Nottingham Forest vs Reading, 2017-18 English League Championship, Regular Season
· English League ChampionshipTomlin snatches point for Forest
Tomlin snatches point for Forest
Match Timeline
- 0': First Half begins.
- 0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
- 2': Foul by Ben Watson (Nottingham Forest).
- 2': Modou Barrow (Reading) wins a free kick on the left wing.
- 3': Attempt missed. Chris Martin (Reading) right footed shot from the centre of the box is too high. Assisted by Chris Gunter.
- 4': Corner, Nottingham Forest. Conceded by Liam Moore.
- 6': Attempt missed. Kieran Dowell (Nottingham Forest) left footed shot from outside the box misses to the left. Assisted by Ben Brereton.
- 8': Offside, Nottingham Forest. Kieran Dowell tries a through ball, but Ben Brereton is caught offside.
- 10': Foul by Joe Lolley (Nottingham Forest).
- 10': Omar Richards (Reading) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 13': Offside, Reading. Sone Aluko tries a through ball, but Modou Barrow is caught offside.
- 16': Corner, Reading. Conceded by Jack Colback.
- 16': Attempt missed. Liam Moore (Reading) with an attempt from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Liam Kelly with a cross following a corner.
- 18': Corner, Reading. Conceded by Tobias Figueiredo.
- 21': Attempt blocked. Chris Gunter (Reading) right footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked.
- 21': Corner, Reading. Conceded by Daniel Fox.
- 23': Foul by Joe Lolley (Nottingham Forest).
- 23': Tiago Ilori (Reading) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 24': Delay in match Ben Brereton (Nottingham Forest) because of an injury.
- 25': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
- 28': Attempt missed. Lee Tomlin (Nottingham Forest) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Ben Watson.
- 29': Attempt saved. Ben Brereton (Nottingham Forest) left footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Lee Tomlin.
- 29': Attempt saved. Joe Lolley (Nottingham Forest) left footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the top left corner. Assisted by Kieran Dowell.
- 32': Foul by Joey van den Berg (Reading).
- 32': Lee Tomlin (Nottingham Forest) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 33': Corner, Nottingham Forest. Conceded by Chris Gunter.
- 33': Delay in match Ben Osborn (Nottingham Forest) because of an injury.
- 33': Delay in match Chris Gunter (Reading) because of an injury.
- 34': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
- 34': Chris Martin (Reading) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 34': Foul by Ben Watson (Nottingham Forest).
- 35': Attempt saved. Chris Gunter (Reading) right footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the top centre of the goal. Assisted by Liam Kelly.
- 35': Goal! Nottingham Forest 0, Reading 1. Omar Richards (Reading) left footed shot from the left side of the box to the high centre of the goal. Assisted by Modou Barrow.
- 37': Foul by Liam Kelly (Reading).
- 37': Jack Colback (Nottingham Forest) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 37': Liam Kelly (Reading) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 38': Foul by Jack Colback (Nottingham Forest).
- 38': Sone Aluko (Reading) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 39': Foul by Joe Lolley (Nottingham Forest).
- 39': Omar Richards (Reading) wins a free kick on the left wing.
- 41': Corner, Reading. Conceded by Lee Tomlin.
- 42': Foul by Joe Lolley (Nottingham Forest).
- 42': Leandro Bacuna (Reading) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 44': Foul by Liam Moore (Reading).
- 44': Lee Tomlin (Nottingham Forest) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 45': Attempt saved. Lee Tomlin (Nottingham Forest) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom right corner.
- 45': Corner, Nottingham Forest. Conceded by Vito Mannone.
- 45'+2': Foul by Joey van den Berg (Reading).
- 45'+2': Lee Tomlin (Nottingham Forest) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 45'+3': First Half ends, Nottingham Forest 0, Reading 1.
- 45': Second Half begins Nottingham Forest 0, Reading 1.
- 47': Foul by Liam Kelly (Reading).
- 47': Lee Tomlin (Nottingham Forest) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 48': Attempt blocked. Jack Colback (Nottingham Forest) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
- 51': Ben Brereton (Nottingham Forest) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 51': Foul by Tiago Ilori (Reading).
- 52': Attempt saved. Joe Lolley (Nottingham Forest) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Lee Tomlin.
- 52': Offside, Nottingham Forest. Ben Osborn tries a through ball, but Ben Brereton is caught offside.
- 54': Corner, Nottingham Forest. Conceded by Leandro Bacuna.
- 55': Tendayi Darikwa (Nottingham Forest) hits the bar with a right footed shot from the right side of the box. Assisted by Joe Lolley.
- 55': Attempt blocked. Tendayi Darikwa (Nottingham Forest) right footed shot from the right side of the six yard box is blocked.
- 57': Foul by Tendayi Darikwa (Nottingham Forest).
- 57': Joey van den Berg (Reading) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 58': Attempt blocked. Ben Brereton (Nottingham Forest) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Lee Tomlin.
- 59': Attempt missed. Joe Lolley (Nottingham Forest) left footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the right.
- 59': Chris Gunter (Reading) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 59': Foul by Ben Brereton (Nottingham Forest).
- 61': Attempt blocked. Jack Colback (Nottingham Forest) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
- 61': Corner, Nottingham Forest. Conceded by Tiago Ilori.
- 61': Attempt missed. Tobias Figueiredo (Nottingham Forest) header from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Lee Tomlin with a cross following a corner.
- 62': Foul by Ben Osborn (Nottingham Forest).
- 62': Sone Aluko (Reading) wins a free kick on the right wing.
- 62': Ben Osborn (Nottingham Forest) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 63': Attempt missed. Tiago Ilori (Reading) header from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Liam Kelly with a cross following a set piece situation.
