Blackburn Rovers 2-1 Reading: result and report
Championship · Wednesday 15 March 2023
Result
Blackburn Rovers 2-1 Reading
Championship · Wednesday 15 March 2023, 19:45 UTC · half-time 1-0
Blackburn Rovers 2-1 Reading: match report
Blackburn Rovers defeated Reading 2-1 in the Championship on Wednesday 15 March 2023. The half-time score was 1-0.
B. Brereton opened the scoring in the 2nd minute. Blackburn Rovers's goals came from B. Brereton (2') and Ryan Hedges (82'). Reading scored through C. Casadei (68').
Discipline: Blackburn Rovers received 2 yellow cards; Reading received 2 yellow cards and 1 red card.
Going into the game Blackburn Rovers were 6th on 58 points from 36 and Reading 16th on 44 points from 36. Blackburn Rovers went on to finish that season 7th with 69 points, and Reading 20th with 50.
Blackburn Rovers lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Reading in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Sam Gallagher of Blackburn Rovers (7.8), ahead of Cesare Casadei (7.5).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Blackburn Rovers wins, 1 draw and 6 for Reading.
Key events
- 2'Goal · B. Brereton
- 28'Yellow card · J. Rankin-Costello
- 68'Goal · C. Casadei
- 82'Goal · Ryan Hedges
- 85'Red card · Mamadou Loum
- 85'Yellow card · Sam Gallagher
- 85'Yellow card · Joe Lumley
- 89'Yellow card · K. Ehibhatiomhan
Head-to-head
Team news
Blackburn Rovers line-up (4-2-3-1)
Aynsley Pears, Joe Rankin-Costello, Hayden Carter, Dominic Hyam, Harry Pickering, Lewis Travis, Tyler Morton, Sorba Thomas, Sammie Szmodics, Ben Brereton Díaz, Sam Gallagher
Reading line-up (4-2-3-1)
Joe Lumley, Amadou Mbengue, Tom Holmes, Naby Sarr, Tom McIntyre, Mamadou Loum, Cesare Casadei, Tom Ince, Jeff Hendrick, Shane Long, Lucas João