Derby County 2-1 Reading: result and report

Championship · Saturday 19 January 2019

Result

Derby County 2-1 Reading

Championship · Saturday 19 January 2019, 15:00 UTC · half-time 2-0

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Derby County 2-1 Reading: match report

Derby County defeated Reading 2-1 in the Championship on Saturday 19 January 2019. The half-time score was 2-0.

Duane Holmes opened the scoring in the 3rd minute. Derby County's goals came from Duane Holmes (3') and Harry Wilson (40'). Reading scored through Sone Aluko (66').

Discipline: Derby County received 2 yellow cards; Reading received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Derby County were 6th on 43 points from 27 and Reading 22nd on 23 points from 27. Derby County went on to finish that season 6th with 77 points, and Reading 20th with 47.

Derby County lined up in a 4-3-3 and Reading in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Sone Aluko of Reading (8.5), ahead of Harry Wilson (8.1).

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

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

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 3'Goal · Duane HolmesDerby County · 1-0
  • 40'Goal · Harry WilsonDerby County · 2-0
  • 65'Yellow card · Ovie EjariaReading
  • 66'Goal · Sone AlukoReading · 2-1
  • 69'Yellow card · Scott MaloneDerby County
  • 81'Yellow card · Duane HolmesDerby County

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Derby County 4, draws 4, Reading 2.

Team news

Derby County line-up (4-3-3)

Kelle Roos, Jayden Bogle, Richard Keogh, Fikayo Tomori, Scott Malone, Harry Wilson, Tom Huddlestone, Mason Mount, Martyn Waghorn, Jack Marriott, Duane Holmes

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

Anssi Jaakkola, Andrew Farai Rinomhota, Tiago Ilori, Liam Moore, Andy Yiadom, Leandro Bacuna, Lewis Baker, Modou Barrow, John Swift, Ovie Ejaria, J. Böðvarsson