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Match report
English Footie
League 1: Round 37 (setup 4, season 35)
Reading
v.
Preston North End
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
4
Overall form:
Home form:
Joe LUMLEY1Mario 'Sebastiįn' VIERA Galaķn
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
6
Overall form:
Home form:
Jonjoe KENNY26Matthew Olawale OLOSUNDE
Omar RICHARDS63Ben DAVIES
Lewis BAKER747Ben PEARSON
Matt MIAZGA75Liam LINDSAY
Mouhamadou 'Naby' SARR666Paul HUNTINGTON
Bertrand TRAORÉ77Brad POTTS
Modou BARROW87Anass ZAROURY
LUCAS Eduardo Santos JOĆO79Emil RIIS Jakobsen
Pelle CLEMENT610Alistair McCANN
Yakou MEITÉ116Daniel JOHNSON
Manager
John SWIFT12Scott SINCLAIR
Luke SOUTHWOOD13Chris MAXWELL
Liam MOORE147Greg CUNNINGHAM
Ovie EJARIA615Josh EARL
Michael MORRISON16Adam O'REILLY

Reading 2 Preston North End 2
(Half-time: 2-1, Attendance: 31,902, Stadium: Madejski, Referee: Tony BATES 8)
10 Lucas Joćo, 12 Lucas JoćoScorers9 McCann, 84 Riis
75 Richards <=> EjariaSubstitutions69 Potts <=> Cunningham
Sendings off
16 Kenny, 45+2 RichardsBookings
2Corners5
10Fouls5
5Offsides5
7Shots on6
6Shots off13
13Total shots19
4Shots saved3
49%Possession51%
Man of the match: Jonjoe KENNY
3The 'keeper parried a neatly crafted shot from ZAROURY.
6TRAORÉ made space on the left and touched the ball to BARROW who touched the ball over.
8A shot from KENNY was smothered by the 'keeper.
9GOAL!! A goalmouth meleé culminated with MCCANN blasting the ball into the top corner. (1-0 Preston North End)
10GOAL!! A deep cross from RICHARDS on the right was headed home by LUCAS JOĆO at the far post. (1-1)
12GOAL!! A great twenty-five yard shot from BAKER struck the crossbar and in the ensuing meleé the ball was kicked into the net by LUCAS JOĆO. (2-1 Reading)
16KENNY cautioned for a poor challenge.
17CLEMENT's shot beat VIERA but rebounded off the Preston North End post.
20ZAROURY floated the ball to OLOSUNDE who forced it wide.
28HUNTINGTON beat three Reading players and fired a shot just beyond the near post.
36ZAROURY ran onto a great ball from PEARSON but hit his effort wide of the goal.
45+2A clumsy foul on MCCANN by RICHARDS results in a booking.
 
46A right foot effort from RIIS was stopped by the Reading 'keeper.
49BAKER was put clear by BARROW and he nutmegged the 'keeper but struck his shot over the bar.
52Uncertainty in the Reading defence enabled MCCANN to hammer the ball just beyond the near post.
60A weak shot from ZAROURY trickled agonisingly wide.
64A penalty box meleé resulted in POTTS knocking a low shot wide.
68LUCAS JOĆO touched the ball through a ruck of players but the Preston North End 'keeper was a match for it as he dived to his left.
68The 'keeper managed to block an amazing shot.
69A good effort from ZAROURY scraped the outside of the righthand post.
83MCCANN headed over.
84GOAL!! A deep corner left the Reading 'keeper struggling and RIIS knocked the ball over the line. (2-2)