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Match report
English Footie
League 2: Round 7 (setup 1, season 41)
Reading
v.
Grimsby Town
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
11
Overall form:
Home form:
ERSIN Destanoglu1Thomas KAMINSKI
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
20
Overall form:
Home form:
Emil KRAFTH826Auston TRUSTY
Danilo D'AMBROSIO38Sonny BRADLEY
Moriba Kourouma Kourouma, ILAIX4Peter PAWLETT
Tom HOLMES857Murray WALLACE
Tom McINTYRE766Xabier Quintilla Guasch, XAVI QUINTILLÁ
Alen HALILOVIC76Otis KHAN
Ryan FRASER687José Heriberto IZQUIERDO Mena
Francisco das Chagas Soares dos Santos, TIQUINHO797Louis BOYD
Darío Ismael BENEDETTO10Ryan LONGMAN
Lewis DOBBIN116Jay RODRIGUEZ
Manager
Liam MOORE12Craig FORSYTH
Coniah BOYCE-CLARKE13Neil ETHERIDGE
Andy RINOMHOTA146Connor WICKHAM
Andy CARROLL615John McATEE
John SWIFT16Harry CLIFTON

Reading 2 Grimsby Town 0
(Half-time: 2-0, Attendance: 34,640, Stadium: Madejski, Referee: Eddie ILDERTON 5)
32 Holmes, 45+4 FraserScorers
82 Fraser <=> CarrollSubstitutions82 Boyd <=> Wickham
Sendings off
Bookings37 Boyd, 53 Longman
4Corners1
7Fouls18
4Offsides2
8Shots on7
8Shots off6
16Total shots13
4Shots saved7
56%Possession44%
Man of the match: Moriba Kourouma Kourouma, ILAIX
2HOLMES stormed through the Grimsby Town defence but shot straight at KAMINSKI.
8FRASER shot over.
10A delightful save prevented FRASER from scoring an exceptional goal.
12A brilliant strike from FRASER was dealt with by a useful block from the 'keeper.
32A shot from KHAN was smothered by ERSIN.
32GOAL!! After some fine play on the right HOLMES came inside and hit the ball in off the post. (1-0 Reading)
37A high tackle gets BOYD a yellow card.
39IZQUIERDO headed the ball wide from the edge of the box.
41A corner fell to TIQUINHO who turned an effort over the bar.
45+4GOAL!! A short goal-kick was intercepted by BENEDETTO who setup FRASER with an easy chance. (2-0 Reading)
 
50IZQUIERDO's shot was well saved by the Reading 'keeper.
53The ref books LONGMAN.
55The 'keeper was able to palm clear a poor shot from IZQUIERDO.
56FRASER brought the ball away from LONGMAN and stabbed a weak shot well wide.
66DOBBIN's shot beat the Grimsby Town 'keeper but rebounded off the Grimsby Town upright.
69The Grimsby Town 'keeper dived to his left to block an accurate drive from Reading's TIQUINHO.
79LONGMAN chipped the ball to IZQUIERDO who turned it just wide.
81A tame strike from D'AMBROSIO rolled agonisingly wide.
84The motionless KAMINSKI stared in disbelief as a backpass from BRADLEY fell just over.
85PAWLETT worked the ball to LONGMAN, WICKHAM controlled his pass and booted the ball within easy reach of the 'keeper.
89HALILOVIC made space on the left and dragged the ball to CARROLL who rasped the ball over.
90+1A penalty box meleé resulted in WICKHAM tapping the ball over.