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Commentary
A great save prevented CARROLL from scoring a great goal.
GOAL!! A long clearance by the Grimsby Town 'keeper beat the Reading defence and BECH slammed the ball beyond the oncoming Reading 'keeper. (1-0 Grimsby Town)
12¹An exceptional effort from BAKER scraped the upright.
13¹GOAL!! A terrible clearance fell to AARONS who scuffed a shot goalward, luckily BALLO was on hand to hammer the ball in off the post. (1-1)
14¹O'RILEY made space on the right and knocked the ball to BAKER who fired the ball over.
19¹GOAL!! A great twenty yard shot from OSEI-TUTU rebounded off the the upright and in the ensuing meleé the ball was hoofed into the net by BECH. (2-1 Grimsby Town)
29¹A corner found BAKER who touched an effort just beyond the far post.
31¹The bemused Grimsby Town 'keeper stared in disbelief as a backpass from KALINAUSKAS fell just over.
BAYLISS blasted a right foot shot over from twenty-five yards out.
The referee books BALLO for dangerous play against SANDERSON.
11²The 'keeper was able to palm clear a fierce effort.
14²DYBALA charged through the Grimsby Town defence but shot straight at the 'keeper.
17²A useful ball from GUSTO on the right found MASUAKU who sliced his shot over.
19²A cross from BAYLISS left BECH in lots of space but he fluffed his shot.
28²GOAL!! The Grimsby Town 'keeper got into trouble with a backpass from SANDERSON and DYBALA was able to stab the ball into the net. (2-2)
36²SANDERSON was put clear by OSEI-TUTU and he raced past the Reading 'keeper but thrust his shot inches over.
4ª¹SANDERSON dribbled away from BAKER and rattled a weak shot wide.
6ª¹The ref gave BALLO a second yellow card for a clumsy challenge on BAYLISS.
6ª²A great strike from MASUAKU was dealt with by a useful parry from the Grimsby Town 'keeper.
8ª²IKPEAZU beat AARONS and drove the ball to BECH who dragged his effort wide.
9ª²A weak shot from O'RILEY bounced agonisingly wide.
13ª²A high foul on O'RILEY by KALINAUSKAS results in a booking.

 
Reading
 
League position: 11
Home league form: WWOW
Overall league form: WLWOWWLL
Formation: 4-3-3
Line-ups
Andrei LUNEV1Balázs TÓTH
Malo GUSTO2Dion SANDERSON
Arthur MASUAKU3Antonee ROBINSON(c)
Matt O'RILEY4Tomas KALINAUSKAS
Malang SARR5Jaden BROWN
Max AARONS6Dan JONES
Tom INCE7Jordi OSEI-TUTU
Thierno BALLO8Mads BECH
(p)Andy CARROLL9Uche IKPEAZU(p)
(f)Lewis BAKER10Tom BAYLISS(f)
(c)Paulo DYBALA11Macaulay LANGSTAFF
Manager
Jordan OBITA  12  Daiki HASHIOKA
Cican STANKOVIC  13  Max CROCOMBE
Tyler BLACKETT  14  Jayden DANNS
Callum MARSHALL  15  Josh MORRIS
Tom McINTYRE  16  Harry CLIFTON
 
Grimsby Town
 
League position: 17
Away league form: LLLW
Overall league form: LXLLXLXW
Formation: 4-3-3
Grimsby Town go through to the next round, 4-3 on penalties
Statistics
Reading 2 Grimsby Town 2
(Half-time: 1-2, Attendance: 24,045, Stadium: Madejski, Referee: Mellin 6, TV: live)

Ballo 13¹, Dybala 28²
Scorers
Substitutions
Sent off
Bookings
Corners
Fouls
Offsides
Shots on
Shots off
Total shots
Shots saved
Possession
Bech 6¹, Bech 19¹
  
Ballo 6ª¹ 
Ballo 9²Kalinauskas 13ª²
410
1223
73
53
1410
1913
21
58%42%
Man of the match: Matt O'Riley