match

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Referee : T. Harrington

0-0

Half time

1X2
54% 28% 24%
Blackburn Rovers 4-3-3
Reading 4-3-3

Highlights

Match Timeline

36'
G. PuÅŸcaÅŸ- sub ->F. Azeez
J. Buckley- Yellow
38'
Jan Paul van Hecke- sub ->D. Ayala
39'
56'
John Swift- Yellow
Ian Poveda- sub ->R. Nyambe
61'
Sam Gallagher(goal)
62'
T. Dolan(goal)S. Gallagher
64'
Jan Paul van Hecke- Yellow
72'
Ian Poveda- Yellow
79'
84'
Jahmari Clarke- sub ->O. Ejaria
Bradley Johnson- sub ->J. Rothwell
87'
Bradley Johnson- Yellow
90'
90'
Danny Drinkwater- Yellow

Commentary

68'
Fouled by Sam Gallagher - Blackburn Rovers

63'
Fouled by Danny Drinkwater - Reading

58'
Ben Brereton - Blackburn Rovers - won a free kick in defence.

51'
Ovie Ejaria - Reading - won a free kick on the left wing.

48'
Lewis Travis - Blackburn Rovers - won a free kick in defence.
  
Fouled by John Swift - Reading

45'
Fouled by Andy Yiadom - Reading
  
Ben Brereton - Blackburn Rovers - won a free kick in defence.
  
John Buckley - Blackburn Rovers - won a free kick in defence.
  
Fouled by Andy Yiadom - Reading

31'
Fouled by Sam Gallagher - Blackburn Rovers

20'
Fouled by Sam Gallagher - Blackburn Rovers

12'
Fouled by Danny Drinkwater - Reading

9'
Fouled by Josh Laurent - Reading

8'
John Buckley - Blackburn Rovers - won a free kick in defence.
  
Fouled by John Swift - Reading

4'
Fouled by Sam Gallagher - Blackburn Rovers

90'
Second Half ended - Blackburn Rovers 2, Reading 0.
  
Fouled by Danny Drinkwater - Reading
  
Lewis Travis - Blackburn Rovers - won a free kick in defence.
  
Danny Drinkwater - Reading - receive yellow card for a foul.
  
Corner - Blackburn Rovers. Conceded by Luke Southwood.
  
Baba Rahman - Reading - won a free kick in defence.
  
Fouled by Bradley Johnson - Blackburn Rovers
  
Bradley Johnson - Blackburn Rovers - receive yellow card for a foul.
  
New attacking attempt. Scott Dann - Reading - shot with the head from the centre of the box is saved by goalkeeper in the centre of the goal. Assist - Baba Rahman with a cross.
  
New attacking attempt. Tyrhys Dolan - Blackburn Rovers - shot with right foot from outside the box is saved in the right corner. Assist - Bradley Johnson.

87'
Substitution - Blackburn Rovers. Bradley Johnson for Joe Rothwell.

85'
Missed chance. Jan Paul van Hecke - Blackburn Rovers - shot with right foot from the centre of the box missed to the left. Assist - Ben Brereton with a head following a fast break.

81'
Shot blocked. Ian Poveda-Ocampo - Blackburn Rovers - shot with right foot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assist - Tyrhys Dolan.

84'
Substitution - Reading. Jahmari Clarke for Ovie Ejaria.

79'
Danny Drinkwater - Reading - won a free kick on the right wing.
  
Fouled by Ian Poveda-Ocampo - Blackburn Rovers
  
Ian Poveda-Ocampo - Blackburn Rovers - receive yellow card for a foul.

81'
Hand ball by Andy Yiadom - Reading

79'
Shot blocked. John Swift - Reading - shot with right foot from outside the box is blocked. Assist - Ovie Ejaria.

75'
Josh Laurent - Reading - won a free kick on the left wing.

77'
Shot blocked. John Swift - Reading - shot with right foot from outside the box is blocked. Assist - Andy Yiadom.

75'
Fouled by Sam Gallagher - Blackburn Rovers

72'
Jan Paul van Hecke - Blackburn Rovers - receive yellow card for a foul.

73'
Shot blocked. Danny Drinkwater - Reading - shot with right foot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assist - John Swift.

72'
George Puscas - Reading - won a free kick on the right wing.

