Derby County 0-3 Reading: result and report
Championship · Saturday 2 May 2015
Result
Derby County 0-3 Reading
Championship · Saturday 2 May 2015, 11:15 UTC · half-time 0-1
Derby County 0-3 Reading: match report
Derby County were beaten by Reading 0-3 in the Championship on Saturday 2 May 2015. It was 0-1 at half-time.
Kwesi Appiah opened the scoring in the 2nd minute. Derby County did not score. Reading scored through Kwesi Appiah (2'), Michael Hector (72') and Garath McCleary (85', penalty).
Discipline: Derby County received 3 yellow cards; Reading received 2 yellow cards.
Going into the game Derby County were 5th on 76 points from 45 and Reading 21st on 46 points from 45. Derby County went on to finish that season 7th with 76 points, and Reading 20th with 49.
Derby County lined up in a 4-3-3 and Reading in a 4-4-2.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Derby County wins, 2 draws and 6 for Reading.
Going into the match Derby County's last five read D-D-W-D-W and Reading's L-L-L-L-D.
Key events
- 2'Goal · Kwesi Appiah
- 27'Yellow card · Oliver Norwood
- 45+1'Missed penalty · Darren Bent
- 58'Yellow card · Jesse Lingard
- 66'Yellow card · Ryan Shotton
- 72'Goal · Michael Hector
- 85'Penalty goal · Garath McCleary
- 85'Yellow card · Lee Grant
- 90+3'Yellow card · Danny Williams
Head-to-head
Team news
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Derby County expected line-up (4-3-3)
Lee Grant, Richard Keogh, Craig Forsyth, Cyrus Christie, Ryan Shotton, Will Hughes, Craig Bryson, Johnny Russell, Jordon Ibe
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