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Match report
English Footie
Championship: Round 31 (setup 4, season 27)
Reading
v.
Bristol Rovers
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
8
Overall form:
Home form:
Michel VORM1Mark BUNN
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
17
Overall form:
Home form:
Jonjoe KENNY27Trent ALEXANDER-ARNOLD
Ryan BERTRAND3Joel WARD
Harry WINKS4Sam HUTCHINSON
Tyler BLACKETT757Russell MARTIN
Liam MOORE66Luke CHAMBERS
Mohamed SALAH76Neil DANNS
Callum HARRIOTT78Pawel WSZOLEK
Oumar NIASSE97Kevin KYLE
Dave EDWARDS6106Idrissa SYLLA
Danny LOADER11Tadanari LEE
Manager
TIAGO Abiola Delfim Almeida ILORI12Paul HUNTINGTON
Ádám BOGDÁN13Rhys TAYLOR
Juan Camilo ZÚÑIGA Mosquera14Fabio DAPRELÀ
Liam KELLY15Freddie SEARS
Joey VAN DEN BERG816Ashley NICHOLLS

Reading 3 Bristol Rovers 1
(Half-time: 1-1, Attendance: 32,492, Stadium: Madejski, Referee: Dean WHITESTONE 6)
4 Niasse, 85 Harriott, 88 NiasseScorers3 Kyle
71 Winks <=> Van Den BergSubstitutions
Sendings off
47 EdwardsBookings
2Corners2
6Fouls10
6Offsides8
7Shots on6
11Shots off7
18Total shots13
4Shots saved5
57%Possession43%
Man of the match: Joey VAN DEN BERG
1A brilliant shot from NIASSE was dealt with by a good parry from BUNN.
2A shot from WSZOLEK was smothered by the 'keeper.
3GOAL!! A short corner was knocked out to KYLE who flicked the ball into the net. (1-0 Bristol Rovers)
4GOAL!! After some patient play on the right NIASSE came inside and drove the ball in off the post. (1-1)
13A left foot effort from DANNS was saved by VORM.
15NIASSE ran onto a great ball from SALAH but fumbled his shot wide.
16EDWARDS kicked the ball wide from the edge of the box.
26A pin-point pass was collected by BLACKETT and his deadly shot went narrowly wide.
32A penalty box scramble resulted in EDWARDS knocking the ball over.
44NIASSE headed inches over.
 
47WHITESTONE cautions EDWARDS for an off-the-ball incident against MARTIN.
52Uncertainty in the Bristol Rovers defence enabled HARRIOTT to hammer the ball just wide.
60KYLE's shot beat VORM but rebounded off the Reading crossbar.
61A good effort from WARD scraped the outside of the righthand post.
72A header by KYLE at the far post was comfortably collected by VORM.
76A good ball from NIASSE on the left fell to HARRIOTT who scuffed his shot over the bar.
77HARRIOTT worked the ball to LOADER, NIASSE collected his pass and kicked the ball within easy reach of the Bristol Rovers 'keeper.
80WSZOLEK knocked the ball to ALEXANDER-ARNOLD who flicked it over.
80DANNS made space on the right and knocked the ball to LEE who clipped the ball wide.
85GOAL!! BLACKETT made space for HARRIOTT who, after an interchange of passes on the edge of the area, struck the ball past the Bristol Rovers 'keeper. (2-1 Reading)
88GOAL!! . (3-1 Reading)
90+2BLACKETT beat two Bristol Rovers players and blasted a great chance just beyond the near post.