Reading continue their promotion campaign by dominating Derby

Reading 3 Derby County 0

After the successful result at Brighton earlier in the week, Derby were on a high and determined to continue their recent run of impressive results with their trip to Reading.

Unfortunately, it just wasn’t to be.

Brothers Noel and Stephen Hunt opened the scoreline for Reading during some sloppy defending from Derby when Noel headed home a corner knocked in by Stephen.

In the second half, it was another header that extended Reading’s lead, this time courtesy of Kevin Doyle. Doyle was quick to follow this up with a stunning shot from a tight angle

Kris Commons was close with finding a consolation goal but failed to hit the target.

This was Derby’s first major defeat in a long time but it was at the cost of a strong Reading side who are  likely to get automatic promotion back to the Premiership.

Maybe our Carling Cup tie against Leeds United in the week will be more successful…