English League Championship

FT Saturday, November 28, 2015
Reading LDDLW 1
–
Nottingham Forest DLLWL 3
1st2ndT
REA101
NFO213
The City Ground · 18,128 att.

Match Report

Pressure eases on Dougie Freedman as Nottingham Forest beat Reading

Pressure eases on Dougie Freedman as Nottingham Forest beat Reading

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Team Stats

13
Fouls
17
3
Yellow Cards
1
0
Red Cards
1
0
Offsides
1
9
Corner Kicks
4
2
Saves
5
55.8
Possession
44.2
20
SHOTS
12
6
ON GOAL
5
0.3
On Target %
0.4
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
329
Accurate Passes
251
424
Passes
343
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.7
5
Accurate Crosses
5
29
Crosses
15
0.2
Cross %
0.3
89
Long Balls
78
36
Accurate Long Balls
33
0.4
Long Balls %
0.4
7
Blocked Shots
4
11
Effective Tackles
15
16
Tackles
25
0.7
Tackle %
0.6
0
Interceptions
0
11
Effective Clearances
31
18
Clearances
40

Head to Head

Series tied 2-2-1

Lineups

NFO · 4-4-2

  1. 1Dorus de VriesG
  2. 25Jack HobbsCD-L
  3. 5Matthew MillsCD-R
  4. 31Daniel PinillosLB
  5. 2Eric LichajRB
  6. 10Henri LansburyCM-L
  7. 24David VaughanCM-R
  8. 38Ben OsbornLM
  9. 15Ryan MendesRM
  10. 29Chris O'GradyCF-L
  11. 17Nélson OliveiraCF-R

Substitutes

  1. 37Jorge GrantSUB
  2. 26Dimitar EvtimovSUB
  3. 18Liam TrotterSUB
  4. 4Michael MancienneSUB
  5. 6Kelvin WilsonSUB
  6. 23Dexter BlackstockSUB
  7. 20Jonny WilliamsSUB

REA · 4-2-3-1

  1. 26Ali Al-HabsiG
  2. 5Paul McShaneCD-L
  3. 8Michael HectorCD-R
  4. 3Andrew TaylorLB
  5. 2Chris GunterRB
  6. 7Matej VydraAM
  7. 6Oliver NorwoodLM
  8. 23Daniel WilliamsRM
  9. 10Orlando SáF
  10. 17Lucas PiazonAM-L
  11. 22Nick BlackmanAM-R

Substitutes

  1. 15Anton FerdinandSUB
  2. 20Ola JohnSUB
  3. 35Jake CooperSUB
  4. 1Jonathan BondSUB
  5. 11Jordan ObitaSUB
  6. 16Paolo HurtadoSUB
  7. 41Rowan LiburdSUB

Timeline

  1. 14' Goal! Nottingham Forest 0, Reading 1. Matej Vydra (Reading) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Oliver Norwood following a set piece situation.
  2. 20' Goal! Nottingham Forest 1, Reading 1. Chris O'Grady (Nottingham Forest) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Ryan Mendes.
  3. 31' Goal! Nottingham Forest 2, Reading 1. Nélson Oliveira (Nottingham Forest) right footed shot from outside the box to the top right corner. Assisted by Ryan Mendes.
  4. 42' Jack Hobbs (Nottingham Forest) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  5. 49' Goal! Nottingham Forest 3, Reading 1. Nélson Oliveira (Nottingham Forest) right footed shot from very close range to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Chris O'Grady with a cross.
  6. 54' Michael Hector (Reading) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  7. 66' Second yellow card to Jack Hobbs (Nottingham Forest) for a bad foul.
  8. 69' Substitution, Nottingham Forest. Kelvin Wilson replaces Nélson Oliveira.
  9. 69' Substitution, Reading. Ola John replaces Lucas Piazon.
  10. 69' Substitution, Reading. Paolo Hurtado replaces Orlando Sá.
  11. 79' Substitution, Nottingham Forest. Michael Mancienne replaces Ryan Mendes.
  12. 85' Substitution, Reading. Rowan Liburd replaces Paul McShane.
  13. 86' Danny Williams (Reading) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  14. 89' Ola John (Reading) is shown the yellow card.
  15. 89' Substitution, Nottingham Forest. Liam Trotter replaces Chris O'Grady.
  16. 90'+6' David Vaughan (Nottingham Forest) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

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