Reading 1-1 Nottingham Forest: result and report

Championship · Saturday 21 August 2010

Result

Reading 1-1 Nottingham Forest

Championship · Saturday 21 August 2010, 14:00 UTC · half-time 1-0

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Reading 1-1 Nottingham Forest: match report

Reading drew with Nottingham Forest 1-1 in the Championship on Saturday 21 August 2010. It was 1-0 at half-time.

Alex Pearce opened the scoring in the 15th minute. Reading's goal came from Alex Pearce (15'). Nottingham Forest scored through Robert Earnshaw (50').

Discipline: Reading received 2 yellow cards; Nottingham Forest received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Reading were 18th on 1 point from 2 and Nottingham Forest 19th on 1 point from 2. Reading went on to finish that season 5th with 79 points, and Nottingham Forest 6th with 76.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Reading wins, 2 draws and 2 for Nottingham Forest.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 15'Goal · Alex PearceReading · 1-0
  • 31'Yellow card · Dexter BlackstockNottingham Forest
  • 50'Goal · Robert EarnshawNottingham Forest · 1-1
  • 64'Yellow card · Brian HowardReading
  • 80'Yellow card · Ryan BertrandNottingham Forest
  • 84'Yellow card · Alex PearceReading

Head-to-head

4 meetings: Reading 0, draws 2, Nottingham Forest 2.

Team news

Reading line-up

Adam Federici, Andy Griffin, Marcus Williams, Matthew Mills, Alex Pearce, Jem Karacan, Gylfi Sigurdsson, Jobi McAnuff, Jimmy Kébé, Brian Howard, Shane Long

Nottingham Forest line-up

Ryan Bertrand, Luke Chambers, Wes Morgan, Kelvin Wilson, Paul Anderson, Chris Cohen, Guy Moussi, Radoslaw Majewski, Robert Earnshaw, Dexter Blackstock, Lee Camp