match

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Referee : G. Ward

1-0

Half time

Reading 4-3-1-2
Blackburn Rovers 4-3-3

Match Timeline

Alfa Semedo- Yellow
17'
G. Puşcaş(goal)L. Joao
24'
Tom Holmes- sub ->M. Morrison
33'
52'
Amari'i Bell- Yellow
58'
C. Evans- Yellow
61'
B. Dack- sub ->J. Rothwell
Tom McIntyre- sub ->L. Joao
69'
61'
B. Dack- sub ->Joe Rothwell
69'
T. Dolan- sub ->Harvey Elliott
Tom McIntyre- sub ->Lucas João
69'
Tomás Esteves- sub ->Michael Olise
84'
84'
J. Buckley- sub ->Tom Trybull
84'
Barry Douglas- sub ->Amari Bell

Commentary

90'
Thomas Kaminski - Blackburn Rovers - receive yellow card.
  
Second Half ended - Reading 1, Blackburn Rovers 0.
  
Missed chance. Adam Armstrong - Blackburn Rovers - shot with left foot from the centre of the box is close, but missed to the left. Assist - Barry Douglas with a cross.

88'
Fouled by Adam Armstrong - Blackburn Rovers
  
Thomas Holmes - Reading - won a free kick in defence.
  
Corner - Reading. Conceded by Taylor Harwood-Bellis.

87'
Missed chance. Tyrhys Dolan - Blackburn Rovers - shot with right foot from outside the box is high and wide to the left. Assist - Bradley Dack.

84'
George Puscas - Reading - won a free kick in defence.
  
Substitution - Blackburn Rovers. John Buckley for Tom Trybull.
  
Substitution - Blackburn Rovers. Barry Douglas for Amari'i Bell.
  
Substitution - Reading. Tomás Esteves for Michael Olise.

85'
Fouled by Tyrhys Dolan - Blackburn Rovers
  
Ovie Ejaria - Reading - won a free kick on the left wing.

84'
Fouled by Tom Trybull - Blackburn Rovers

80'
Missed chance. Ryan Nyambe - Blackburn Rovers - shot with right foot from the right side of the box is close, but missed.
  
New attacking attempt. Ben Brereton - Blackburn Rovers - shot with right foot from outside the box is saved by goalkeeper in the centre of the goal. Assist - Taylor Harwood-Bellis with a head.

78'
Fouled by Josh Laurent - Reading

79'
Missed chance. Darragh Lenihan - Blackburn Rovers - shot with the head from the centre of the box missed. Assist - Stewart Downing with a cross .

78'
Ben Brereton - Blackburn Rovers - won a free kick on the left wing.

75'
Hand ball by Stewart Downing - Blackburn Rovers

76'
Hand ball by Thomas Kaminski - Blackburn Rovers

74'
Corner - Blackburn Rovers. Conceded by Alfa Semedo.

71'
Tom Trybull - Blackburn Rovers - won a free kick in defence.

69'
Substitution - Reading. Tom McIntyre for Lucas João.
  
Substitution - Blackburn Rovers. Tyrhys Dolan for Harvey Elliott.

66'
Missed chance. Stewart Downing - Blackburn Rovers - shot with left foot from outside the box is high and wide to the left from a free kick.

65'
Ben Brereton - Blackburn Rovers - won a free kick in attack.
  
Fouled by Thomas Holmes - Reading

64'
Shot blocked. Michael Olise - Reading - shot with left foot from outside the box is blocked. Assist - George Puscas.

61'
Substitution - Blackburn Rovers. Stewart Downing for Corry Evans.
  
Substitution - Blackburn Rovers. Bradley Dack for Joe Rothwell.

62'
Fouled by Ovie Ejaria - Reading
  
Stewart Downing - Blackburn Rovers - won a free kick on the right wing.

60'
Fouled by Ben Brereton - Blackburn Rovers
  
Liam Moore - Reading - won a free kick in defence.

