Reading 2-0 Nottingham Forest: result and report
Championship · Saturday 5 December 2020
Result
Reading 2-0 Nottingham Forest
Championship · Saturday 5 December 2020, 12:30 UTC · half-time 1-0
Reading 2-0 Nottingham Forest: match report
Reading won against Nottingham Forest 2-0 in the Championship on Saturday 5 December 2020. The half-time score was 1-0.
Lucas João opened the scoring in the 16th minute. Reading's goals came from Lucas João (16', penalty) and Michael Morrison (53'). Nottingham Forest did not score.
Discipline: Reading received 1 yellow card; Nottingham Forest received 1 yellow card and 1 red card.
Going into the game Reading were 4th on 27 points from 15 and Nottingham Forest 22nd on 13 points from 15. Reading went on to finish that season 7th with 70 points, and Nottingham Forest 17th with 52.
Reading lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Nottingham Forest in a 4-3-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Josh Laurent of Reading (8.3), ahead of Michael Olise (8.0).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 4 Reading wins, 3 draws and 3 for Nottingham Forest.
Key events
- 15'Red card · Ryan Yates
- 16'Penalty goal · Lucas João
- 53'Goal · Michael Morrison
- 83'Yellow card · Omar Richards
- 90+2'Yellow card · Cafú
Head-to-head
Team news
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Reading line-up (4-2-3-1)
Rafael Cabral, Tom Holmes, Michael Morrison, Liam Moore, Omar Richards, Andrew Farai Rinomhota, Josh Laurent, Yakou Méïté, Michael Olise, Ovie Ejaria, Lucas João
Nottingham Forest line-up (4-3-3)
Brice Samba, Cyrus Christie, Joe Worrall, Scott McKenna, Yuri Ribeiro, Cafú, Ryan Yates, Harry Arter, Joe Lolley, Lyle Taylor, Anthony Knockaert