The City Ground

FOREST 4 - 0 READING - Sat Mar 12, 2022 (League Tier 2)

Date:: Sat Mar 12, 2022 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Reading
Home/Away:: Home
Ground:: City Ground
Game Type:: League Tier 2
Score:: 4-0 WON
: Half-time: 1-0

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Season:: 2021-22
Referee:: Thomas Bramall
Sponsor:: BOXT
Attendance:: 28,182 (Away: 1,033)
Pos Before/After:: 10 9
Opp Before/After:: 21 21

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Queens Park Rangers (League Tier 2)

GAME COUNT:
League:: 4917 (of 5007)
League Tier 2:: 2500 (of 2511)
Competitive:: 5620 (of 5724)
Total:: 7383 (of 7505)
Played:: 2 years, 1 month, 13 days ago

Stats:
The first 4-0 win since QPR in November 2019.

FOREST
Manager: Steve Cooper
Prior form: LWDDWD (Old to recent)

Goals
Keinan Davis (1') - Scored in just 17 seconds
Keinan Davis (62')
Ryan Yates (75')
Sam Surridge (80')

READING
Manager: Quinton Fortune
Prior form: LDWWLL (Old to recent)

Goals

Lineup


Num	Pos	Age	Player	Notes
1	GK	26	Ethan Horvath
2	D	21	Djed Spence
4	D	25	Joe Worrall
15	D	24	Max Lowe off for Caf� (41')
26	D	25	Scott McKenna
27	D	30	Steve Cook
8	M	32	Jack Colback 32
20	F	20	Brennan Johnson off for Xande Silva (78')
22	M	24	Ryan Yates (75')
37	M	20	James Garner
9	F	24	Keinan Davis (1') (62') 63 off for Sam Surridge (70')
Subs
18	M	29	Caf� on for Max Lowe (41')
16	F	23	Sam Surridge on for Keinan Davis (70') (80)
19	F	24	Xande Silva on for Brennan Johnson (78')
30	GK	27	Brice Samba
3	D	28	Tobias Figueiredo
17	F	19	Alex Mighten
23	M	29	Joe Lolley

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
22	GK	Luke Southwood
4	D	Michael Morrison 50
5	D	Tom McIntyre
17	D	Andy Yiadom 28
24	D	Scott Dann
8	M	Andy Rinomhota (57')
15	M	Danny Drinkwater 38 (72')
28	M	Josh Laurent
9	M	Tom Inc 9
11	F	Yakou Meite
23	F	Junior Hoilett (78')
Subs
14		Ovie Ejaria (57')
18		Lucas Joao (72')
33		Brandon Barker (78')
1		Orjan Nyland
49		Kelvin Abrefa
19		Tom Dele-Bashiru
39		Jahmari Clarke

Lineup notes:
Steve Cook went off injured in the last few minutes after we had used all our subs so finished the game with 10 men.

All the games in Division 2 on this day (Sat Mar 12, 2022)

Home	Score	Away
Barnsley	1-1	Fulham
Birmingham City	0-0	Hull City
Blackburn Rovers	0-1	Bristol City
Blackpool	1-0	Swansea City
Bournemouth	2-0	Derby County
Cardiff City	0-0	Preston North End
Coventry City	4-1	Sheffield United
Millwall	0-0	Middlesbrough
Nottingham Forest	4-0	Reading
Peterborough United	2-2	Stoke 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	Status
	1	Fulham	35	23	7	5	89	30	12	4	3	45	16	11	3	2	44	14	59	76	WLWWWW	Safe
	2	Huddersfield Town	37	17	12	8	51	38	10	5	3	27	17	7	7	5	24	21	13	63	DWWWWD	Safe
	3	Bournemouth	33	18	8	7	53	30	9	4	3	32	17	9	4	4	21	13	23	62	WWWWLD	Safe
	4	Blackburn Rovers	36	16	10	10	46	36	11	4	3	32	19	5	6	7	14	17	10	58	LDLWLD	Safe
	5	Sheffield United	35	16	9	10	49	36	9	4	4	29	13	7	5	6	20	23	13	57	DWWLDW
	6	Luton Town	35	16	9	10	48	39	9	5	3	27	17	7	4	7	21	22	9	57	LWWWLW
	7	Queens Park Rangers	35	16	8	11	50	41	9	6	4	27	17	7	2	7	23	24	9	56	LLDWLL
	8	Middlesbrough	35	16	7	12	46	40	12	2	4	29	16	4	5	8	17	24	6	55	WLWLWL
	9	Millwall	35	14	11	10	37	34	9	5	3	21	13	5	6	7	16	21	3	53	WWWWWD
	10	Nottingham Forest	34	14	10	10	46	34	7	4	6	23	20	7	6	4	23	14	12	52	LWDDWD
	11	Coventry City	35	14	9	12	44	42	9	4	5	25	16	5	5	7	19	26	2	51	LWWDLL
	12	West Bromwich Albion	36	13	11	12	39	34	8	7	2	23	12	5	4	10	16	22	5	50	DLLLWD
	13	Preston North End	36	12	14	10	40	40	6	9	3	24	21	6	5	7	16	19	0	50	DWLDDW
	14	Blackpool	35	13	9	13	41	41	9	2	7	21	19	4	7	6	20	22	0	48	DLDLWW
	15	Stoke City	35	12	9	14	43	40	7	4	7	25	21	5	5	7	18	19	3	45	DDLLLD
	16	Swansea City	34	12	8	14	38	49	8	4	5	23	20	4	4	9	15	29	-11	44	LWLWWL
	17	Cardiff City	36	12	6	18	43	55	6	2	10	19	22	6	4	8	24	33	-12	42	WDLLWW
	18	Birmingham City	36	10	10	16	42	56	6	4	7	21	23	4	6	9	21	33	-14	40	LWDLLW
	19	Bristol City	36	11	7	18	46	65	7	5	7	24	25	4	2	11	22	40	-19	40	WLWLLL
	20	Hull City	36	10	7	19	30	41	5	3	10	15	22	5	4	9	15	19	-11	37	LDDLWL
	21	Reading	35	10	5	20	42	68	5	4	9	25	36	5	1	11	17	32	-26	29*	LDWWLL
	22	Derby County	36	11	12	13	36	39	9	6	3	25	16	2	6	10	11	23	-3	24*	LWLLLW
	23	Barnsley	35	5	9	21	25	51	4	5	8	13	20	1	4	13	12	31	-26	24	WLWWLD
	24	Peterborough United	35	5	7	23	25	70	4	5	7	15	21	1	2	16	10	49	-45	22	DLLLLD

