Nottingham Forest 3-4 Reading: result and report
Championship · Saturday 9 April 2011
Result
Nottingham Forest 3-4 Reading
Championship · Saturday 9 April 2011, 14:00 UTC · half-time 1-1
Nottingham Forest 3-4 Reading: match report
Nottingham Forest lost to Reading 3-4 in the Championship on Saturday 9 April 2011. The half-time score was 1-1.
Ian Harte opened the scoring in the 19th minute. Nottingham Forest's goals came from Kris Boyd (38', penalty), Robert Earnshaw (51') and Lewis McGugan (88', penalty). Reading scored through Ian Harte (19'), Jem Karacan (54'), Jimmy Kébé (62') and an own goal by Luke Chambers (90+1').
Discipline: Nottingham Forest received 1 yellow card; Reading received 2 yellow cards.
Going into the game Nottingham Forest were 7th on 60 points from 39 and Reading 6th on 61 points from 39. Nottingham Forest went on to finish that season 6th with 76 points, and Reading 5th with 79.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Nottingham Forest wins, 3 draws and 0 for Reading.
Going into the match Nottingham Forest's last five read L-L-D-L-L and Reading's W-W-W-W-W.
Key events
- 19'Goal · Ian Harte
- 38'Penalty goal · Kris Boyd
- 51'Goal · Robert Earnshaw
- 54'Goal · Jem Karacan
- 57'Yellow card · Robert Earnshaw
- 62'Yellow card · Jimmy Kébé
- 62'Goal · Jimmy Kébé
- 88'Penalty goal · Lewis McGugan
- 90'Yellow card · Andy Griffin
- 90+1'Own goal · Luke Chambers
Head-to-head
Team news
Nottingham Forest line-up
Luke Chambers, Wes Morgan, Chris Gunter, Joel Lynch, Lewis McGugan, Guy Moussi, Radoslaw Majewski, Robert Earnshaw, Garath McCleary, Kris Boyd, Lee Camp
Reading line-up
Alex Simon McCarthy, Andy Griffin, Zurab Khizanishvili, Ivar Ingimarsson, Ian Harte, Jem Karacan, Mikele Leigertwood, Jobi McAnuff, Jimmy Kébé, Shane Long, Mathieu Manset