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Match report
English Footie
League Trophy: Round 1 (setup 1, season 42)
Reading
v.
Wigan Athletic
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
7
Overall form:
Home form:
Coniah BOYCE-CLARKE17Mateusz LIS
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
13
Overall form:
Home form:
Emil KRAFTH27Isaac COFIE
Danilo D'AMBROSIO3Joe BENNETT
John SWIFT74Oghenekaro 'Peter' ETEBO
Malang SARR57Mads Juel ANDERSEN
Tom HOLMES66Curtis TILT
Alen HALILOVIC77Jordan CLARK
Armindo Tue Na Bangna, BRUMA8Przemyslaw PLACHETA
Darío Ismael BENEDETTO89Karlan GRANT
Francisco das Chagas Soares dos Santos, TIQUINHO106NÉLSON Miguel Castro OLIVEIRA
Lewis DOBBIN611Callum LANG
Manager
Josh LAURENT12Josh MAGENNIS
Tiernan BROOKS13Adam JAKUBECH
Tom McINTYRE14Charlie HUGHES
Andy CARROLL15Reece JAMES
WESLEY Moraes Ferreira da Silva16James McCLEAN

Reading 3 Wigan Athletic 1
(Half-time: 2-0, Attendance: 30,265, Stadium: Madejski, Referee: Marek KOWALCZYK 6)
7 Benedetto, 12 Krafth, 66 D'AmbrosioScorers52 Lang
Substitutions
Sendings off
Bookings
3Corners3
14Fouls3
4Offsides4
7Shots on5
15Shots off2
22Total shots7
4Shots saved4
49%Possession51%
Man of the match: Darío Ismael BENEDETTO
2HOLMES dummied NÉLSON OLIVEIRA but knocked the ball into the arms of LIS.
7GOAL!! An energetic BRUMA ran down the right wing and touched the ball back for BENEDETTO to drive home. (1-0 Reading)
8A free-kick from TIQUINHO flew over.
11LIS saved a curling shot from BENEDETTO.
12GOAL!! A deep cross from HOLMES on the left was headed home by KRAFTH after a great leap. (2-0 Reading)
15A cross from TIQUINHO left BENEDETTO in lots of space but he rushed his shot.
16SARR scuffed an easy chance.
25A good effort from ANDERSEN scraped the outside of the post.
26A header by ANDERSEN at the near post was comfortably collected by the Reading 'keeper.
32A tame strike from D'AMBROSIO rolled agonisingly wide.
35The stunned 'keeper stared in disbelief as a backpass from COFIE dropped just wide.
45A pin-point pass was collected by SARR and his right foot shot went narrowly over.
 
52GOAL!! BENNETT made space for LANG who, after an interchange of passes twenty-five yards out, struck the ball past BOYCE-CLARKE. (2-1 Reading)
54BENEDETTO headed wide.
61A shot from LANG was hoofed off the line by D'AMBROSIO.
65PLACHETA rushed through the Reading defence but shot straight at BOYCE-CLARKE.
66GOAL!! A two-fisted punch from the 'keeper enabled D'AMBROSIO to glance the ball into the empty net. (3-1 Reading)
74A penalty box meleé resulted in D'AMBROSIO driving the ball over.
76BENEDETTO rattled an easy chance past the righthand post.
81BENEDETTO hoofed the ball wide from the edge of the box.
82D'AMBROSIO's shot was well held by the 'keeper.
90The 'keeper dived to his right to save a fierce shot from Reading's BRUMA.