Reading 3-0 Derby County: result and report
Championship · Saturday 21 December 2019
Result
Reading 3-0 Derby County
Championship · Saturday 21 December 2019, 15:00 UTC · half-time 1-0
Reading 3-0 Derby County: match report
Reading beat Derby County 3-0 in the Championship on Saturday 21 December 2019. The half-time score was 1-0.
Charlie Adam opened the scoring in the 5th minute. Reading's goals came from Charlie Adam (5', penalty), Lucas João (58') and Y. Meïté (86', penalty). Derby County did not score.
Discipline: Reading received 2 yellow cards; Derby County received 8 yellow cards and 1 red card.
Going into the game Reading were 19th on 23 points from 21 and Derby County 16th on 26 points from 22. Reading went on to finish that season 15th with 56 points, and Derby County 10th with 64.
Reading lined up in a 4-4-2 and Derby County in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Lucas João of Reading (8.3), ahead of Rafael Cabral (8.1).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Reading wins, 3 draws and 5 for Derby County.
Key events
- 4'Red card · Scott Malone
- 5'Penalty goal · Charlie Adam
- 36'Yellow card · Tom Lawrence
- 55'Yellow card · Curtis Davies
- 55'Yellow card · J. Knight
- 58'Goal · Lucas João
- 60'Yellow card · Max Lowe
- 62'Yellow card · Charlie Adam
- 74'Yellow card · Duane Holmes
- 80'Yellow card · Jayden Bogle
- 82'Yellow card · Tyler Blackett
- 82'Yellow card · L. Sibley
- 86'Penalty goal · Y. Meïté
- 86'Yellow card · C. Forsyth
Head-to-head
Team news
Reading line-up (4-4-2)
Rafael Cabral, Chris Gunter, Michael Morrison, Liam Moore, Tyler Blackett, Yakou Méïté, Andrew Farai Rinomhota, Charlie Adam, Ovie Ejaria, Lucas João, Sam Baldock
Derby County line-up (4-2-3-1)
Ben Hamer, Jayden Bogle, Curtis Davies, Craig Forsyth, Scott Malone, Jason Knight, Krystian Bielik, Martyn Waghorn, Duane Holmes, Tom Lawrence, Chris Martin