In a mid week match in week 32, on Tue Feb 14th, Reading plays host to Rotherham United in a meeting of these two Championship teams. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 5 degrees, making for an unpleasant day. In their last match, 17th placed Reading, recorded a 0-1 loss against Sunderland. Patrick Roberts struck first for Sunderland in the 84th minute, and with that single goal the scoring was complete. Neither team could manage anything else In the end, Reading was frustrated by Sunderland’s defence and couldn’t put any tallies on the board. Sunderland ended the match with the shutout victory. Reading is looking for direction having earned 12 points in their last 10 matches, while in their last match, 20th placed Rotherham United, recorded a 0-0 scoreless draw against Blackpool. Blackpool had 12 on net, and Rotherham United had 11, but no one could beat the goalie, and the game ended in a 0-0 draw,. Rotherham United looks to improve on their recent performance, having earned only 8 points in their last 10 matches.
In their last match on Aug 13th, Rotherham United won by a score of 4 to 0. Richard Wood struck first for Rotherham United in the 7th minute on a feed from Ben Wiles, then Conor Washington added another in the 15th minute on a feed from Daniel Barlaser At the end of 90 a dissapointed Reading couldn’t manage to score, and Rotherham United took the shutout win.
Both Conor Washington and Shane Ferguson have been the hottest scorers for Rotherham United in the last 5 each having scored 2 goals each. Jeff Hendrick has been the most prolific scorer on Reading in his last 5 matches with three goals.