The top-flight Royals enter the game sitting fairly high in the league table, five points clear of the closest challengers Bristol City and Watford following the 3-0 victory over Rotherham United on Saturday
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Veljko Paunovic hopes his side can continue their brilliant start with a seventh win in eight games
The rovers will be a tall order for Reading, however, and will come into the game after beating Coventry City 4-0 this weekend
Tony Mowbray’s team are currently in 10th place in the league table but could advance to the play-offs with a victory
Journalist Jonathan Low will bring you all of the in-game action in the live blog below
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Things are finally settling down a bit now, although it still looks like there will be a few more goals in this one
Blackburn looks very shaky from the back and just can’t handle the front three of Reading, Meite, Olise and Joao
The Royals look good defensive, but a lively Rovers frontline asks them a lot of questions
Joao’s shoulder drops into the corner of the box, shoots across the goal and all it takes is a touch but no one can put it back
Richards passes from the left, he’s only half clear to Laurent who aims for 20 meters and loops one in the lower corner
Olise breaks free and goes on goal, he walks past a defender and shoots low in the bottom corner
Two goals in the first three minutes and a few more chances to add to the score
Bright header from Esteves as he directs the ball to the back post to concede a corner under pressure from Brereton
Holtby sparkles in a left-footed effort that is not far from Rafael’s left post
Just a long ball ahead of the kickoff by Reading, it hit a defender and fell to Joao
The keeper was in no man’s land and left his goal open, letting Meite enter the ball just to the right of the D
Meite hits the ball into an empty net after Joao’s rear wheel on the edge of the area
Reading starts the game – they go right to left in the first half
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Both groups of players are doing their final warm-ups now here in a nearly empty Ewood park
Mm Very little creativity in this line Yes, Joao can appear with magic, but I’m not sure we’ll get him much It seems easy enough to undo
Difficult game today Hopefully Ejaria is resting and is not injured We’ll have to be quick on the counterattack and try to be more creative Aim for a 2-1 victory
It could be absolute gold dust if we pull off another win tonight It’s gonna be a real test So we’ll see
I wouldn’t be surprised if Semedo sits down and Rinhomota or Laurent play closer to the leader because they have more energy
To confirm then, two changes for the Reading team with Joao and Olise for Puscas and Ejaria
Two rare names on the bench too – Sam Walker is Rafael’s replacement ahead of Luke Southwood (who has traveled) and Tennai Watson provides defensive cover
Michael Olise and Lucas Joao are both in the starting 11 after being on the bench on Saturday
It’s a cold and humid evening here in the northwest, so a big test in many ways for Reading
The Icelandic joins the Ligue 2 squad following injuries to Jonny Maxted and former Royals shooter Lewis Ward
Andresson enters the Greek squad directly for Tuesday night’s game with Leyton Orient at Brisbane Road
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Sky Sports expert David Prutton says Reading could be in one of their toughest tests of the season when they travel to Blackburn Rovers in the Championship
The Royals enter the game at Ewood Park flying high at the top of the league and five points ahead of closest challengers Bristol City and Watford
Veljko Paunovic’s side have won their last two matches, but EFL expert Prutton says Royals will struggle against Tony Mowbray’s Rovers
Reading are still without Felipe Araruna, John Swift, Sam Baldock and Andy Yiadom due to injury
The other three should be back by the end of the year / early 2021
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