Derby County 3-2 Reading: result and report
Championship · Saturday 21 January 2017
Result
Derby County 3-2 Reading
Championship · Saturday 21 January 2017, 15:00 UTC · half-time 1-1
Derby County 3-2 Reading: match report
Derby County defeated Reading 3-2 in the Championship on Saturday 21 January 2017. The half-time score was 1-1.
John Swift opened the scoring in the 16th minute. Derby County's goals came from Darren Bent (36'), Tom Ince (63') and W. Hughes (74'). Reading scored through John Swift (16') and Y. Meïté (80').
Discipline: Derby County received 3 yellow cards; Reading received 2 yellow cards and 1 red card.
Going into the game Derby County were 7th on 40 points from 26 and Reading 4th on 46 points from 25. Derby County went on to finish that season 9th with 67 points, and Reading 3rd with 90.
Derby County lined up in a 4-3-3 and Reading in a 5-3-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Will Hughes of Derby County (8.1), level with Liam Kelly (8.1).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Derby County wins, 4 draws and 4 for Reading.
Key events
- 16'Goal · John Swift
- 36'Goal · Darren Bent
- 41'Yellow card · John Swift
- 63'Goal · Tom Ince
- 74'Goal · W. Hughes
- 79'Yellow card · Craig Bryson
- 80'Goal · Y. Meïté
- 85'Yellow card · Johnny Russell
- 87'Yellow card · Jordan Obita
- 90+6'Second yellow · Jordan Obita
- 90+8'Yellow card · Tom Ince
Head-to-head
Team news
Derby County line-up (4-3-3)
Scott Carson, Chris Baird, Richard Keogh, Alex Pearce, Marcus Olsson, Will Hughes, Julien De Sart, Craig Bryson, Tom Ince, Darren Bent, Johnny Russell
Reading line-up (5-3-2)
Ali Al-Habsi, Chris Gunter, Tiago Ilori, Paul McShane, Liam Moore, Jordan Obita, Danny Williams, Liam Kelly, John Swift, Garath McCleary, Yann Kermorgant