Derby vs Reading

12 March 2024 · League One · 2023/24 · Referee C Breakspear

Full time 2 – 1

Half-time: 0–0

  • Dwight Gayle 53’
  • Conor Hourihane 70’ (pen)
  • Sam Smith 56’

Match summary

Derby won 2-1 at home to Reading. It was goalless at half-time.

Dwight Gayle put Derby ahead in the 53rd minute, Sam Smith equalised with a header in the 56th minute, and Conor Hourihane won it from the penalty spot in the 70th minute.

Shots finished 18-5 to Derby, with 7 on target for Derby and 1 for Reading. Reading had a player sent off.

Match stats

Derby Reading
18 Shots 5
7 Shots on Target 1
7 Corners 2
3 Yellow Cards 4
0 Red Cards 1

Key events

Derby Reading
Kick-off
Half-time0-0
Dwight Gayle1-0 (Derby)
53’
56’
Sam Smith1-1 (Reading)
Conor Hourihane
Penalty
2-1 (Derby)
70’
Full-time2-1

Bookings

Card times are not on file for this game, so they are listed without a minute.

Derby
  • Eiran Cashin
  • Ebou Adams
  • Louie Sibley
Reading
  • Andy Yiadom
  • Joel Pereira
  • Tyler Bindon
  • Clinton Mola
  • Jayden Wareham

Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 Reading attacking Derby attacking 
5’ Louie Sibley (Derby), open play, off target 8’ Ebou Adams (Derby), open play, blocked 11’ Joe Ward (Derby), direct free kick, saved 17’ Sam Smith (Reading), open play, blocked 21’ Lewis Wing (Reading), open play, off target 26’ Dwight Gayle (Derby), open play, saved 26’ Nathaniel Méndez-Laing (Derby), open play, blocked 27’ Ebou Adams (Derby), open play, blocked 31’ Tom Barkhuizen (Derby), open play, saved 33’ Eiran Cashin (Derby), set piece, hit the woodwork 35’ Ebou Adams (Derby), open play, blocked 44’ Ebou Adams (Derby), set piece, blocked 46’ Sonny Bradley (Derby), set piece, off target 52’ Curtis Nelson (Derby), from a corner, saved 53’ Dwight Gayle (Derby), set piece, goal 56’ Sam Smith (Reading), open play, goal 61’ Conor Hourihane (Derby), direct free kick, blocked 67’ Lewis Wing (Reading), direct free kick, blocked 70’ Conor Hourihane (Derby), penalty, goal 75’ Eiran Cashin (Derby), set piece, off target 78’ Tom Barkhuizen (Derby), open play, off target 80’ Nathaniel Méndez-Laing (Derby), open play, blocked 83’ Harvey Knibbs (Reading), open play, off target 90+3’ Martyn Waghorn (Derby), open play, saved 5’ Louie Sibley (Derby), open play, off target 8’ Ebou Adams (Derby), open play, blocked 11’ Joe Ward (Derby), direct free kick, saved 17’ Sam Smith (Reading), open play, blocked 21’ Lewis Wing (Reading), open play, off target 26’ Dwight Gayle (Derby), open play, saved 26’ Nathaniel Méndez-Laing (Derby), open play, blocked 27’ Ebou Adams (Derby), open play, blocked 31’ Tom Barkhuizen (Derby), open play, saved 33’ Eiran Cashin (Derby), set piece, hit the woodwork 35’ Ebou Adams (Derby), open play, blocked 44’ Ebou Adams (Derby), set piece, blocked 46’ Sonny Bradley (Derby), set piece, off target 52’ Curtis Nelson (Derby), from a corner, saved 53’ Dwight Gayle (Derby), set piece, goal 56’ Sam Smith (Reading), open play, goal 61’ Conor Hourihane (Derby), direct free kick, blocked 67’ Lewis Wing (Reading), direct free kick, blocked 70’ Conor Hourihane (Derby), penalty, goal 75’ Eiran Cashin (Derby), set piece, off target 78’ Tom Barkhuizen (Derby), open play, off target 80’ Nathaniel Méndez-Laing (Derby), open play, blocked 83’ Harvey Knibbs (Reading), open play, off target 90+3’ Martyn Waghorn (Derby), open play, saved
Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

Players16 players
90′ – – – – – – –
90′ – – 1 – – – –
Sonny Bradley Taken off
71′ – – 1 – – – –
90′ – – 2 – – –
Joe Ward Taken off
71′ – – 1 – – – –
90′ – – 4 – – –
Conor Hourihane Taken off
71′ 1 – 2 – – – –
90′ – – 1 – – –
Tom Barkhuizen
90′ – – 2 – – – –
Dwight Gayle Taken off
72′ 1 – 2 – – – –
83′ – – 2 – – – –
Corey Blackett-Taylor Came on as a substitute
19′ – – – – – – –
Kane Wilson Came on as a substitute
19′ – – – – – – –
Korey Smith Came on as a substitute
19′ – – – – – – –
Martyn Waghorn Came on as a substitute
18′ – – 1 – – – –
Craig Forsyth Came on as a substitute
7′ – – – – – – –
Came on Taken off Sent off Red is the most in that position for the team

Every player who took the pitch, starters first and then substitutes. A dash means none. xG and xA are expected goals and assists.

Before kick-off

Derby win 60% Avg odds 1.56
Draw 23% Avg odds 4.05
Reading win 17% Avg odds 5.55

Chances implied by the average closing odds, with the bookmaker margin removed.

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Shots, expected goals, timeline, lineups, team and player statistics from Bzzoiro Sports Data (sports.bzzoiro.com). Results and odds from football-data.co.uk. Referee data before 2025/26 from the Transfermarkt datasets project.