Reading 3-0 Blackburn Rovers: result and report

Championship · Wednesday 17 August 2022

Result

Reading 3-0 Blackburn Rovers

Championship · Wednesday 17 August 2022, 19:00 UTC · half-time 1-0

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Reading 3-0 Blackburn Rovers: match report

Reading won against Blackburn Rovers 3-0 in the Championship on Wednesday 17 August 2022. It was 1-0 at half-time.

T. Mcintyre opened the scoring in the 14th minute. Reading's goals came from T. Mcintyre (14'), Junior Hoilett (61') and Lucas João (78'). Blackburn Rovers did not score.

Discipline: Reading received 5 yellow cards; Blackburn Rovers received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Reading were 21st on 3 points from 3 and Blackburn Rovers 1st on 9 points from 3. Reading went on to finish that season 20th with 50 points, and Blackburn Rovers 7th with 69.

Reading lined up in a 5-3-2 and Blackburn Rovers in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Tyrese Fornah of Reading (7.8), level with Tom Ince (7.8).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 6 Reading wins, 1 draw and 3 for Blackburn Rovers.

Going into the match Reading's last five read L-W-L and Blackburn Rovers's W-W-W.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 12'Yellow card · Harry PickeringBlackburn Rovers
  • 14'Goal · T. McintyreReading · 1-0
  • 53'Yellow card · Tyrese FornahReading
  • 55'Yellow card · Daniel AyalaBlackburn Rovers
  • 55'Yellow card · T. HolmesReading
  • 61'Goal · Junior HoilettReading · 2-0
  • 63'Yellow card · N. Guinness-WalkerReading
  • 78'Goal · Lucas JoãoReading · 3-0
  • 87'Yellow card · Joe LumleyReading
  • 90+6'Yellow card · Mamadou LoumReading

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Reading 6, draws 1, Blackburn Rovers 3.

Team news

Reading line-up (5-3-2)

Joe Lumley, Andy Yiadom, Tom McIntyre, Tom Holmes, Mamadou Loum, Junior Hoilett, Jeff Hendrick, Tyrese Fornah, Nesta Guinness-Walker, Tom Ince, Shane Long

Blackburn Rovers line-up (4-2-3-1)

Thomas Kaminski, Callum Brittain, Ashley Phillips, Yuki Takahashi, Harry Pickering, Lewis Travis, John Buckley, Tyrhys Dolan, Sammie Szmodics, Ben Brereton Díaz, Jack Vale