English League Championship

FT Sunday, December 20, 2015
Blackburn Rovers WDWWD 0
–
Reading WLLLL 1
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Match Report

Brian McDermott off to winning start in second spell at Reading

Brian McDermott off to winning start in second spell at Reading

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Team Stats

12
Fouls
8
4
Yellow Cards
1
0
Red Cards
0
5
Offsides
2
1
Corner Kicks
6
6
Saves
3
50.9
Possession
49.1
7
SHOTS
13
3
ON GOAL
7
0.4
On Target %
0.5
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
279
Accurate Passes
282
411
Passes
398
0.7
Pass Completion %
0.7
3
Accurate Crosses
1
18
Crosses
18
0.2
Cross %
0.1
95
Long Balls
77
40
Accurate Long Balls
24
0.4
Long Balls %
0.3
0
Blocked Shots
4
7
Effective Tackles
8
9
Tackles
14
0.8
Tackle %
0.6
0
Interceptions
0
16
Effective Clearances
10
21
Clearances
20

Head to Head

BLK leads series 2-0-3

Lineups

REA · 4-2-3-1

  1. 1Jonathan BondG
  2. 8Michael HectorCD-L
  3. 5Paul McShaneCD-R
  4. 21Stephen QuinnLB
  5. 2Chris GunterRB
  6. 7Matej VydraAM
  7. 23Daniel WilliamsLM
  8. 6Oliver NorwoodRM
  9. 9Hal Robson-KanuF
  10. 12Garath McClearyAM-L
  11. 22Nick BlackmanAM-R

Substitutes

  1. 20Ola JohnSUB
  2. 26Ali Al-HabsiSUB
  3. 35Jake CooperSUB
  4. 34Niall KeownSUB
  5. 17Lucas PiazonSUB
  6. 19Álex FernándezSUB
  7. 10Orlando SáSUB

BLK · 4-4-2

  1. 30Jason SteeleG
  2. 5Grant HanleyCD-L
  3. 22Shane DuffyCD-R
  4. 14Marcus OlssonLB
  5. 2Adam HenleyRB
  6. 23Danny GuthrieCM-L
  7. 21Hope AkpanCM-R
  8. 10Ben MarshallLM
  9. 32Craig ConwayRM
  10. 11Jordan RhodesCF-L
  11. 8Bengali-Fodé KoitaCF-R

Substitutes

  1. 4Matthew KilgallonSUB
  2. 9Chris BrownSUB
  3. 13Simon EastwoodSUB
  4. 19Chris TaylorSUB
  5. 16Tom LawrenceSUB
  6. 3Thomas SpurrSUB
  7. 17Lee WilliamsonSUB

Timeline

  1. 11' Goal! Reading 1, Blackburn Rovers 0. Danny Williams (Reading) right footed shot from a difficult angle and long range on the right to the top left corner. Assisted by Hal Robson-Kanu with a headed pass.
  2. 15' Hope Akpan (Blackburn Rovers) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  3. 16' Shane Duffy (Blackburn Rovers) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  4. 45' Substitution, Reading. Lucas Piazon replaces Matej Vydra.
  5. 69' Substitution, Reading. Ola John replaces Garath McCleary.
  6. 69' Substitution, Blackburn Rovers. Tom Lawrence replaces Ben Marshall.
  7. 70' Substitution, Blackburn Rovers. Lee Williamson replaces Danny Guthrie.
  8. 82' Adam Henley (Blackburn Rovers) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  9. 85' Substitution, Blackburn Rovers. Chris Brown replaces Craig Conway.
  10. 86' Hal Robson-Kanu (Reading) is shown the yellow card.
  11. 88' Grant Hanley (Blackburn Rovers) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

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