Millwall 2-1 Reading: result and report

Championship · Tuesday 26 September 2017

Result

Millwall 2-1 Reading

Championship · Tuesday 26 September 2017, 18:45 UTC · half-time 0-0

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Millwall 2-1 Reading: match report

Millwall won against Reading 2-1 in the Championship on Tuesday 26 September 2017. It was 0-0 at half-time.

D. Edwards opened the scoring in the 73rd minute. Millwall's goals came from George Saville (80') and George Saville (85'). Reading scored through D. Edwards (73').

Discipline: Millwall received 1 yellow card; Reading received no yellow cards.

Going into the game Millwall were 16th on 10 points from 9 and Reading 18th on 9 points from 8. Millwall went on to finish that season 8th with 72 points, and Reading 20th with 44.

Millwall lined up in a 4-4-2 and Reading in a 3-4-2-1. The highest match rating in our data went to George Saville of Millwall (8.6), ahead of Shaun Williams (8.4).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Millwall wins, 4 draws and 6 for Reading.

Going into the match Millwall's last five read D-W-D-L-W and Reading's D-D-L-W-L.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 73'Goal · D. EdwardsReading · 0-1
  • 80'Goal · George SavilleMillwall · 1-1
  • 85'Goal · George SavilleMillwall · 2-1
  • 87'Yellow card · Jed WallaceMillwall

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Millwall 0, draws 4, Reading 6.

Team news

Millwall line-up (4-4-2)

Jordan Archer, Connor McLaughlin, James Meredith, Shaun Hutchinson, Byron Webster, Shaun Williams, Jed Wallace, Aiden O'Brien, George Saville, Fred Onyedinma, Steve Morison

Reading line-up (3-4-2-1)

Vito Mannone, Paul McShane, Liam Moore, Tiago Ilori, Chris Gunter, Joey van den Berg, Dave Edwards, Tyler Blackett, Roy Beerens, Garath McCleary, Sone Aluko