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Match report
English Footie
League 1: Round 1 (setup 4, season 37)
Reading
v.
Coventry City
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
16
Joe LUMLEY17Lee BURGE
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
8
Jonathan Castro Otto, JONNY2Fankaty DABO
Chris BASHAM37MIGUEL Luís Pinto VELOSO
Mamadou LOUM N'Diaye847Callum O'HARE
Matt MIAZGA5Dominic HYAM
Liam MOORE66Kyle McFADZEAN
Bertrand TRAORÉ777DOGUKAN Sinik
Modou BARROW8Jamal LOWE
Andy CARROLL79Matt GODDEN
Lewis BAKER106Przemyslaw PLACHETA
Shane LONG116Lucas BOYÉ
Manager
Tom INCE12Conor CHAPLIN
Sam WALKER13Liam O'BRIEN
Jeff HENDRICK14Dujon STERLING
John SWIFT15Siem DE JONG
Jahmari CLARKE16Jordan STOREY

Reading 3 Coventry City 1
(Half-time: 2-1, Attendance: 27,780, Stadium: Madejski, Referee: Steve TANNER 6)
28 Carroll, 43 Carroll, 70 BarrowScorers41 Lowe
Substitutions
Sendings off
59 BarrowBookings
3Corners3
5Fouls9
6Offsides3
5Shots on6
10Shots off6
15Total shots12
2Shots saved5
53%Possession47%
Man of the match: Mamadou LOUM N'Diaye
8A free-kick from LOUM floated wide.
12LUMLEY did well to hold onto a wicked strike from GODDEN.
24A mix up in the Reading defence enabled LOWE to hit the ball just beyond the far post.
27CARROLL fluffed a simple chance.
28GOAL!! A tame drive from CARROLL seemed to hold little difficulty for BURGE but the ball somehow squirmed over the line. (1-0 Reading)
33A fine ball from LOWE on the right found DOGUKAN who scuffed his shot just beyond the near post.
34DABO raced past MOORE but fired the ball into the arms of LUMLEY.
37O'HARE headed over.
41GOAL!! On the left wing MCFADZEAN collected a defender's clearance and hit it across the box for LOWE to flick it home. (1-1)
43GOAL!! A nice run by BARROW on the right was capped by a wonderful cross which CARROLL nodded home from inside the penalty box. (2-1 Reading)
44O'HARE beat two Reading players and fired a shot wide.
 
46GODDEN shot wide.
47A weak strike from TRAORÉ bounced agonisingly wide.
59The ref yellow cards BARROW for violent conduct against HYAM.
67A corner bobbled toward TRAORÉ who touched the ball over.
70GOAL!! A great dummy from TRAORÉ allowed BASHAM to lay a low ball off to BARROW who rammed the ball into the net. (3-1 Reading)
72GODDEN steamed through the Reading defence but shot straight at the 'keeper.
78A accurate pass found MOORE and his looping shot went narrowly wide.
80GODDEN brought the ball past MIAZGA and rattled a tame shot over.
81CARROLL whacked a deadly shot wide from twenty yards out.
82A right foot effort from PLACHETA was saved by LUMLEY.
89LONG rattled an easy chance past the near post.