58'
Fouled by Corry Evans - Blackburn Rovers
  
Ovie Ejaria - Reading - won a free kick in attack.
  
Corry Evans - Blackburn Rovers - receive yellow card for a foul.

55'
Corner - Blackburn Rovers. Conceded by Thomas Holmes.
  
Shot blocked. Adam Armstrong - Blackburn Rovers - shot with left foot from the centre of the box is blocked.

54'
Taylor Harwood-Bellis - Blackburn Rovers - won a free kick in defence.
  
Fouled by Lucas João - Reading

52'
Fouled by Amari'i Bell - Blackburn Rovers
  
Ovie Ejaria - Reading - won a free kick in defence.
  
Amari'i Bell - Blackburn Rovers - receive yellow card for a foul.

51'
Corner - Blackburn Rovers. Conceded by Omar Richards.

48'
Fouled by Darragh Lenihan - Blackburn Rovers
  
Lucas João - Reading - won a free kick on the left wing.

45'
Second Half starts Reading 1, Blackburn Rovers 0.

46'
Harvey Elliott - Blackburn Rovers - won a free kick in attack.

45'
Shot blocked. Omar Richards - Reading - shot with left foot from outside the box is blocked. Assist - Josh Laurent.
  
Adam Armstrong - Blackburn Rovers - won a free kick in defence.
  
Fouled by Liam Moore - Reading
  
First Half ended - Reading 1, Blackburn Rovers 0.
  
New attacking attempt. Michael Olise - Reading - shot with left foot from long distance on the right is saved in the right corner.

44'
Corner - Blackburn Rovers. Conceded by Liam Moore.

45'
George Puscas - Reading - won a free kick on the right wing.

42'
New attacking attempt. Ben Brereton - Blackburn Rovers - shot with right foot from outside the box is saved in the right corner. Assist - Amari'i Bell.

37'
Missed chance. Ben Brereton - Blackburn Rovers - shot with right foot from the centre of the box is close, but missed to the left.

33'
Substitution - Reading. Thomas Holmes for Michael Morrison - injury.

30'
Shot blocked. Omar Richards - Reading - shot with right foot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assist - Josh Laurent.

28'
Andy Yiadom - Reading - won a free kick in defence.

27'
Missed chance. George Puscas - Reading - shot with right foot from outside the box is close, but missed. Assist - Lucas João.

26'
Fouled by Joe Rothwell - Blackburn Rovers

24'
Goal! Reading 1, Blackburn Rovers 0. George Puscas - Reading - shot with right foot from the centre of the box to the right corner. Assist - Lucas João.

22'
Harvey Elliott - Blackburn Rovers - won a free kick in defence.

20'
Hand ball by Josh Laurent - Reading

17'
Ben Brereton - Blackburn Rovers - won a free kick in defence.
  
Fouled by Alfa Semedo - Reading
  
Alfa Semedo - Reading - receive yellow card for a foul.

18'
New attacking attempt. Alfa Semedo - Reading - shot with right foot from outside the box is saved by goalkeeper in the centre of the goal. Assist - Ovie Ejaria.

16'
Missed chance. George Puscas - Reading - shot with right foot from more than 35 yards is very close to the goal. Assist - Andy Yiadom.

13'
Shot blocked. Harvey Elliott - Blackburn Rovers - shot with right foot from outside the box is blocked.
  
Missed chance. Joe Rothwell - Blackburn Rovers - shot with right foot from outside the box missed. Assist - Amari'i Bell.

11'
Shot blocked. Corry Evans - Blackburn Rovers - shot with left foot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assist - Harvey Elliott.

5'
Fouled by Taylor Harwood-Bellis - Blackburn Rovers

3'
New attacking attempt. George Puscas - Reading - shot with the head from few metres is saved by goalkeeper in the centre of the goal. Assist - Andy Yiadom with a cross.
  
