Reading 2-0 Nottingham Forest: result and report
Championship · Saturday 12 January 2019
Result
Reading 2-0 Nottingham Forest
Championship · Saturday 12 January 2019, 15:00 UTC · half-time 1-0
Reading 2-0 Nottingham Forest: match report
Reading won against Nottingham Forest 2-0 in the Championship on Saturday 12 January 2019. The half-time score was 1-0.
John Swift opened the scoring in the 23rd minute. Reading's goals came from John Swift (23') and an own goal by Jack Robinson (87'). Nottingham Forest did not score.
Discipline: Reading received 3 yellow cards; Nottingham Forest received 4 yellow cards and 2 red cards.
Going into the game Reading were 23rd on 20 points from 26 and Nottingham Forest 7th on 39 points from 26. Reading went on to finish that season 20th with 47 points, and Nottingham Forest 9th with 66.
Reading lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Nottingham Forest in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to John Swift of Reading (8.3), ahead of Tiago Ilori (7.7).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Reading wins, 2 draws and 5 for Nottingham Forest.
Key events
- 8'Yellow card · Danny Fox
- 23'Goal · John Swift
- 32'Yellow card · Omar Richards
- 38'Yellow card · Jack Colback
- 61'Yellow card · Daryl Murphy
- 62'Second yellow · Danny Fox
- 62'Yellow card · Liam Moore
- 62'Yellow card · Jack Robinson
- 62'Yellow card · A. Yiadom
- 83'Red card · Tendayi Darikwa
- 87'Own goal · Jack Robinson
Head-to-head
Team news
Reading line-up (4-2-3-1)
Anssi Jaakkola, Andy Yiadom, Tiago Ilori, Liam Moore, Omar Richards, Andrew Farai Rinomhota, Leandro Bacuna, Modou Barrow, John Swift, Ovie Ejaria, J. Böðvarsson
Nottingham Forest line-up (4-2-3-1)
Costel Pantilimon, Tendayi Darikwa, Claudio Yacob, Danny Fox, Jack Robinson, Adlène Guédioura, Jack Colback, Matty Cash, Joe Lolley, Ben Osborn, Daryl Murphy