| 14¹ | The motionless Sunderland 'keeper was a mere bystander as a backpass from PHILLIPS dropped just wide. |
| 15¹ | A free-kick from SARR floated just beyond the near post. |
| 16¹ | OBITA beat PHILLIPS and blasted the ball to BALLO who fumbled his shot wide. |
| 20¹ | The ref cautions OBITA for a late foul. |
| 26¹ | A penalty box scramble resulted in BIERETH tapping a low shot over. |
| 35¹ | A good ball from SARR on the right bobbled toward DYBALA who scuffed his effort wide. |
| 36¹ | INCE headed over the bar. |
| 43¹ | O'NIEN worked the ball to BIERETH, RAMAZANI latched onto his cross and nodded the ball within easy reach of LUNEV. |
| 9² | A cross from MATONDO left O'NIEN in plenty of space but he rushed his shot. |
| 10² | A clumsy tackle gets DYBALA a yellow card. |
| 16² | A header by RAMAZANI at the near post was comfortably collected by the 'keeper. |
| 19² | OBITA ran onto a delightful ball from INCE but hit his shot wide of the goal. |
| 21² | The Sunderland 'keeper dived to his right to block a fierce shot from Reading's OBITA. |
| 23² | CIRKIN was put clear by BIERETH and he pulled away from the 'keeper but struck his shot over. |
| 28² | A corner found BEYER who headed an effort wide. |
| 30² | A shot from PHILLIPS was smothered by LUNEV. |
| 36² | The 'keeper was able to claw away a weak header from KONE. |
| 37² | A accurate pass bobbled toward O'RILEY and his looping shot raced narrowly wide. |
| 39² | A strike from O'RILEY held little difficulty for the Sunderland 'keeper. |
| 40² | INCE rattled a simple chance past the near post. |
| 44² | GOAL!! A deep cross from MARSHALL on the right was nodded home by MASUAKU after a great leap. (1-0 Reading) |