Reading 1-0 Queens Park Rangers: result and report

Championship · Friday 30 March 2018

Result

Reading 1-0 Queens Park Rangers

Championship · Friday 30 March 2018, 16:30 UTC · half-time 1-0

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Reading 1-0 Queens Park Rangers: match report

Reading won against Queens Park Rangers 1-0 in the Championship on Friday 30 March 2018. It was 1-0 at half-time.

The only goal came from Sone Aluko of Reading in the 13th minute.

Discipline: Reading received 3 yellow cards; Queens Park Rangers received 3 yellow cards.

Going into the game Reading were 20th on 36 points from 38 and Queens Park Rangers 15th on 47 points from 38. Reading went on to finish that season 20th with 44 points, and Queens Park Rangers 16th with 56.

Reading lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Queens Park Rangers in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Vito Mannone of Reading (8.2), ahead of Liam Moore (8.1).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Reading win, 5 draws and 4 for Queens Park Rangers.

Going into the match Reading's last five read L-L-D-D-L and Queens Park Rangers's D-W-W-D-L.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 13'Goal · Sone AlukoReading · 1-0
  • 21'Yellow card · Chris MartinReading
  • 57'Yellow card · Jake BidwellQueens Park Rangers
  • 69'Yellow card · Luke FreemanQueens Park Rangers
  • 70'Yellow card · Yann KermorgantReading
  • 82'Yellow card · J. LynchQueens Park Rangers
  • 90+2'Missed penalty · Jake BidwellQueens Park Rangers
  • 90+2'Yellow card · Sone AlukoReading

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Reading 1, draws 5, Queens Park Rangers 4.

Team news

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

Vito Mannone, Chris Gunter, Liam Moore, Tiago Ilori, Tyler Blackett, Joey van den Berg, John Swift, Sone Aluko, Dave Edwards, Modou Barrow, Chris Martin

Queens Park Rangers line-up (4-2-3-1)

Alex Smithies, Darnell Furlong, Jake Bidwell, Nedum Onuoha, Joel Lynch, Luke Freeman, Jordan Cousins, Josh Scowen, Paweł Wszołek, Paul Smyth, Conor Washington