Blackburn vs Reading

Championship ·Matchday 37

Blackburn

2-1

Full-time HT 1-0

Reading

B. Brereton 2'
R. Hedges 82'

C. Casadei 68'

Pre-match
First half
Half-time
Second half
Full-time

Wednesday 15 March · 22:45 Ewood Park, Blackburn, Lancashire D. Bond

Events Lineups Stats Standings Head-to-head

The match in brief

Blackburn beat Reading 2-1. Scorers for Blackburn: B. Brereton 2', R. Hedges 82'. Scorers for Reading: C. Casadei 68'. M. Loum of Reading was sent off in minute 85'.

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Full-time 2 - 1
89'
Kelvin Ehibhatiomhan Yellow card · Reading Yellow card for Kelvin Ehibhatiomhan (Reading)
85'
M. Loum Red card · Reading Straight red card for M. Loum. Reading are down a man
85'
J. Lumley Yellow card · Reading Yellow card for J. Lumley (Reading)
85'
S. Gallagher Yellow card · Blackburn S. Gallagher of Blackburn is booked
82'
R. Hedges 2-1 Goal · Assist: S. Gallagher · Blackburn S. Gallagher provides, R. Hedges finishes for Blackburn (2-1)
78'
O. Azeez Out: S. Long · Reading Substitution for Reading: O. Azeez comes on for S. Long
78'
K. Ehibhatiomhan Out: Lucas João · Reading Substitution for Reading: K. Ehibhatiomhan comes on for Lucas João
78'
K. Abrefa Out: Amadou Salif Mbengue · Reading Substitution for Reading: K. Abrefa comes on for Amadou Salif Mbengue
69'
Tyrhys Dolan Out: B. Brereton · Blackburn Substitution for Blackburn: Tyrhys Dolan comes on for B. Brereton
69'
R. Hedges Out: S. Thomas · Blackburn Substitution for Blackburn: R. Hedges comes on for S. Thomas
68'
C. Casadei 1-1 Goal · Assist: Lucas João · Reading Lucas João provides, C. Casadei finishes for Reading (1-1)
Half-time 1 - 0
28'
J. Rankin-Costello Yellow card · Blackburn J. Rankin-Costello of Blackburn is booked
2'
B. Brereton 1-0 Goal · Blackburn Goal for Blackburn! B. Brereton makes it 1-0
Kick-off

The teams before the match

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WWWWL Last 5 matches LWLLL

7Position22

69Pts44

1.3Goals scored per match0.8

0.7Goals conceded per match2

5Clean sheets0

From each team's last 10 matches before this one, in all competitions.

Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GF:GA	GD	Pts	Form
1	Burnley	46	29	14	3	87	35	87:35	+52	101	WWWLD
2	Sheffield Utd	46	28	7	11	73	39	73:39	+34	91	WLWWW
3	Luton	46	21	17	8	57	39	57:39	+18	80	DDWDW
4	Middlesbrough	46	22	9	15	84	56	84:56	+28	75	DLLWW
5	Coventry	46	18	16	12	58	46	58:46	+12	70	DWWDW
6	Sunderland	46	18	15	13	68	55	68:55	+13	69	WDWDW
7	Blackburn	46	20	9	17	52	54	52:54	-2	69	WDLDD
8	Millwall	46	19	11	16	57	50	57:50	+7	68	LWLLW
9	West Brom	46	18	12	16	59	53	59:53	+6	66	LWLLW
10	Swansea	46	18	12	16	68	64	68:64	+4	66	WDWWW
11	Watford	46	16	15	15	56	53	56:53	+3	63	WDLLW
12	Preston	46	17	12	17	45	59	45:59	-14	63	LLDLL
13	Norwich	46	17	11	18	57	54	57:54	+3	62	LLLDL
14	Bristol City	46	15	14	17	55	56	55:56	-1	59	WLWLL
15	Hull City	46	14	16	16	51	61	51:61	-10	58	DDWLD
16	Stoke City	46	14	11	21	55	54	55:54	+1	53	LLDLL
17	Birmingham	46	14	11	21	47	58	47:58	-11	53	LLLWL
18	Huddersfield	46	14	11	21	47	62	47:62	-15	53	WWWDL
19	Rotherham	46	11	17	18	49	60	49:60	-11	50	DWLLD
20	QPR	46	13	11	22	44	71	44:71	-27	50	LWWDL
21	Cardiff	46	13	10	23	41	58	41:58	-17	49	LLWDW
22	Reading	46	13	11	22	46	68	46:68	-22	44	LDLDD
23	Blackpool	46	11	11	24	48	72	48:72	-24	44	WLWLW
24	Wigan	46	10	15	21	38	65	38:65	-27	39	DDWWL