Reading 1-0 Blackburn Rovers: result and report

Championship · Sunday 20 December 2015

Result

Reading 1-0 Blackburn Rovers

Championship · Sunday 20 December 2015, 15:00 UTC · half-time 1-0

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Reading 1-0 Blackburn Rovers: match report

Reading defeated Blackburn Rovers 1-0 in the Championship on Sunday 20 December 2015. It was 1-0 at half-time.

The only goal came from Danny Williams of Reading in the 11th minute.

Discipline: Reading received 1 yellow card; Blackburn Rovers received 4 yellow cards.

Going into the game Reading were 14th on 27 points from 21 and Blackburn Rovers 12th on 28 points from 21. Reading went on to finish that season 17th with 52 points, and Blackburn Rovers 15th with 55.

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, 4 draws and 4 for Blackburn Rovers.

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

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 11'Goal · Danny WilliamsReading · 1-0
  • 15'Yellow card · Hope AkpanBlackburn Rovers
  • 16'Yellow card · Shane DuffyBlackburn Rovers
  • 82'Yellow card · A. HenleyBlackburn Rovers
  • 86'Yellow card · H. Robson-KanuReading
  • 88'Yellow card · Grant HanleyBlackburn Rovers

Head-to-head

8 meetings: Reading 0, draws 4, Blackburn Rovers 4.

Team news

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

Alex Simon McCarthy, Chris Gunter, Sean Morrison, Stephen Kelly, Alex Pearce, Jordan Obita, Jem Karacan, Hal Robson-Kanu, Garath McCleary

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

Grant Hanley, Shane Duffy, Tommy Spurr, Jason Lowe, Ben Marshall, Josef Dvornik, Tom Cairney, Ryan Tunnicliffe, J. Rhodes, Craig Conway, Rudy Gestede