Reading 1-1 Bristol Rovers: result and report
League One · Tuesday 7 November 2023
Result
Reading 1-1 Bristol Rovers
League One · Tuesday 7 November 2023, 20:00 UTC · half-time 1-0
Reading 1-1 Bristol Rovers: match report
Reading drew with Bristol Rovers 1-1 in the League One on Tuesday 7 November 2023. The half-time score was 1-0.
Sam Smith opened the scoring in the 40th minute. Reading's goal came from Sam Smith (40'). Bristol Rovers scored through Chris Martin (57').
Discipline: Reading received 3 yellow cards; Bristol Rovers received 2 yellow cards.
Going into the game Reading were 23rd on 10 points from 14 and Bristol Rovers 16th on 19 points from 14. Reading went on to finish that season 15th with 59 points, and Bristol Rovers 16th with 57.
Reading lined up in a 4-3-3 and Bristol Rovers in a 4-4-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Sam Smith of Reading (7.8), ahead of Matthew Cox (7.7).
Going into the match Reading's last five read L-L-L-L-L and Bristol Rovers's W-D-L-L-W.
Key events
- 24'Yellow card · Charlie Savage
- 25'Yellow card · Andrew Mangan
- 40'Goal · Sam Smith
- 49'Yellow card · Sam Hutchinson
- 57'Goal · Chris Martin
- 82'Yellow card · Sam Finley
- 87'Yellow card · Michael Craig
Team news
Reading line-up (4-3-3)
David Button, Andy Yiadom, Tyler Bindon, Nelson Abbey, Jeriel Dorsett, Lewis Wing, Sam Hutchinson, Charlie Savage, Femi Azeez, Sam Smith, Harvey Knibbs
Bristol Rovers line-up (4-4-2)
Matthew Cox, Joshua Grant, Connor Taylor, James Wilson, George Friend, Luke Thomas, Sam Finley, Ryan Woods, Aaron Collins, Chris Martin, Jevani Brown