Reading 3-1 Derby County: result and report

Championship · Monday 5 April 2021

Result

Reading 3-1 Derby County

Championship · Monday 5 April 2021, 14:00 UTC · half-time 1-0

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Reading 3-1 Derby County: match report

Reading won against Derby County 3-1 in the Championship on Monday 5 April 2021. It was 1-0 at half-time.

M. Olise opened the scoring in the 45th minute. Reading's goals came from M. Olise (45+3'), George Puscas (57') and Lucas João (84'). Derby County scored through Tom Lawrence (79').

Discipline: Reading received 2 yellow cards; Derby County received no yellow cards.

Going into the game Reading were 6th on 63 points from 39 and Derby County 19th on 43 points from 39. Reading went on to finish that season 7th with 70 points, and Derby County 22nd with 44.

Reading lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Derby County in a 4-1-4-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Michael Olise of Reading (8.0), ahead of Lucas João (7.5).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Reading wins, 3 draws and 4 for Derby County.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 45+3'Goal · M. OliseReading · 1-0
  • 50'Yellow card · Liam MooreReading
  • 57'Goal · George PuscasReading · 2-0
  • 79'Goal · Tom LawrenceDerby County · 2-1
  • 83'Yellow card · Josh LaurentReading
  • 84'Goal · Lucas JoãoReading · 3-1

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Reading 3, draws 3, Derby County 4.

Team news

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

Rafael Cabral, Andy Yiadom, Tom Holmes, Liam Moore, Omar Richards, Andrew Farai Rinomhota, Josh Laurent, Yakou Méïté, Michael Olise, Ovie Ejaria, G. Pușcaș

Derby County line-up (4-1-4-1)

Txiki Acaz, Nathan Byrne, Andre Wisdom, Teden Mengi, Craig Forsyth, Graeme Shinnie, Louie Sibley, Jason Knight, Max Bird, Tom Lawrence, Colin Kazim-Richards