- 66': Substitution, Nottingham Forest. Matthew Cash replaces Kieran Dowell.
- 66': Foul by Joey van den Berg (Reading).
- 66': Lee Tomlin (Nottingham Forest) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 68': Chris Gunter (Reading) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 68': Foul by Joe Lolley (Nottingham Forest).
- 69': Foul by Matthew Cash (Nottingham Forest).
- 69': Omar Richards (Reading) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 70': Attempt saved. Leandro Bacuna (Reading) right footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Chris Gunter.
- 70': Attempt missed. Ben Osborn (Nottingham Forest) left footed shot from the left side of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Joe Lolley.
- 71': Substitution, Reading. Garath McCleary replaces Modou Barrow.
- 72': Foul by Joey van den Berg (Reading).
- 72': Lee Tomlin (Nottingham Forest) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 74': Hand ball by Lee Tomlin (Nottingham Forest).
- 74': Lee Tomlin (Nottingham Forest) is shown the yellow card.
- 75': Attempt blocked. Chris Martin (Reading) right footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Liam Kelly.
- 75': Foul by Jack Colback (Nottingham Forest).
- 75': Garath McCleary (Reading) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 76': Omar Richards (Reading) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 77': Chris Martin (Reading) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 77': Foul by Tobias Figueiredo (Nottingham Forest).
- 77': Tobias Figueiredo (Nottingham Forest) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 78': Foul by Chris Martin (Reading).
- 78': Jack Colback (Nottingham Forest) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 78': Foul by Jack Colback (Nottingham Forest).
- 78': Sone Aluko (Reading) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 78': Chris Gunter (Reading) is shown the yellow card for hand ball.
- 80': Attempt missed. Matthew Cash (Nottingham Forest) left footed shot from the right side of the box is high and wide to the left. Assisted by Lee Tomlin.
- 81': Substitution, Reading. George Evans replaces Joey van den Berg because of an injury.
- 82': Offside, Nottingham Forest. Lee Tomlin tries a through ball, but Ben Brereton is caught offside.
- 83': Corner, Reading. Conceded by Joe Lolley.
- 84': Attempt missed. Ben Brereton (Nottingham Forest) right footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Ben Osborn with a cross.
- 85': Goal! Nottingham Forest 1, Reading 1. Lee Tomlin (Nottingham Forest) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Joe Lolley.
- 89': Foul by Ben Osborn (Nottingham Forest).
- 89': Liam Moore (Reading) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 90': Substitution, Nottingham Forest. Adlène Guédioura replaces Lee Tomlin.
- 90'+1': Substitution, Reading. David Edwards replaces Liam Kelly.
- 90'+2': Attempt blocked. Adlène Guédioura (Nottingham Forest) right footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked.
- 90'+2': Attempt saved. Matthew Cash (Nottingham Forest) right footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Daniel Fox.
- 90'+5': Second Half ends, Nottingham Forest 1, Reading 1.
- 90'+5': Match ends, Nottingham Forest 1, Reading 1.
Statistics
 REA |
NFO |
|
|---|---|---|
| 9 | Fouls | 17 |
| 3 | Yellow Cards | 3 |
| 0 | Red Cards | 0 |
| 1 | Offsides | 3 |
| 5 | Corner Kicks | 5 |
| 6 | Saves | 2 |
| 51.9 | Possession | 48.1 |
| 8 | SHOTS | 19 |
| 3 | ON GOAL | 7 |
| 0.4 | On Target % | 0.4 |
| 0 | Penalty Goals | 0 |
| 0 | Penalty Kicks Taken | 0 |
| 353 | Accurate Passes | 323 |
| 443 | Passes | 403 |
| 0.8 | Pass Completion % | 0.8 |
| 3 | Accurate Crosses | 5 |
| 9 | Crosses | 17 |
| 0.3 | Cross % | 0.3 |
| 88 | Long Balls | 66 |
| 49 | Accurate Long Balls | 31 |
| 0.6 | Long Balls % | 0.5 |
| 2 | Blocked Shots | 4 |
| 11 | Effective Tackles | 14 |
| 23 | Tackles | 23 |
| 0.5 | Tackle % | 0.6 |
| 0 | Interceptions | 0 |
| 24 | Effective Clearances | 14 |
| 24 | Clearances | 14 |
Game Information
Competition: English League Championship
Venue: The City Ground
Location: Nottingham, England
Attendance: 21,846
Venue: The City Ground
Location: Nottingham, England
Attendance: 21,846
EFL Championship Table
| # | TEAM | GP | GD | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swansea City | 5 | +6 | 11 |
| 2 | Middlesbrough | 5 | +3 | 10 |
| 3 | Queens Park Rangers | 5 | +3 | 10 |
| 4 | Bristol City | 5 | +2 | 10 |
Line-Ups
Nottingham Forest (4-2-3-1)
| No. | Name |
|---|---|
| 1 | Costel Pantilimon (GK) |
| 13 | Daniel Fox |
| 3 | Tobias Figueiredo  |
| 11 | Ben Osborn |
| 27 | Tendayi Darikwa |
| 20 | Kieran Dowell |
| 18 | Jack Colback |
| 32 | Ben Watson |
| 17 | Ben Brereton Díaz |
| 15 | Lee Tomlin |
| 23 | Joe Lolley |
Reading (4-2-3-1)
| No. | Name |
|---|---|
| 1 | Vito Mannone (GK) |
| 20 | Tiago Ilori |
| 6 | Liam Moore |
| 50 | Omar Richards |
| 2 | Chris Gunter |
| 38 | Liam Kelly |
| 4 | Joey van den Berg |
| 19 | Leandro Bacuna |
| 27 | Chris Martin |
| 17 | Modou Barrow |
| 14 | Sone Aluko |
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