Reading 1-0 Bristol Rovers: result and report
League One · Saturday 26 October 2024
Result
Reading 1-0 Bristol Rovers
League One · Saturday 26 October 2024, 11:30 UTC · half-time 0-0
Reading 1-0 Bristol Rovers: match report
Reading defeated Bristol Rovers 1-0 in the League One on Saturday 26 October 2024. The half-time score was 0-0.
The only goal came from Sam Smith of Reading in the 66th minute.
Discipline: Reading received 1 yellow card; Bristol Rovers received 5 yellow cards and 1 red card.
Going into the game Reading were 7th on 19 points from 11 and Bristol Rovers 15th on 16 points from 12. Reading went on to finish that season 7th with 75 points, and Bristol Rovers 22nd with 43.
Reading lined up in a 4-3-3 and Bristol Rovers in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Josh Griffiths of Bristol Rovers (8.3), ahead of Ben Elliott (7.9).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Reading win, 1 draw and 0 for Bristol Rovers.
Going into the match Reading's last five read W-W-L-W-W and Bristol Rovers's W-L-W-W-L.
Key events
- 21'Yellow card · Promise Omochere
- 32'Yellow card · Shaq Forde
- 55'Red card · Shaq Forde
- 66'Goal · Sam Smith
- 74'Yellow card · Tyler Bindon
- 88'Yellow card · Jack Hunt
- 90+1'Yellow card · Taylor Moore
- 90+2'Yellow card
Head-to-head
Team news
Reading line-up (4-3-3)
Joel Pereira, Michael Craig, Amadou Mbengue, Tyler Bindon, Andre Garcia, Ben Elliott, Lewis Wing, Harvey Knibbs, Mamadi Camará, Sam Smith, Kelvin Ehibhatiomhan
Bristol Rovers line-up (4-2-3-1)
Josh Griffiths, Taylor Moore, Connor Taylor, James Wilson, Clinton Mola, Grant Ward, Kamil Conteh, Shaq Forde, Ruel Sotiriou, Scott Sinclair, Promise Omochere