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Commentary
A good ball from GÜNTER on the left found HALLER who scuffed his effort over the bar.
A twenty-five yard drive from GIOVANI caused RULLI no problem.
10¹A wonderful save prevented POLITANO from scoring an exceptional goal.
17¹POLITANO stabbed a simple chance past the lefthand post.
25¹A perfect strike from HALLER was dealt with by a good block from the Walsall 'keeper.
28¹RULLI was able to block a weak header from FORSBERG.
32¹A mix up in the Walsall defence enabled WILLIAM CARVALHO to thump the ball over.
33¹A penalty box meleé resulted in PLÉA cracking the ball over.
37¹HOFMANN beat two Reading players and fired a great chance wide.
37¹A strike from CRISTANTE held no problem for the 'keeper.
38¹A free-kick from KRUNIC went over the bar.
41¹FORSBERG ran onto a great ball from CASEMIRO but pulled his shot wide of the righthand post.
45¹A cross from LOUM N left KRUNIC in lots of space but he scuffed his shot.
HALLER shot over.
GIOVANI dummied KARSDORP but lashed the ball into the arms of RULLI.
10²POLITANO's shot beat ADÁN but rebounded off the Walsall woodwork.
14²A deadly shot from GÜNTER was saved by the Walsall 'keeper.
16²RULLI did well to hold onto a fierce shot from FORSBERG.
22²JONES books RAFINHA for dangerous play against WILLIAM CARVALHO.
24²POLITANO whacked a left foot shot over the bar from close range.
31²RULLI saved a glorious shot from GIOVANI.
34²DAVID NERES chipped the ball to HALLER who headed it just wide.
35²ADÁN stopped a refined strike from LOUM N.
43²A lovely effort from KARSDORP scraped the outside of the lefthand post.

 
Walsall
 
League position: 7
Home league form: WLWL
Overall league form: XWWXLWXL
Formation: 4-3-3
Line-ups
Antonio ADÁN1Gerónimo RULLI
Takehiro TOMIYASU2Rick KARSDORP
Chris SMALLING3Christian GÜNTER
Bryan CRISTANTE4WILLIAM Silva CARVALHO
(c)Francesco ACERBI5Tyrone MINGS
Loubadhe SYLLA6JOSÉ Miguel FONTE(c)
Jonas HOFMANN7Rade KRUNIC
Emil FORSBERG8Matteo POLITANO
(p)GIOVANI Henrique9Sébastien HALLER(p)
(f)Carlos CASEMIRO10Mamadou LOUM(f)
Alassane PLÉA11DAVID NERES Campos
Manager
Perr SCHUURS  12  Tom LEES
Remko PASVEER  13  Zack STEFFEN
Pablo SARABIA  14  Omar RICHARDS
RAFINHA15  Andy CARROLL
Carl JOHNSTON  16  Harry CLIFTON
 
Reading
 
League position: 3
Away league form: LWWX
Overall league form: LWWWWWXL
Formation: 4-3-3

Statistics
Walsall 0 Reading 0
(Half-time: 0-0, Attendance: 10,865, Stadium: Bescot, Referee: Michael Jones 7½)

 
Scorers
Substitutions
Sent off
Bookings
Corners
Fouls
Offsides
Shots on
Shots off
Total shots
Shots saved
Possession
 
SmallingóRafinha 20² 
  
Rafinha 22² 
24
512
62
65
39
914
65
52%48%
Man of the match: Bryan Cristante