English League Championship

FT Tuesday, October 31, 2017
Nottingham Forest LWLWW 1
–
Reading LLWLL 3
1st2ndT
NFO011
REA123
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Match Report

Swift at the double as Reading stop rot to beat Forest

Swift at the double as Reading stop rot to beat Forest

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Team Stats

11
Fouls
11
1
Yellow Cards
0
0
Red Cards
0
1
Offsides
4
4
Corner Kicks
4
4
Saves
5
57.1
Possession
42.9
14
SHOTS
11
6
ON GOAL
7
0.4
On Target %
0.6
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
432
Accurate Passes
304
518
Passes
393
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.8
7
Accurate Crosses
2
20
Crosses
12
0.4
Cross %
0.2
62
Long Balls
68
31
Accurate Long Balls
36
0.5
Long Balls %
0.5
3
Blocked Shots
2
10
Effective Tackles
10
17
Tackles
16
0.6
Tackle %
0.6
0
Interceptions
0
23
Effective Clearances
26
23
Clearances
26

Head to Head

NFO leads series 3-2

Lineups

REA · 4-2-3-1

  1. 1Vito MannoneG
  2. 6Liam MooreCD-L
  3. 5Paul McShaneCD-R
  4. 2Chris GunterLB
  5. 19Leandro BacunaRB
  6. 10John SwiftAM
  7. 4Joey van den BergLM
  8. 16David EdwardsRM
  9. 55Sam SmithF
  10. 17Modou BarrowAM-L
  11. 14Sone AlukoAM-R

Substitutes

  1. 24Tyler BlackettSUB
  2. 31Anssi JaakkolaSUB
  3. 22Pelle ClementSUB
  4. 25Adrian PopaSUB
  5. 7Roy BeerensSUB
  6. 18Yann KermorgantSUB
  7. 50Omar RichardsSUB

NFO · 4-2-3-1

  1. 43Jordan SmithG
  2. 4Michael MancienneCD-L
  3. 42Joe WorrallCD-R
  4. 2Eric LichajLB
  5. 27Tendayi DarikwaRB
  6. 20Kieran DowellAM
  7. 24David VaughanLM
  8. 7Liam BridcuttRM
  9. 35Jason CummingsF
  10. 11Ben OsbornAM-L
  11. 10Barrie McKayAM-R

Substitutes

  1. 34Tyler WalkerSUB
  2. 31Andreas BouchalakisSUB
  3. 18Mustapha CarayolSUB
  4. 16Zach CloughSUB
  5. 17Ben Brereton DíazSUB
  6. 5Matthew MillsSUB
  7. 30Stephen HendersonSUB

Timeline

  1. 9' Eric Lichaj (Nottingham Forest) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  2. 13' Goal! Reading 1, Nottingham Forest 0. John Swift (Reading) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Leandro Bacuna following a fast break.
  3. 45' Substitution, Reading. Pelle Clement replaces Joey van den Berg because of an injury.
  4. 60' Substitution, Reading. Yann Kermorgant replaces Sam Smith because of an injury.
  5. 63' Substitution, Nottingham Forest. Mustapha Carayol replaces Barrie McKay.
  6. 68' Substitution, Nottingham Forest. Tyler Walker replaces Jason Cummings.
  7. 70' Goal! Reading 2, Nottingham Forest 0. John Swift (Reading) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Modou Barrow with a through ball.
  8. 74' Substitution, Nottingham Forest. Andreas Bouchalakis replaces David Vaughan.
  9. 78' Goal! Reading 3, Nottingham Forest 0. Sone Aluko (Reading) left footed shot from the left side of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Pelle Clement.
  10. 83' Substitution, Reading. Roy Beerens replaces Modou Barrow.
  11. 86' Goal! Reading 3, Nottingham Forest 1. Ben Osborn (Nottingham Forest) left footed shot from the right side of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Kieran Dowell.

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