Corner - Reading. Conceded by Thomas Kaminski.
Blackburn Rovers
G
Thomas Kaminski 1.Belgium
7.0
D
Darragh Lenihan  26.Republic of Ireland
6.6
D
Amari'i Bell 17.Jamaica
6.5
84' 52'
D
Ryan Nyambe  2.Namibia
6.9
D
T. Harwood-Bellis 22.England
7.4
M
C. Evans 29.Northern Ireland
7.1
61' 58'
M
Tom Trybull 19.Germany
6.1
84'
M
Joe Rothwell 8.England
6.8
61'
F
Harvey Elliott 16.England
6.6
69'
F
Adam Armstrong 7.England
6.8
F
Ben Brereton 20.Chile
7.4
Substitutes
G
A. Pears 13.England
D
Lewis Travis 27.England
D
Barry Douglas 15.Scotland
7.0
84'
D
Jarrad Branthwaite 30.England
M
B. Dack 23.England
6.4
61'
M
T. Dolan 39.England
6.9
69'
M
J. Buckley 21.England
6.4
84'
M
Elliott Bennett 31.England
Reading
G
Rafael Cabral 33.Brazil
7.3
D
Michael Morrison 4.England
6.8
33'
D
Liam Moore 6.Jamaica
6.8
D
O. Richards 3.England
7.7
D
A. Yiadom 17.Ghana
7.7
M
Josh Laurent 28.England
7.0
M
Ovie Ejaria 14.England
6.8
M
Alfa Semedo 30.Guinea-Bissau
7.1
17'
M
Michael Olise 7.France
6.4
84'
F
G. Puşcaş 47.Romania
8.0
Goals24'
F
Lucas João 18.Angola
7.1
69'
Substitutes
G
Luke Southwood 22.England
D
Tom Holmes 29.England
6.3
33'
D
Tom McIntyre 5.Scotland
6.8
69'
D
Tomás Esteves 2.Portugal
6.6
84'
M
O. Azeez 45.England
M
Dejan Tetek 34.Serbia
F
Sam Baldock 9.England
F
Sone Aluko 24.Nigeria
F
Mamadi Camará 50.Guinea-Bissau
  • ! 32 Ball Possession 68
Shots
  • 9 Total 11
  • 5 On Target 2
  • 4 Off Target 9
  • 0 Penalties 0
  • 2 corners 5
Fouls
  • 11 Total 15
  • 1 Yellow Cards 3
  • 0 Double Yellow 0
  • 0 Red Card 0

Standings

Team
Pts
Pl
Last 5
97
46
  • L
  • L
  • W
  • W
  • D
91
46
  • L
  • W
  • W
  • L
  • W
87
46
  • W
  • W
  • L
  • W
  • W
80
46
  • W
  • L
  • W
  • D
  • L
78
46
  • W
  • L
  • D
  • L
  • D
77
46
  • L
  • L
  • L
  • W
  • L
70
46
  • D
  • D
  • D
  • L
  • D
68
46
  • D
  • D
  • W
  • W
  • D
68
46
  • W
  • W
  • L
  • W
  • W
64
46
  • L
  • W
  • W
  • D
  • L
62
46
  • D
  • L
  • L
  • W
  • L
62
46
  • D
  • W
  • D
  • D
  • L
61
46
  • D
  • W
  • W
  • W
  • W
60
46
  • D
  • L
  • D
  • L
  • W
57
46
  • W
  • L
  • W
  • D
  • W
55
46
  • W
  • W
  • L
  • D
  • W
52
46
  • L
  • D
  • D
  • D
  • L
52
46
  • W
  • D
  • W
  • L
  • L
51
46
  • D
  • L
  • L
  • L
  • L
49
46
  • W
  • L
  • L
  • D
  • D
44
46
  • L
  • L
  • L
  • L
  • D
43
46
  • D
  • W
  • L
  • W
  • W
42
46
  • L
  • L
  • D
  • D
  • D
41
46
  • D
  • W
  • L
  • D
  • D