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Match report
English Footie
League 1: Round 1 (setup 2, season 18)
Reading
v.
Oxford United
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
16
Coniah BOYCE-CLARKE51JOEL Robles Blázquez
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
12
Andy YIADOM626Rob DICKIE
Konstantinos TSIMIKAS3Brandon WILLIAMS
Lewis BAKER47SALIH Uçan
Tom HOLMES757Enzo Pablo ROCO Roco
Tom McINTYRE66Luke McNALLY
Michael OLISE76Gavin WHYTE
Junior HOILETT8Rachid GHEZZAL
Danny LOADER59Felix PLATTE
Jeff HENDRICK106Jerome SINCLAIR
Yakou MEITÉ7116Sam BALDOCK
Manager
LUCAS Eduardo Santos JOÃO12Cameron BRANNAGAN
Andy RINOMHOTA13Jack STEVENS
Dejan TETEK14Nathan HOLLAND
Tyrell ASHCROFT15Marcus BROWNE
Scott DANN16Herbie KANE

Reading 4 Oxford United 4
(Half-time: 1-2, Attendance: 24,175, Stadium: Madejski, Referee: Chris FOY 6)
44 Yiadom, 56 Meité, 62 Loader, 69 McIntyreScorers9 Ghezzal, 21 Platte, 61 Ghezzal, 72 Platte
79 Loader <=> RinomhotaSubstitutions
Sendings off
65 HoilettBookings
3Corners2
15Fouls13
5Offsides1
8Shots on4
4Shots off5
12Total shots9
4Shots saved0
52%Possession48%
Man of the match: Lewis BAKER
7A shot from HENDRICK was hoofed off the line by DICKIE.
9GOAL!! After being forced wide GHEZZAL managed to ram the ball in from the narrowest of angles. (1-0 Oxford United)
15WHYTE shot over.
16WHYTE was put clear by SINCLAIR and he beat BOYCE-CLARKE but thrust his shot inches wide.
21GOAL!! A cross from GHEZZAL was nodded away by YIADOM only for SALIH to crack the ball back into the box for PLATTE to force into the net. (2-0 Oxford United)
25A header by HOILETT at the far post was easily collected by the 'keeper.
30GHEZZAL made space on the left and knocked the ball to WHYTE who touched the ball wide.
32A pin-point pass bobbled toward HOILETT and his left foot shot raced narrowly over.
38A cross from SALIH left WHYTE in lots of space but he fluffed his shot.
43YIADOM ran onto a wonderful ball from OLISE but fumbled his shot wide of the goal.
44GOAL!! A long ball from MCINTYRE had the Oxford United defence back-pedalling and YIADOM made the most of the opportunity with a lovely goal. (2-1 Oxford United)
 
49DICKIE beat four Reading players and slammed a golden opportunity wide.
52HENDRICK floated the ball to LOADER who headed it over the bar.
56GOAL!! A one-handed save from the 'keeper enabled MEITÉ to head the ball into the empty net. (2-2)
61GOAL!! A shot from GHEZZAL rolled through a ruck of players and trickled past the unsighted Reading 'keeper. (3-2 Oxford United)
62GOAL!! A shot from LOADER which the 'keeper was able to palm clear was deemed over the line and FOY gave the goal. (3-3)
65A clinical foul gets HOILETT a yellow card.
69GOAL!! YIADOM made space for MCINTYRE who, after an interchange of passes thirty yards out, struck the ball past the Oxford United 'keeper. (4-3 Reading)
72GOAL!! A quick free-kick allowed WHYTE to play the ball to PLATTE who drilled a left foot shot into the net. (4-4)
80RINOMHOTA flicked an easy chance past the far post.
82A delightful save prevented HOILETT from scoring a lovely goal.
88A fine dribble was ended by a good save by the advancing Oxford United 'keeper.