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Match report
English Footie
Championship: Round 2 (setup 4, season 27)
Reading
v.
Stoke City
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
10
Overall form:
Home form:
Michel VORM17Jack BUTLAND
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
6
Overall form:
Home form:
Allan-Roméo NYOM727Brian WILSON
Juan Camilo ZÚŃIGA Mosquera3Scott MALONE
Harry WINKS47Dale STEPHENS
Liam MOORE85Ryan SHAWCROSS
Tyler BLACKETT666Kurt ZOUMA
Mohamed SALAH776John OSTER
Callum HARRIOTT8Adam LALLANA
Oumar NIASSE97Adama DIOMANDE
Jonjoe KENNY10Charlie ADAM
Danny LOADER611BOJAN Krkic Pérez
Manager
John SWIFT12Saido BERAHINO
Ádám BOGDÁN13Lee GRANT
TIAGO Abiola Delfim Almeida ILORI14Stephen IRELAND
Scott GOLBOURNE15Conor SAMMON
Liam KELLY16Paul TAYLOR

Reading 5 Stoke City 0
(Half-time: 2-0, Attendance: 34,183, Stadium: Madejski, Referee: Kenny STAMATOPOULOS 6)
28 Salah, 43 Salah, 48 Kenny, 73 Nyom, 79 NyomScorers
Substitutions
Sendings off71 Lallana
77 HarriottBookings15 Bojan, 45+2 Lallana
6Corners4
4Fouls12
5Offsides13
10Shots on2
11Shots off3
21Total shots5
3Shots saved2
59%Possession41%
Man of the match: Liam MOORE
15BOJAN given a yellow card for a clinical challenge.
16Uncertainty in the Stoke City defence enabled HARRIOTT to fire an effort wide.
18The 'keeper did well to hold onto a powerful strike from NIASSE.
24HARRIOTT shot over.
28GOAL!! A deep cross from HARRIOTT on the right was headed home by SALAH on the edge of the box. (1-0 Reading)
33KENNY scuffed a simple chance.
35A thirty yard shot from KENNY caused the 'keeper no problem.
40A cross from KENNY left SALAH in plenty of space but he snapped at his shot.
42NIASSE beat STEPHENS and drove the ball to HARRIOTT who toe-poked his shot wide.
43GOAL!! A long ball from HARRIOTT down the middle found the lurking SALAH who blasted a right foot shot into the roof of the net. (2-0 Reading)
45+2The ref yellow cards LALLANA for an off-the-ball incident against BLACKETT.
 
48GOAL!! A shot from KENNY dribbled through a crowd of players and trickled past the unsighted Stoke City 'keeper. (3-0 Reading)
55DIOMANDE whacked a right foot shot just wide from twenty yards out.
59BLACKETT beat two Stoke City players and fired a golden opportunity wide.
63KENNY headed wide.
66WINKS kicked the ball wide of the righthand post from just inside the area.
71LALLANA sent off.
73GOAL!! A nice run by WINKS on the left was capped by a delightful cross which NYOM turned in at the far post. (4-0 Reading)
77The referee yellow cards HARRIOTT for a bad tackle.
79GOAL!! As SHAWCROSS was trying to hold back NIASSE the ball dropped to NYOM who shot the ball into the net. (5-0 Reading)
84NIASSE knocked the ball to NYOM who nodded it just beyond the far post.
89A header by SHAWCROSS at the far post was easily collected by VORM.