| 0¹ | WYKE fired the ball through a crowd of players but TURNER was a match for it as he dived to his right. |
| 6¹ | TURNER booked. |
| 12¹ | HOLMES receives a yellow card for a high foul. |
| 13¹ | The Reading 'keeper saved a beautiful shot from WYKE. |
| 21¹ | A strike from CLARKE held no problem for TURNER. |
| 30¹ | BAKER beat two Sunderland players and thundered an effort inches over. |
| 30¹ | A brilliant strike from NEIL was dealt with by a useful parry from the 'keeper. |
| 32¹ | An exceptional effort from ALESE scraped the woodwork. |
| 33¹ | A penalty box scramble resulted in TSIMIKAS cracking a low shot wide. |
| 37¹ | A header from DENNIS was kicked off the line by LANGÅS. |
| 40¹ | A shot from ALMIRON seemed a certain goal but TURNER managed to force the ball away. |
| 2² | DENNIS's shot beat the Reading 'keeper but rebounded off the Reading crossbar. |
| 4² | LAFONT dived to his left to save a lovely drive from Reading's TSIMIKAS. |
| 10² | DENNIS's shot was well held by the 'keeper. |
| 13² | BAKER booked by the referee for a high challenge. |
| 23² | LOADER worked the ball to INCE, TSIMIKAS controlled his cross and nodded the ball within easy reach of LAFONT. |
| 28² | The Sunderland 'keeper was able to claw away a tame shot from LOADER. |
| 29² | A cross from ALMIRON left CLARKE in lots of space but he fluffed his shot. |
| 32² | LANGÅS stroked a simple chance past the righthand post. |
| 34² | The referee books DENNIS for a cynical challenge. |
| 37² | A right foot shot from BAKER was clawed past the post by the Sunderland 'keeper. |
| 42² | GOAL!! A weak shot from CIRKIN seemed to hold little difficulty for TURNER but the ball somehow squirmed into the net. (1-0 Sunderland) |