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Match report
English Footie
League 1: Round 12 (setup 1, season 31)
Everton
v.
Reading
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
21
Overall form:
Home form:
Martin BERKOVEC416Thibaut COURTOIS
Formation:
4-4-2
League position:
5
Overall form:
Home form:
Eric LICHAJ727Fábio Henrique Tavares, FABINHO
Michael KIGHTLY636Eric Bertrand BAILLY
Kim KÄLLSTRÖM4Tiemoué BAKAYOKO
James COLLINS657Stefan SAVIC
Andrew SURMAN667Éver Maximiliano David BANEGA
Nathan DYER678Mitchell WEISER
Ibrahim AFELLAY687DENIS Suárez Fernández
José 'Paolo' GUERRERO Gonzales97Christian BENTEKE
Artem MILEVSKYI10Piotr ZIELINSKI
Freddie SEARS117Sadio MANÉ
ManagerHeath Brown
Samir CARRUTHERS12Milan BADELJ
Jindrich STANEK13Simon MIGNOLET
Oumar NIASSE14Arkadiusz MILIK
Felipe de Carvalho, FELIPE MELO15Mamadou SAKHO
HUGO Miguel Pereira de ALMEIDA616Jean-Kévin AUGUSTIN

Everton 2 Reading 5
(Half-time: 2-3, Attendance: 33,481, Stadium: Goodison Park, Referee: Grant HEGLEY 7)
7 Afellay, 16 GuerreroScorers15 Benteke, 17 Benteke, 28 Weiser, 71 Benteke, 85 Mané
83 Dyer <=> Hugo AlmeidaSubstitutions
Sendings off
Bookings
0Corners3
6Fouls16
4Offsides15
3Shots on7
9Shots off10
12Total shots17
1Shots saved2
46%Possession54%
Man of the match: Mitchell WEISER
4MANÉ fluffed a simple chance.
7A accurate pass found BENTEKE and his looping shot flew narrowly over.
7GOAL!! A twenty-five yard free-kick was cleverly fired into the roof of the net by AFELLAY. (1-0 Everton)
15GOAL!! After BANEGA was bundled over the referee waved play-on and BENTEKE went on to easily score. (1-1)
16GOAL!! A weak shot from GUERRERO seemed to hold no problem for the 'keeper but the ball somehow squeezed into the net. (2-1 Everton)
17GOAL!! A mix up between KIGHTLY and BERKOVEC allowed BENTEKE to tap the ball into the empty net. (2-2)
28GOAL!! A cross from MANÉ was flicked away by COLLINS only for DENIS to drill the ball back into the box for WEISER to force into the net. (3-2 Reading)
29A good ball from SEARS on the right fell to AFELLAY who scuffed his effort over.
32MANÉ beat DYER and hit the ball to DENIS who hit his shot wide.
33A tame strike from ZIELINSKI trickled agonisingly wide.
34KÄLLSTRÖM played the ball to AFELLAY who flicked it over.
37A free-kick from AFELLAY went wide.
 
49A cross from BAKAYOKO left BANEGA in lots of space but he scuffed his shot.
56Uncertainty in the Reading defence enabled AFELLAY to crack an effort inches wide.
57LICHAJ shot over.
65BENTEKE placed a right foot shot wide from long range.
66MANÉ headed wide.
71GOAL!! Some patient work by BANEGA on the right, left BENTEKE yards clear, and he pulled away from BERKOVEC and stroked the ball into the back of the net. (4-2 Reading)
80AFELLAY ran onto a wonderful ball from DYER but dragged his shot wide of the lefthand post.
82A penalty box meleé resulted in MILEVSKYI knocking a low shot wide.
84BENTEKE dribbled round SURMAN and poked a tame shot wide.
85GOAL!! A nice run by WEISER on the left was capped by a delightful cross which MANÉ turned in at the far post. (5-2 Reading)