| 0¹ | WILLIAMS made space on the right and knocked the ball to WILKINSON who fired the ball wide. |
| 1¹ | DELE-BASHIRU played the ball to LOADER who nodded it just wide. |
| 4¹ | Uncertainty in the Walsall defence enabled MEITÉ to hit an effort over. |
| 8¹ | A shot from TAYLOR held no problem for TURNER. |
| 11¹ | ASHCROFT cautioned for a poor tackle on TAYLOR. |
| 19¹ | A weak strike from TAYLOR bounced agonisingly wide. |
| 22¹ | A free-kick from DELE-BASHIRU floated over. |
| 32¹ | A neatly crafted cross from McLEAN was hit goalbound by TAYLOR only for the Reading 'keeper to block. |
| 38¹ | A cross from FASSNACHT left LUCAS JOÃO in plenty of space but he fluffed his shot. |
| 45¹ | The Walsall 'keeper was able to claw away a weak shot from FASSNACHT. |
| 6² | FASSNACHT beat two Walsall players and blasted an effort over. |
| 10² | OLISE nodded the ball wide of the righthand post from the edge of the box. |
| 14² | A penalty box scramble resulted in MOWATT driving the ball over. |
| 14² | WILSON booked. |
| 17² | The Reading 'keeper dived to his left to stop a fierce shot from Walsall's WILKINSON. |
| 26² | VIGEN rasped the ball through a crowd of players but the 'keeper was a match for it as he dived to his right. |
| 29² | TSIMIKAS scuffed a simple chance. |
| 33² | A corner found TSIMIKAS who flicked an effort over. |
| 40² | TURNER saved a curling effort from TAYLOR. |
| 41² | The 'keeper did well to hold onto a powerful shot from FASSNACHT. |
| 45² | TAYLOR galloped through the Reading defence but shot straight at the 'keeper. |