Nottingham Forest 1-1 Reading: result and report

Championship · Wednesday 22 January 2020

Result

Nottingham Forest 1-1 Reading

Championship · Wednesday 22 January 2020, 19:45 UTC · half-time 0-0

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Nottingham Forest 1-1 Reading: match report

Nottingham Forest drew with Reading 1-1 in the Championship on Wednesday 22 January 2020. It was 0-0 at half-time.

Lewis Grabban opened the scoring in the 80th minute. Nottingham Forest's goal came from Lewis Grabban (80'). Reading scored through Sam Baldock (83').

Discipline: Nottingham Forest received 1 yellow card; Reading received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Nottingham Forest were 5th on 47 points from 27 and Reading 16th on 36 points from 27. Nottingham Forest went on to finish that season 7th with 70 points, and Reading 15th with 56.

Nottingham Forest 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 John Swift of Reading (7.8), ahead of Matty Cash (7.7).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 4 Nottingham Forest wins, 2 draws and 4 for Reading.

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

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 23'Yellow card · PeléReading
  • 65'Yellow card · Yuri RibeiroNottingham Forest
  • 72'Yellow card · Ovie EjariaReading
  • 80'Goal · Lewis GrabbanNottingham Forest · 1-0
  • 83'Goal · Sam BaldockReading · 1-1

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Nottingham Forest 4, draws 2, Reading 4.

Team news

Nottingham Forest line-up (4-2-3-1)

Brice Samba, Matty Cash, Michael Dawson, Joe Worrall, Yuri Ribeiro, Ben Watson, Samba Sow, Joe Lolley, Tiago Silva, Sammy Ameobi, Lewis Grabban

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

Rafael Cabral, Chris Gunter, Michael Morrison, Liam Moore, Tyler Blackett, Pelé, John Swift, Michael Olise, Ovie Ejaria, Jordan Obita, G. Pușcaș