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Match report
English Footie
League 1: Round 34 (setup 1, season 31)
Lincoln City
v.
Reading
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
20
Overall form:
Home form:
Costel PANTILIMON71Thibaut COURTOIS
Formation:
4-4-2
League position:
2
Overall form:
Home form:
Sam HABERGHAM62Fábio Henrique Tavares, FABINHO
Adetayo EDUN37Eric Bertrand BAILLY
ORIOL ROMEU Vidal48Tiemoué BAKAYOKO
Timm KLOSE58Stefan SAVIC
Roberto Maximiliano PEREYRA6Éver Maximiliano David BANEGA
ALPER Potuk67Sadio MANÉ
Luís Carlos Almeida da Cunha, NANI78Ricardo RODRIGUEZ
Anthony MODESTE97Christian BENTEKE
Raúl Alonso JIMÉNEZ Rodríguez6106Piotr ZIELINSKI
Aron JÓHANNSSON117GABRIEL Fernando de JESUS
ManagerHeath Brown
Patrick EBERT12Milan BADELJ
Boy WATERMAN13Simon MIGNOLET
Esteban Félix GRANERO Molina614Arkadiusz MILIK
Ollie PALMER15Mamadou SAKHO
Matt GREEN16Diego DEMME

Lincoln City 2 Reading 0
(Half-time: 0-0, Attendance: 41,858, Stadium: Sincil Bank, Referee: Andre MARRINER 7)
61 Oriol Romeu, 80 NaniScorers
70 Habergham <=> GraneroSubstitutions
Sendings off
55 NaniBookings
9Corners7
7Fouls11
7Offsides12
7Shots on8
4Shots off7
11Total shots15
5Shots saved6
44%Possession56%
Man of the match: ORIOL ROMEU Vidal
6A pin-point pass found FABINHO and his right foot shot raced narrowly wide.
10ZIELINSKI's shot beat the Lincoln City 'keeper but rebounded off the Lincoln City post.
13The 'keeper saved a refined strike from MANÉ.
19A refined cross from MODESTE, was tapped goalbound by NANI only for COURTOIS to block.
28The 'keeper saved a curling shot from GABRIEL JESUS.
33GABRIEL JESUS beat four Lincoln City players and slammed a shot just beyond the far post.
34NANI galloped through the Reading defence but shot straight at the Reading 'keeper.
38ORIOL ROMEU's shot was well saved by COURTOIS.
 
48A useful ball from GABRIEL JESUS on the right bobbled toward ZIELINSKI who sliced his shot over.
49A cross from NANI left JIMÉNEZ in plenty of space but he fluffed his shot.
55BENTEKE's shot was well held by the Lincoln City 'keeper.
55NANI given a yellow card by the referee for a clumsy challenge.
58An exceptional shot from RODRIGUEZ was dealt with by a fine parry from PANTILIMON.
59JIMÉNEZ headed just beyond the far post.
61GOAL!! A shot from ORIOL ROMEU rolled through a ruck of players and rolled past the unsighted COURTOIS. (1-0 Lincoln City)
64GABRIEL JESUS beat KLOSE and whacked the ball to MANÉ who hit his effort wide.
67A free-kick from NANI went wide.
69COURTOIS managed to palm clear an amazing shot.
76A fine piece of skill was ended by a good save by the oncoming Lincoln City 'keeper.
80GOAL!! ALPER made space for NANI who, after an interchange of passes twenty yards out, struck the ball past the 'keeper. (2-0 Lincoln City)
83An outswinging corner was forced into the arms of PANTILIMON by BAKAYOKO.
87GRANERO was put clear by EDUN and he nutmegged COURTOIS but drilled his shot inches over.