Nottingham Forest 2-1 Reading: result and report

Championship · Saturday 16 January 2010

Result

Nottingham Forest 2-1 Reading

Championship · Saturday 16 January 2010, 15:00 UTC · half-time 2-0

Nottingham Forest · Reading · Championship predictions

Nottingham Forest 2-1 Reading: match report

Nottingham Forest defeated Reading 2-1 in the Championship on Saturday 16 January 2010. The half-time score was 2-0.

Paul Anderson opened the scoring in the 11th minute. Nottingham Forest's goals came from Paul Anderson (11') and Robert Earnshaw (42'). Reading scored through Jimmy Kébé (90').

Discipline: Nottingham Forest received 1 yellow card and 1 red card; Reading received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Nottingham Forest were 2nd on 46 points from 25 and Reading 21st on 23 points from 24. Nottingham Forest went on to finish that season 4th with 79 points, and Reading 9th with 63.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Nottingham Forest win, 2 draws and 0 for Reading.

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

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 11'Goal · Paul AndersonNottingham Forest · 1-0
  • 42'Goal · Robert EarnshawNottingham Forest · 2-0
  • 68'Red card · Nicky ShoreyNottingham Forest
  • 69'Missed penalty · Brian HowardReading
  • 88'Yellow card · Paul AndersonNottingham Forest
  • 90'Yellow card · Matthew MillsReading
  • 90'Goal · Jimmy KébéReading · 2-1

Head-to-head

3 meetings: Nottingham Forest 1, draws 2, Reading 0.

Team news

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

Marcus Hahnemann, Ivar Ingimarsson, Nicky Shorey, Michael Duberry, James Harper, Noel Hunt, Dave Kitson, Leroy Lita, Liam Rosenior