Nottingham Forest 3-2 Reading: result and report
Championship · Saturday 22 April 2017
Result
Nottingham Forest 3-2 Reading
Championship · Saturday 22 April 2017, 14:00 UTC · half-time 1-0
Nottingham Forest 3-2 Reading: match report
Nottingham Forest won against Reading 3-2 in the Championship on Saturday 22 April 2017. It was 1-0 at half-time.
Britt Assombalonga opened the scoring in the 31st minute. Nottingham Forest's goals came from Britt Assombalonga (31'), Britt Assombalonga (47') and Mustapha Carayol (54'). Reading scored through Yann Kermorgant (58') and Yann Kermorgant (74').
Discipline: Nottingham Forest received 3 yellow cards; Reading received 2 yellow cards.
Going into the game Nottingham Forest were 21st on 45 points from 43 and Reading 3rd on 79 points from 43. Nottingham Forest went on to finish that season 21st with 51 points, and Reading 3rd with 90.
Nottingham Forest lined up in a 4-1-4-1 and Reading in a 3-4-1-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Yann Kermorgant of Reading (9.1), ahead of Britt Assombalonga (8.6).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 4 Nottingham Forest wins, 1 draw and 5 for Reading.
Key events
- 12'Yellow card · D. Vaughan
- 29'Yellow card · Tyler Blackett
- 31'Goal · Britt Assombalonga
- 47'Goal · Britt Assombalonga
- 54'Goal · Mustapha Carayol
- 58'Goal · Yann Kermorgant
- 74'Goal · Yann Kermorgant
- 83'Yellow card · Chris Gunter
- 90+2'Yellow card · Jamie Ward
- 90+2'Yellow card · Jamie Ward
Head-to-head
Team news
Nottingham Forest line-up (4-1-4-1)
Jordan Smith, Eric Lichaj, Joe Worrall, Michael Mancienne, Danny Fox, David Vaughan, Ben Brereton Díaz, Chris Cohen, Ben Osborn, Mustapha Carayol, Britt Assombalonga
Reading line-up (3-4-1-2)
Ali Al-Habsi, Chris Gunter, Liam Moore, Tyler Blackett, Adrian Dumitru Popa, Liam Kelly, Danny Williams, Jordan Obita, John Swift, Yann Kermorgant, Lewis Grabban