69'
Corner - Reading. Conceded by Lewis Travis.

72'
Fouled by Jan Paul van Hecke - Blackburn Rovers

68'
Ovie Ejaria - Reading - won a free kick on the left wing.

67'
Darragh Lenihan - Blackburn Rovers - won a free kick in defence.
  
Fouled by George Puscas - Reading

63'
Ben Brereton - Blackburn Rovers - won a free kick in defence.

64'
Goal! Blackburn Rovers 2, Reading 0. Tyrhys Dolan - Blackburn Rovers - shot with right foot from outside the box to the right corner. Assist - Sam Gallagher.

61'
Substitution - Blackburn Rovers. Ian Poveda-Ocampo for Ryan Nyambe - injury.
  
Joe Rothwell - Blackburn Rovers - hits the left post with a shot with left foot from the centre of the box. Assist - Ian Poveda-Ocampo.
  
Goal! Blackburn Rovers 1, Reading 0. Sam Gallagher - Blackburn Rovers - shot with right foot from few metres to the right corner.

58'
Fouled by Andy Yiadom - Reading

55'
New attacking attempt. Sam Gallagher - Blackburn Rovers - shot with right foot from the left side of the box is saved by goalkeeper in the centre of the goal. Assist - Jan Paul van Hecke.

56'
Fouled by John Swift - Reading
  
John Buckley - Blackburn Rovers - won a free kick in defence.
  
John Swift - Reading - receive yellow card for a foul.

50'
Missed chance. Sam Gallagher - Blackburn Rovers - shot with right foot from the centre of the box goes high. Assist - Joe Rothwell after corner.

51'
Fouled by Ryan Nyambe - Blackburn Rovers

49'
Corner - Blackburn Rovers. Conceded by Scott Dann.

45'
Second Half starts Blackburn Rovers 0, Reading 0.
  
First Half ended - Blackburn Rovers 0, Reading 0.
  
Fouled by Joe Rothwell - Blackburn Rovers
  
Tom Dele-Bashiru - Reading - won a free kick on the left wing.

44'
Missed chance. Sam Gallagher - Blackburn Rovers - shot with right foot from outside the box is close, but misses the top right corner. Assist - Ryan Nyambe.

39'
Substitution - Blackburn Rovers. Jan Paul van Hecke for Daniel Ayala - injury.
  
Shot blocked. John Swift - Reading - shot with right foot from outside the box is blocked.

40'
Offside - Reading. Josh Laurent with a pass, however Ovie Ejaria is in offside.

38'
Danny Drinkwater - Reading - won a free kick in attack.
  
Fouled by John Buckley - Blackburn Rovers
  
John Buckley - Blackburn Rovers - receive yellow card for a foul.

36'
Substitution - Reading. George Puscas for Femi Azeez - injury.

32'
Sam Gallagher - Blackburn Rovers - hits the right post with a shot with right foot from the centre of the box. Assist - Joe Rothwell following a fast break.

31'
Tom Dele-Bashiru - Reading - won a free kick in defence.

24'
New attacking attempt. Andy Yiadom - Reading - shot with the head from the centre of the box is saved in the top centre of the goal. Assist - Ovie Ejaria with a cross.

23'
Missed chance. Josh Laurent - Reading - shot with right foot from outside the box goes high.

22'
Fouled by Femi Azeez - Reading
  
Tayo Edun - Blackburn Rovers - won a free kick in defence.

20'
Josh Laurent - Reading - won a free kick in defence.

18'
Missed chance. Baba Rahman - Reading - shot with left foot from the left side of the box is very close to the goal.

14'
Shot blocked. John Buckley - Blackburn Rovers - shot with right foot from outside the box is blocked. Assist - Joe Rothwell.

15'
Fouled by Josh Laurent - Reading
  
Tyrhys Dolan - Blackburn Rovers - won a free kick in attack.

16'
New attacking attempt. Daniel Ayala - Blackburn Rovers - shot with the head from the centre of the box is saved in the top centre of the goal. Assist - Joe Rothwell.

10'
Shot blocked. Ovie Ejaria - Reading - shot with right foot from outside the box is blocked. Assist - Femi Azeez.

12'
Sam Gallagher - Blackburn Rovers - won a free kick in attack.

9'
John Buckley - Blackburn Rovers - won a free kick in attack.

