Rotherham United 1-1 Reading: result and report

Championship · Saturday 15 December 2018

Result

Rotherham United 1-1 Reading

Championship · Saturday 15 December 2018, 15:00 UTC · half-time 0-1

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Rotherham United 1-1 Reading: match report

Rotherham United drew with Reading 1-1 in the Championship on Saturday 15 December 2018. The half-time score was 0-1.

Sam Baldock opened the scoring in the 9th minute. Rotherham United's goal came from Joe Mattock (90'). Reading scored through Sam Baldock (9').

Discipline: Rotherham United received 1 yellow card; Reading received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Rotherham United were 20th on 21 points from 21 and Reading 22nd on 18 points from 21. Rotherham United went on to finish that season 22nd with 40 points, and Reading 20th with 47.

Rotherham United lined up in a 4-4-1-1 and Reading in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Andy Yiadom of Reading (8.8), ahead of Joe Mattock (8.2).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Rotherham United win, 1 draw and 4 for Reading.

Going into the match Rotherham United's last five read D-L-D-D-D and Reading's L-D-L-D-D.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 6'Yellow card · Josh SimsReading
  • 9'Goal · Sam BaldockReading · 0-1
  • 45+2'Yellow card · Joe MattockRotherham United
  • 88'Yellow card · Anssi JaakkolaReading
  • 90'Goal · Joe MattockRotherham United · 1-1

Head-to-head

6 meetings: Rotherham United 1, draws 1, Reading 4.

Team news

Rotherham United line-up (4-4-1-1)

Marek Rodák, Zak Vyner, Semi Ajayi, Richard Wood, Joe Mattock, A. Forde, Will Vaulks, Richie Towell, Jon Taylor, Ryan Williams, Michael Smith

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

Anssi Jaakkola, Andy Yiadom, Tyler Blackett, Tom McIntyre, Chris Gunter, Andrew Farai Rinomhota, Leandro Bacuna, Josh Sims, John Swift, Garath McCleary, Sam Baldock