Reading 3-1 Blackburn Rovers: result and report
Championship · Tuesday 4 April 2017
Result
Reading 3-1 Blackburn Rovers
Championship · Tuesday 4 April 2017, 19:00 UTC · half-time 2-0
Reading 3-1 Blackburn Rovers: match report
Reading won against Blackburn Rovers 3-1 in the Championship on Tuesday 4 April 2017. The half-time score was 2-0.
Yann Kermorgant opened the scoring in the 14th minute. Reading's goals came from Yann Kermorgant (14'), Yann Kermorgant (29') and Garath McCleary (78'). Blackburn Rovers scored through Elliott Bennett (77').
Discipline: Reading received 1 yellow card; Blackburn Rovers received no yellow cards.
Going into the game Reading were 3rd on 70 points from 39 and Blackburn Rovers 21st on 40 points from 39. Reading went on to finish that season 3rd with 90 points, and Blackburn Rovers 22nd with 51.
Reading lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Blackburn Rovers in a 4-4-1-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Yann Kermorgant of Reading (8.1), ahead of Garath McCleary (7.2).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Reading wins, 4 draws and 4 for Blackburn Rovers.
Key events
- 14'Goal · Yann Kermorgant
- 29'Goal · Yann Kermorgant
- 46'Yellow card · Tyler Blackett
- 77'Goal · Elliott Bennett
- 78'Goal · Garath McCleary
Head-to-head
Team news
Reading line-up (4-2-3-1)
Ali Al-Habsi, Chris Gunter, Reece Oxford, Liam Moore, Tyler Blackett, Liam Kelly, Jordon Mutch, Adrian Dumitru Popa, John Swift, Roy Beerens, Yann Kermorgant
Blackburn Rovers line-up (4-4-1-1)
Jason Steele, Ryan Nyambe, Darragh Lenihan, Charlie Mulgrew, Derrick Williams, Liam Feeney, Jason Lowe, Hope Akpan, Elliott Bennett, Sam Gallagher, Craig Conway