Blackburn Rovers 3-1 Reading: result and report

Championship · Saturday 7 May 2016

Result

Blackburn Rovers 3-1 Reading

Championship · Saturday 7 May 2016, 11:30 UTC · half-time 2-1

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Blackburn Rovers 3-1 Reading: match report

Blackburn Rovers won against Reading 3-1 in the Championship on Saturday 7 May 2016. The half-time score was 2-1.

Elliott Bennett opened the scoring in the 8th minute. Blackburn Rovers's goals came from Elliott Bennett (8'), Danny Graham (14') and S. Jackson (86'). Reading scored through Yann Kermorgant (31').

Neither side received a card.

Going into the game Blackburn Rovers were 15th on 52 points from 45 and Reading 16th on 52 points from 45. Blackburn Rovers went on to finish that season 15th with 55 points, and Reading 17th with 52.

Blackburn Rovers lined up in a 4-4-2 and Reading in a 4-4-2.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 4 Blackburn Rovers wins, 4 draws and 1 for Reading.

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

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 8'Goal · Elliott BennettBlackburn Rovers · 1-0
  • 14'Goal · Danny GrahamBlackburn Rovers · 2-0
  • 31'Goal · Yann KermorgantReading · 2-1
  • 86'Goal · S. JacksonBlackburn Rovers · 3-1

Head-to-head

9 meetings: Blackburn Rovers 4, draws 4, Reading 1.

Team news

Blackburn Rovers expected line-up (4-4-2)

Grant Hanley, Shane Duffy, Tommy Spurr, Jason Lowe, Ben Marshall, Josef Dvornik, Tom Cairney, Ryan Tunnicliffe, J. Rhodes, Craig Conway, Rudy Gestede

Reading expected line-up (4-4-2)

Alex Simon McCarthy, Chris Gunter, Sean Morrison, Stephen Kelly, Alex Pearce, Jordan Obita, Jem Karacan, Hal Robson-Kanu, Garath McCleary