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Match report
English Footie
Championship: Round 14 (setup 4, season 27)
Reading
v.
Torquay United
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
14
Overall form:
Home form:
Michel VORM18Felix WIEDWALD
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
4
Overall form:
Home form:
Allan-Roméo NYOM827Emmanuel BOAKYE
Juan Camilo ZÚÑIGA Mosquera37Emiliano Adrián INSÚA
Harry WINKS4Grant LEADBITTER
Liam MOORE75Timmy SIMONS
Tyler BLACKETT76Matthew MILLS
Mohamed SALAH87Sebastian LARSSON
Callum HARRIOTT78Neil KILKENNY
Oumar NIASSE97Bafétimbi GOMIS
Jonjoe KENNY610José Luis Mato Sanmartín, JOSELU
Danny LOADER11Tyler WALKER
Manager
John SWIFT12Tony McMAHON
Ádám BOGDÁN13Pavels STEINBORS
TIAGO Abiola Delfim Almeida ILORI14Dwight TIENDALLI
Scott GOLBOURNE15Juraj HALENÁR
Liam KELLY16

Reading 2 Torquay United 0
(Half-time: 1-0, Attendance: 29,413, Stadium: Madejski, Referee: Darren DRYSDALE 6½)
40 Winks, 84 LoaderScorers
Substitutions
Sendings off
Bookings24 Gomis
1Corners3
3Fouls18
2Offsides5
5Shots on5
14Shots off6
19Total shots11
3Shots saved5
57%Possession43%
Man of the match: Felix WIEDWALD
1NIASSE shot wide.
5The hapless 'keeper stared in disbelief as a backpass from MILLS fell just over.
10VORM dived to his left to save an accurate shot from Torquay United's LARSSON.
13GOMIS's shot beat VORM but rebounded off the Reading woodwork.
18A tame shot from SALAH trickled agonisingly wide.
19JOSELU drilled a deadly shot inches wide from long range.
24GOMIS booked for arguing with the referee.
26KILKENNY flicked a simple chance past the righthand post.
28A cross from WINKS left HARRIOTT in plenty of space but he rushed his shot.
33NIASSE headed the ball wide of the righthand post from just inside the area.
35A mix up in the Torquay United defence enabled SALAH to fire the ball just beyond the near post.
36GOMIS headed just beyond the far post.
37LEADBITTER beat ZÚÑIGA and whacked the ball to SIMONS who pulled his effort wide.
38A good ball from INSÚA on the right found BOAKYE who scuffed his effort just wide.
40GOAL!! A strike from WINKS which the Torquay United 'keeper managed to block was deemed over the line and DRYSDALE gave the goal. (1-0 Reading)
45+1A fine piece of skill was ended by a good save by the oncoming WIEDWALD.
 
50A header by GOMIS at the near post was comfortably collected by the 'keeper.
54NIASSE waltzed past BOAKYE and stabbed a poor shot over the bar.
65WINKS was put clear by MOORE and he stepped inside WIEDWALD but struck his shot just beyond the far post.
71NIASSE snapped at an easy chance.
79A corner was collected by HARRIOTT who nodded the ball inches over.
84GOAL!! A short backpass by SIMONS enabled LOADER to nip in and crack the ball past WIEDWALD. (2-0 Reading)