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Commentary
HALLER stroked an easy chance past the far post.
12¹KOSTIC was put clear by ACUÑA and he turned the 'keeper but rammed his shot just wide.
16¹The motionless RULLI could only watch as a backpass from MINGS dropped just over.
20¹RULLI dived to his left to save a lovely drive from WBA's BERTUG.
22¹BERTUG rushed through the Reading defence but shot straight at the Reading 'keeper.
25¹GOAL!! A WELBECK run down the middle resulted in a exceptional cross for WILLIAM CARVALHO to tap in. (1-0 Reading)
28¹KRUNIC made space on the right and knocked the ball to POLITANO who fired the ball wide.
30¹A pin-point pass bobbled toward MURIEL and his right foot shot floated narrowly wide.
32¹DAVID NERES's shot beat the 'keeper but rebounded off the WBA post.
41¹A thirty yard shot from GUERREIRO caused the 'keeper no problem.
43¹BERTUG knocked the ball to KJÆR who headed it over.
44¹GOAL!! A great solo effort from HALLER who beat four defenders before blasting the ball into the net. (2-0 Reading)
45¹BERTUG waltzed away from KARSDORP and rifled a weak shot past the post.
A cross from KRUNIC left HALLER in lots of space but he fluffed his shot.
A header by ACUÑA at the far post was easily collected by the 'keeper.
A drive from BERTUG seemed a certain goal but RULLI managed to palm the ball clear.
10²ACUÑA nodded the ball wide of the righthand post from just inside the area.
19²A great save prevented WELBECK from scoring a lovely goal.
21²RULLI saved a swerving shot from MURIEL.
23²POLITANO ran onto a delightful ball from DAVID NERES but hit his shot wide.
25²GOAL!! A strike from KOSTIC which the 'keeper was able to block was deemed over the line by the linesman and the referee gave the goal. (2-1 Reading)
28²GODFREY booked for a late challenge.
29²CUADRADO booked for gamesmanship.
33²A free-kick from OSULA raced wide.
39²WELBECK touched the ball through a ruck of players but the 'keeper was a match for it as he dived to his right.

 
WBA
 
League position: 14
Home league form: X---
Overall league form: X-------
Formation: 4-3-3
Line-ups
(c)Igor AKINFEEV1Gerónimo RULLI
Juan CUADRADO2Rick KARSDORP
Marcos ACUÑA3Christian GÜNTER
Daniel WASS4WILLIAM Silva CARVALHO
Simon KJÆR5Tyrone MINGS
Ben GODFREY6JOSÉ Miguel FONTE(c)
Raphaël GUERREIRO7DAVID NERES Campos
Filip KOSTIC8Matteo POLITANO
(p)BERTUG Yildirim9Sébastien HALLER(p)
(f)OKAY Yokuslu10Rade KRUNIC(f)
Luis MURIEL11Danny WELBECK
Manager
Kasey McATEER  12  Mamadou LOUM
Sam JOHNSTONE  13  Zack STEFFEN
MARCOS ALONSO Mendoza  14  Harry CLIFTON
Dara O'SHEA  15  Omar RICHARDS
William OSULA16Tom PEARCE
 
Reading
 
League position: 12
Away league form: ----
Overall league form: X-------
Formation: 4-3-3

Statistics
WBA 1 Reading 2
(Half-time: 0-2, Attendance: 26,692, Stadium: The Hawthorns, Referee: Kenny Stamatopoulos 6)

Kostic 25²
Scorers
Substitutions
Sent off
Bookings
Corners
Fouls
Offsides
Shots on
Shots off
Total shots
Shots saved
Possession
William Carvalho 25¹, Haller 44¹
AcuñaóOsula 28²William CarvalhoóPearce 25²
  
Godfrey 28², Cuadrado 29² 
11
123
139
75
74
149
43
52%48%
Man of the match: William Osula