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Commentary
The Stoke City 'keeper did well to hold onto a wicked strike from CARROLL.
MEITÉ rushed a simple chance.
A weak strike from JAVI MANQUILLO trickled agonisingly wide.
A neatly crafted pass from MILEY was tapped goalbound by TEZGEL only for KINSKÝ to palm clear.
A penalty box scramble resulted in MEITÉ knocking the ball over.
15¹A cross from LOUM N left TRAORÉ in lots of space but he rushed his shot.
24¹GOAL!! A quick-witted LOUM N pounced on a loose ball just inside the box and made no mistake. (1-0 Reading)
24¹A fine run was ended by a good save by the oncoming KINSKÝ.
28¹BOBB headed wide.
29¹GOAL!! SWIFT dribbled forward, glanced up and fired a shot into the Stoke City net. (2-0 Reading)
32¹A shot from ÓSKARSSON seemed a certain goal but the Reading 'keeper managed to palm the ball clear.
35¹MEITÉ kicked the ball wide of the goal from just inside the area.
43¹A strike from TEZGEL held no problem for KINSKÝ.
GOAL!! A long ball from JAVI MANQUILLO had the Reading defence back-pedalling and BOBB made the most of the opportunity with an exceptional goal. (2-1 Reading)
A header from MEITÉ was kicked off the line by VITÍK.
A mix up in the Reading defence enabled VITÍK to hit an effort just wide.
12²TRAORÉ ran onto a delightful ball from LOUM N but dragged his shot wide.
19²MEITÉ was put clear by HENDRICK and he nutmegged the Stoke City 'keeper but rammed his shot wide.
26²The bemused 'keeper was a mere bystander as a backpass from JAVI MANQUILLO fell just wide.
28²The referee yellow cards EJARIA.
33²EJARIA's shot was well saved by the 'keeper.
37²The 'keeper dived to his left to block a lovely shot from Reading's MEITÉ.

 
Reading
 
League position: -
Home league form: W---
Overall league form: WWXX----
Formation: 4-3-3
Line-ups
Antonín KINSKÝ1ALTAY Bayindir
(c)JONNY2JAVI MANQUILLO(c)
Matteo DAMS3Josh TYMON
John SWIFT4Oscar GLOUKH
Matt MIAZGA5Nathan COLLINS
Naby SARR6Martin VITÍK
Bertrand TRAORÉ7Lewis MILEY
Yakou MEITÉ8Oscar BOBB
(p)Andy CARROLL9Emre TEZGEL(p)
(f)Mamadou LOUM10Peter ETEBO(f)
Ovie EJARIA11Orri ÓSKARSSON
Manager
Tom INCE  12  Duncan WATMORE
Joe LUMLEY  13  Joe BURSIK
Junior HOILETT  14  Trai HUME
Jahmari CLARKE  15  Sam CLUCAS
Jeff HENDRICK16  Jordan THOMPSON
 
Stoke City
 
League position: -
Away league form: WW--
Overall league form: WWWW----
Formation: 4-3-3
Reading go through to the next round
Statistics
Reading 2 Stoke City 1
(Half-time: 2-0, Attendance: 28,039, Stadium: Madejski, Referee: Kevin Friend 6)

Loum N 24¹, Swift 29¹
Scorers
Substitutions
Sent off
Bookings
Corners
Fouls
Offsides
Shots on
Shots off
Total shots
Shots saved
Possession
Bobb 3²
SwiftóHendrick 10² 
  
Ejaria 28² 
12
66
02
86
125
2011
65
55%45%
Man of the match: Oscar Gloukh