Rotherham United vs Reading

5 October 2024 · League One · 2024/25 · Referee B Toner

Full time 2 – 1

Half-time: 0–1

  • Sam Nombe 49’
  • Hakeem Odofin 56’
  • Lewis Wing 26’

Match summary

Rotherham United came from behind to win 2-1 at home to Reading. Reading led 1-0 at half-time.

Lewis Wing put Reading ahead with a direct free kick in the 26th minute, Sam Nombe equalised in the 49th minute, and Hakeem Odofin won it with a header in the 56th minute.

Shots finished 17-10 to Rotherham United, with 6 on target for Rotherham United and 1 for Reading. Reading had a player sent off.

Match stats

Rotherham United Reading
17 Shots 10
6 Shots on Target 1
9 Corners 5
3 Yellow Cards 3
0 Red Cards 1

Key events

Rotherham United Reading
Kick-off
26’
Lewis Wing0-1 (Reading)
Half-time0-1
Sam Nombe1-1 (Rotherham United)
49’
Hakeem Odofin2-1 (Rotherham United)
56’
Full-time2-1

Bookings

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

Rotherham United
  • Cameron Dawson
  • Reece James
  • Sam Nombe
Reading
  • Kelvin Ehibhatiomhan
  • Michael Craig
  • Sam Smith
  • Andre Garcia

Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 Reading attacking Rotherham United attacking 
5’ Sam Nombe (Rotherham United), set piece, off target 8’ Sam Nombe (Rotherham United), open play, blocked 11’ Hakeem Odofin (Rotherham United), open play, off target 23’ Joe Powell (Rotherham United), direct free kick, blocked 24’ Jamie McCart (Rotherham United), from a corner, saved 26’ Lewis Wing (Reading), direct free kick, goal 30’ Mallik Wilks (Rotherham United), from a corner, off target 31’ Ben Elliott (Reading), open play, off target 32’ Jonson Clarke-Harris (Rotherham United), set piece, saved 36’ Kelvin Ehibhatiomhan (Reading), open play, off target 45’ Mallik Wilks (Rotherham United), open play, blocked 49’ Sam Nombe (Rotherham United), open play, goal 49’ Mallik Wilks (Rotherham United), set piece, blocked 51’ Sam Smith (Reading), open play, blocked 56’ Hakeem Odofin (Rotherham United), set piece, goal 56’ Mallik Wilks (Rotherham United), set piece, blocked 58’ Sam Nombe (Rotherham United), open play, saved 59’ Christ Junior Tiehi (Rotherham United), from a corner, off target 68’ Jamie McCart (Rotherham United), set piece, saved 72’ Jayden Wareham (Reading), open play, blocked 73’ Tyler Bindon (Reading), from a corner, off target 75’ Mallik Wilks (Rotherham United), from a corner, off target 86’ Jayden Wareham (Reading), open play, off target 90+2’ Jordan Hugill (Rotherham United), open play, blocked 90+6’ Charlie Savage (Reading), open play, blocked 90+6’ Sam Smith (Reading), open play, off target 90+7’ Harvey Knibbs (Reading), open play, blocked 5’ Sam Nombe (Rotherham United), set piece, off target 8’ Sam Nombe (Rotherham United), open play, blocked 11’ Hakeem Odofin (Rotherham United), open play, off target 23’ Joe Powell (Rotherham United), direct free kick, blocked 24’ Jamie McCart (Rotherham United), from a corner, saved 26’ Lewis Wing (Reading), direct free kick, goal 30’ Mallik Wilks (Rotherham United), from a corner, off target 31’ Ben Elliott (Reading), open play, off target 32’ Jonson Clarke-Harris (Rotherham United), set piece, saved 36’ Kelvin Ehibhatiomhan (Reading), open play, off target 45’ Mallik Wilks (Rotherham United), open play, blocked 49’ Sam Nombe (Rotherham United), open play, goal 49’ Mallik Wilks (Rotherham United), set piece, blocked 51’ Sam Smith (Reading), open play, blocked 56’ Hakeem Odofin (Rotherham United), set piece, goal 56’ Mallik Wilks (Rotherham United), set piece, blocked 58’ Sam Nombe (Rotherham United), open play, saved 59’ Christ Junior Tiehi (Rotherham United), from a corner, off target 68’ Jamie McCart (Rotherham United), set piece, saved 72’ Jayden Wareham (Reading), open play, blocked 73’ Tyler Bindon (Reading), from a corner, off target 75’ Mallik Wilks (Rotherham United), from a corner, off target 86’ Jayden Wareham (Reading), open play, off target 90+2’ Jordan Hugill (Rotherham United), open play, blocked 90+6’ Charlie Savage (Reading), open play, blocked 90+6’ Sam Smith (Reading), open play, off target 90+7’ Harvey Knibbs (Reading), open play, blocked
Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

Players16 players
90′ – – – – – –
90′ – – – – – – –
90′ – – – – – – –
90′ – – 2 – – – –
Reece James Taken off
65′ – – – – – –
Hakeem Odofin Taken off
88′ 1 – 2 – – – –
Christ Junior Tiehi Taken off
82′ – – 1 – – – –
90′ – – 1 – – – –
Mallik Wilks Taken off
88′ – – 5 – – – –
Jonson Clarke-Harris Taken off
82′ – – 1 – – – –
90′ 1 – 4 – – –
Cohen Bramall Came on as a substitute
25′ – – – – – – –
Shaun McWilliams Came on as a substitute
8′ – – – – – – –
Jordan Hugill Came on as a substitute
8′ – – 1 – – – –
Alex MacDonald Came on as a substitute
2′ – – – – – – –
Jack Holmes Came on as a substitute
2′ – – – – – – –
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

Rotherham United win 46% Avg odds 2.04
Draw 27% Avg odds 3.46
Reading win 27% Avg odds 3.45

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

Form going into the game

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Previous and next meeting

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.