Reading 1-0 Blackburn Rovers: result and report

Championship · Tuesday 2 March 2021

Result

Reading 1-0 Blackburn Rovers

Championship · Tuesday 2 March 2021, 20:00 UTC · half-time 1-0

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Reading 1-0 Blackburn Rovers: match report

Reading won against Blackburn Rovers 1-0 in the Championship on Tuesday 2 March 2021. The half-time score was 1-0.

The only goal came from George Puscas of Reading in the 24th minute.

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

Going into the game Reading were 5th on 54 points from 33 and Blackburn Rovers 15th on 40 points from 32. Reading went on to finish that season 7th with 70 points, and Blackburn Rovers 15th with 57.

Reading lined up in a 4-3-1-2 and Blackburn Rovers in a 4-3-3. The highest match rating in our data went to G. Pușcaș of Reading (8.0), ahead of Andy Yiadom (7.5).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 5 Reading wins, 2 draws and 3 for Blackburn Rovers.

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

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 17'Yellow card · Alfa SemedoReading
  • 24'Goal · George PuscasReading · 1-0
  • 52'Yellow card · Amari'i BellBlackburn Rovers
  • 58'Yellow card · Corry EvansBlackburn Rovers
  • 90+5'Yellow card · Thomas KaminskiBlackburn Rovers

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Reading 5, draws 2, Blackburn Rovers 3.

Team news

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

Rafael Cabral, Andy Yiadom, Michael Morrison, Liam Moore, Omar Richards, Alfa Semedo, Josh Laurent, Ovie Ejaria, Michael Olise, Lucas João, G. Pușcaș

Blackburn Rovers line-up (4-3-3)

Thomas Kaminski, Ryan Nyambe, Darragh Lenihan, Taylor Harwood-Bellis, Amari'i Bell, Josef Dvornik, Tom Trybull, Joe Rothwell, Harvey Elliott, Adam Armstrong, Ben Brereton Díaz