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

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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.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 19'Yellow card · Tom BradshawMillwall
  • 33'Yellow card · Charlie AdamReading
  • 70'Yellow card · Ovie EjariaReading
  • 71'Goal · Matt SmithMillwall · 1-0
  • 80'Yellow card · Michael MorrisonReading
  • 82'Goal · Jón Dadi BödvarssonMillwall · 2-0

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Millwall 3, draws 2, Reading 5.

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