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Match report
English Footie
Championship: Round 7 (setup 1, season 33)
Reading
v.
Crewe Alexandra
Formation:
3-5-2
League position:
1
Overall form:
Home form:
Thibaut COURTOIS717ALISSON Ramses Becker
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
7
Overall form:
Home form:
Fábio Henrique Tavares, FABINHO27Medhi BENATIA
Kostas MANOLAS3Radja NAINGGOLAN
Tiemoué BAKAYOKO84Sergej MILINKOVIC-SAVIC
Éver Maximiliano David BANEGA5Stefan DE VRIJ
Stefan SAVIC76Kamil GLIK
Piotr ZIELINSKI77FELIPE ANDERSON Pereira Gomes
Ricardo RODRIGUEZ78WILLIAM Silva de CARVALHO
Facundo FERREYRA97Álvaro Borja MORATA Martín
Sadio MANÉ7107Yannick Ferreira CARRASCO
Marko ARNAUTOVIC7116Morgan SANSON
Heath BrownManagerBeck Nigel
Jean-Kévin AUGUSTIN12André-Pierre GIGNAC
Simon MIGNOLET13Antonio MIRANTE
Daniel AMARTEY14CARLOS SOLER Barragán
DENIS Suárez Fernández15Ömer TOPRAK
Danny DRINKWATER16Granit XHAKA

Reading 1 Crewe Alexandra 2
(Half-time: 0-2, Attendance: 39,944, Stadium: Madejski, Referee: Clive PENTON 8, TV: live)
88 ZielinskiScorers18og Rodriguez, 39 Felipe Anderson
Substitutions
Sendings off
11 SavicBookings53 Sanson
3Corners4
10Fouls12
8Offsides8
9Shots on7
8Shots off4
17Total shots11
7Shots saved5
53%Possession47%
Man of the match: Tiemoué BAKAYOKO
3COURTOIS saved a glorious effort from CARRASCO.
8ALISSON did well to hold onto an amazing strike from ARNAUTOVIC.
11A header by ARNAUTOVIC at the far post was comfortably collected by the 'keeper.
11PENTON books SAVIC.
15ARNAUTOVIC drove a right foot shot over the bar from thirty yards out.
18GOAL!! A shot from DE VRIJ deflected off the head of RODRIGUEZ and bobbled past the helpless Reading 'keeper and over the line.
20MANÉ flicked an easy chance past the near post.
25A shot from ARNAUTOVIC was smothered by the Crewe Alexandra 'keeper.
29A cross from BAKAYOKO left ARNAUTOVIC in plenty of space but he rushed his shot.
31The Reading 'keeper managed to palm clear a powerful shot.
37A useful ball from MILINKOVIC-SAVIC on the right found DE VRIJ who sliced his effort wide.
39GOAL!! A shot from FELIPE ANDERSON dribbled through a crowd of players and rolled past the unsighted COURTOIS. (2-0 Crewe Alexandra)
40A accurate pass was collected by FELIPE ANDERSON and his deadly effort flew narrowly wide.
 
53SANSON booked.
63A neatly crafted cross from ARNAUTOVIC, was shot goalbound by FERREYRA only for ALISSON to claw away.
68ZIELINSKI fluffed an easy chance.
70ARNAUTOVIC shot wide.
72COURTOIS dived to his left to save a lovely drive from Crewe Alexandra's MORATA.
73FELIPE ANDERSON's shot beat the Reading 'keeper but rebounded off the Reading woodwork.
77ZIELINSKI turned MILINKOVIC-SAVIC but drove the ball into the arms of the Crewe Alexandra 'keeper.
86WILLIAM CARVALHO made space on the left and knocked the ball to FELIPE ANDERSON who touched the ball wide.
88GOAL!! A neat one-two left ZIELINSKI clear and he made no mistake by skillfully lobbing the ball past the oncoming 'keeper. (2-1 Crewe Alexandra)