Reading 1-0 Nottingham Forest: result and report

Championship · Tuesday 17 April 2012

Result

Reading 1-0 Nottingham Forest

Championship · Tuesday 17 April 2012, 19:00 UTC · half-time 0-0

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Reading 1-0 Nottingham Forest: match report

Reading won against Nottingham Forest 1-0 in the Championship on Tuesday 17 April 2012. It was 0-0 at half-time.

The only goal came from M. Leigertwood of Reading in the 81st minute.

Discipline: Reading received 1 yellow card; Nottingham Forest received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Reading were 2nd on 85 points from 43 and Nottingham Forest 20th on 47 points from 43. Reading went on to finish that season 2nd with 89 points, and Nottingham Forest 20th with 50.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Reading win, 3 draws and 3 for Nottingham Forest.

Going into the match Reading's last five read W-W-W-W-W and Nottingham Forest's D-W-L-W-D.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 61'Yellow card · J. LynchNottingham Forest
  • 74'Yellow card · Jimmy KébéReading
  • 76'Yellow card · Scott WoottonNottingham Forest
  • 81'Goal · M. LeigertwoodReading · 1-0

Head-to-head

7 meetings: Reading 1, draws 3, Nottingham Forest 3.

Team news

Reading line-up

Adam Federici, Alex Pearce, Kaspars Gorkss, Ian Harte, Shaun Cummings, Mikele Leigertwood, Jobi McAnuff, Jimmy Kébé, Jason Roberts, Noel Hunt, Hayden Mullins

Nottingham Forest line-up

Scott Wootton, Luke Chambers, Chris Gunter, George Elokobi, Joel Lynch, Paul Anderson, Lewis McGugan, Adlène Guédioura, Radoslaw Majewski, Dexter Blackstock, Lee Camp