Reading 1-0 Blackburn Rovers: result and report

Championship · Saturday 19 March 2022

Result

Reading 1-0 Blackburn Rovers

Championship · Saturday 19 March 2022, 15:00 UTC · half-time 0-0

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Reading 1-0 Blackburn Rovers: match report

Reading won against Blackburn Rovers 1-0 in the Championship on Saturday 19 March 2022. The half-time score was 0-0.

The only goal came from Josh Laurent of Reading in the 78th minute.

Discipline: Reading received 1 yellow card; Blackburn Rovers received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Reading were 22nd on 36 points from 37 and Blackburn Rovers 5th on 61 points from 38. Reading went on to finish that season 22nd with 47 points, and Blackburn Rovers 8th with 69.

Reading lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Blackburn Rovers in a 3-4-1-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Ørjan Nyland of Reading (8.4), ahead of Thomas Kaminski (8.2).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 5 Reading wins, 1 draw and 4 for Blackburn Rovers.

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

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 15'Yellow card · A. YiadomReading
  • 49'Yellow card · J. BuckleyBlackburn Rovers
  • 78'Goal · Josh LaurentReading · 1-0
  • 90+4'Yellow card · S. WhartonBlackburn Rovers

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Reading 5, draws 1, Blackburn Rovers 4.

Team news

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

Ørjan Nyland, Andy Yiadom, Michael Morrison, Tom Holmes, Tom McIntyre, Andrew Farai Rinomhota, Danny Drinkwater, Tom Ince, Josh Laurent, Ovie Ejaria, Lucas João

Blackburn Rovers line-up (3-4-1-2)

Thomas Kaminski, Darragh Lenihan, Jan Paul van Hecke, Scott Wharton, Reda Khadra, Lewis Travis, Joe Rothwell, Ryan Giles, John Buckley, Sam Gallagher, Tyrhys Dolan