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Commentary
A fine run was ended by a good save by the oncoming Bradford City 'keeper.
13¹GOAL!! A deep corner left the Reading 'keeper struggling and HARALDSSON knocked the ball into the net. (1-0 Bradford City)
18¹GOAL!! The Bradford City 'keeper got into a muddle with a backpass from FLORENZI and POLITANO was able to roll the ball home. (1-1)
24¹An exceptional shot from POLITANO was dealt with by a fine block from BOUNOU.
25¹SARMIENTO played the ball to MERTENS who fired it just wide.
26¹A poor shot from MERTENS bounced agonisingly wide.
28¹SARMIENTO ran onto a delightful ball from EBIOWEI but fired his shot wide.
30¹A free-kick from EBIOWEI flew inches wide.
36¹EBIOWEI rushed a simple chance.
37¹A mix up in the Reading defence enabled EBIOWEI to blast the ball over the bar.
42¹A useful ball from MEITÉ on the left fell to MINGS who mishit his effort over.
GOAL!! A poor shot from HALLER seemed to hold no problem for the Bradford City 'keeper but the ball somehow squirmed over the line. (2-1 Reading)
HARALDSSON beat JONES and flicked the ball to SARMIENTO who blasted his shot wide.
A cross from DAVID NERES left POLITANO in plenty of space but he fluffed his shot.
11²EBIOWEI worked the ball to ZAKARIA, GABRIEL controlled his pass and hoofed the ball within easy reach of the Reading 'keeper.
12²An exceptional effort from MERTENS scraped the woodwork.
21²SARMIENTO's shot was well saved by RULLI.
22²POLITANO blasted a right foot shot over the bar from just outside the area.
29²GOAL!! A great bit of skill enabled POLITANO to run through the Bradford City defence and score. (3-1 Reading)
36²GABRIEL rattled an easy chance past the lefthand post.
40²WIJNDAL receives a yellow card for a bad challenge.
44²MERTENS booked by the referee.

 
Bradford City
 
League position: 14
Home league form: XLWW
Overall league form: LLXLWLWW
Formation: 4-3-3
Line-ups
Yassine BOUNOU1Gerónimo RULLI
Alessandro FLORENZI2Rick KARSDORP
ANGELIÑO3Christian GÜNTER
Denis ZAKARIA4Curtis JONES
Owen WIJNDAL5Tyrone MINGS
ALEX SANDRO Lobo6JOSÉ Miguel FONTE(c)
Hákon HARALDSSON7DAVID NERES Campos
Malcolm EBIOWEI8Matteo POLITANO
(p)Jeremy SARMIENTO9Sébastien HALLER(p)
(c,f)Dries MERTENS10Rade KRUNIC(f)
GABRIEL Barbosa11Yakou MEITÉ
Manager
Linus GECHTER  12  Kane WILSON
Senne LAMMENS  13  Zack STEFFEN
Emiliano BUENDIA  14  WILLIAM Silva CARVALHO
Junior MWANGA  15  Andy CARROLL
Tom McINTYRE  16  Harry CLIFTON
 
Reading
 
League position: 3
Away league form: WLXW
Overall league form: WWWWLXLW
Formation: 4-3-3

Statistics
Bradford City 1 Reading 3
(Half-time: 1-1, Attendance: 25,095, Stadium: Valley Parade, Referee: Jirí Lerch 6)

Haraldsson 13¹
Scorers
Substitutions
Sent off
Bookings
Corners
Fouls
Offsides
Shots on
Shots off
Total shots
Shots saved
Possession
Politano 18¹, Haller 2², Politano 29²
  
  
Wijndal 40², Mertens 44² 
25
914
13
35
93
128
20
55%45%
Man of the match: Alex Sandro Lobo