Nottingham Forest 3-2 Reading: result and report

Championship · Saturday 22 April 2017

Result

Nottingham Forest 3-2 Reading

Championship · Saturday 22 April 2017, 14:00 UTC · half-time 1-0

Nottingham Forest · Reading · Championship predictions

Nottingham Forest 3-2 Reading: match report

Nottingham Forest won against Reading 3-2 in the Championship on Saturday 22 April 2017. It was 1-0 at half-time.

Britt Assombalonga opened the scoring in the 31st minute. Nottingham Forest's goals came from Britt Assombalonga (31'), Britt Assombalonga (47') and Mustapha Carayol (54'). Reading scored through Yann Kermorgant (58') and Yann Kermorgant (74').

Discipline: Nottingham Forest received 3 yellow cards; Reading received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Nottingham Forest were 21st on 45 points from 43 and Reading 3rd on 79 points from 43. Nottingham Forest went on to finish that season 21st with 51 points, and Reading 3rd with 90.

Nottingham Forest lined up in a 4-1-4-1 and Reading in a 3-4-1-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Yann Kermorgant of Reading (9.1), ahead of Britt Assombalonga (8.6).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 4 Nottingham Forest wins, 1 draw and 5 for Reading.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 12'Yellow card · D. VaughanNottingham Forest
  • 29'Yellow card · Tyler BlackettReading
  • 31'Goal · Britt AssombalongaNottingham Forest · 1-0
  • 47'Goal · Britt AssombalongaNottingham Forest · 2-0
  • 54'Goal · Mustapha CarayolNottingham Forest · 3-0
  • 58'Goal · Yann KermorgantReading · 3-1
  • 74'Goal · Yann KermorgantReading · 3-2
  • 83'Yellow card · Chris GunterReading
  • 90+2'Yellow card · Jamie WardNottingham Forest
  • 90+2'Yellow card · Jamie WardNottingham Forest

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Nottingham Forest 4, draws 1, Reading 5.

Team news

Nottingham Forest line-up (4-1-4-1)

Jordan Smith, Eric Lichaj, Joe Worrall, Michael Mancienne, Danny Fox, David Vaughan, Ben Brereton Díaz, Chris Cohen, Ben Osborn, Mustapha Carayol, Britt Assombalonga

Reading line-up (3-4-1-2)

Ali Al-Habsi, Chris Gunter, Liam Moore, Tyler Blackett, Adrian Dumitru Popa, Liam Kelly, Danny Williams, Jordan Obita, John Swift, Yann Kermorgant, Lewis Grabban