6'
Missed chance. Femi Azeez - Reading - shot with left foot from outside the box goes high. Assist - Tom Dele-Bashiru.

5'
Shot blocked. John Swift - Reading - shot with right foot from a diffucult position and long distance on the left is blocked. Assist - Ovie Ejaria.
  
Shot blocked. Josh Laurent - Reading - shot with left foot from the left side of the box is blocked.
  
Corner - Reading. Conceded by Ryan Nyambe.

4'
Andy Yiadom - Reading - won a free kick in defence.
Reading
G
Luke Southwood 22.England
6.9
D
Scott Dann 24.England
6.6
D
Liam Moore 6.Jamaica
6.3
D
A. Yiadom 17.Ghana
6.9
D
7.4
M
D. Drinkwater 15.England
6.3
90'
M
Josh Laurent 28.England
6.3
M
Ovie Ejaria 14.England
6.5
84'
F
John Swift 10.England
6.6
56'
F
T. Dele-Bashiru 19.Nigeria
6.9
F
O. Azeez 30.England
6.9
36'
Substitutes
G
Rafael Cabral 33.Brazil
D
Tom Holmes 3.England
D
T. Ashcroft 48.England
M
C. Osorio 36.England
F
G. PuÅŸcaÅŸ 47.Romania
6.2
36'
F
Jahmari Clarke 39.Jamaica
6.2
84'
F
Mamadi Camará 32.Guinea-Bissau
Blackburn Rovers
G
Thomas Kaminski 1.Belgium
7.6
D
Daniel Ayala 5.Spain
6.9
39'
D
Darragh Lenihan  26.Republic of Ireland
8.0
D
Tayo Edun 20.England
7.0
D
Ryan Nyambe  2.Namibia
6.7
61'
M
Lewis Travis 27.England
7.2
M
Joe Rothwell 8.England
7.6
87'
M
J. Buckley 21.England
8.1
38'
F
T. Dolan 10.England
8.3
Goals64'
F
Sam Gallagher 9.England
8.4
Goals62'
F
Ben Brereton 22.Chile
7.1
Substitutes
G
A. Pears 13.England
D
Jan Paul van Hecke 25.Netherlands
6.8
39' 72'
M
Reda Khadra 7.Germany
M
Leighton Clarkson 19.England
M
Bradley Johnson 4.England
87' 90'
F
Ian Poveda 30.England
6.6
61' 79'
F
Daniel Butterworth 14.England
  • ! 38 Ball Possession 62
Shots
  • 11 Total 14
  • 5 On Target 2
  • 6 Off Target 12
  • 0 Penalties 0
  • 2 corners 2
Fouls
  • 11 Total 14
  • 4 Yellow Cards 2
  • 0 Double Yellow 0
  • 0 Red Card 0

Standings

Team
Pts
Pl
Last 5
90
46
  • W
  • D
  • L
  • W
  • L
88
46
  • D
  • D
  • W
  • W
  • W
82
46
  • W
  • W
  • D
  • W
  • L
80
46
  • L
  • D
  • W
  • W
  • W
75
46
  • W
  • W
  • W
  • L
  • L
75
46
  • D
  • L
  • W
  • D
  • L
70
46
  • L
  • D
  • W
  • W
  • L
69
46
  • L
  • L
  • W
  • L
  • W
69
46
  • D
  • W
  • D
  • W
  • L
67
46
  • W
  • L
  • D
  • W
  • W
66
46
  • D
  • W
  • L
  • L
  • W
64
46
  • W
  • L
  • D
  • L
  • D
64
46
  • D
  • L
  • L
  • W
  • W
62
46
  • L
  • W
  • W
  • L
  • D
61
46
  • D
  • D
  • D
  • L
  • L
60
46
  • W
  • D
  • W
  • L
  • L
55
46
  • W
  • D
  • W
  • W
  • L
53
46
  • L
  • L
  • L
  • D
  • W
51
46
  • W
  • L
  • W
  • L
  • D
47
46
  • L
  • L
  • D
  • D
  • L
41
46
  • W
  • D
  • L
  • L
  • L
37
46
  • W
  • W
  • L
  • L
  • W
34
46
  • W
  • L
  • L
  • W
  • L
30
46
  • L
  • L
  • L
  • L
  • L