Reading 1-1 Nottingham Forest: result and report

Championship · Wednesday 1 January 2014

Result

Reading 1-1 Nottingham Forest

Championship · Wednesday 1 January 2014, 15:00 UTC · half-time 0-1

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Reading 1-1 Nottingham Forest: match report

Reading drew with Nottingham Forest 1-1 in the Championship on Wednesday 1 January 2014. It was 0-1 at half-time.

Greg Halford opened the scoring in the 36th minute. Reading's goal came from Stephen Kelly (90+5'). Nottingham Forest scored through Greg Halford (36').

Discipline: Reading received 4 yellow cards; Nottingham Forest received 3 yellow cards.

Going into the game Reading were 9th on 34 points from 23 and Nottingham Forest 5th on 39 points from 23. Reading went on to finish that season 7th with 71 points, and Nottingham Forest 11th with 65.

Reading lined up in a 4-4-1-1 and Nottingham Forest in a 4-2-3-1.

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

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

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 36'Goal · Greg HalfordNottingham Forest · 0-1
  • 39'Yellow card · Danny WilliamsReading
  • 53'Yellow card · Danny GuthrieReading
  • 63'Yellow card · Adam Le FondreReading
  • 65'Yellow card · Jack HobbsNottingham Forest
  • 88'Yellow card · James FreitasNottingham Forest
  • 89'Yellow card · Simon CoxNottingham Forest
  • 90'Yellow card · Pavel PogrebnyakReading
  • 90+5'Goal · Stephen KellyReading · 1-1

Head-to-head

9 meetings: Reading 3, draws 3, Nottingham Forest 3.

Team news

Reading expected line-up (4-4-1-1)

Alex Simon McCarthy, Chris Gunter, Sean Morrison, Stephen Kelly, Adrian Mariappa, Danny Guthrie, Garath McCleary, Jem Karacan, Pavel Pogrebnyak, Hal Robson-Kanu

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

Karl Darlow, Jack Hobbs, Eric Lichaj, Greg Halford, Andy Reid, Henri Lansbury, Chris Cohen, Jamie Mackie, Djamel Abdoun, Darius Henderson, Simon Cox