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Match report
English Footie
Championship: Round 46 (setup 4, season 28)
Southend United
v.
Reading
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
19
Overall form:
Home form:
Paulo Dino GAZZANIGA17Luke SOUTHWOOD
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
10
Overall form:
Home form:
Ryan LEONARD628Jonjoe KENNY
Joe BRYAN3Ryan BERTRAND
Hamza CHOUDHURY74Saied EZATOLAHI
Michael TURNER58Liam MOORE
Muhamed BESIC667Tyler BLACKETT
Stephen McLAUGHLIN67Juninho BACUNA
CARLES GIL de Pareja Vicent78Modou BARROW
John GUIDETTI96Danny LOADER
Matt DERBYSHIRE6106John SWIFT
Simon COX6117Sam BALDOCK
Manager
Tom HOPPER12Allan-Roméo NYOM
Robbin RUITER13Josh SIMS
Marc-Antoine FORTUNÉ14Joey VAN DEN BERG
Jermaine McGLASHAN715TIAGO Abiola Delfim Almeida ILORI
Ben COKER16Liam KELLY

Southend United 2 Reading 2
(Half-time: 2-2, Attendance: 13,184, Stadium: Roots Hall, Referee: Kevin FRIEND 6½)
1 Guidetti, 21 ChoudhuryScorers5 Bertrand, 39 Barrow
51 Derbyshire <=> McGlashan, 59 Choudhury <=> CokerSubstitutions
Sendings off
Bookings43 Swift
2Corners5
3Fouls3
1Offsides3
2Shots on7
6Shots off12
8Total shots19
0Shots saved5
43%Possession57%
Man of the match: Liam MOORE
1GOAL!! CARLES GIL made space for GUIDETTI who, after an interchange of passes thirty yards out, rammed the ball past the Reading 'keeper. (1-0 Southend United)
5GOAL!! A cross from the left was touched down by MOORE for BERTRAND to score. (1-1)
14BALDOCK headed over the bar.
17A mix up in the Southend United defence enabled KENNY to hit the ball inches over.
21GOAL!! A scuffed TURNER shot found CHOUDHURY who made no mistake from the edge of the box. (2-1 Southend United)
22LOADER shot wide.
23GAZZANIGA dived to his left to save an accurate shot from Reading's BARROW.
25A penalty box meleé resulted in BARROW tapping the ball over.
33A shot from BALDOCK held little difficulty for GAZZANIGA.
34A shot from BACUNA was smothered by GAZZANIGA.
39GOAL!! A delightful piece of skill from MOORE gave EZATOLAHI space on the left and BARROW rifled in his accurate pass. (2-2)
43SWIFT cautioned for a high foul on MCLAUGHLIN.
45A tame shot from CHOUDHURY trickled agonisingly wide.
 
51A good ball from SWIFT on the left fell to EZATOLAHI who scuffed his shot just wide.
59EZATOLAHI made space on the left and knocked the ball to BARROW who clipped the ball over.
60BLACKETT dribbled away from MCLAUGHLIN and flicked a weak shot over.
66A good effort from MOORE scraped the outside of the post.
72KENNY was put clear by EZATOLAHI and he beat the Southend United 'keeper but struck his shot inches wide.
75A shot from LOADER was nodded off the line by BESIC.
80A free-kick from BRYAN flew over the bar.
85LOADER chipped the ball to BARROW who turned it just beyond the near post.
88EZATOLAHI worked the ball to SWIFT, BALDOCK latched onto his cross and kicked the ball within easy reach of the 'keeper.