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Reading 0-1 Nottingham - February 28, 2009 / Championship 2008/2009

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Championship 2008/2009 - Round 35

Madejski Stadium - Reading - England

February 28, 2009

21 196

Reading

0 - 1

Nottingham

61'

Lewis McGugan (left foot)

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30' - Substitution Nathan Tysonis substituted by Garath McCleary

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60' - Substitution Jimmy Kébéis substituted by Jay Tabb60

61' - Goal Lewis McGugan

76' - Substitution Chris Armstrongis substituted by Leroy Lita76

77' - Substitution Brynjar Gunnarssonis substituted by Kalifa Cissé77

82' - Substitution Lewis McGuganis substituted by Matt Thornhill

86' - Substitution Robert Earnshawis substituted by Ian Breckin

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Reading

0 - 1

Nottingham

Reading Nottingham

Team line-ups

Reading

forward

offensive midfielder

midfielder

defensive midfielder

defender

sweeper

goalkeeper

Noel Hunt

Republic of Ireland

B.date26/12/1982

Age26 years

H1m73

positionStriker

Doyle

Kevin Doyle

Republic of Ireland

B.date18/09/1983

Age25 years

H1m80

positionStriker

S. Hunt

Stephen Hunt

Republic of Ireland

B.date01/08/1981

Age27 years

H1m75

positionLeft Offensive Midfielder

Gunnarsson77

Brynjar Gunnarsson

Iceland

B.date16/10/1975

Age33 years

H1m85

positionCentral defender

Matejovsky

Marek Matejovsky

Czech Republic

B.date20/12/1981

Age27 years

H1m81

positionMidfield

Kébé60

Jimmy Kébé

Mali

B.date19/01/1984

Age25 years

H1m88

positionRight Midfielder

Armstrong76

Chris Armstrong

Scotland

B.date05/08/1982

Age26 years

H1m75

positionLeft full-back

Pearce

Alex Pearce

Republic of Ireland

B.date09/11/1988

Age20 years

H1m88

positionLeft central defender

Duberry

Michael Duberry

England

B.date14/10/1975

Age33 years

H1m86

positionRight central defender

Rosenior

Liam Rosenior

England

B.date09/07/1984

Age24 years

H1m78

positionRight full-back

Federici

Adam Federici

Australia

B.date31/01/1985

Age24 years

H1m88

positionGoalkeeper

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Adam Federici		24	26	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Brynjar Gunnarsson	77	33	105	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Michael Duberry		33	39	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Alex Pearce		20	18	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Chris Armstrong	76	26	30	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Liam Rosenior		24	51	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Jimmy Kébé	60	25	36	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Marek Matejovsky		27	26	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Stephen Hunt		27	159	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Noel Hunt		26	33	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Kevin Doyle		25	154	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

26.4 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Nottingham

forward

offensive midfielder

midfielder

defensive midfielder

defender

sweeper

goalkeeper

Earnshaw86

Robert Earnshaw

Wales

B.date06/04/1981

Age27 years

H1m73

positionStriker

Tyson30

Nathan Tyson

England

B.date04/05/1982

Age26 years

H1m83

positionStriker

Anderson

Paul Anderson

England

B.date23/07/1988

Age20 years

H1m71

positionRight Offensive Midfielder

Cohen

Chris Cohen

England

B.date05/03/1987

Age21 years

H1m78

positionLeft central midfielder

McGugan6182

Lewis McGugan

England

B.date25/10/1988

Age20 years

H1m75

positionPlaymaker

Moussi

Guy Moussi

France

B.date23/01/1985

Age24 years

H1m87

positionDefensive Midfielder

Lynch

Joel Lynch

Wales

B.date03/10/1987

Age21 years

H1m85

positionLeft central defender

Wilson

Kelvin Wilson

England

B.date03/09/1985

Age23 years

H1m86

positionLeft central defender

Morgan

Wes Morgan

Jamaica

B.date21/01/1984

Age25 years

H1m86

positionCentral defender

Chambers

Luke Chambers

England

B.date28/09/1985

Age23 years

H1m85

positionRight full-back

Smith

Paul Smith

England

B.date17/12/1979

Age29 years

H1m94

positionGoalkeeper

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Paul Smith		29	129	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Kelvin Wilson		23	79	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Wes Morgan		25	266	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Joel Lynch		21	16	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Luke Chambers		23	99	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Guy Moussi		24	13	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Chris Cohen		21	81	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Lewis McGugan	6182	20	79	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Paul Anderson		20	21	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Robert Earnshaw	86	27	27	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Nathan Tyson	30	26	132	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

