Reading 2-1 Blackburn Rovers: result and report

Reading 2-1 Blackburn Rovers

Championship · Wednesday 13 February 2019, 20:00 UTC · half-time 1-0

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Reading defeated Blackburn Rovers 2-1 in the Championship on Wednesday 13 February 2019. The half-time score was 1-0.

John Swift opened the scoring in the 45th minute. Reading's goals came from John Swift (45+1') and Nélson Oliveira (86'). Blackburn Rovers scored through Amari'i Bell (82').

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

Going into the game Reading were 22nd on 26 points from 31 and Blackburn Rovers 14th on 43 points from 31. Reading went on to finish that season 20th with 47 points, and Blackburn Rovers 16th with 60.

Reading lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Blackburn Rovers in a 4-3-3. The highest match rating in our data went to John Swift of Reading (9.0), ahead of Nélson Oliveira (7.5).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Reading wins, 4 draws and 3 for Blackburn Rovers.

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