Reading 1-1 Nottingham Forest: result and report

Championship · Saturday 11 January 2020

Result

Reading 1-1 Nottingham Forest

Championship · Saturday 11 January 2020, 15:00 UTC · half-time 0-0

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Reading 1-1 Nottingham Forest: match report

Reading drew with Nottingham Forest 1-1 in the Championship on Saturday 11 January 2020. It was 0-0 at half-time.

Ben Watson opened the scoring in the 90th minute. Reading's goal came from an own goal by Tobias Figueiredo (90+7'). Nottingham Forest scored through Ben Watson (90+6').

Discipline: Reading received 4 yellow cards; Nottingham Forest received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Reading were 14th on 35 points from 25 and Nottingham Forest 4th on 43 points from 25. Reading went on to finish that season 15th with 56 points, and Nottingham Forest 7th with 70.

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 Ben Watson of Nottingham Forest (8.0), ahead of Joe Worrall (7.8).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 4 Reading wins, 1 draw and 5 for Nottingham Forest.

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

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 38'Yellow card · John SwiftReading
  • 45+1'Yellow card · Tiago SilvaNottingham Forest
  • 87'Yellow card · Y. MeïtéReading
  • 90+2'Yellow card · Ben WatsonNottingham Forest
  • 90+6'Goal · Ben WatsonNottingham Forest · 0-1
  • 90+6'Yellow card · Rafael CabralReading
  • 90+7'Own goal · Tobias FigueiredoReading · 1-1
  • 90+7'Yellow card · Tyler BlackettReading

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Reading 4, draws 1, Nottingham Forest 5.

Team news

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

Rafael Cabral, Chris Gunter, Michael Morrison, Liam Moore, Tyler Blackett, Pelé, Charlie Adam, Yakou Méïté, John Swift, Ovie Ejaria, Sam Baldock

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

Brice Samba, Matty Cash, Tobias Figueiredo, Joe Worrall, Chema Rodríguez, Samba Sow, Ben Watson, Sammy Ameobi, Tiago Silva, Yuri Ribeiro, Lewis Grabban