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Match report
English Footie
Championship: Round 6 (setup 4, season 28)
Reading
v.
Crystal Palace
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
6
Overall form:
Home form:
Michel VORM17VICENTE GUAITA Panadero
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
1
Overall form:
Home form:
Jonjoe KENNY72Martin KELLY
Ryan BERTRAND837Jeffrey SCHLUPP
Joey VAN DEN BERG47Luka MILIVOJEVIC
Liam MOORE5Nicolás Andrés BURDISSO
TIAGO Abiola Delfim Almeida ILORI67Scott DANN
John SWIFT776Oleksandr MELASCHENKO
Modou BARROW8Andros TOWNSEND
Danny LOADER69Christian BENTEKE
Liam KELLY106James McARTHUR
Sam BALDOCK11Hugo RODALLEGA Martínez
Manager
Tyler BLACKETT12Jason PUNCHEON
Dave EDWARDS13Balázs MEGYERI
Omar RICHARDS814Danny BATTH
Pelle CLEMENT157Ruben LOFTUS-CHEEK
Scott GOLBOURNE16Bakary SAKO

Reading 3 Crystal Palace 1
(Half-time: 3-1, Attendance: 34,125, Stadium: Madejski, Referee: Roger FREESTONE 7½)
28 Bertrand, 34 Tiago Ilori, 35 BarrowScorers17 Milivojevic
57 Van Den Berg <=> RichardsSubstitutions48 Townsend <=> Loftus-Cheek
Sendings off
Bookings2 Melaschenko, 50 Dann, 70 Loftus-Cheek
6Corners7
3Fouls19
6Offsides8
5Shots on8
5Shots off7
10Total shots15
2Shots saved7
50%Possession50%
Man of the match: Ryan BERTRAND
2A bad foul gets MELASCHENKO a yellow card.
2A tame strike from KELLY bounced agonisingly wide.
5MCARTHUR knocked the ball to BENTEKE who flicked it over the bar.
8A left foot shot from TOWNSEND was pushed over by VORM.
17GOAL!! A Crystal Palace counter-attack allowed MCARTHUR to setup MILIVOJEVIC with a simple goal. (1-0 Crystal Palace)
28GOAL!! Uncertainty between SCHLUPP and the Crystal Palace 'keeper allowed BERTRAND to volley the ball into the empty net. (1-1)
32A pin-point pass bobbled toward MILIVOJEVIC and his right foot shot went narrowly over.
34GOAL!! An outswinging corner nodded out by DANN was slammed home by TIAGO ILORI. (2-1 Reading)
34A drive from BENTEKE seemed a certain goal but the Reading 'keeper managed to fist the ball away.
35GOAL!! A patient Reading side were rewarded with a lovely strike from BARROW. (3-1 Reading)
 
47TOWNSEND steamed through the Reading defence but shot straight at VORM.
50DANN booked for a clinical foul.
51BALDOCK waltzed round MILIVOJEVIC and poked a tame shot over.
55A lovely cross from KELLY, was tapped goalbound by BARROW only for the Crystal Palace 'keeper to palm clear.
57LOFTUS-CHEEK hoofed the ball wide of the lefthand post from just outside the area.
62A great effort from MILIVOJEVIC scraped the outside of the righthand post.
64LOFTUS-CHEEK headed just beyond the far post.
68A penalty box meleé resulted in BERTRAND tapping the ball wide.
70LOFTUS-CHEEK booked.
74KELLY shot over.
81VICENTE GUAITA managed to block a fierce effort.
84MELASCHENKO rasped the ball through a crowd of players but the 'keeper was a match for it as he dived to his right.