Blackburn Rovers 2-3 Reading: result and report
Championship · Saturday 17 December 2016
Result
Blackburn Rovers 2-3 Reading
Championship · Saturday 17 December 2016, 15:00 UTC · half-time 1-1
Blackburn Rovers 2-3 Reading: match report
Blackburn Rovers lost to Reading 2-3 in the Championship on Saturday 17 December 2016. The half-time score was 1-1.
Dominic Samuel opened the scoring in the 32nd minute. Blackburn Rovers's goals came from Danny Graham (44') and Wes Brown (73'). Reading scored through Dominic Samuel (32'), Liam Moore (60') and George Evans (90+2').
Discipline: Blackburn Rovers received 2 yellow cards; Reading received 1 yellow card.
Going into the game Blackburn Rovers were 22nd on 20 points from 21 and Reading 3rd on 37 points from 21. Blackburn Rovers went on to finish that season 22nd with 51 points, and Reading 3rd with 90.
Blackburn Rovers lined up in a 4-4-2 and Reading in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Garath McCleary of Reading (8.4), ahead of Ali Al-Habsi (8.2).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 5 Blackburn Rovers wins, 4 draws and 1 for Reading.
Key events
- 32'Goal · Dominic Samuel
- 36'Yellow card · Garath McCleary
- 44'Goal · Danny Graham
- 60'Goal · Liam Moore
- 66'Yellow card · Jason Lowe
- 73'Goal · Wes Brown
- 90+2'Goal · George Evans
- 90+3'Yellow card · Danny Graham
Head-to-head
Team news
Blackburn Rovers line-up (4-4-2)
Jason Steele, Ben Marshall, Wes Brown, Darragh Lenihan, Derrick Williams, Craig Conway, Jason Lowe, Hope Akpan, Sam Gallagher, Marvin Emnes, Danny Graham
Reading line-up (4-2-3-1)
Ali Al-Habsi, Chris Gunter, Paul McShane, Liam Moore, Tyler Blackett, Joey van den Berg, George Evans, Garath McCleary, Liam Kelly, Roy Beerens, Dominic Samuel