23.5 years

Average number of matches played for the team

			Age	Match num	Note
M	Kalifa Cissé	77	25	55	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Jay Tabb	60	25	1	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Leroy Lita	76	24	100	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

			Age	Match num	Note
D	Ian Breckin	86	34	155	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Matt Thornhill	82	20	41	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Garath McCleary	30	21	40	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Marek Matejovsky

Kalifa Cissé

OUT

Brynjar Gunnarsson

James Harper

OUT

Noel Hunt

Leroy Lita

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Kelvin Wilson

Ian Breckin

OUT

Guy Moussi

James Perch

OUT

Joel Lynch

Joe Heath

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Steve Coppell

267

Success rate in this team:

45 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

41 %

Coppell vs Nottingham

7 victories

10 draws

11 losses

Latest figure on February 28, 2009

Coppell vs Davies

4 victories

0 draw

2 losses

Latest figure on February 28, 2009

Manager

Age

Match num

Billy Davies

Success rate in this team:

42 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

40 %

Davies vs Reading

2 victories

0 draw

4 losses

Latest figure on February 28, 2009

Davies vs Coppell

2 victories

0 draw

4 losses

Latest figure on February 28, 2009

Referee

Neil Swarbrick

4 victories	2 draws	4 losses	Reading10 matches	General total	Nottingham14 matches	6 victories	4 draws	4 losses
0 victory	0 draw	1 loss	Reading1 match	Season total	Nottingham2 matches	1 victory	1 draw	0 loss
Latest figure on May 29, 2017					Latest figure on January 30, 2016

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Key figures

No Reading manager (with more than 30 matches on the bench) before Steve Coppell has done less than 23% of losses in Championship.

Reading keeps its 4 consecutive matches without a win running (since 31/01/2009).

End of streak for Nottingham after 8 matches with at least one goal conceded (since 23/01/2009). It was the best streak for the club since 27/09/2008-22/11/2008 (11 matches).

Read the next 12 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

VReading 2-0 Norwich City13/12/2008

DReading 1-1 Cardiff City26/12/2008

VReading 4-0 Watford09/01/2009

VReading 1-0 Wolverhampton27/01/2009

DReading 0-0 Preston North End07/02/2009

LReading 0-2 Bristol City21/02/2009

Overall

VReading 4-0 Watford09/01/2009

LSwansea 2-0 Reading17/01/2009

VReading 1-0 Wolverhampton27/01/2009

DQueens Park Rangers 0-0 Reading31/01/2009

DReading 0-0 Preston North End07/02/2009

LReading 0-2 Bristol City21/02/2009

Current form

Away

VManchester City 0-3 Nottingham Forest03/01/2009

VCharlton 0-2 Nottingham Forest10/01/2009

DDerby County 1-1 Nottingham Forest23/01/2009

LCardiff City 2-0 Nottingham Forest31/01/2009

LBirmingham City 2-0 Nottingham Forest14/02/2009

LIpswich Town 2-1 Nottingham Forest18/02/2009

Overall

LCardiff City 2-0 Nottingham Forest31/01/2009

LNottingham Forest 2-3 Derby County04/02/2009

DNottingham Forest 2-2 Queens Park Rangers07/02/2009

LBirmingham City 2-0 Nottingham Forest14/02/2009

LIpswich Town 2-1 Nottingham Forest18/02/2009

LNottingham Forest 1-3 Derby County21/02/2009

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Loosing streak	1	1
Winless streak	2	3
Drawless streak	1	1
Goalless streak	2	3
Conceding streak	1	1

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Loosing streak	3	3
Winless streak	4	6
Drawless streak	3	3
Scoring streak	1	2
Conceding streak	4	8

