Rotherham United 2-1 Reading: result and report
League One · Saturday 5 October 2024
Result
Rotherham United 2-1 Reading
League One · Saturday 5 October 2024, 14:00 UTC · half-time 0-1
Rotherham United 2-1 Reading: match report
Rotherham United defeated Reading 2-1 in the League One on Saturday 5 October 2024. It was 0-1 at half-time.
Lewis Wing opened the scoring in the 26th minute. Rotherham United's goals came from Sam Nombe (49') and Hakeem Odoffin (56'). Reading scored through Lewis Wing (26').
Discipline: Rotherham United received 3 yellow cards; Reading received 4 yellow cards and 1 red card.
Going into the game Rotherham United were 17th on 10 points from 9 and Reading 14th on 13 points from 8. Rotherham United went on to finish that season 13th with 59 points, and Reading 7th with 75.
Rotherham United lined up in a 4-3-3 and Reading in a 4-3-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Joe Powell of Rotherham United (7.9), ahead of Sam Nombe (7.8).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Rotherham United win, 3 draws and 6 for Reading.
Key events
- 26'Goal · Lewis Wing
- 44'Yellow card · Andre Garcia
- 47'Yellow card · Kelvin Ehibhatiomhan
- 49'Goal · Sam Nombe
- 56'Goal · Hakeem Odoffin
- 57'Yellow card · Sam Smith
- 60'Yellow card · Reece James
- 69'Second yellow · Kelvin Ehibhatiomhan
- 77'Yellow card · Cameron Dawson
- 83'Yellow card · Michael Craig
- 90+2'Yellow card · Sam Nombe
Head-to-head
Team news
Rotherham United line-up (4-3-3)
Cameron Dawson, Joe Rafferty, Cameron Humphreys, Jamie McCart, Reece James, Hakeem Odoffin, Christ Tiéhi, Joe Powell, Mallik Wilks, Jonson Clarke-Harris, Sam Nombe
Reading line-up (4-3-3)
David Button, Michael Craig, Amadou Mbengue, Tyler Bindon, Kelvin Abrefa, Ben Elliott, Lewis Wing, Harvey Knibbs, Chem Campbell, Sam Smith, Kelvin Ehibhatiomhan