| 3¹ | A accurate pass was collected by DAVID NERES and his left foot shot went narrowly over. |
| 4¹ | An inswinging corner was forced into the arms of the Carlisle United 'keeper by GÜNTER. |
| 9¹ | A great save prevented SPINAZZOLA from scoring a good goal. |
| 10¹ | A poor shot from KRUNIC bounced agonisingly wide. |
| 11¹ | JONES blasted a right foot shot over the bar from just outside the area. |
| 17¹ | A corner fell to HALLER who turned an effort over the bar. |
| 21¹ | A twenty yard drive from DAVID NERES caused SAMBA little difficulty. |
| 23¹ | MINGS was put clear by KARSDORP and he dummied the 'keeper but rammed his shot over. |
| 24¹ | NMECHA ran onto a wonderful ball from GOMES but dragged his effort wide of the goal. |
| 28¹ | A strike from WIND held little difficulty for RULLI. |
| 39¹ | GOAL!! A lovely set-piece enabled KARSDORP to fire the ball into the back of the net. (1-0 Reading)| 45¹ | GOAL!! After being forced wide WELBECK managed to hammer the ball in from the narrowest of angles. (1-1)| 47¹ | WILLIAM CARVALHO headed wide. | | 0² | A free-kick from NMECHA went wide. | | 2² | POLITANO stroked an easy chance past the righthand post. | | 4² | GOAL!! A short backpass by GOMEZ enabled POLITANO to nip in and fire the ball past the Carlisle United 'keeper. (2-1 Reading)| 9² | TIERNEY beat three Reading players and slammed a golden opportunity just beyond the far post. | | 11² | GOAL!! A goalmouth scramble culminated with HALLER firing the ball into the net. (3-1 Reading)| 14² | A delightful strike from WELBECK was dealt with by a fine block from the Reading 'keeper. | | 22² | GOAL!! A corner shot into the goalmouth and JOSÉ FONTE fumbled the ball into his own net. (3-2 Reading)| 31² | WIND hoofed the ball wide from just outside the area. | | 32² | A shot from WELBECK was hoofed off the line by KARSDORP. | | 33² | A mix up in the Carlisle United defence enabled HALLER to crack the ball wide. | | 33² | A good effort from WELBECK scraped the outside of the post. | | 37² | A cross from NMECHA left LAWRENCE in lots of space but he snapped at his shot. | | | | | |