Reading 2-1 Rotherham United: result and report
Championship · Tuesday 14 February 2023
Result
Reading 2-1 Rotherham United
Championship · Tuesday 14 February 2023, 20:00 UTC · half-time 0-1
Reading 2-1 Rotherham United: match report
Reading defeated Rotherham United 2-1 in the Championship on Tuesday 14 February 2023. It was 0-1 at half-time.
Lee Peltier opened the scoring in the 37th minute. Reading's goals came from Andy Carroll (52') and Tyrese Fornah (90'). Rotherham United scored through Lee Peltier (37').
Discipline: Reading received 2 yellow cards; Rotherham United received no yellow cards.
Going into the game Reading were 18th on 38 points from 30 and Rotherham United 20th on 33 points from 30. Reading went on to finish that season 20th with 50 points, and Rotherham United 19th with 50.
Reading lined up in a 3-5-2 and Rotherham United in a 4-3-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Andy Carroll of Reading (9.0), ahead of Lee Peltier (7.7).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 5 Reading wins, 3 draws and 2 for Rotherham United.
Going into the match Reading's last five read L-D-L-D-L and Rotherham United's D-D-D-W-L.
Key events
- 37'Goal · Lee Peltier
- 52'Goal · Andy Carroll
- 60'Yellow card · A. Yiadom
- 90'Goal · Tyrese Fornah
- 90+6'Yellow card · Andy Carroll
Head-to-head
Team news
Reading line-up (3-5-2)
Joe Lumley, Andy Yiadom, Naby Sarr, Amadou Mbengue, Junior Hoilett, Tom Ince, Tom McIntyre, Jeff Hendrick, Abdul Rahman Baba, Shane Long, Andy Carroll
Rotherham United line-up (4-3-3)
Viktor Johansson, Lee Peltier, Bailey Wright, Cameron Humphreys, Cohen Bramall, Oliver Rathbone, Hakeem Odoffin, Conor Coventry, Tariqe Fosu-Henry, Jordan Hugill, Conor Washington