Rotherham United 0-1 Reading: result and report
Championship · Saturday 22 October 2016
Result
Rotherham United 0-1 Reading
Championship · Saturday 22 October 2016, 14:00 UTC · half-time 0-0
Rotherham United 0-1 Reading: match report
Rotherham United lost to Reading 0-1 in the Championship on Saturday 22 October 2016. The half-time score was 0-0.
The only goal came from P. McShane of Reading in the 86th minute.
Discipline: Rotherham United received 2 yellow cards; Reading received 2 yellow cards.
Going into the game Rotherham United were 24th on 6 points from 13 and Reading 9th on 19 points from 13. Rotherham United went on to finish that season 24th with 23 points, and Reading 3rd with 90.
Rotherham United lined up in a 4-4-2 and Reading in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Ali Al-Habsi of Reading (9.0), ahead of Joey van den Berg (8.6).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Rotherham United win, 1 draw and 2 for Reading.
Going into the match Rotherham United's last five read L-L-L-L-L and Reading's L-D-D-L-W.
Key events
- 52'Yellow card · Dexter Blackstock
- 52'Yellow card · Chris Gunter
- 60'Missed penalty · Garath McCleary
- 69'Yellow card · Greg Halford
- 86'Goal · P. McShane
- 89'Yellow card · John Swift
Head-to-head
Team news
Rotherham United line-up (4-4-2)
Lee Camp, Darnell Fisher, Dael Fry, Richard Wood, Joe Mattock, Jon Taylor, Greg Halford, Lee Frecklington, Joe Newell, Daniel Ward, Dexter Blackstock
Reading line-up (4-2-3-1)
Ali Al-Habsi, Chris Gunter, Liam Moore, Joey van den Berg, Jordan Obita, Liam Kelly, Danny Williams, Garath McCleary, John Swift, Roy Beerens, Yann Kermorgant