Reading 2-1 Nottingham Forest: result and report
Championship · Tuesday 5 April 2016
Result
Reading 2-1 Nottingham Forest
Championship · Tuesday 5 April 2016, 19:00 UTC · half-time 0-1
Reading 2-1 Nottingham Forest: match report
Reading beat Nottingham Forest 2-1 in the Championship on Tuesday 5 April 2016. It was 0-1 at half-time.
Ben Osborn opened the scoring in the 41st minute. Reading's goals came from M. Vydra (68') and Oliver Norwood (81'). Nottingham Forest scored through Ben Osborn (41').
Discipline: Reading received no yellow cards; Nottingham Forest received 1 yellow card.
Going into the game Reading were 14th on 48 points from 38 and Nottingham Forest 16th on 46 points from 39. Reading went on to finish that season 17th with 52 points, and Nottingham Forest 16th with 55.
Reading lined up in a 4-4-2 and Nottingham Forest in a 4-3-3.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Reading wins, 2 draws and 5 for Nottingham Forest.
Going into the match Reading's last five read W-D-L-L-D and Nottingham Forest's L-L-D-L-W.
Key events
- 32'Yellow card · G. Gardner
- 41'Goal · Ben Osborn
- 68'Goal · M. Vydra
- 81'Goal · Oliver Norwood
Head-to-head
Team news
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Reading expected line-up (4-4-2)
Alex Simon McCarthy, Chris Gunter, Sean Morrison, Stephen Kelly, Alex Pearce, Jordan Obita, Jem Karacan, Hal Robson-Kanu, Garath McCleary
Nottingham Forest expected line-up (4-3-3)
Karl Darlow, Eric Lichaj, Danny Fox, Matthew Mills, Kelvin Wilson, Henri Lansbury, Michael Mancienne, David Vaughan, Michail Antonio