The City Ground

READING 2 - 0 FOREST - Sat Dec 05, 2020 (League Tier 2)

Date:: Sat Dec 05, 2020 (12:30 PM)
Opponent:: Reading
Home/Away:: Away
Ground:: Madejski Stadium
Game Type:: League Tier 2
Score:: 0-2 (Lost)
: Half-time: 0-1

Season:: 2020-21
Referee:: Gavin Ward
Sponsor:: Football Index
Attendance:: 2,000 (Away: 0)
Pos Before/After:: 21 21
Opp Before/After:: 4 3

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Norwich City (League Tier 2)
Reading:: Mar 13, 2021

GAME COUNT:
League:: 4852 (of 4969)
League Tier 2:: 2435 (of 2511)
Competitive:: 5547 (of 5679)
Total:: 7302 (of 7451)

Sources:: Nottingham Forest Official Site (Link)

Stats:
This was the first game after Covid-19 restrictions that fans were allowed in. There were 2000 home fans, but no away fans.

FOREST
Manager: Chris Hughton
Prior form: WWLLLD (Old to recent)

Goals:

READING
Manager: Veljko Paunovic
Prior form: LLLDWD (Old to recent)

Goals:
Lucas Joao (15) (Pen)
Michael Morrison (53)

Lineup:

Num	Pos	Player	Notes
30	GK	Brice Samba
2	D	Cyrus Christie
5	D	Yuri Ribeiro
26	D	Scott McKenna off for Tobias Figueiredo (45)
4	D	Joe Worrall (c)
22	M	Ryan Yates 15
18	M	Caf�
31	M	Harry Arter off for Samba Sow (60)
33	F	Lyle Taylor off for Will Swan (70)
23	M	Joe Lolley
28	F	Anthony Knockaert off for Sammy Ameobi (60)
Subs
12	GK	Jordan Smith
20	D	Michael Dawson
44	D	Nicholas Ioannou
16	D	Carl Jenkinson
3	D	Tobias Figueiredo on for Scott McKenna (45)
11	M	Sammy Ameobi on for Anthony Knockaert (60)
21	D	Samba Sow on for Harry Arter (60)
48	F	Will Swan on for Lyle Taylor (70)	Last game
19	F	Miguel Guerrero

Lineup:

Num	Pos	Player
33	GK	Rafael Cabral
29	D	Thomas Holmes
3	D	Omar Richards 83 (85)
4	D	Michael Morrison
6	D	Liam Moore (c)
28	M	Josh Laurent
11	M	Yakou Meite (74)
8	M	Andy Rinomhota
7	M	Michael Olise (81)
14	F	Ovie Ejaria (81)
18	F	Lucas Joao (85)
Subs
22		Luke Southwood
15		Lewis Gibson (85)
5		Tom McIntyre
2		Tomas Esteves (81)
46		Jayden Onen
30		Alfa Semedo (74)
43		Dejan Tetek
24		Sone Aluko (81)
9		Sam Baldock (85)

All the games in Division 2 on this day (Sat Dec 05, 2020)

Home	Score	Away
Brentford	2-2	Blackburn Rovers
Bristol City	0-1	Birmingham City
Coventry City	3-1	Rotherham United
Huddersfield Town	2-0	Queens Park Rangers
Millwall	0-1	Derby County
Norwich City	2-1	Sheffield Wednesday
Preston North End	2-2	Wycombe Wanderers
Reading	2-0	Nottingham Forest
Stoke City	1-0	Middlesbrough
Swansea City	2-0	Luton Town
Watford	0-1	Cardiff City

TABLES BEFORE AND AFTER THE GAME

Table before:

	CHAMPIONSHIP								Home					Away
	Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts	Current Form
	1	Bournemouth	16	8	6	2	29	16	5	2	1	14	8	3	4	1	15	8	13	30	WWWDLW
	2	Norwich City	15	8	4	3	19	14	3	3	1	7	5	5	1	2	12	9	5	28	DWWWDL
	3	Watford	15	7	6	2	19	11	6	1	0	16	7	1	5	2	3	4	8	27	WWDDWD
	4	Reading	15	8	3	4	24	19	5	0	2	10	7	3	3	2	14	12	5	27	LLLDWD
	5	Bristol City	15	8	3	4	19	15	3	2	2	7	6	5	1	2	12	9	4	27	WWWDLW
	6	Brentford	15	7	5	3	22	13	3	3	1	11	7	4	2	2	11	6	9	26	DDDWWW
	7	Swansea City	15	7	5	3	17	10	4	2	1	9	4	3	3	2	8	6	7	26	DLWDWL
	8	Stoke City	15	7	4	4	22	18	3	2	2	13	13	4	2	2	9	5	4	25	LWWLDW
	9	Blackburn Rovers	15	7	3	5	29	17	4	2	2	14	8	3	1	3	15	9	12	24	DWDWWW
	10	Middlesbrough	15	6	6	3	16	10	5	2	1	11	4	1	4	2	5	6	6	24	DDLWLW
	11	Luton Town	15	6	4	5	14	18	3	3	2	10	10	3	1	3	4	8	-4	22	WDDDLW
	12	Cardiff City	15	5	5	5	20	13	3	2	3	13	7	2	3	2	7	6	7	20	WLDLWW
	13	Millwall	15	4	8	3	13	12	1	5	1	6	7	3	3	2	7	5	1	20	DDDDDL
	14	Preston North End	15	6	1	8	20	23	1	0	6	2	10	5	1	2	18	13	-3	19	WLWLLW
	15	Barnsley	16	5	4	7	17	21	3	2	3	8	8	2	2	4	9	13	-4	19	WWLLWL
	16	Huddersfield Town	15	5	3	7	18	22	3	1	3	8	8	2	2	4	10	14	-4	18	LDLDWL
	17	Queens Park Rangers	15	4	5	6	17	22	3	3	2	11	10	1	2	4	6	12	-5	17	WLDWLL
	18	Birmingham City	15	3	7	5	11	14	2	2	4	7	10	1	5	1	4	4	-3	16	LLDDDL
	19	Coventry City	15	3	5	7	15	25	3	2	2	9	12	0	3	5	6	13	-10	14	LLDWDD
	20	Rotherham United	15	3	4	8	14	20	2	2	4	9	10	1	2	4	5	10	-6	13	LWLLDL
	21	Nottingham Forest	15	3	4	8	9	17	2	3	3	7	8	1	1	5	2	9	-8	13	WWLLLD
	22	Wycombe Wanderers	15	2	4	9	7	21	1	3	4	3	7	1	1	5	4	14	-14	10	WLDDDL
	23	Sheffield Wednesday	15	3	6	6	8	13	1	5	2	4	5	2	1	4	4	8	-5	9*	WDLDDD
	24	Derby County	15	1	5	9	7	22	0	3	5	3	13	1	2	4	4	9	-15	8	LLLLDD

