Championship Β· ENG Β· Round 46
Blackburn Rovers
3 - 1
Full time
Reading
Ewood Park
Lineups
Blackburn Rovers4-3-3JS
30Steele
30SteeleBM
10β58'Marshall
SD
22Duffy
22DuffyGH
5Hanley
MK
4Kilgallon
DL
26Lenihan
JL
6Lowe
6LoweJG
14Gomez
EB
31β½β69'Bennett
31β½β69'BennettDG
12β½Graham
12β½GrahamMG
16β74'Grimes
AA
26Al-Habsi
GM
12McCleary
PM
5McShane
JC
35Cooper
CG
2Gunter
JB
49β46'Barrett
49β46'BarrettDW
23Williams
ON
6Norwood
SQ
21β87'Quinn
YK
29β½β46'Kermorgant
DR
10Rakels
Reading4-4-2Blackburn Rovers substitutes
29 Corry Evans β58'
35 Simeon Jackson β½β69'
32 Craig Conway β74'
2 Adam Henley
33 David Raya
15 Elliott Ward
17 Lee Williamson
Coach: Paul Lambert
Reading substitutes
9 Hal Robson-Kanu β46'
46 Rob Dickie β46'
4 George Evans β87'
28 Aaron Kuhl
37 Jack Stacey
1 Jonathan Bond
43 Tennai Watson
Coach: Brian McDermott
Match events
8'Elliott Bennett assist: Matthew Kilgallon 1 - 0β½
14'Daniel Graham assist: Matthew Kilgallon 2 - 0β½
31'Yann Kermorgant 2 - 1β½
Second half
46'β Hal Robson-Kanu β Josh Barrettβ
46'β Rob Dickie β Yann Kermorgantβ
58'β Corry Evans β Ben Marshallβ
69'β Simeon Jackson β Elliott Bennettβ
74'β Craig Conway β Matt Grimesβ
86'Simeon Jackson assist: Grant Hanley 3 - 1β½
87'β George Evans β Stephen Quinnβ
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Match details
| Competition | Championship |
|---|---|
| Kick-off (UTC) | Saturday, 7 May 2016, 11:30 UTC β shown in your local time at the top of this page |
| Status | Finished |
Line-ups, match events and the head-to-head record for this fixture are shown on this page where the data feed publishes them.
Head to head
6Blackburn Rovers wins3Draws8Reading wins17 past meetings on record. Biggest Blackburn Rovers win: Reading 3β0 Blackburn Rovers (2022). Biggest Reading win: Blackburn Rovers 2β4 Reading (2020).
15 Mar 2023Blackburn Rovers 2 - 1 ReadingChampionship
17 Aug 2022Reading 3 - 0 Blackburn RoversChampionship
19 Mar 2022Reading 1 - 0 Blackburn RoversChampionship
23 Oct 2021Blackburn Rovers 2 - 0 ReadingChampionship
2 Mar 2021Reading 1 - 0 Blackburn RoversChampionship
27 Oct 2020Blackburn Rovers 2 - 4 ReadingChampionship
18 Jul 2020Blackburn Rovers 4 - 3 ReadingChampionship
21 Sep 2019Reading 1 - 2 Blackburn RoversChampionship
13 Feb 2019Reading 2 - 1 Blackburn RoversChampionship
22 Aug 2018Blackburn Rovers 2 - 2 ReadingChampionship
Show all 17 past meetings
4 Apr 2017Reading 3 - 1 Blackburn RoversChampionship
17 Dec 2016Blackburn Rovers 2 - 3 ReadingChampionship
20 Dec 2015Reading 1 - 0 Blackburn RoversChampionship
11 Apr 2015Reading 0 - 0 Blackburn RoversChampionship
1 Nov 2014Blackburn Rovers 3 - 1 ReadingChampionship
22 Feb 2014Reading 0 - 1 Blackburn RoversChampionship
23 Nov 2013Blackburn Rovers 0 - 0 ReadingChampionship
