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GOAL!! A long goal-kick from TOMIYASU caught the Reading defence napping and PAULINHO rushed through to easily score. (1-0 Walsall)
A bad foul on KRUNIC by SCHUURS results in a booking.
19¹A great save prevented WILLIAM CARVALHO from scoring a great goal.
21¹PASVEER booked.
23¹PAULINHO ran onto a delightful ball from CRISTANTE but blasted his shot wide of the goal.
31¹MEITÉ raced past SCHUURS but placed the ball into the arms of the 'keeper.
32¹The Walsall 'keeper dived to his right to stop a lovely shot from Reading's POLITANO.
33¹PLÉA steamed through the Reading defence but shot straight at the 'keeper.
34¹JOSÉ FONTE beat four Walsall players and fired a great chance over.
34¹A shot from POLITANO was booted off the line by SMALLING.
44¹RAFINHA booked for a bad tackle.
45¹POLITANO made space on the right and pulled the ball to HALLER who clipped the ball wide.
KRUNIC beat CRISTANTE and flicked the ball to HALLER who blasted his effort wide.
PLÉA stroked a simple chance past the far post.
13²An exceptional strike from KRUNIC was dealt with by a fine stop from the Walsall 'keeper.
21²The 'keeper saved a beautiful shot from PAULINHO.
29²A lovely effort from PLÉA scraped the outside of the righthand post.
31²An inswinging corner was touched into the arms of RULLI by SARABIA.
41²GOAL!! A shot from SARABIA raced through a crowd of players and rolled past the unsighted Reading 'keeper. (2-0 Walsall)
44²GOAL!! A delightful piece of skill from WILLIAM CARVALHO gave DAVID NERES space on the right and HALLER flicked in his accurate pass. (2-1 Walsall)

 
Walsall
 
League position: 11
Home league form: WWXW
Overall league form: WWWXXLLW
Formation: 4-3-3
Line-ups
(c)Remko PASVEER1Gerónimo RULLI
Takehiro TOMIYASU2Rick KARSDORP
Ethan PYE3Christian GÜNTER
Bryan CRISTANTE4WILLIAM Silva CARVALHO
Chris SMALLING5Tyrone MINGS
Perr SCHUURS6JOSÉ Miguel FONTE(c)
Jonas HOFMANN7DAVID NERES Campos
Pablo SARABIA8Matteo POLITANO
(p)PAULINHO9Sébastien HALLER(p)
(f)RAFINHA10Rade KRUNIC(f)
Alassane PLÉA11Yakou MEITÉ
Manager
GIOVANI Henrique  12  LUCAS Eduardo JOÃO
Emil FORSBERG  13 
Jack CLARKE  14Harry CLIFTON
JOSÉ Manuel FONTÁN  15  Omar RICHARDS
Loubadhe SYLLA  16Tom PEARCE
 
Reading
 
League position: 23
Away league form: LXLL
Overall league form: OLXXWLLX
Formation: 4-3-3

Statistics
Walsall 2 Reading 1
(Half-time: 1-0, Attendance: 10,835, Stadium: Bescot, Referee: Aris Galanopoulos 6)

Paulinho 1¹, Sarabia 41²
Scorers
Substitutions
Sent off
Bookings
Corners
Fouls
Offsides
Shots on
Shots off
Total shots
Shots saved
Possession
Haller 44²
 MingsóClifton 8², PolitanoóPearce 20²
  
Schuurs 9¹, Pasveer 21¹, Rafinha 44¹ 
20
194
53
56
33
89
35
47%53%
Man of the match: Christian Günter