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

32	Number of games (Competition total)	34
17	Number of games (Home / Away)	17
17	Victories (Competition total)	8
12	Victories (Home / Away)	4
8	Draws (Competition total)	10
3	Draws (Home / Away)	4
7	Losses (Competition total)	16
2	Losses (Home / Away)	9

Goals

58	Goals scored (Competition total)	36
37	Goals scored (Home / Away)	19
28	Goals conceded (Competition total)	50
10	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	28
1.81	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	1.06
2.18	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	1.12
0.88	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	1.47
0.59	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	1.65

Betting aid

16	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	16
9	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	9
15	Clean sheets (Competition total)	8
10	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	3
8	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	11
3	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	5
13	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	19
6	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	10
2-0 (2 times)	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	1-2 (3 times)

Bookings

39	Yellow cards (Competition total)	57
14	Yellow cards (Home / Away)	27
4	Red cards (Competition total)	3
0	Red cards (Home / Away)	2

Key players

Kevin Doyle	17 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	7 goals	Robert Earnshaw
Kevin Doyle	12 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	3 goals	Robert Earnshaw
Stephen Hunt	4 penalties	Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)	1 penalty	Lewis McGugan
Stephen Hunt	1 penalty	Team's penalty best scorer (Home / Away)		-
Stephen Hunt	14 assists	Player with most assists (Competition total)	4 assists	Nathan Tyson
Stephen Hunt	11 assists	Player with most assists (Home / Away)	2 assists	Nathan Tyson
Kevin Doyle	17 goals, 6 assists during the last 29 matches	The fittest player	2 assists during the last 2 matches	Garath McCleary

Historical head to head

Home

11 matches

6 v

1 d

4 l

22 gf

18 ga

Away

12 matches

2 v

3 d

7 l

8 gf

22 ga

Total

23 matches

8 v

4 d

11 l

30 gf

40 ga

Historical head to head

Home

12 matches

7 v

3 d

2 l

22 gf

8 ga

Away

11 matches

4 v

1 d

6 l

18 gf

22 ga

Total

23 matches

11 v

4 d

8 l

40 gf

30 ga

Largest victory

Overall	4 - 0	September 04, 1926
Home	4 - 0	September 04, 1926

Largest victory

Overall	5 - 0	February 22, 1930
Away	3 - 0	April 06, 1929

Latest head to head

August 10, 2008 - Championship 2008/2009

Nottingham

0 - 0

Reading

April 16, 2005 - Championship 2004/2005

Reading

1 - 0

Nottingham

November 20, 2004 - Championship 2004/2005

Nottingham

1 - 0

Reading

January 17, 2004 - First Division 2003/2004

Nottingham

0 - 1

Reading

August 16, 2003 - First Division 2003/2004

Reading

3 - 0

Nottingham

Best historical scorers against Nottingham

Scott Murray	2 goals	2003 - 2004
Steve Sidwell	1 goal	2003 - 2003
Andy Hughes	1 goal	2003 - 2003
Shaun Goater	1 goal	2003 - 2003
James Harper	1 goal	2005 - 2005

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 24/10/1997. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Reading

Pierre van Hooijdonk	2 goals	1997 - 1997
Gareth Taylor	1 goal	2004 - 2004
David Johnson	1 goal	2002 - 2002
Marlon Harewood	1 goal	2002 - 2002
Kevin Campbell	1 goal	1997 - 1997
Chris Bart-Williams	1 goal	1998 - 1998

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 24/10/1997. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Nottingham

Marcus Hahnemann	7 matches	2002 - 2008
Graeme Murty	6 matches	2002 - 2005
Nicky Shorey	6 matches	2002 - 2005
Andy Hughes	6 matches	2002 - 2005
James Harper	5 matches	2002 - 2008
Nicky Forster	5 matches	2002 - 2005

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 24/10/1997. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Reading

Matthieu Louis-Jean	5 matches	2002 - 2005
Andy Reid	5 matches	2002 - 2004
Wes Morgan	5 matches	2003 - 2008
David Johnson	4 matches	2002 - 2004
Darren Ward	4 matches	2002 - 2004
Eoin Jess	3 matches	2002 - 2003