READING. Reading was capable to reverse the scoreline against Rotherham United to win 2-1. It was Rotherham United to strike first with a goal of Lee Peltier at the 38′. Then it was a goal in the 52′ minute to make things even for 1-1. Eventually, Tyrese Fornah gave the win to Reading in the 90′ minute.

The match was played at the Select Car Leasing Stadium stadium in Reading on Tuesday and it started at 8:00 pm local time. The referee was John Busby with the assistance of Mark Pottage and Adrian Waters. The 4th official was Keith Stroud. The weather was mist. The temperature was quite cold at 3.2 degrees Celsius or 37.69 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 73%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

None of the teams was particularly dominant in terms of ball possession. Reading was in possession of the ball for 53% of the time vs. Rotherham United that controlled the ball for 47% of the time.

Attitude and shots

Rotherham United was more pushing with 65 dangerous attacks and 15 shots of which 1 were on target. Even so, Reading was able to find the solution to win this match.​

Reading shot 13 times, 3 on target, 7 off target. On the other side, Rotherham United shot 15 times, 1 on target, 12 off target.

Cards

Reading received 1 yellow card (A. Yiadom). On the opposite side, Rotherham United didn’t receive any yellow card.

Standings

Next matches

In the next match in the Championship, Reading will play away with Huddersfield Town on the 6th of May with a 7-6 head to head statistic in favor of Reading (6 draws).

Rotherham United will play away agasint Wigan Athletic on the 6th of May with a 6-3 head to head stats in favor of Wigan Athletic (3 draws).

Reading – Formation

Reading started with a 3-5-2 line-up (3-5-2).

The manager Paul Ince decided to play with the following team: Joe Lumley (6.1), Andy Yiadom (6.5), Naby Sarr (7.3), Amadou Salif Mbengue (6.5), Junior Hoilett (6.4), Thomas Ince (6.9), Tom McIntyre (6.8), Jeff Hendrick (6.4), Abdul Baba Rahman (6.2), Shane Long (6.4) and Andy Carroll (8.1).

The home team had on the bench: Cesare Casadei, Femi Azeez (7.3), Nesta Guinness-Walker (7.1), Yakou Méïté, Scott Dann, Dean Bouzanis and Tyrese Fornah (6.8).

Substitutions

Reading made 3 changes: Abdul-Rahman Baba for Nesta Guinness-Walker (41′), Junior Hoilett for Femi Azeez (46′) and Ingo Goetze for Tyrese Fornah (46′).

Best player: Andy Carroll​

The most impressive player for Reading was Andy Carroll.

His rating is (8.1) with 1 goal, 28 passes (75% accurate) and 3 key passes. He was won 17 duels out of 26. He performed 2 crosses.

Rotherham United – Formation

Rotherham United started with a conservative line-up (4-4-2).

Matthew Taylor played with: Viktor Johansson (6.2), Lee Peltier (7.2), Bailey Wright (6.6), Cameron Humphreys (6.6), Cohen Bramall (6.9), Oliver Rathbone (6.6), Hakeem Odofin (6.6), Conor Coventry (7.2), Tariqe Fosu-Henry (7.4), Jordan Hugill (6.7) and Conor Washington (6.6).

The following players were sitting on the bench: Josh Vickers, Chiedozie Ogbene (6.6), Tom Eaves, Domingos Quina, Grant Hall, Shane Ferguson (6.7), Wes Harding (6.6) and Georgie Kelly.

Rotherham United could not rely on the presence of Shane Ferguson (injured).

Substitutions

Rotherham United made 5 changes: Lee Peltier for Wes Harding (75′), Jordan Hugill for Chiedozie Ogbene (75′), Oliver Rathbone for Shane Ferguson (78′), Tariqe Fosu for Daniel Kelly (90′) and Hakeem Odoffin for Tom Eaves (90′).

Best player: Tariqe Fosu-Henry​

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Rotherham United was Tariqe Fosu-Henry.

His rating is (7.4) with 33 passes (84% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 10 duels out of 18. He performed 3 crosses.

Results of the day

These are the results of the day in the Championship.​

• Reading – Rotherham United – 2-1
• Queens Park Rangers – Sunderland – 0-3
• Norwich City – Hull City – 3-1
• Coventry City – Millwall – 1-0
• Burnley – Watford – 1-1
• Birmingham City – Cardiff City – 0-2