Nottingham Forest 4-0 Reading: result and report
Championship · Saturday 23 August 2014
Result
Nottingham Forest 4-0 Reading
Championship · Saturday 23 August 2014, 14:00 UTC · half-time 1-0
Nottingham Forest 4-0 Reading: match report
Nottingham Forest beat Reading 4-0 in the Championship on Saturday 23 August 2014. The half-time score was 1-0.
Michail Antonio opened the scoring in the 17th minute. Nottingham Forest's goals came from Michail Antonio (17'), Michail Antonio (47'), Matt Fryatt (53') and Britt Assombalonga (64'). Reading did not score.
Discipline: Nottingham Forest received 1 yellow card; Reading received 1 yellow card.
Going into the game Nottingham Forest were 2nd on 7 points from 3 and Reading 11th on 4 points from 3. Nottingham Forest went on to finish that season 14th with 59 points, and Reading 20th with 49.
Nottingham Forest lined up in a 4-4-2 and Reading in a 4-4-1-1.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Nottingham Forest wins, 4 draws and 3 for Reading.
Going into the match Nottingham Forest's last five read W-D-W and Reading's L-W-D.
Key events
- 17'Goal · Michail Antonio
- 47'Goal · Michail Antonio
- 53'Goal · Matt Fryatt
- 64'Goal · Britt Assombalonga
- 69'Yellow card · Chris Cohen
- 80'Yellow card · Nick Blackman
Head-to-head
Team news
Nottingham Forest expected line-up (4-4-2)
Karl Darlow, Jamaal Lascelles, James Freitas, Greg Halford, Jack Hobbs, Eric Lichaj, Andy Reid, Henri Lansbury, Djamel Abdoun, Jamie Mackie, Simon Cox
Reading expected line-up (4-4-1-1)
Alex Simon McCarthy, Chris Gunter, Sean Morrison, Stephen Kelly, Adrian Mariappa, Danny Guthrie, Garath McCleary, Jem Karacan, Pavel Pogrebnyak, Hal Robson-Kanu