Reading 3-2 Millwall: result and report
Championship · Tuesday 16 September 2014
Result
Reading 3-2 Millwall
Championship · Tuesday 16 September 2014, 19:00 UTC · half-time 2-1
Reading 3-2 Millwall: match report
Reading won against Millwall 3-2 in the Championship on Tuesday 16 September 2014. The half-time score was 2-1.
Simon Cox opened the scoring in the 6th minute. Reading's goals came from Simon Cox (6'), Nick Blackman (15', penalty) and Simon Cox (84'). Millwall scored through Ricardo Fuller (39') and Mark Beevers (54').
Discipline: Reading received no yellow cards; Millwall received 2 yellow cards.
Going into the game Reading were 11th on 10 points from 6 and Millwall 9th on 10 points from 6. Reading went on to finish that season 20th with 49 points, and Millwall 22nd with 41.
Reading lined up in a 4-4-1-1 and Millwall in a 4-4-2.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 5 Reading wins, 3 draws and 0 for Millwall.
Going into the match Reading's last five read W-W-L-L-W and Millwall's L-W-L-D-W.
Key events
- 6'Goal · Simon Cox
- 14'Yellow card · Byron Webster
- 15'Penalty goal · Nick Blackman
- 39'Goal · Ricardo Fuller
- 54'Goal · Mark Beevers
- 76'Yellow card · E. Upson
- 84'Goal · Simon Cox
Head-to-head
Team news
Reading expected line-up (4-4-1-1)
Alex Simon McCarthy, Chris Gunter, Sean Morrison, Stephen Kelly, Adrian Mariappa, Danny Guthrie, Garath McCleary, Jem Karacan, Pavel Pogrebnyak, Hal Robson-Kanu
Millwall expected line-up (4-4-2)
David Forde, Alan Dunne, Paul Robinson, Scott Malone, Mark Beevers, Martyn Woolford, Nadjim Abdou, Liam Trotter, Nicky Bailey, Martyn Waghorn, Scott McDonald