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Commentary

1¹ POLITANO made space on the right and knocked the ball to HALLER who fired the ball wide. 4¹ A corner bobbled toward GÜNTER who nodded an effort over the bar. 12¹ YÉREMY PINO kicked the ball wide from the edge of the box. 15¹ A free-kick from YÉREMY PINO raced over the bar. 18¹ HONDERMARCK worked the ball to CHAPLIN, YÉREMY PINO controlled his pass and nodded the ball within easy reach of the Reading 'keeper. 20¹ HALLER blasted a right foot shot inches wide from just outside the area. 25¹ GOAL!! Reading's HALLER beat two defenders before firing just inside the Barnsley 'keeper's near post. (1-0 Reading) 37¹ A good ball from KRUNIC on the left bobbled toward WELBECK who mishit his shot wide. 42¹ POLITANO rifled an easy chance past the righthand post. 1² MATETA played the ball to KALIMUENDO who headed it over the bar. 2² GOAL!! A long ball from KNAUFF had the Reading defence back-pedalling and KALIMUENDO made the most of the opportunity with a lovely goal. (1-1) 3² A lovely effort from HALLER scraped the upright. 7² POLITANO snapped at an easy chance. 9² GOAL!! An inswinging corner was hoofed clear only for POLITANO to hammer the ball into the back of the net. (2-1 Reading) 11² GOAL!! A twenty yard free-kick was skillfully blasted into the back of the net by YÉREMY PINO. (2-2) 12² GOAL!! A hefty goal-kick from GÜNTER caught the Barnsley defence napping and HALLER rushed through to sidestep the 'keeper and score. (3-2 Reading) 16² A cross from KNAUFF left YÉREMY PINO in plenty of space but he rushed his shot. 21² KALIMUENDO's shot was well saved by RULLI. 27² YÉREMY PINO shot over. 30² GÜNTER beat a number of Barnsley players and thundered a shot over the bar. 33² The stunned 'keeper stared in disbelief as a backpass from KITCHING dropped just over. 45² CHAPLIN dribbled round JOSÉ FONTE and rattled a poor shot over.

Reading   League position: 5 Home league form: WXXX Overall league form: WWWXXWXX Formation: 4-3-3

Line-ups Gerónimo RULLI 6½ 1 6  Brad COLLINS Rick KARSDORP 7½ 2 6  DIOGO António GONÇALVES Christian GÜNTER 7  3 6½ Romain PERRAUD WILLIAM Silva CARVALHO 5½ 4 6½ William HONDERMARCK Tyrone MINGS 7½ 5 6  Liam KITCHING (c)JOSÉ Miguel FONTE 5½ 6 6  JAVI MANQUILLO(c) DAVID NERES Campos 7  7 7½ Ansgar KNAUFF Matteo POLITANO 7  8 6½ YÉREMY Jesús PINO (p)Sébastien HALLER 7  9 7  Arnaud KALIMUENDO(p) (f)Rade KRUNIC 6  10 6  Jean-Philippe MATETA(f) Danny WELBECK 7  11 6½ Conor CHAPLIN Manager Mamadou LOUM    12    Obbi OULARÉ Zack STEFFEN    13    Tim KRUL Harry CLIFTON    14    Mads ANDERSEN Omar RICHARDS    15    Jordan WILLIAMS Tom PEARCE 7½ 16    Callum BRITTAIN

Barnsley   League position: 13 Away league form: LLWL Overall league form: LLXWWLWW Formation: 4-3-3

Statistics

Reading 3 Barnsley 2 (Half-time: 1-0, Attendance: 23,999, Stadium: Madejski, Referee: Kevin Friend 5½) Haller 25¹, Politano 9², Haller 12² Scorers Substitutions Sent off Bookings Corners Fouls Offsides Shots on Shots off Total shots Shots saved Possession Kalimuendo 2², Yéremy Pino 11² William CarvalhoóPearce 25²           1 4 1 8 6 0 4 4 11 8 15 12 1 2 54% 46% ¶ Man of the match: Tyrone Mings ¶