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Nottingham Forest had Luke Chambers sent off late on but held on to take a point from the Madejski Stadium. Jimmy Kebe spurned the best chance to give new Reading boss Brendan Rodgers a debut win, latching on to Scott Davies' low shot but stabbing wide of the post. Forest had several chances of their own but neither David McGoldrick nor Radoslaw Majewski could find the net. Chambers was shown a second yellow card with two minutes remaining for an incident off the ball.

Reading manager Brendan Rogers: "The only thing that was missing was a goal. That's a wee part of the game but a very important part. I chose Simon Church up front instead of Shane Long because of their performances in five pre-season games, but both are full internationals and there wasn't much in it. It's a squad, not a team, and everyone will play their part during the season."
BBC Sport

Brendan Rodgers, the new Reading manager, fielded a side with an average age of little more than 22. The young bucks, including five 20-year-olds, might have won with better finishing against Forest’s vastly more worldly-wise journeymen. "Brendan’s Babes", as the local paper has dubbed the team, might have to grow up quickly. “We’re a young bunch and there is not a lot of fear, and it will take a while for us to gel,” Alex Pearce, 20, the Reading captain, said.
The Times