*Sheffield Wednesday deducted 6 points for entering administration

Table after:

	CHAMPIONSHIP								Home					Away
	Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts	Current Form	Result(s)
1	1	Norwich City	16	9	4	3	21	15	4	3	1	9	6	5	1	2	12	9	6	31	WWWDLW	2-1
1	2	Bournemouth	16	8	6	2	29	16	5	2	1	14	8	3	4	1	15	8	13	30	WWWDLW
1	3	Reading	16	9	3	4	26	19	6	0	2	12	7	3	3	2	14	12	7	30	LLDWDW	2-0
3	4	Swansea City	16	8	5	3	19	10	5	2	1	11	4	3	3	2	8	6	9	29	LWDWLW	2-0
3	5	Stoke City	16	8	4	4	23	18	4	2	2	14	13	4	2	2	9	5	5	28	WWLDWW	1-0
	6	Brentford	16	7	6	3	24	15	3	4	1	13	9	4	2	2	11	6	9	27	DDWWWD	2-2
4	7	Watford	16	7	6	3	19	12	6	1	1	16	8	1	5	2	3	4	7	27	WDDWDL	0-1
3	8	Bristol City	16	8	3	5	19	16	3	2	3	7	7	5	1	2	12	9	3	27	WWDLWL	0-1
	9	Blackburn Rovers	16	7	4	5	31	19	4	2	2	14	8	3	2	3	17	11	12	25	WDWWWD	2-2
	10	Middlesbrough	16	6	6	4	16	11	5	2	1	11	4	1	4	3	5	7	5	24	DLWLWL	0-1
1	11	Cardiff City	16	6	5	5	21	13	3	2	3	13	7	3	3	2	8	6	8	23	LDLWWW	1-0
1	12	Luton Town	16	6	4	6	14	20	3	3	2	10	10	3	1	4	4	10	-6	22	DDDLWL	0-2
3	13	Huddersfield Town	16	6	3	7	20	22	4	1	3	10	8	2	2	4	10	14	-2	21	DLDWLW	2-0
1	14	Millwall	16	4	8	4	13	13	1	5	2	6	8	3	3	2	7	5	0	20	DDDDLL	0-1
1	15	Preston North End	16	6	2	8	22	25	1	1	6	4	12	5	1	2	18	13	-3	20	LWLLWD	2-2
2	16	Birmingham City	16	4	7	5	12	14	2	2	4	7	10	2	5	1	5	4	-2	19	LDDDLW	1-0
2	17	Barnsley	16	5	4	7	17	21	3	2	3	8	8	2	2	4	9	13	-4	19	WWLLWL
1	18	Queens Park Rangers	16	4	5	7	17	24	3	3	2	11	10	1	2	5	6	14	-7	17	LDWLLL	0-2
	19	Coventry City	16	4	5	7	18	26	4	2	2	12	13	0	3	5	6	13	-8	17	LDWDDW	3-1
	20	Rotherham United	16	3	4	9	15	23	2	2	4	9	10	1	2	5	6	13	-8	13	WLLDLL	1-3
	21	Nottingham Forest	16	3	4	9	9	19	2	3	3	7	8	1	1	6	2	11	-10	13	WLLLDL	0-2
	22	Wycombe Wanderers	16	2	5	9	9	23	1	3	4	3	7	1	2	5	6	16	-14	11	LDDDLD	2-2
1	23	Derby County	16	2	5	9	8	22	0	3	5	3	13	2	2	4	5	9	-14	11	LLLDDW	1-0
1	24	Sheffield Wednesday	16	3	6	7	9	15	1	5	2	4	5	2	1	5	5	10	-6	9*	DLDDDL	1-2

*Sheffield Wednesday deducted 6 points for entering administration