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Match report
English Footie
League 2: Round 2 (setup 1, season 42)
Reading
v.
Oxford United
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
10
Overall form:
Home form:
Coniah BOYCE-CLARKE616Maduka OKOYE
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
5
Overall form:
Emil KRAFTH82Ciaron BROWN
Danilo D'AMBROSIO37Jean-Daniel AKPA-AKPRO
John SWIFT4GUSTAVO Henrique Furtado SCARPA
Malang SARR57Andreu FONTÁS Prat
Tom HOLMES76Stuart FINDLAY
Alen HALILOVIC76Rick DEKKER
Armindo Tue Na Bangna, BRUMA78Danel SINANI
Francisco das Chagas Soares dos Santos, TIQUINHO96José 'Salomón' RONDÓN Giménez
Darío Ismael BENEDETTO10Matty TAYLOR
Lewis DOBBIN116Denis CHERYSHEV
Manager
Tom McINTYRE12Billy BODIN
Tiernan BROOKS13Hidde JURJUS
Liam MOORE14Alejandro Rodríguez Gorrin, ÁLEX RODRÍGUEZ
Mamadou LOUM N'Diaye715Marcus BROWNE
Josh LAURENT16Cameron BRANNAGAN

Reading 3 Oxford United 2
(Half-time: 2-2, Attendance: 29,607, Stadium: Madejski, Referee: Jirí LERCH 6½)
16 Tiquinho, 37 Krafth, 76 TiquinhoScorers24 Rondón, 27 Gustavo Scarpa
59 D'Ambrosio <=> Loum, 59 Swift <=> MooreSubstitutions
Sendings off
Bookings
4Corners2
11Fouls7
5Offsides1
5Shots on3
13Shots off4
18Total shots7
2Shots saved1
59%Possession41%
Man of the match: Emil KRAFTH
1OKOYE was able to palm clear a weak shot from TIQUINHO.
8BRUMA headed inches over.
16GOAL!! A great ball from BRUMA left SWIFT in the clear, he made the Oxford United 'keeper commit himself before squaring the ball to TIQUINHO to score. (1-0 Reading)
19BRUMA hoofed the ball wide from just outside the area.
24GOAL!! A wonderful dummy from DEKKER allowed SINANI to lay a lovely ball off to RONDÓN who glanced the ball home. (1-1)
27GOAL!! A quick-witted GUSTAVO SCARPA pounced on a loose ball on the right and made no mistake. (2-1 Oxford United)
32A good ball from BENEDETTO on the right was collected by BRUMA who mishit his shot over.
35DOBBIN beat a number of Oxford United players and slammed a shot over.
36BRUMA shot wide.
37GOAL!! A neat one-two left KRAFTH clear and he made no mistake by skillfully chipping the ball past the oncoming OKOYE. (2-2)
43TIQUINHO whacked a right foot shot wide from thirty yards out.
45DOBBIN's shot beat OKOYE but rebounded off the Oxford United woodwork.
45+1TAYLOR waltzed away from HALILOVIC and stroked a weak shot wide.
45+2A cross from GUSTAVO SCARPA left SINANI in plenty of space but he scuffed his shot.
 
50The hapless OKOYE could only watch as a backpass from GUSTAVO SCARPA dropped just over.
59BRUMA scuffed an easy chance.
63A penalty box scramble resulted in BRUMA driving a low shot wide.
64TIQUINHO made space on the left and pulled the ball to DOBBIN who rasped the ball over.
67BRUMA stabbed an easy chance past the lefthand post.
71A lovely effort from FONTÁS scraped the top of the crossbar.
75A tame shot from TIQUINHO trickled agonisingly wide.
76GOAL!! A poor clearance dropped to DOBBIN who scuffed a shot goalward, luckily TIQUINHO was on hand to volley the ball into the top corner. (3-2 Reading)
79The 'keeper did well to hold onto a fierce shot from FINDLAY.
79TIQUINHO beat FONTÁS and fired the ball to LOUM who fumbled his shot wide.
82Uncertainty in the Reading defence enabled SINANI to hammer the ball wide.