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Match report
English Footie
Championship: Round 44 (setup 4, season 28)
Newcastle United
v.
Reading
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
3
Overall form:
Home form:
Karl DARLOW1Luke SOUTHWOOD
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
9
Overall form:
Home form:
Federico FERNÁNDEZ27Jonjoe KENNY
Ciaran CLARK737Ryan BERTRAND
KI Sung-yueng74Saied EZATOLAHI
Jamaal LASCELLES657Liam MOORE
Chancel Mangulu MBEMBA6Tyler BLACKETT
Robert KENEDY Nunes do Nascimento67Juninho BACUNA
Yoshinori MUTO8Modou BARROW
Aleksandar MITROVIC696Danny LOADER
Isaac HAYDEN710John SWIFT
AYOZE Pérez Gutiérrez611Sam BALDOCK
Manager
Tom HATELEY12Allan-Roméo NYOM
Freddie WOODMAN13Josh SIMS
PABLO Hernández Domínguez146Joey VAN DEN BERG
Jakob JANTSCHER15TIAGO Abiola Delfim Almeida ILORI
Dominic IORFA616Liam KELLY

Newcastle United 2 Reading 0
(Half-time: 2-0, Attendance: 40,536, Stadium: St.James' Park, Referee: Kevin WRIGHT 7½, TV: highlights)
2 Mitrovic, 34 AyozeScorers
70 Mitrovic <=> IorfaSubstitutions83 Moore <=> Van Den Berg
Sendings off
84 LascellesBookings70 Ezatolahi, 86 Southwood
5Corners6
15Fouls5
6Offsides6
3Shots on3
12Shots off4
15Total shots7
1Shots saved2
51%Possession49%
Man of the match: Karl DARLOW
2GOAL!! A long clearance by the Newcastle United 'keeper beat the Reading defence and MITROVIC drove the ball past the advancing SOUTHWOOD. (1-0 Newcastle United)
10A great effort from MUTO scraped the outside of the righthand post.
17BARROW rifled an easy chance past the lefthand post.
21KENEDY's shot beat the Reading 'keeper but rebounded off the Reading upright.
27MITROVIC was put clear by AYOZE and he raced past the Reading 'keeper but thrust his shot wide.
32BERTRAND headed wide.
34GOAL!! After being forced wide AYOZE managed to hammer the ball in from the narrowest of angles. (2-0 Newcastle United)
35A fine ball from BERTRAND on the right bobbled toward SWIFT who sliced his shot over the bar.
36MUTO drilled a deadly shot wide from long range.
43AYOZE beat SWIFT and fired the ball to MUTO who hit his shot wide.
44MUTO chipped the ball to AYOZE who nodded it just beyond the near post.
 
48A corner found HAYDEN who flicked an effort wide.
63A cross from HAYDEN left CLARK in plenty of space but he fluffed his shot.
65MOORE's shot was well held by the Newcastle United 'keeper.
65CLARK snapped at an easy chance.
68MUTO ran onto a wonderful ball from HAYDEN but toe-poked his effort wide.
68KENNY beat two Newcastle United players and thundered a great chance just wide.
70WRIGHT books EZATOLAHI for an off-the-ball incident against LASCELLES.
73A great save prevented BARROW from scoring an exceptional goal.
77SWIFT worked the ball to BACUNA, BERTRAND controlled his pass and kicked the ball within easy reach of DARLOW.
82A tame shot from HAYDEN bounced agonisingly wide.
84LASCELLES receives a yellow card for a late tackle.
86The ref cautions SOUTHWOOD for a late foul.
88A free-kick from MBEMBA flew over the bar.
90The bemused 'keeper was a mere bystander as a backpass from BLACKETT fell just over.