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Match report
English Footie
League 1: Round 16 (setup 1, season 31)
Reading
v.
Stoke City
Formation:
4-4-2
League position:
3
Overall form:
Home form:
Thibaut COURTOIS17David OSPINA Ramírez
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
11
Overall form:
Home form:
Fábio Henrique Tavares, FABINHO26Dusan BASTA
Eric Bertrand BAILLY737MIGUEL Luís Pinto VELOSO
Tiemoué BAKAYOKO747Muhamed BESIC
Stefan SAVIC57Robert HUTH
Éver Maximiliano David BANEGA6Wes MORGAN
Sadio MANÉ877Dan GOSLING
Ricardo RODRIGUEZ87Sam MATTHEWS
Christian BENTEKE897Graziano PELLÉ
Piotr ZIELINSKI10Dominic SOLANKE
GABRIEL Fernando de JESUS11Jay RODRIGUEZ
Heath BrownManager
Milan BADELJ12Ashley COLE
Simon MIGNOLET13Tim KRUL
Arkadiusz MILIK14James TOMKINS
Mamadou SAKHO157Giuseppe ROSSI
Diego DEMME166Peter CROUCH

Reading 1 Stoke City 1
(Half-time: 1-1, Attendance: 39,862, Stadium: Madejski, Referee: Neil SWARBRICK 7)
37 ZielinskiScorers17 Pellé
Substitutions51 Huth <=> Rossi, 51 Matthews <=> Crouch
Sendings off
Bookings
4Corners2
10Fouls5
8Offsides6
15Shots on4
9Shots off1
24Total shots5
12Shots saved3
57%Possession43%
Man of the match: Stefan SAVIC
1RODRIGUEZ rifled an easy chance past the far post.
4BANEGA rasped the ball through a ruck of players but the 'keeper was a match for it as he dived to his left.
8A delightful save prevented BENTEKE from scoring a great goal.
10GABRIEL JESUS's shot was well saved by OSPINA.
17SAVIC dribbled away from GOSLING and flicked a tame shot well wide.
17GOAL!! A free-kick was pushed away by the 'keeper, BESIC was first to the loose ball and floated the ball to PELLÉ to fire in. (1-0 Stoke City)
22A twenty yard drive from GABRIEL JESUS caused OSPINA little difficulty.
24BENTEKE beat two Stoke City players and drove a golden opportunity wide.
26A delightful shot from BENTEKE was dealt with by a fine block from OSPINA.
27OSPINA saved a beautiful shot from GABRIEL JESUS.
37GOAL!! A goalmouth meleé culminated with ZIELINSKI striking the ball into the net. (1-1)
44A header by GABRIEL JESUS at the far post was easily collected by OSPINA.
45A right foot effort from GABRIEL JESUS was blocked by OSPINA.
 
48GABRIEL JESUS charged through the Stoke City defence but shot straight at the Stoke City 'keeper.
51GABRIEL JESUS made space on the right and dragged the ball to RODRIGUEZ who fired the ball over.
55A mix up in the Stoke City defence enabled ZIELINSKI to hit an effort over.
56The 'keeper saved a lovely shot from PELLÉ.
60ZIELINSKI was put clear by MANÉ and he stepped inside the Stoke City 'keeper but thrust his shot over.
70A penalty box meleé resulted in ZIELINSKI cracking a low shot wide.
74The hapless Stoke City 'keeper could only watch as a backpass from SOLANKE fell just over.
79A fine piece of skill was ended by a good save by the oncoming 'keeper.
81A pin-point pass was collected by GOSLING and his left foot shot flew narrowly over.