Reading 1-1 Nottingham Forest: result and report

Championship · Saturday 20 November 2021

Result

Reading 1-1 Nottingham Forest

Championship · Saturday 20 November 2021, 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 Saturday 20 November 2021. The half-time score was 0-1.

Philip Zinckernagel opened the scoring in the 4th minute. Reading's goal came from S. Dann (64'). Nottingham Forest scored through Philip Zinckernagel (4').

Discipline: Reading received 4 yellow cards; Nottingham Forest received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Reading were 16th on 22 points from 17 and Nottingham Forest 13th on 22 points from 17. Reading went on to finish that season 22nd with 47 points, and Nottingham Forest 3rd with 86.

Reading lined up in a 4-1-4-1 and Nottingham Forest in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Danny Drinkwater of Reading (8.2), ahead of Scott Dann (7.8).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 4 Reading wins, 4 draws and 2 for Nottingham Forest.

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

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

4'Goal · Philip ZinckernagelNottingham Forest · 0-1
32'Yellow card · Liam MooreReading
37'Yellow card · Ryan YatesNottingham Forest
57'Yellow card · Danny DrinkwaterReading
64'Goal · S. DannReading · 1-1
66'Yellow card · John SwiftReading
87'Yellow card · Abdul-Rahman BabaReading

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Reading 4, draws 4, Nottingham Forest 2.

Nottingham Forest 1-1 ReadingChampionship · 13 Mar 2021
Reading 2-0 Nottingham ForestChampionship · 5 Dec 2020
Nottingham Forest 1-1 ReadingChampionship · 22 Jan 2020
Reading 1-1 Nottingham ForestChampionship · 11 Jan 2020
Reading 2-0 Nottingham ForestChampionship · 12 Jan 2019
Nottingham Forest 1-0 ReadingChampionship · 11 Aug 2018

Team news

Unavailable

Junior HoilettReading · injury (Hamstring Injury)
Andrew Farai RinomhotaReading · injury (Ankle Injury)
Ethan BristowReading · injury (Unknown Injury)
Alen HalilovicReading · injury (Hamstring Injury)
Dejan TetekReading · injury (Ankle Injury)
Jahmari ClarkeReading · injury (Ankle Injury)
Michael MorrisonReading · injury (Knee Injury)
Yakou MéïtéReading · injury (Cruciate Ligament Rupture)
Peter EteboNottingham Forest · injury (Knee Injury)
Femi AzeezReading · injury (Hamstring Injury)
Loïc Mbe SohNottingham Forest · injury (Thigh Problems)
Marc McNultyReading · injury (Hamstring Injury)
Lucas JoãoReading · injury (Hip Injury)
J. Osei-TutuNottingham Forest · injury (Hamstring Injury)
Tom McIntyreReading · injury (Fractured Foot)

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

Luke Southwood, Tom Holmes, Liam Moore, Scott Dann, Abdul Rahman Baba, Danny Drinkwater, Andy Yiadom, John Swift, Josh Laurent, Ovie Ejaria, G. Pușcaș

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

Brice Samba, Djed Spence, Joe Worrall, Scott McKenna, Max Lowe, Ryan Yates, Jack Colback, Joe Lolley, Philip Zinckernagel, Brennan Johnson, Lewis Grabban