Summary

  • Tom Lawrence put Derby County ahead before Sam Gallagher levelled the score

  • Harvey Elliot's 67th minute goal gave Blackburn the lead for the first time

  • Kieffer Moore's late penalty put Cardiff ahead but Yakou Meite's last minute strike levelled the score

  1. Thank you and goodbye!published at 20:35 British Summer Time 16 April 2021

    FT: Blackburn 2-1 Derby and Reading 1-1 Cardiff

    That's a wrap for this evening's Championship action then.

    Reading salvaged a point with an added-time equaliser against Cardiff to keep intact their hopes of making the play-offs.

    Blackburn, meanwhile, came from behind to beat Derby and deepen the Rams' relegation concerns.

    The results will affect both ends of the table, and there will be further twists and turns tomorrow with seven Championship matches kicking off at 12:30 BST.

    We hope you can join us for coverage of those matches and, until then, it's thanks and good night from us.

    Reading run ball back after equalisingImage source, Huw Evans Picture Agency
  2. 'So blooming annoying!' - McCarthypublished at 20:33 British Summer Time 16 April 2021

    FT: Reading 1-1 Cardiff

    Mick McCarthyImage source, Getty Images

    Cardiff City manager Mick McCarthy tells Sky Sports: "I'm sick of conceding late goals. We're sick of it.

    "I'm not bothered if they [Reading] deserve it or not - they shouldn't get it.

    "It's so blooming annoying I can't tell you!

    "They [Cardiff players] are not soft. It was a great performance but they just let their guard down.

    "Sometimes you've got to toughen up, you're feeling knackered but you've got to make sure that ball doesn't end up in the net.

    "We let ourselves down by conceding late on."

  3. Reading will 'never give up', says Paunovicpublished at 20:26 British Summer Time 16 April 2021

    FT: Reading 1-1 Cardiff

    PaunovicImage source, Getty Images

    Reading manager Veljko Paunovic tells Sky Sports: "We immediately looked to show a reaction after Cardiff's goal.

    "Fortunately the goal came. We showed that we will never give up.

    "We created chances and in the second half we were very close to taking the lead.

    "There was a good impact from our players who came on from the bench.

    "Nobody's happy with a point today but, with that point, we'll see how the other results go this weekend.

    "We will keep going and we will never give up."

  4. 'We always kept believing' - Meitepublished at 20:12 British Summer Time 16 April 2021

    FT: Reading 1-1 Cardiff

    Perry Ng challenges Yakou MeiteImage source, Getty Images

    Reading goalscorer Yakou Meite tells Sky Sports: "I think it was an important goal because we were 1-0 down near the end of the game.

    "We're disappointed because we deserved more and we had chances - but thankfully we scored a late goal.

    "We always kept believing because that's what we've always done this season.

    "There are four games left and we'll try to win as many as we can. We have no time to think about the past."

  5. Meite earns late draw for Royalspublished at 20:11 British Summer Time 16 April 2021

    FT: Reading 1-1 Cardiff

    Yakou MeiteImage source, Huw Evans picture agency

    Reading's hopes of a Championship play-off spot remain intact as Yakou Meite's late equaliser earns them a 1-1 draw.

    Read the match report here.

  6. Blackburn come back to beat lowly Ramspublished at 20:04 British Summer Time 16 April 2021

    FT: Blackburn 2-1 Derby

    Sam Gallagher and Harvey Elliott celebrate a goal against Blackburn RoversImage source, Rex Features

    So Blackburn come from behind to beat Derby, as the Rams miss the chance to move away from the Championship relegation zone.

    You can read the full report here.

  7. Postpublished at 19:58 British Summer Time 16 April 2021

    FT: Reading 1-1 Cardiff

    Jason Perry
    Former Cardiff player on BBC Radio Wales

    That's was the only time the centre-backs lost a header in between the sticks

  8. FULL-TIME - Reading 1-1 Cardiffpublished at 19:56 British Summer Time 16 April 2021

    Well, after a forgettable first 86 minutes, that was a dramatic ending to the match.

    Kieffer Moore's penalty looked to have won it for Cardiff, only for Yakou Meite to head Reading level four minutes into injury time.

    Reading ended the game strongly, but is a point enough to keep them in the hunt for a play-off place?

    With four matches left, they are now four points adrift of the top six, having played a game more than Barnsley in sixth.

  9. goal

    GOAL - Reading 1-1 Cardiffpublished at 90 mins + 4

    Yakou Meite

    Reading aren't giving up on their play-off dream!

    Substitute Sam Baldock whips in a fine cross from the right wing, and Yakou Meite meets it with a firm header.

    Cardiff defender Aden Flint gets a touch but he can't stop it from going into the net.

  10. FULL-TIME - Blackburn 2-1 Derbypublished at 19:55 British Summer Time 16 April 2021

    The final whistle goes and Blackburn's first win in eight games has pretty much secured their Championship status.

    Derby have now suffered a third straight defeat and are still in danger of relegation.

    The Rams players head to referee Steve Martin and protest they should have had a penalty right at the end of injury time. They certainly have a case.

  11. Postpublished at 90+5 mins

    Blackburn 2-1 Derby

    Derby have late appeals for a penalty denied as Festy Ebosele goes to ground in the box.

  12. Postpublished at 90 mins + 2

    Reading 0-1 Cardiff

    Ovie Ejaria swings in a cross from the left wing but it falls into the arms of Cardiff keeper Alex Smithies.

    Reading's play-off aspirations are fading fast.

  13. SUBSTITUTIONpublished at 90 mins

    Reading 0-1 Cardiff

    Reading make three late substitutions.

    Sone Aluko, Sam Baldock and Dejan Tetek replace Andy Yiadom, Omar Richards and Michael Olise.

    There will be five minutes of added time.

  14. Postpublished at 90+2 mins

    Blackburn 2-1 Derby

    The Rams have four added minutes to find an equaliser.

    Patrick Roberts has just drilled a ball across the Rovers box, but no-one was there to get on the end of it.

    The visitors are getting desperate now.

  15. Postpublished at 89 mins

    Reading 0-1 Cardiff

    Jason Perry
    Former Cardiff player on BBC Radio Wales

    When Kieffer Moore was asked to step up he absolutely drilled it, no doubt about it.

  16. Postpublished at 88 mins

    Reading 0-1 Cardiff

    Cardiff are close to a second goal in a minute, as Aden Flint heads over from a corner.

    Reading look crestfallen.

  17. goal

    GOAL - Reading 0-1 Cardiffpublished at 87 mins

    Kieffer Moore (pen)

    Emphatic!

    Having earned the penalty after he is fouled by Omar Richards, Kieffer Moore dusts himself off and smashes the ball into the top corner.

    How costly could that goal be to Reading's play-off hopes?

  18. PENALTYpublished at 86 mins

    Reading 0-0 Cardiff

    Penalty to Cardiff!

    Substitute Sheyi Ojo has a shot saved by Rafael and Kieffer Moore gets to the rebound first, and he's brought down by Omar Richards.

  19. GREAT SAVE!published at 86 mins

    Blackburn 2-1 Derby

    Another big save by Rovers keeper Thomas Kaminski.

    This time he gets down low to push away a close-range header from Derby striker Colin Kazim-Richards.

  20. Postpublished at 84 mins

    Reading 0-0 Cardiff

    It's just not happening for Reading.

    Ovie Ejaria again slaloms his way into Cardiff's penalty area and, despite getting himself into a promising position, he loses his balance and the chance is gone.

    Yakou Meite then tries to get on the end of a long ball but gets nowhere it and just clatters into Cardiff keeper Alex Smithies.