Reading 0-0 Blackburn Rovers: result and report

Premier League · Saturday 29 March 2008

Result

Reading 0-0 Blackburn Rovers

Premier League · Saturday 29 March 2008, 15:00 UTC · half-time 0-0

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Reading 0-0 Blackburn Rovers: match report

Reading drew with Blackburn Rovers 0-0 in the Premier League on Saturday 29 March 2008. The half-time score was 0-0.

Neither side found the net.

Discipline: Reading received 3 yellow cards and 1 red card; Blackburn Rovers received 5 yellow cards.

Going into the game Reading were 15th on 31 points from 31 and Blackburn Rovers 8th on 49 points from 31. Reading went on to finish that season 18th with 36 points, and Blackburn Rovers 7th with 58.

Reading lined up in a 4-4-2 and Blackburn Rovers in a 4-4-2.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Reading wins, 1 draw and 2 for Blackburn Rovers.

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 39'Yellow card · Marcus HahnemannReading
  • 39'Yellow card · Ryan NelsenBlackburn Rovers
  • 50'Yellow card · Stephen WarnockBlackburn Rovers
  • 52'Yellow card · Jason RobertsBlackburn Rovers
  • 58'Yellow card · Steven ReidBlackburn Rovers
  • 61'Yellow card · Marek MatejovskyReading
  • 73'Second yellow · Marek MatejovskyReading
  • 78'Yellow card · Nicky ShoreyReading
  • 90+1'Yellow card · Zurab KhizanishviliBlackburn Rovers

Head-to-head

3 meetings: Reading 0, draws 1, Blackburn Rovers 2.

Team news

Reading line-up (4-4-2)

Marcus Hahnemann, Nicky Shorey, Ivar Ingimarsson, Andre Bikey, Noel Hunt, John Oster, James Harper, M. Matějovský, Kevin Doyle, Dave Kitson, Liam Rosenior

Blackburn Rovers line-up (4-4-2)

Andre Ooijer, Stephen Warnock, Zurab Khizanishvili, Steven Reid, Daniel Bentley, Morten Gamst Pedersen, Roque Santa Cruz, Jason Roberts, Brad Friedel, Ryan Nelsen, David Dunn