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Commentary
The Reading 'keeper did well to hold onto a wicked strike from McCANN.
McCANN made space on the right and pulled the ball to DOGUKAN who fired the ball wide.
WARD saved a curling shot from SMITH.
17¹The 'keeper was able to claw away an amazing shot.
33¹Uncertainty in the Reading defence enabled DUMMETT to thump the ball wide.
34¹TETEK's shot was well held by ORTEGA.
34¹McCANN's shot beat the Reading 'keeper but rebounded off the Reading woodwork.
36¹HAKSABANOVIC was put clear by SHACKLETON and he turned WARD but glanced his shot just wide.
41¹JUNIOR FIRPO rushed a simple chance.
42¹A cross from RINOMHOTA left EMMERSON in plenty of space but he scuffed his shot.
45¹A delightful save prevented SMITH from scoring a great goal.
A header by JUNIOR FIRPO at the near post was easily collected by WARD.
14²GOAL!! A great twenty-five yard shot from DOGUKAN struck the post and in the ensuing scramble the ball was headed into the net by SMITH. (1-0 Sheffield Weds.)
16²SMITH fired a deadly shot just beyond the far post from close range.
18²A shot from HWANG was kicked off the line by ARMSTRONG.
28²DOGUKAN beat LAURENT and placed the ball to JUNIOR FIRPO who toe-poked his effort wide.
29²A fine run was ended by a good save by the advancing 'keeper.
30²SHACKLETON beat a number of Reading players and fired a shot just beyond the far post.
31²A shot from JUNIOR FIRPO seemed a certain goal but the Reading 'keeper managed to punch the ball away.
34²A perfect strike from JUNIOR FIRPO was dealt with by a fine parry from WARD.
35²BANNAN touched the ball through a ruck of players but the Reading 'keeper was a match for it as he dived to his left.
42²GOAL!! A mishit goal-kick was intercepted by McCANN who setup SMITH with a simple chance. (2-0 Sheffield Weds.)

 
Reading
 
League position: 21
Home league form: LLWL
Overall league form: LLLLLLLW
Formation: 4-4-2
Line-ups
Jed WARD1Stefan ORTEGA(c)
Finn COUSIN-DAWSON2Jamie SHACKLETON
Finlay ARMSTRONG3Paul DUMMETT
(c)Andy RINOMHOTA4Alistair McCANN
Malachi FAGAN-WALCOTT5Tomás KALAS
Adam SENIOR6Akin FAMEWO
Dejan TETEK7DOGUKAN Sinik
Josh LAURENT8Héctor JUNIOR FIRPO
(p)Tom DELE-BASHIRU9Michael SMITH(p)
(f)Jack WELLS-MORRISON10Sead HAKSABANOVIC(f)
Zak EMMERSON11HWANG Ui-jo
Scott SmillieManager
BRUMA12  Lee GREGORY
Tiernan BROOKS  13  ÁLVARO Fernández
TIQUINHO  14Barry BANNAN
Darío BENEDETTO  15  Jordan RHODES
Femi AZEEZ  16  James HILL
 
Sheffield Weds.
 
League position: 11
Away league form: LLXW
Overall league form: WLWOLLWX
Formation: 4-3-3

Statistics
Reading 0 Sheffield Weds. 2
(Half-time: 0-0, Attendance: 17,422, Stadium: Madejski, Referee: Barry Knight 6, stadium work in progress)

 
Scorers
Substitutions
Sent off
Bookings
Corners
Fouls
Offsides
Shots on
Shots off
Total shots
Shots saved
Possession
Smith 14², Smith 42²
RinomhotaóBruma 15²DogukanóBannan 34²
  
  
11
55
13
216
511
727
211
40%60%
Man of the match: Héctor Junior Firpo