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Match report
English Footie
Championship: Round 42 (setup 1, season 29)
Rochdale
v.
Reading
Formation:
4-3-3
Overall form:
Home form:
Nestor 'Fernando' MUSLERA Fernando71Marcelo Alberto BAROVERO
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
23
Overall form:
Home form:
JOÃO Pedro da Silva PEREIRA826Paul McSHANE
ADRIANO Correia Claro73Wes HOOLAHAN
Jérémy TOULALAN84Christian N'dri ROMARIC
DAVID COSTAS Cordal56Cesare BOVO
Dennis AOGO6Jake BUXTON
Clément GRENIER76Adam FORSHAW
Gervais Yao Kouassi, GERVINHO86CARLOS EDUARDO Marques
Samuel ETO'O Fils96Matej VYDRA
Moritz LEITNER810Deniss RAKELS
Alexandre Rodrigues da Silva, ALEXANDRE PATO11NILMAR Honorato da Silva
Manager
Aleksandr KERZHAKOV12Simon COX
Josh LILLIS13Agustín Federico MARCHESÍN
Darko LAZOVIC14Yannis TAFER
Vurnon ANITA156Nick BLACKMAN
Rafael VAN DER VAART16Enej JELENIC

Rochdale 1 Reading 0
(Half-time: 1-0, Attendance: 42,689, Stadium: Spotland, Referee: Graham HORWOOD 7½, TV: highlights)
34 GervinhoScorers
70 David Costas <=> AnitaSubstitutions61 Buxton <=> Blackman
Sendings off
67 GervinhoBookings
3Corners2
1Fouls9
0Offsides0
4Shots on1
14Shots off4
18Total shots5
3Shots saved1
64%Possession36%
Man of the match: Moritz LEITNER
3A poor strike from ETO'O trickled agonisingly wide.
5ALEXANDRE PATO beat two Reading players and fired an effort just beyond the near post.
8The Rochdale 'keeper was able to block a poor shot from CARLOS EDUARDO.
17ALEXANDRE PATO beat BUXTON and blasted the ball to ETO'O who pulled his shot wide.
18GERVINHO galloped through the Reading defence but shot straight at the 'keeper.
22GERVINHO headed the ball wide from just outside the area.
26CARLOS EDUARDO shot wide.
32ETO'O clipped the ball through a crowd of players but the 'keeper was a match for it as he dived to his left.
34GOAL!! A mix up between BUXTON and the 'keeper allowed GERVINHO to fire the ball into the empty net. (1-0 Rochdale)
37A accurate pass fell to LEITNER and his deadly effort flew narrowly wide.
38GERVINHO was put clear by DAVID COSTAS and he raced past the 'keeper but drilled his shot over.
44A free-kick from VYDRA raced over the bar.
45+3GRENIER chipped the ball to GERVINHO who headed it over the bar.
 
53The stunned Reading 'keeper was all agog as a backpass from BUXTON dropped just over.
62GERVINHO hit a looping shot over the bar from twenty-five yards out.
64LEITNER made space on the right and dragged the ball to GERVINHO who rasped the ball wide.
65A penalty box meleé resulted in GRENIER knocking a low shot wide.
66A useful ball from AOGO on the right found TOULALAN who sliced his shot just beyond the far post.
67A deadly shot from GRENIER was saved by BAROVERO.
67GERVINHO booked for a poor challenge on BLACKMAN.
78A mix up in the Reading defence enabled ALEXANDRE PATO to thump an effort over.
80A corner found VYDRA who fired the ball wide.
86ALEXANDRE PATO headed just beyond the near post.
90CARLOS EDUARDO snapped at a simple chance.