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Match report
English Footie
League 1: Round 3 (setup 1, season 31)
Grimsby Town
v.
Reading
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
6
Overall form:
Home form:
John ALVBÅGE71Thibaut COURTOIS
Formation:
3-4-3
League position:
9
Overall form:
Home form:
Victor MOSES27Fábio Henrique Tavares, FABINHO
Aly CISSOKHO37Eric Bertrand BAILLY
Jérémy CLÉMENT47Tiemoué BAKAYOKO
Papy Mison DJILOBODJI5Milan BADELJ
James CHESTER6Éver Maximiliano David BANEGA
Lasse VIGEN Christensen677Sadio MANÉ
Christian GENTNER8DENIS Suárez Fernández
John BRAYFORD698Christian BENTEKE
Papakouli DIOP7106Piotr ZIELINSKI
Luke FREEMAN6116GABRIEL Fernando de JESUS
ManagerHeath Brown
Daniele DESSENA12Diego DEMME
Julian SPERONI13Simon MIGNOLET
Dan BURN14Arkadiusz MILIK
Peter PAWLETT15Manuel Agudo Duran, NOLITO
Alan HUTTON16Mitchell WEISER

Grimsby Town 0 Reading 0
(Half-time: 0-0, Attendance: 29,933, Stadium: Blundell Park, Referee: Graham SALISBURY 5)
Scorers
Substitutions
Sendings off
15 Diop, 50 Freeman, 68 Vigen, 75 Djilobodji, 78 BrayfordBookings
6Corners11
15Fouls14
8Offsides8
6Shots on7
2Shots off6
8Total shots13
3Shots saved7
43%Possession57%
Man of the match: Christian BENTEKE
15DIOP booked by the referee.
21A fine run was ended by a good save by the advancing 'keeper.
23BAILLY ran onto a wonderful ball from BANEGA but fired his shot wide of the lefthand post.
29A weak strike from DENIS rolled agonisingly wide.
30A great save prevented DJILOBODJI from scoring an exceptional goal.
31DENIS rushed a simple chance.
33BENTEKE's shot was well held by ALVBÅGE.
34COURTOIS was able to claw away a poor shot from FREEMAN.
35BANEGA's shot beat ALVBÅGE but rebounded off the Grimsby Town upright.
38GENTNER shot wide.
 
48An inswinging corner was fired into the arms of the Grimsby Town 'keeper by GABRIEL JESUS.
49BAKAYOKO worked the ball to GABRIEL JESUS, BENTEKE latched onto his cross and kicked the ball within easy reach of the 'keeper.
50FREEMAN booked for a poor foul on BAILLY.
51ALVBÅGE managed to block a fierce shot.
54COURTOIS did well to hold onto a powerful strike from FREEMAN.
56A mix up in the Grimsby Town defence enabled GABRIEL JESUS to volley the ball inches wide.
60A twenty yard drive from GABRIEL JESUS caused ALVBÅGE little difficulty.
68VIGEN booked for a high challenge.
70GABRIEL JESUS kicked the ball wide of the lefthand post from just outside the area.
72GENTNER placed a looping shot just beyond the far post from close range.
73An exceptional shot from VIGEN was dealt with by a good stop from the Reading 'keeper.
75A bad foul on BANEGA by DJILOBODJI results in a booking.
76A deadly shot from DIOP was pushed round the post by the 'keeper.
78CLÉMENT charged through the Reading defence but shot straight at the 'keeper.
78The ref books BRAYFORD for a high tackle.
87BENTEKE beat GENTNER and fired the ball to BAKAYOKO who dragged his shot wide.