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Match report
English Footie
League 1: Round 11 (setup 1, season 31)
Reading
v.
Lincoln City
Formation:
4-4-2
Overall form:
Home form:
Thibaut COURTOIS17Costel PANTILIMON
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
14
Overall form:
Home form:
Fábio Henrique Tavares, FABINHO827Sven VAN BEEK
Eric Bertrand BAILLY36Patrick EBERT
Tiemoué BAKAYOKO47Igor DENISOV
Stefan SAVIC56Timm KLOSE
Éver Maximiliano David BANEGA766ALPER Potuk
Sadio MANÉ76Esteban Félix GRANERO Molina
DENIS Suárez Fernández86Luís Carlos Almeida da Cunha, NANI
Christian BENTEKE897Anthony MODESTE
Piotr ZIELINSKI710Andreas CORNELIUS
GABRIEL Fernando de JESUS7116Aron JÓHANNSSON
Heath BrownManager
Milan BADELJ12Bassala SAMBOU
Simon MIGNOLET13Boy WATERMAN
Arkadiusz MILIK14Roberto Maximiliano PEREYRA
Manuel Agudo Duran, NOLITO15ORIOL ROMEU Vidal
Mitchell WEISER16Raúl Alonso JIMÉNEZ Rodríguez

Reading 3 Lincoln City 1
(Half-time: 1-1, Attendance: 39,846, Stadium: Madejski, Referee: Dean WHITESTONE 5½)
33 Mané, 76 Mané, 80p Gabriel JesusScorers25og Bakayoko
Substitutions
Sendings off
Bookings45+3 Alper
2Corners7
9Fouls17
16Offsides5
10Shots on7
11Shots off5
21Total shots12
6Shots saved6
55%Possession45%
Man of the match: Sadio MANÉ
11A shot from MODESTE was smothered by COURTOIS.
18A brilliant shot from MODESTE was dealt with by a useful stop from the Reading 'keeper.
25GOAL!! A shot from DENISOV deflected off the legs of BAKAYOKO and flew past the helpless 'keeper and into the net.
29MODESTE placed a looping shot just wide from long range.
33GOAL!! A poor shot from MANÉ seemed to hold little difficulty for the 'keeper but the ball somehow squirmed over the line. (1-1)
36A weak strike from BENTEKE bounced agonisingly wide.
40BENTEKE headed over the bar.
41A mix up in the Lincoln City defence enabled GABRIEL JESUS to fire the ball just beyond the near post.
42DENIS knocked the ball to ZIELINSKI who nodded it just beyond the near post.
43NANI made space on the left and knocked the ball to MODESTE who fired the ball wide.
45+3ALPER cautioned for a high foul on BENTEKE.
 
48A header by JÓHANNSSON at the far post was comfortably collected by COURTOIS.
52ZIELINSKI nutmegged DENISOV but placed the ball into the arms of the Lincoln City 'keeper.
54A free-kick from GRANERO floated over the bar.
55A shot from NANI held little difficulty for COURTOIS.
58FABINHO beat three Lincoln City players and thundered a golden opportunity wide.
74A refined cross from ZIELINSKI, was tapped goalbound by DENIS only for PANTILIMON to claw away.
76GOAL!! A long ball from GABRIEL JESUS down the middle was collected by the lurking MANÉ who placed a deadly shot into the top corner. (2-1 Reading)
80MANÉ rattled a simple chance past the far post.
80GOAL!! A debatable penalty was awarded to Reading, after DENISOV had fouled DENIS, which GABRIEL JESUS easily converted.
87The 'keeper parried a neatly crafted shot from BENTEKE.
88The bemused PANTILIMON was all agog as a backpass from VAN BEEK fell just over.