Reading 1-1 Nottingham Forest: result and report
Championship · Wednesday 1 January 2014
Result
Reading 1-1 Nottingham Forest
Championship · Wednesday 1 January 2014, 15:00 UTC · half-time 0-1
Reading 1-1 Nottingham Forest: match report
Reading drew with Nottingham Forest 1-1 in the Championship on Wednesday 1 January 2014. It was 0-1 at half-time.
Greg Halford opened the scoring in the 36th minute. Reading's goal came from Stephen Kelly (90+5'). Nottingham Forest scored through Greg Halford (36').
Discipline: Reading received 4 yellow cards; Nottingham Forest received 3 yellow cards.
Going into the game Reading were 9th on 34 points from 23 and Nottingham Forest 5th on 39 points from 23. Reading went on to finish that season 7th with 71 points, and Nottingham Forest 11th with 65.
Reading lined up in a 4-4-1-1 and Nottingham Forest in a 4-2-3-1.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Reading wins, 3 draws and 3 for Nottingham Forest.
Going into the match Reading's last five read L-L-L-W-L and Nottingham Forest's W-W-D-D-W.
Key events
- 36'Goal · Greg Halford
- 39'Yellow card · Danny Williams
- 53'Yellow card · Danny Guthrie
- 63'Yellow card · Adam Le Fondre
- 65'Yellow card · Jack Hobbs
- 88'Yellow card · James Freitas
- 89'Yellow card · Simon Cox
- 90'Yellow card · Pavel Pogrebnyak
- 90+5'Goal · Stephen Kelly
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
Nottingham Forest expected line-up (4-2-3-1)
Karl Darlow, Jack Hobbs, Eric Lichaj, Greg Halford, Andy Reid, Henri Lansbury, Chris Cohen, Jamie Mackie, Djamel Abdoun, Darius Henderson, Simon Cox