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Commentary
OBITA kicked the ball wide of the righthand post from the edge of the box.
BALLO's shot was well held by the 'keeper.
BUTLAND was able to palm clear a tame shot from OBITA.
A shot from BALLO was booted off the line by SPARROW.
11¹A shot from SHAQIRI was smothered by LUNEV.
12¹CARROLL cautioned for a late foul on ALLEN.
17¹A right foot shot from O'RILEY was stopped by BUTLAND.
21¹A wonderful save prevented SHAQIRI from scoring a good goal.
22¹A poor shot from BALLO bounced agonisingly wide.
24¹A useful ball from INCE on the left bobbled toward McINTYRE who scuffed his shot just wide.
37¹OBITA's shot was well saved by the Stoke City 'keeper.
38¹GOAL!! A ALLEN run down the left resulted in a perfect cross for ETEBO to drill in. (1-0 Stoke City)
38¹A twenty-five yard shot from BALLO caused the 'keeper little difficulty.
45¹OBITA beat ALLEN and flicked the ball to SARR who fired his effort wide.
46¹LUNEV managed to block a fierce shot.
10²A pin-point pass was collected by SARR and his looping effort raced narrowly over.
14²MARTINS-INDI was put clear by CAMPBELL and he beat the Reading 'keeper but drilled his shot wide.
17²MARTINS-INDI stroked a simple chance past the lefthand post.
19²O'RILEY rushed through the Stoke City defence but shot straight at the Stoke City 'keeper.
24²BALLO drilled a left foot shot wide from twenty-five yards out.
29²GOAL!! A great bit of skill enabled MASUAKU to dribble through the Stoke City defence and score. (1-1)
31²LOWE beat a number of Reading players and drove an effort wide.
34²A mix up in the Reading defence enabled SHAQIRI to hammer an effort over the bar.
37²MASUAKU scuffed a simple chance.
38²GOAL!! A weak drive from MASUAKU seemed to hold no problem for the Stoke City 'keeper but the ball somehow squirmed over the line. (2-1 Reading)
43²ALLEN made space on the right and dragged the ball to NGOY who fired the ball wide.

 
Reading
 
League position: 23
Home league form: XWWL
Overall league form: LLXWLLWL
Formation: 4-3-3
Line-ups
(c)Andrei LUNEV1Jack BUTLAND(c)
Malo GUSTO2Tom SPARROW
Arthur MASUAKU3Bruno MARTINS-INDI
Matt O'RILEY4Peter ETEBO
Malang SARR5Ben WILMOT
Tom McINTYRE6Danny BATTH
Tom INCE7Joe ALLEN
Jordan OBITA8Xherdan SHAQIRI
(p)Thierno BALLO9Julien NGOY(p)
(f)Lewis BAKER10Nathan LOWE(f)
Andy CARROLL11Tyrese CAMPBELL
Manager
Michael MORRISON  12  Connor TAYLOR
Luke SOUTHWOOD  13  Jack BONHAM
Tyler BLACKETT  14  Matt BAKER
Max AARONS  15  Sam CLUCAS
Andy RINOMHOTA  16  Nick POWELL
 
Stoke City
 
League position: 22
Away league form: LLWL
Overall league form: WLWLLWXL
Formation: 4-3-3

Statistics
Reading 2 Stoke City 1
(Half-time: 0-1, Attendance: 24,078, Stadium: Madejski, Referee: Neil Swarbrick 8)

Masuaku 29², Masuaku 38²
Scorers
Substitutions
Sent off
Bookings
Corners
Fouls
Offsides
Shots on
Shots off
Total shots
Shots saved
Possession
Etebo 38¹
  
  
Carroll 12¹ 
43
512
23
94
75
169
73
49%51%
Man of the match: Matt O'Riley