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Commentary
3¹Uncertainty in the West Ham United defence enabled HALLER to hammer an effort inches over.
10¹A right foot effort from ESTANIS was saved by RULLI.
10¹WILLIAM CARVALHO nodded the ball wide of the goal from the edge of the box.
15¹KLOSTERMANN beat POLITANO but lashed the ball into the arms of the Reading 'keeper.
27¹GOAL!! After being forced wide GOSENS managed to drive the ball in from the tightest of angles. (1-0 West Ham United)
36¹NEYMAR booked by the ref for a late challenge.
37¹A corner found POLITANO who headed an effort just beyond the far post.
1²An outswinging corner was forced into the arms of the West Ham United 'keeper by HALLER.
4²A pin-point pass was collected by POLITANO and his right foot effort went narrowly over.
15²KRUNIC was put clear by MINGS and he pulled away from the West Ham United 'keeper but drilled his shot inches over.
18²WILSON scuffed a simple chance.
24²GOAL!! A deep cross from MINGS on the left was nodded home by GÜNTER at the near post. (1-1)
25²GOAL!! A clever set-piece enabled NEYMAR to crack the ball into the net. (2-1 West Ham United)
30²KAIO cautioned for a late foul on LUCAS JOÃO.
32²A fine ball from HALLER on the right found POLITANO who scuffed his shot inches wide.
35²GOAL!! The creative POLITANO neatly touched on a cross for DAVID NERES to blast the ball in. (2-2)
37²A cross from KRUNIC left POLITANO in plenty of space but he snapped at his shot.
40²GOAL!! A debatable penalty was awarded to Reading, after ALABA had fouled KRUNIC which HALLER comfortably converted. (3-2 Reading)
42²NEYMAR floated the ball to GOSENS who touched it just wide.
44²The referee books ESTANIS for an off-the-ball incident against WILLIAM CARVALHO.
45²The referee gave KAIO a second yellow card for a bad challenge on JOSÉ FONTE.
47²KRUNIC beat GOSENS and fired the ball to POLITANO who fired his shot wide.

 
West Ham United
 
League position: 20
Home league form: XWXL
Overall league form: WXLWWXLW
Formation: 4-3-3
Line-ups
Justin BIJLOW5½16 Gerónimo RULLI
Lukas KLOSTERMANN7 27 Kane WILSON
(c)David ALABA7½37 Christian GÜNTER
Rodrigo DE PAUL7½47 WILLIAM Silva CARVALHO
Emre CAN7 57 Tyrone MINGS
FABINHO6 67 JOSÉ Miguel FONTE(c)
ESTANIS6 77½DAVID NERES Campos
Robin GOSENS7 88 Matteo POLITANO
(p)Davide STABILE6 97 Sébastien HALLER(p)
(f)KAIO Jorge5½107½Rade KRUNIC(f)
NEYMAR da Silva5 116 LUCAS Eduardo JOÃO
Manager
MERIH Demiral  12  Omar RICHARDS
Mio BACKHAUS  13  Zack STEFFEN
Milos KERKEZ  14  Tom PEARCE
Presnel KIMPEMBE5½156 Harry CLIFTON
Matteo PESSINA  166 Andy CARROLL
 
Reading
 
League position: 15
Away league form: WWWX
Overall league form: XXWWWWWX
Formation: 4-3-3

Statistics
West Ham United 2 Reading 3
(Half-time: 1-0, Attendance: 48,800, Stadium: London Stadium, Referee: Thomas Drage 8)

Gosens 27¹, Neymar 25²
Scorers
Substitutions
Sent off
Bookings
Corners
Fouls
Offsides
Shots on
Shots off
Total shots
Shots saved
Possession
Günter 24², David Neres 35², Haller 40² (pen)
StabileóKimpembe 11²WilsonóClifton 40², HalleróCarroll 41²
Kaio 45² 
Neymar 36¹, Kaio 30², Estanis 44² 
34
192
02
47
512
919
24
39%61%
Man of the match: Matteo Politano