on 18 Apr 2026. Every meeting is listed below.

Every Cardiff City v Reading match

DateSeasonCompetitionVenueOpponentScoreScorersAtt
26 Mar 19271926–27FA CupNReading3–039,476
18 Apr 19301929–30Second DivisionHReading2–1
21 Apr 19301929–30Second DivisionAReading0–2
8 Nov 19301930–31Second DivisionHReading5–0
14 Mar 19311930–31Second DivisionAReading0–3
5 Sep 19311931–32Third Division SouthHReading5–1
16 Jan 19321931–32Third Division SouthAReading1–5
27 Aug 19321932–33Third Division SouthAReading2–4
31 Dec 19321932–33Third Division SouthHReading0–1
28 Aug 19331933–34Third Division SouthHReading2–0
6 Sep 19331933–34Third Division SouthAReading1–3
3 Nov 19341934–35Third Division SouthAReading1–1
24 Nov 19341934–35FA CupHReading1–2
16 Mar 19351934–35Third Division SouthHReading1–1
7 Sep 19351935–36Third Division SouthHReading2–3
4 Jan 19361935–36Third Division SouthAReading1–4
3 Oct 19361936–37Third Division SouthAReading0–3
6 Feb 19371936–37Third Division SouthHReading1–1
23 Apr 19381937–38Third Division SouthHReading4–1
4 May 19381937–38Third Division SouthAReading0–0
17 Sep 19381938–39Third Division SouthHReading0–1
1 Feb 19391938–39Third Division SouthAReading0–0
22 Jan 19471946–47Third Division SouthHReading3–0
5 Apr 19471946–47Third Division SouthAReading0–0
26 Sep 19621962–63League CupHReading5–1
3 Nov 19651965–66League CupHReading5–1George Johnston, George Johnston, George Johnston, Terry Harkin, Terry Harkin6,698
3 Nov 19821982–83Third DivisionAReading2–1Gary Bennett 42, Phil Dwyer 622,982
1 Mar 19831982–83Third DivisionHReading0–06,173
31 Aug 19851985–86Third DivisionHReading1–3Paul McLoughlin 603,539
11 Jan 19861985–86Third DivisionAReading1–1Mike Ford 516,784
8 Oct 19881988–89Third DivisionHReading1–2Alan Curtis 434,057
18 Feb 19891988–89Third DivisionAReading1–3Ian Walsh 774,359
14 Apr 19901989–90Third DivisionAReading1–0Cohen Griffith3,198
1 May 19901989–90Third DivisionHReading3–2Leigh Barnard 2, Chris Pike 28, Cohen Griffith 353,375
1 Jan 19941993–94Second DivisionHReading3–0Cohen Griffith, Mark Aizlewood, Nick Richardson
9 Apr 19941993–94Second DivisionAReading1–1Jeff Hopkins
24 Jan 19981997–98FA CupHReading1–1Kevin Nugent 47
3 Feb 19981997–98FA CupAReading1–1Carl Dale 40
26 Dec 19991999–00Second DivisionHReading1–0
25 Mar 20001999–00Second DivisionAReading1–0
8 Sep 20012001–02Second DivisionAReading2–1Leo Fortune-West 13, Leo Fortune-West 36
26 Dec 20012001–02Second DivisionHReading2–2Robert Earnshaw 29, Robert Earnshaw 67
16 Sep 20032003–04First DivisionAReading1–2Peter Thorne 12
16 Mar 20042003–04First DivisionHReading2–3Robert Earnshaw 41, Lee Bullock 72
13 Nov 20042004–05ChampionshipAReading1–2Cameron Jerome 87
23 Apr 20052004–05ChampionshipHReading2–0Peter Thorne 13, Cameron Jerome 31
2 Jan 20062005–06ChampionshipAReading1–5Cameron Jerome 61
8 Apr 20062005–06ChampionshipHReading2–5Cameron Jerome 40, Paul Parry 79
25 Nov 20082008–09ChampionshipHReading2–2Wayne Routledge 10, Ross McCormack 41
26 Dec 20082008–09ChampionshipAReading1–1Michael Chopra 89
3 Jan 20092008–09FA CupHReading2–0Ross McCormack 58, Joe Ledley 83
16 Sep 20092009–10ChampionshipAReading1–0Chris Burke 58
10 Apr 20102009–10ChampionshipHReading0–0
10 Nov 20102010–11ChampionshipAReading1–1Jay Bothroyd 79
1 Feb 20112010–11ChampionshipHReading2–2
13 May 20112010–11Play-offsAReading0–0
17 May 20112010–11Play-offsHReading0–3
19 Nov 20112011–12ChampionshipAReading2–1Peter Whittingham 2, Mark Hudson 70
2 Jan 20122011–12ChampionshipHReading3–1Joe Mason 13, Aron Gunnarsson 19, Kenny Miller 36
21 Nov 20142014–15ChampionshipHReading2–1Alex Pearce 20, Peter Whittingham 45+420,643
24 Jan 20152014–15FA CupHReading1–2Ken Jones 2511,750
4 Apr 20152014–15ChampionshipAReading1–1Conor McAleny 9017,953
7 Nov 20152015–16ChampionshipHReading2–0Ken Jones 44, Matthew Connolly 5315,414
19 Mar 20162015–16ChampionshipAReading1–1Lex Immers 6517,407
27 Aug 20162016–17ChampionshipHReading0–115,013
28 Jan 20172016–17ChampionshipAReading1–2Joe Ralls 45+118,558
11 Dec 20172017–18ChampionshipAReading2–2Joe Bennett 83, Lee Tomlin 90+116,670
6 May 20182017–18ChampionshipHReading0–032,478
18 Aug 20192019–20ChampionshipAReading0–314,252
25 Jan 20202019–20FA CupAReading1–1Callum Paterson 512,798
31 Jan 20202019–20ChampionshipHReading1–1Callum Paterson 7022,518
4 Feb 20202019–20FA CupHReading3–3Josh Murphy 19, Robert Glatzel 54, Josh Murphy 934,832
26 Sep 20202020–21ChampionshipHReading1–2Lee Tomlin 81
16 Apr 20212020–21ChampionshipAReading1–1Kieffer Moore 87
2 Oct 20212021–22ChampionshipHReading0–118,400
9 Apr 20222021–22ChampionshipAReading2–1Alfie Doughty 59, Will Vaulks 8519,039
6 Aug 20222022–23ChampionshipAReading1–2Callum O'Dowda 413,866
17 Feb 20232022–23ChampionshipHReading1–0Romaine Sawyers 90+118,879
18 Oct 20252025–26League OneHReading2–1Omari Kellyman 49, Yousef Salech 6520,363
18 Apr 20262025–26League OneAReading3–1R Colwill 40, Omari Kellyman 55, Perry Ng 8613,938

See also: the Reading archive and Reading v Cardiff City.

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