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Match report
English Footie
League 1: Round 44 (setup 4, season 35)
Reading
v.
Portsmouth
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
5
Overall form:
Home form:
Joe LUMLEY1Josh GRIFFITHS
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
18
Overall form:
Home form:
Jonjoe KENNY62Kieron FREEMAN
Mouhamadou 'Naby' SARR73Aaron CRESSWELL
Pelle CLEMENT4Louis THOMPSON
Matt MIAZGA57Matt CLARKE
Michael MORRISON6Robbie BRADY
Bertrand TRAORÉ77Mauro Abel FORMICA
Modou BARROW78Kaoru MITOMA
LUCAS Eduardo Santos JOĆO69Jayden REID
Lewis BAKER6106Ronan CURTIS
Shane LONG11Ellis HARRISON
Manager
Jeff HENDRICK12Reeco HACKETT-FAIRCHILD
Luke SOUTHWOOD13Alex BASS
Mamadou LOUM N'Diaye14Zak SWANSON
John SWIFT156Sean RAGGETT
Ovie EJARIA167Clark ROBERTSON

Reading 2 Portsmouth 0
(Half-time: 2-0, Attendance: 25,836, Stadium: Madejski, Referee: Phil DOWD 7½)
24 Baker, 39 MiazgaScorers
64 Baker <=> EjariaSubstitutions62 Mitoma <=> Robertson, 67 Clarke <=> Raggett
Sendings off
Bookings14 Curtis, 45 Harrison, 65 Robertson
4Corners4
10Fouls13
2Offsides3
6Shots on1
12Shots off5
18Total shots6
4Shots saved1
51%Possession49%
Man of the match: Ovie EJARIA
1LUCAS JOĆO brought the ball round CRESSWELL and poked a weak shot over.
4An outswinging corner was turned into the arms of GRIFFITHS by LUCAS JOĆO.
7A tame strike from MIAZGA rolled agonisingly wide.
14CURTIS cautioned by DOWD.
20MITOMA snapped at an easy chance.
24GOAL!! A great twenty-five yard shot from CLEMENT rattled the crossbar and in the ensuing meleé the ball was hoofed into the net by BAKER. (1-0 Reading)
27The 'keeper dived to his right to save a fierce shot from Reading's BAKER.
30A cross from BARROW left LUCAS JOĆO in lots of space but he fluffed his shot.
31A free-kick from CLEMENT went over.
33Uncertainty in the Portsmouth defence enabled TRAORÉ to hit the ball just wide.
36The motionless LUMLEY stared in disbelief as a backpass from BARROW fell just wide.
39GOAL!! A goalmouth meleé culminated with MIAZGA firing the ball into the net. (2-0 Reading)
44TRAORÉ beat FORMICA and drilled the ball to MIAZGA who fired his effort wide.
45The ref books HARRISON.
45+1BARROW headed wide.
45+1CURTIS pulled away from CLEMENT but knocked the ball into the arms of the 'keeper.
 
62BAKER shot wide.
65A header by EJARIA at the far post was comfortably collected by GRIFFITHS.
65ROBERTSON booked.
70A good effort from BRADY scraped the outside of the post.
77CLEMENT chipped the ball to LONG who flicked it inches wide.
90+2BARROW hit a right foot shot over from long range.