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Match report
English Footie
League 1: Round 39 (setup 1, season 31)
Stoke City
v.
Reading
Formation:
4-3-3
Overall form:
Home form:
David OSPINA Ramírez616Thibaut COURTOIS
Formation:
4-4-2
League position:
3
Overall form:
Home form:
Dusan BASTA28Fábio Henrique Tavares, FABINHO
MIGUEL Luís Pinto VELOSO83Eric Bertrand BAILLY
Etienne CAPOUE74Tiemoué BAKAYOKO
Wes MORGAN757Stefan SAVIC
Federico FERNÁNDEZ668Éver Maximiliano David BANEGA
Giorgio RASULO77Sadio MANÉ
Sam MATTHEWS687Ricardo RODRIGUEZ
Graziano PELLÉ798Christian BENTEKE
Peter CROUCH6107Piotr ZIELINSKI
Jay RODRIGUEZ117GABRIEL Fernando de JESUS
ManagerHeath Brown
James TOMKINS12Milan BADELJ
Soslan DZHANAEV13Mitchell WEISER
Giuseppe ROSSI14Arkadiusz MILIK
Muhamed BESIC15Mamadou SAKHO
Dominic SOLANKE16Diego DEMME

Stoke City 1 Reading 3
(Half-time: 0-2, Attendance: 41,789, Stadium: bet365, Referee: Neil SWARBRICK 5½)
79 PelléScorers6 Mané, 45+3 Gabriel Jesus, 89 Gabriel Jesus
57 Rasulo <=> RossiSubstitutions
Sendings off
Bookings
9Corners6
3Fouls14
5Offsides17
2Shots on5
4Shots off10
6Total shots15
1Shots saved2
41%Possession59%
Man of the match: Christian BENTEKE
6GOAL!! A tackle from MORGAN gave Reading a free-kick thirty yards out which MANÉ drove past the 'keeper. (1-0 Reading)
12The 'keeper was able to palm clear a poor shot from BAILLY.
15MORGAN's shot was well held by the Reading 'keeper.
18A good ball from FABINHO on the left was collected by ZIELINSKI who mishit his effort wide.
20BENTEKE shot over.
33PELLÉ waltzed past FABINHO and stabbed a poor shot over.
35CROUCH ran onto a wonderful ball from MATTHEWS but fumbled his shot wide of the righthand post.
36FABINHO whacked a right foot shot just beyond the near post from twenty yards out.
45+3GOAL!! A two-fisted punch from the 'keeper enabled GABRIEL JESUS to lob the ball into the empty net. (2-0 Reading)
 
50BANEGA made space on the left and touched the ball to GABRIEL JESUS who clipped the ball wide.
51The motionless 'keeper could only watch as a backpass from MATTHEWS fell just wide.
52A free-kick from PELLÉ floated just beyond the near post.
54GABRIEL JESUS scuffed a simple chance.
56A drive from BENTEKE seemed a certain goal but the Stoke City 'keeper managed to punch the ball clear.
58A mix up in the Stoke City defence enabled BENTEKE to fire an effort wide.
61A penalty box meleé resulted in RODRIGUEZ cracking the ball wide.
73RODRIGUEZ chipped the ball to GABRIEL JESUS who headed it inches wide.
78A corner was collected by BAILLY who headed an effort wide.
79GOAL!! An energetic FERNÁNDEZ ran down the wing and touched the ball back for PELLÉ to tuck home. (2-1 Reading)
86An exceptional effort from PELLÉ scraped the woodwork.
89GOAL!! A mishit backpass by BASTA enabled GABRIEL JESUS to nip in and crack the ball past the 'keeper. (3-1 Reading)