Reading 3-1 Nottingham Forest: result and report
Championship · Tuesday 31 October 2017
Result
Reading 3-1 Nottingham Forest
Championship · Tuesday 31 October 2017, 20:00 UTC · half-time 1-0
Reading 3-1 Nottingham Forest: match report
Reading defeated Nottingham Forest 3-1 in the Championship on Tuesday 31 October 2017. The half-time score was 1-0.
John Swift opened the scoring in the 13th minute. Reading's goals came from John Swift (13'), John Swift (70') and Sone Aluko (78'). Nottingham Forest scored through Ben Osborn (86').
Discipline: Reading received no yellow cards; Nottingham Forest received 1 yellow card.
Going into the game Reading were 20th on 12 points from 13 and Nottingham Forest 13th on 21 points from 14. Reading went on to finish that season 20th with 44 points, and Nottingham Forest 17th with 53.
Reading lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Nottingham Forest in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to John Swift of Reading (8.7), ahead of Ben Osborn (8.3).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 4 Reading wins, 1 draw and 5 for Nottingham Forest.
Key events
- 9'Yellow card · Eric Lichaj
- 13'Goal · John Swift
- 70'Goal · John Swift
- 78'Goal · Sone Aluko
- 86'Goal · Ben Osborn
Head-to-head
Team news
Reading line-up (4-2-3-1)
Vito Mannone, Chris Gunter, Paul McShane, Liam Moore, Leandro Bacuna, Joey van den Berg, John Swift, Sone Aluko, Dave Edwards, Modou Barrow, Sam Smith
Nottingham Forest line-up (4-2-3-1)
Jordan Smith, Eric Lichaj, Michael Mancienne, Tendayi Darikwa, Joe Worrall, Liam Bridcutt, Barrie McKay, Ben Osborn, Kieran Dowell, David Vaughan, Jason Cummings