Millwall 2-0 Reading: result and report
Championship · Saturday 18 January 2020
Result
Millwall 2-0 Reading
Championship · Saturday 18 January 2020, 15:00 UTC · half-time 0-0
Millwall 2-0 Reading: match report
Millwall won against Reading 2-0 in the Championship on Saturday 18 January 2020. The half-time score was 0-0.
Matt Smith opened the scoring in the 71st minute. Millwall's goals came from Matt Smith (71') and Jón Dadi Bödvarsson (82'). Reading did not score.
Discipline: Millwall received 1 yellow card; Reading received 3 yellow cards.
Going into the game Millwall were 8th on 41 points from 27 and Reading 15th on 36 points from 26. Millwall went on to finish that season 8th with 68 points, and Reading 15th with 56.
Millwall lined up in a 4-4-2 and Reading in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Jake Cooper of Millwall (8.1), level with Jed Wallace (8.1).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Millwall wins, 2 draws and 5 for Reading.
Going into the match Millwall's last five read D-W-W-D-L and Reading's D-W-W-W-W.
Key events
- 19'Yellow card · Tom Bradshaw
- 33'Yellow card · Charlie Adam
- 70'Yellow card · Ovie Ejaria
- 71'Goal · Matt Smith
- 80'Yellow card · Michael Morrison
- 82'Goal · Jón Dadi Bödvarsson
Head-to-head
Team news
Millwall line-up (4-4-2)
Bartosz Białkowski, Mahlon Romeo, Shaun Hutchinson, Jake Cooper, Murray Wallace, Jed Wallace, Jayson Molumby, Ryan Woods, Shane Ferguson, Tom Bradshaw, Matt Smith
Reading line-up (4-2-3-1)
Rafael Cabral, Chris Gunter, Michael Morrison, Liam Moore, Tyler Blackett, Pelé, Charlie Adam, Yakou Méïté, John Swift, Ovie Ejaria, Sam Baldock