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Commentary
A header by MOLINARO at the far post was comfortably collected by the 'keeper.
The Coventry City 'keeper was able to palm clear a poor shot from SWIFT.
14¹A left foot shot from AMAURI was pushed round the post by VORM.
22¹The bemused GORDON stared in disbelief as a backpass from DE JONG dropped just wide.
24¹A neatly crafted cross from KELLY was flicked goalbound by BLACKETT only for the 'keeper to palm clear.
30¹AMAURI floated the ball to JOHNSON who headed it wide.
33¹DE JONG's shot was well held by the Reading 'keeper.
36¹A fine dribble was ended by a good save by the oncoming 'keeper.
45¹GOAL!! A long ball from MIGUEL VELOSO down the middle was collected by the lurking BARAZITE who drilled a looping shot into the net. (1-0 Coventry City)
A clumsy challenge on CLERC by KELLY results in a booking.
NIASSE nutmegged KOSCIELNY but drove the ball into the arms of the Coventry City 'keeper.
GOAL!! A short corner was floated out to FRED who knocked the ball into the net. (2-0 Coventry City)
GOAL!! An outswinging corner kicked out by DE JONG was blasted home by NIASSE. (2-1 Coventry City)
10²A drive from AMAURI seemed a certain goal but the Reading 'keeper managed to fist the ball away.
16²MOLINARO poked a simple chance past the near post.
24²GOAL!! A penalty was awarded to Reading, after KOSCIELNY had fouled VAN DEN BERG which NIASSE easily converted. (2-2)
27²A brilliant shot from NIASSE was dealt with by a fine parry from the 'keeper.
32²LOADER's shot beat GORDON but rebounded off the Coventry City upright.
35²An outswinging corner was forced into the arms of the 'keeper by BERTRAND.
39²GOAL!! NIASSE hit a swerving twenty-five yard shot past the hapless 'keeper. (3-2 Reading)
42²A cross from SWIFT left NIASSE in lots of space but he snapped at his shot.
44²An exceptional effort from VAN DEN BERG scraped the upright.

 
Reading
 
League position: 13
Home league form: LWLL
Overall league form: LLXXWWLL
Formation: 4-3-3
Line-ups
(c)Michel VORM1Craig GORDON(c)
Jonjoe KENNY2Federico FERNÁNDEZ
Ryan BERTRAND3MIGUEL Luís VELOSO
Harry WINKS4Siem DE JONG
Liam MOORE5Laurent KOSCIELNY
Tyler BLACKETT6Cristian MOLINARO
Liam KELLY7François CLERC
Joey VAN DEN BERG8Glen JOHNSON
(p)Oumar NIASSE9FRED(p)
(f)John SWIFT10AMAURI Carvalho(f)
Daniel LOADER11Nacer BARAZITE
Manager
Dave EDWARDS  12  Stefano OKAKA
Adam BOGDAN  13  Heurelho GOMES
Scott GOLBOURNE  14  Damien PLESSIS
Omar RICHARDS15Marco FILIPPINI
TIAGO Abiola ILORI  16  Rodrigo POSSEBON
 
Coventry City
 
League position: 9
Away league form: LLXL
Overall league form: LLWLWXXL
Formation: 4-3-3

Statistics
Reading 3 Coventry City 2
(Half-time: 0-1, Attendance: 21,117, Stadium: Madejski, Referee: Lee Probert 5½)

Niasse 9², Niasse 24² (pen), Niasse 39²
Scorers
Substitutions
Sent off
Bookings
Corners
Fouls
Offsides
Shots on
Shots off
Total shots
Shots saved
Possession
Barazite 45¹, Fred 8²
KennyóRichards 39²JohnsonóFilippini 19²
  
Kelly 0² 
33
114
73
118
69
1717
76
49%51%
Man of the match: Ryan Bertrand