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3¹	GOAL!! A quick free-kick allowed GOMES to touch the ball to YARMOLENKO who drove a deadly shot home. (1-0 West Ham United)
6¹	A cross from GOMES left BYRAM in plenty of space but he snapped at his shot.
8¹	GOAL!! A nice run by YARMOLENKO on the right was capped by a wonderful cross which GOMES turned in at the near post. (2-0 West Ham United)
12¹	ASORO headed inches wide.
16¹	GOAL!! MAHMUTOVIC drove a fierce shot against the post with LEES-MELOU cracking in the rebound. (3-0 West Ham United)
19¹	The West Ham United 'keeper dived to his left to block an accurate drive from Reading's RICHARDSON.
20¹	A free-kick from ROGELJ floated wide.
26¹	A fine run was ended by a good save by the advancing West Ham United 'keeper.
29¹	LEES-MELOU beat GORDON and hit the ball to YARMOLENKO who dragged his shot wide.
30¹	Uncertainty in the Reading defence enabled MAHMUTOVIC to volley an effort just beyond the far post.
34¹	GOMEZ MANCINI kicked the ball wide of the goal from just outside the area.
43¹	GOAL!! An exceptional ball from BYRAM left YARMOLENKO in the clear, he made WARD commit himself before nudging the ball to HULK to score. (4-0 West Ham United)
47¹	LEES-MELOU made space on the left and knocked the ball to BURGESS who touched the ball over.
0²	GOMES beat two Reading players and fired a golden opportunity just wide.
8²	RICHARDSON ran onto a wonderful ball from TETEK but fired his effort wide.
15²	A fine ball from VAN AANHOLT on the right found BURGESS who sliced his shot just beyond the near post.
22²	GOAL!! A wonderful bit of skill enabled GOMES to run through the Reading defence and score. (5-0 West Ham United)
29²	SAMUEL SOARES did well to hold onto an amazing strike from CORBETT.
30²	GOAL!! GOMES brought the ball forward, looked up and fired a shot into the Reading net. (6-0 West Ham United)
31²	HULK was put clear by ROGELJ and he pulled away from WARD but struck his shot over the bar.
32²	A penalty box meleé resulted in CORBETT driving a low shot over.
36²	A drive from YARMOLENKO seemed a certain goal but the Reading 'keeper managed to parry the ball clear.

Reading

League position:

Home league form:

LLLL

Overall league form:

LLLLLLLL

Formation:

4-3-3

Line-ups

Jed WARD	4	1	5	SAMUEL Jumpe SOARES
Marcel OAKLEY	7	2	7	Sam BYRAM
Eddy JONES	6	3	8½	Patrick VAN AANHOLT
^(c)Dejan TETEK	6½	4	8½	Angel GOMES
Malachi FAGAN-WALCOTT	6	5	8	Christian BURGESS
Kyron GORDON	6½	6	6½	Enes MAHMUTOVIC
Jack TURNER	6	7	7	Zan ROGELJ
Kai CORBETT	5½	8	8	Andriy YARMOLENKO
^(p)Lewis RICHARDSON	6	9	7½	Joel ASORO^(p)
^(f)Anthony GOMEZ MANCINI	6	10	7½	Pierre LEES-MELOU^(f)
Harvey GREENSLADE	5½	11	7½	HULK^(c)
	Manager
Finn COUSIN-DAWSON		12		Francis COQUELIN
Gabriel BREEZE		13		Krisztián HEGYI
Keenan APPIAH-FORSON		14		Sondre LANGÅS
Teddy JENKS	6	15		Charlie TAYLOR
Charlie McCANN		16		Ibrahima MBAYE

West Ham United

League position:

Away league form:

WXXL

Overall league form:

LWWWXXWW

Formation:

4-3-3

Statistics

Reading 0 West Ham United 6

(Half-time: 0-4, Attendance: 13,794, Stadium: Madejski, Referee: Mark Haywood 6)

Scorers

Substitutions

Sent off

Bookings

Corners

Fouls

Offsides

Shots on

Shots off

Total shots

Shots saved

Possession

Yarmolenko 3¹, Gomes 8¹, Lees-Melou 16¹, Hulk 43¹, Gomes 22², Gomes 30²

OakleyóJenks 27²

42%

58%

¶ Man of the match: Angel Gomes ¶