Reading FC vs Blackburn Rovers FC, Championship 2022-23 REGULAR SEASON
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Match Preview
Reading FC vs Blackburn Rovers FC — Championship at Select Car Leasing Stadium.
- Reading FC 0 games · 0 pts (2025/26)
- Blackburn Rovers FC 46 games · 52 pts (2025/26)
Standings
# Team P Pts 1 Coventry City FC 46 95 2 Ipswich Town FC 46 84 3 Millwall FC 46 83 4 Southampton FC 46 80 5 Middlesbrough FC 46 80 6 Hull City AFC 46 73 7 Wrexham AFC 46 71 8 Derby County FC 46 69 9 Norwich City FC 46 65 10 Birmingham City FC 46 64 11 Swansea City AFC 46 64 12 Bristol City FC 46 62 13 Sheffield United FC 46 60 14 Preston North End FC 46 60 15 Queens Park Rangers FC 46 58 16 Watford FC 46 57 17 Stoke City FC 46 55 18 Portsmouth FC 46 55 19 Charlton Athletic FC 46 53 20 Blackburn Rovers FC 46 52 21 West Bromwich Albion FC 46 51 22 Oxford United FC 46 47 23 Leicester City FC 46 46 24 Sheffield Wednesday FC 46 0 Head-to-Head
Recent Form
Date Opponent H/A Score Result 17 Aug Blackburn Rovers FC H 3–0 W 13 Aug Rotherham United FC A 0–4 L 06 Aug Cardiff City FC H 2–1 W 30 Jul Blackpool FC A 0–1 L 07 May Luton Town FC A 0–1 L 30 Apr West Bromwich Albion FC H 0–1 L Date Opponent H/A Score Result 17 Aug Reading FC A 0–3 L 14 Aug West Bromwich Albion FC H 2–1 W 06 Aug Swansea City AFC A 3–0 W 30 Jul Queens Park Rangers FC H 1–0 W 07 May Birmingham City FC A 2–1 W 30 Apr AFC Bournemouth H 0–3 L Key Stats
60% Both Teams to Score
H2H (10 games)70% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history26% Clean Sheets
Blackburn Rovers FC this season -
Match Events
- 0' The game is set. Reading FC kicks off things out of here…
- 5' Blackburn Rovers FC is showing some good football. However, Blackburn Rovers FC are ready to play back every minute. It might result in some problems for the home side. The game will hardly remain goalless.
- 10' Both teams are passing the ball around with high level of urgency. Blackburn Rovers FC needs to do something about it to get closer to the goal.
- 12' That looks like a foul for a Yellow card for Harry Pickering.
- 13' It’s gonna be a Yellow card for Harry Pickering.
- 14' Reading FC is taking the lead after the goal scored by Tom McIntyre on 14.
- 19' The travelling Blackburn Rovers FC supporters hardly appreciate their team being pressed down to the backline.
- 24' Shane Long needs to be pretty careful with his discipline considering 4 Yellow cards this season.
- 29' While players are taking a pause, let’s have a look at their stats. The teams met 0 times this season with winning -% of all matches.
- 34' It looks like no one’s ball. Reading FC is used to counterattacking playing. None of the sides are ready to take the lead.
- 39' Although teams showed high tempo form the start, they seem to slow down a bit. Both sides really need to catch a fire. Otherwise, we have another goalless match.
- 44' It’s high time Jon Dahl Tomasson made some changes to put the his team’s game back to action.
- 46' Another substitution for Blackburn Rovers FC to replace Samuel Szmodics by Bradley Dack on 46 minute.
- 51' The referee is likely to let players tackle, as he already missed some meaty challenges during opening seconds. He is still to establish what should not be done by the players and what is acceptable on the pitch. It’s going to be a tough game for Jeff Hendrick suffering a number of foals already.
- 53' Reading FC player sees a Yellow card in front of him.
- 55' Tom Holmes was booked on 55.
- 60' Callum Brittain has certainly something to prove this evening. He made 3 appearances with only 0 goals this season.
- 61' GOAL! Junior Hoilett scores on 61.
- 62' GOAL! Junior Hoilett scores on 62.
- 63' It’s gonna be a Yellow card for Nesta Guinness-Walker.
- 68' looks like a favorite considering 0 games won in last 0 matches with its main striker scoring goals.
- 70' Lucas Joao has so much to prove this time. He replaces Shane Long on 70 minute.
- 75' Supporters expect more eagerness from Thomas Kaminski, as he is very good at scoring at Select Car Leasing Stadium with 0 goals in the last 0 games.
- 78' What a strike from Lucas Joao! The score is 4-0.
- 80' Kelvin Abrefa has so much to prove this time. He replaces Nesta Guinness-Walker on 80 minute.
- 85' Time for substitution for Blackburn Rovers FC. Ben Brereton is replaced by Tayo Edun.
- 88' Joe Lumley is having his name booked by the referee on 88.
- 90' Reading FC receives a Yellow card for a hard tackle on 90.
- 90' Time for substitution for Blackburn Rovers FC. Ashley Phillips is replaced by Tyler Morton.
- Full Time. Reading FC beats Blackburn Rovers FC
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Reading FC
Starting XI- 3
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Shane Long ↓ Lucas Joao 70'
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Bench-
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Lucas Joao ↑ 70'
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Kelvin Abrefa ↑ 80'
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Coach Paul InceBlackburn Rovers FC
Starting XI- 2
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Ben Brereton ↓ Tayo Edun 85'
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Samuel Szmodics ↓ Bradley Dack 46'
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Jack Vale ↓ Sam Gallagher 46'
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10
Tyrhys Dolan ↓ Ryan Hedges 46'
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Ashley Phillips ↓ Tyler Morton 90'
Bench- 13
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Sam Gallagher ↑ 46'
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Ryan Hedges ↑ 46'
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Tayo Edun ↑ 85'
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23
Bradley Dack ↑ 46'
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Tyler Morton ↑ 90'
Coach Jon Dahl Tomasson -
Head to Head
Reading FC Form
Blackburn Rovers FC Form
2022-08-17 Reading FC 3–0 Blackburn Rovers FC L 2022-08-14 Blackburn Rovers FC 2–1 West Bromwich Albion FC W 2022-08-06 Swansea City AFC 0–3 Blackburn Rovers FC W 2022-07-30 Blackburn Rovers FC 1–0 Queens Park Rangers FC W 2022-05-07 Birmingham City FC 1–2 Blackburn Rovers FC W 2022-04-30 Blackburn Rovers FC 0–3 AFC Bournemouth L