*Reading deducted 6 points
*Derby County deducted a total of 21 points

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	Status	Result(s)
	1	Fulham	36	23	8	5	90	31	12	4	3	45	16	11	4	2	45	15	59	77	LWWWWD	Safe	1-1
1	2	Bournemouth	34	19	8	7	55	30	10	4	3	34	17	9	4	4	21	13	25	65	WWWLDW	Safe	2-0
1	3	Huddersfield Town	37	17	12	8	51	38	10	5	3	27	17	7	7	5	24	21	13	63	DWWWWD	Safe
	4	Blackburn Rovers	37	16	10	11	46	37	11	4	4	32	20	5	6	7	14	17	9	58	DLWLDL	Safe	0-1
	5	Sheffield United	36	16	9	11	50	40	9	4	4	29	13	7	5	7	21	27	10	57	WWLDWL	Safe	1-4
	6	Luton Town	35	16	9	10	48	39	9	5	3	27	17	7	4	7	21	22	9	57	LWWWLW	Safe
	7	Queens Park Rangers	35	16	8	11	50	41	9	6	4	27	17	7	2	7	23	24	9	56	LLDWLL	Safe
	8	Middlesbrough	36	16	8	12	46	40	12	2	4	29	16	4	6	8	17	24	6	56	LWLWLD	Safe	0-0
1	9	Nottingham Forest	35	15	10	10	50	34	8	4	6	27	20	7	6	4	23	14	16	55	WDDWDW		4-0
1	10	Coventry City	36	15	9	12	48	43	10	4	5	29	17	5	5	7	19	26	5	54	WWDLLW		4-1
2	11	Millwall	36	14	12	10	37	34	9	6	3	21	13	5	6	7	16	21	3	54	WWWWDD		0-0
2	12	Blackpool	36	14	9	13	42	41	10	2	7	22	19	4	7	6	20	22	1	51	LDLWWW		1-0
	13	Preston North End	37	12	15	10	40	40	6	9	3	24	21	6	6	7	16	19	0	51	WLDDWD		0-0
2	14	West Bromwich Albion	36	13	11	12	39	34	8	7	2	23	12	5	4	10	16	22	5	50	DLLLWD
	15	Stoke City	36	12	10	14	45	42	7	4	7	25	21	5	6	7	20	21	3	46	DLLLDD		2-2
	16	Swansea City	35	12	8	15	38	50	8	4	5	23	20	4	4	10	15	30	-12	44	WLWWLL		0-1
	17	Cardiff City	37	12	7	18	43	55	6	3	10	19	22	6	4	8	24	33	-12	43	DLLWWD		0-0
1	18	Bristol City	37	12	7	18	47	65	7	5	7	24	25	5	2	11	23	40	-18	43	LWLLLW		1-0
1	19	Birmingham City	37	10	11	16	42	56	6	5	7	21	23	4	6	9	21	33	-14	41	WDLLWD		0-0
	20	Hull City	37	10	8	19	30	41	5	3	10	15	22	5	5	9	15	19	-11	38	DDLWLD		0-0
	21	Reading	36	10	5	21	42	72	5	4	9	25	36	5	1	12	17	36	-30	29*	DWWLLL		0-4
1	22	Barnsley	36	5	10	21	26	52	4	6	8	14	21	1	4	13	12	31	-26	25	LWWLDD		1-1
1	23	Derby County	37	11	12	14	36	41	9	6	3	25	16	2	6	11	11	25	-5	24*	WLLLWL		0-2
	24	Peterborough United	36	5	8	23	27	72	4	6	7	17	23	1	2	16	10	49	-45	23	LLLLDD		2-2

*Reading deducted 6 points
*Derby County deducted a total of 21 points