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Commentary
MARTINS-INDI ran onto a delightful ball from ALLEN but fired his effort wide.
A penalty box scramble resulted in OBITA knocking a low shot wide.
12¹GOAL!! A corner flew across the box and SHAQIRI fumbled the ball into his own net. (1-0 Reading)
17¹The Reading 'keeper saved a refined shot from SHAQIRI.
25¹GOAL!! A mishit ETEBO shot found SHAQIRI who made no mistake from the edge of the box. (1-1)
28¹A free-kick from OBITA raced wide.
33¹A shot from BAKER was smothered by the Stoke City 'keeper.
35¹A twenty yard shot from SHAQIRI caused LUNEV no problem.
40¹A pin-point pass was collected by DYBALA and his left foot shot raced narrowly wide.
43¹HOGAN beat INCE and whacked the ball to SHAQIRI who fired his shot wide.
A clever pass from BALLO was drove goalbound by OBITA only for the Stoke City 'keeper to block.
11²DYBALA brought the ball round NGOY and poked a tame shot over.
16²OBITA was put clear by BALLO and he raced past BUTLAND but drilled his shot just beyond the near post.
20²A cross from SHAQIRI left CAMPBELL in plenty of space but he rushed his shot.
26²A corner fell to DYBALA who headed the ball just beyond the near post.
27²CAMPBELL steamed through the Reading defence but shot straight at the Reading 'keeper.
29²CAMPBELL booted the ball wide from just outside the area.
30²BUTLAND did well to hold onto a wicked strike from BAKER.
43²The motionless 'keeper could only watch as a backpass from MARTINS-INDI fell just over.
46²A great save prevented HENDRICK from scoring an exceptional goal.

 
Reading
 
League position: 6
Home league form: LWWL
Overall league form: LLWWLWXL
Formation: 4-3-3
Line-ups
Andrei LUNEV1Jack BUTLAND(c)
Malo GUSTO2Tom SPARROW
Arthur MASUAKU3Bruno MARTINS-INDI
Matt O'RILEY4Peter ETEBO
Malang SARR5Ben WILMOT
Max AARONS6Danny BATTH
Tom INCE7Joe ALLEN
Jordan OBITA8Xherdan SHAQIRI
(p)Thierno BALLO9Tyrese CAMPBELL(p)
(f)Lewis BAKER10Julien NGOY(f)
(c)Paulo DYBALA11Scott HOGAN
Manager
Callum MARSHALL  12  James McCLEAN
Cican STANKOVIC  13  Adam DAVIES
Andy CARROLL  14  Connor TAYLOR
Jeff HENDRICK15  Nick POWELL
Malik MOTHERSILLE16  Tom EDWARDS
 
Stoke City
 
League position: 19
Away league form: LLWL
Overall league form: LWLLWWWL
Formation: 4-3-3

Statistics
Reading 1 Stoke City 1
(Half-time: 1-1, Attendance: 24,070, Stadium: Madejski, Referee: Martin Penicka 7½)

Shaqiri 12¹ (og)
Scorers
Substitutions
Sent off
Bookings
Corners
Fouls
Offsides
Shots on
Shots off
Total shots
Shots saved
Possession
Shaqiri 25¹
SarróMothersille 7², ObitaóHendrick 32² 
  
  
22
73
92
54
74
128
43
57%43%
Man of the match: Matt O'Riley