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Match report
English Footie
Championship: Round 4 (setup 4, season 29)
Reading
v.
Cardiff City
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
20
Overall form:
Home form:
Luke SOUTHWOOD15Loris KARIUS
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
4
Overall form:
Home form:
Allan-Roméo NYOM27Bruno ECUÉLÉ MANGA
Ryan BERTRAND73Armand TRAORÉ
Jonjoe KENNY47Víctor CAMARASA Ferrando
Liam MOORE5Loïc DAMOUR
TIAGO Abiola Delfim Almeida ILORI6Aron Einar GUNNARSSON
Juninho BACUNA778Nathaniel MENDEZ-LAING
Modou BARROW787Joe RALLS
Danny LOADER9Bobby DECORDOVA-REID
Joey VAN DEN BERG710Kenneth ZOHORE
Sam BALDOCK711Junior HOILETT
Manager
Tyler BLACKETT12Danny WARD
Chris GUNTER713Lee CAMP
Liam KELLY14Ibrahim AFELLAY
John SWIFT15Craig NOONE
Omar RICHARDS716Lee TOMLIN

Reading 0 Cardiff City 5
(Half-time: 0-1, Attendance: 24,477, Stadium: Madejski, Referee: Kenny STAMATOPOULOS 7½)
Scorers13 Ralls, 50 Ralls, 65 Zohore, 87p Decordova-Reid, 90 Decordova-Reid
53 Bacuna <=> Gunter, 59 Baldock <=> RichardsSubstitutions
Sendings off
29 Van Den BergBookings31 Ralls, 38 Gunnarsson, 80 Camarasa
3Corners1
10Fouls15
2Offsides2
4Shots on5
12Shots off10
16Total shots15
4Shots saved0
55%Possession45%
Man of the match: Nathaniel MENDEZ-LAING
5An exceptional shot from BACUNA was dealt with by a useful stop from the 'keeper.
13GOAL!! A shot from CAMARASA was hoofed off the line only for RALLS to flick the ball home. (1-0 Cardiff City)
16HOILETT flicked an easy chance past the lefthand post.
18Uncertainty in the Cardiff City defence enabled BARROW to crack the ball inches wide.
29A clumsy tackle gets VAN DEN BERG a yellow card.
31RALLS cautioned by STAMATOPOULOS for a late challenge.
35MENDEZ-LAING made space on the left and pulled the ball to RALLS who rasped the ball over.
38A free-kick from BACUNA raced just beyond the near post.
38GUNNARSSON cautioned for a late foul on BERTRAND.
 
50GOAL!! RALLS hit a glorious twenty-five yard shot past the bemused 'keeper. (2-0 Cardiff City)
51An exceptional effort from LOADER scraped the outside of the post.
54TRAORÉ waltzed past BARROW and stabbed a weak shot past the post.
56MENDEZ-LAING floated the ball to TRAORÉ who touched it wide.
62A corner found KENNY who flicked an effort wide.
65GOAL!! A deep cross by MENDEZ-LAING was met by ZOHORE who steamed in to score. (3-0 Cardiff City)
68RICHARDS beat two Cardiff City players and blasted an effort over.
71RALLS was put clear by HOILETT and he pulled away from the 'keeper but drilled his shot just wide.
76TRAORÉ drove a left foot shot over the bar from close range.
80CAMARASA booked.
85The hapless 'keeper stared in disbelief as a backpass from CAMARASA fell just wide.
87GOAL!! A dubious penalty was awarded to Cardiff City, after GUNTER had fouled CAMARASA, which DECORDOVA-REID easily converted.
90GOAL!! A delightful dribble from ZOHORE gave HOILETT space on the left and DECORDOVA-REID rattled in his pin-point pass. (5-0 Cardiff City)