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Match report
English Footie
Championship: Round 46 (setup 5, season 17)
Cardiff City
v.
Reading
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
20
Overall form:
Home form:
VICENTE GUAITA Panadero17Anssi JAAKKOLA
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
15
Overall form:
Home form:
MÁRIO Figueira FERNANDES727Márcio Rafael Ferreira de Souza, RAFINHA
Yaroslav RAKITSKYI63Yuto NAGATOMO
Ivan RAKITIC4John SWIFT
José 'Martín' CÁCERES Silva57Michael HECTOR
Souleymane BAMBA766Tyler BLACKETT
Jermaine PENNANT7Adrian POPA
José Antonio REYES Calderón87Keisuke HONDA
Tim MATAVZ96Jón Daði BÖÐVARSSON
Scott BROWN6105Modou BARROW
Idriss SAADI116Yann KERMORGANT
Manager
Bruno ECUÉLÉ MANGA12Sam SMITH
David CORNELL13Liam KELLY
Junior HOILETT14Liam MOORE
Joe RALLS157Jordan OBITA
Robbie KEANE616Pelle CLEMENT

Cardiff City 2 Reading 1
(Half-time: 1-0, Attendance: 21,348, Stadium: Cardiff City Stadium, Referee: Grant HEGLEY 5½)
5 Reyes, 90+2 ReyesScorers81 Honda
82 Rakitskyi <=> KeaneSubstitutions60 Popa <=> Obita
Sendings off
Bookings
2Corners3
10Fouls9
1Offsides1
3Shots on5
9Shots off9
12Total shots14
1Shots saved4
51%Possession49%
Man of the match: Ivan RAKITIC
5GOAL!! A deep cross from RAKITSKYI on the right was headed home by REYES after a great leap. (1-0 Cardiff City)
7BARROW chipped the ball to BÖÐVARSSON who nodded it over.
12The bemused 'keeper was all agog as a backpass from REYES dropped just wide.
18A cross from PENNANT left MATAVZ in plenty of space but he rushed his shot.
19MATAVZ beat BARROW and drove the ball to BROWN who hit his effort wide.
20A pin-point pass fell to BROWN and his right foot shot floated narrowly wide.
25KERMORGANT ran onto a delightful ball from BARROW but toe-poked his shot wide.
25REYES was put clear by MATAVZ and he beat JAAKKOLA but drilled his shot over the bar.
27REYES headed just beyond the near post.
34RAKITIC made space on the right and pulled the ball to REYES who touched the ball over.
38The Cardiff City 'keeper did well to hold onto an amazing shot from HONDA.
40A refined pass from HONDA, was placed goalbound by SWIFT only for the 'keeper to block.
45A weak strike from BARROW trickled agonisingly wide.
45+1A mix up in the Cardiff City defence enabled RAFINHA to blast the ball wide.
 
46BLACKETT beat two Cardiff City players and drove a shot just beyond the far post.
47BÖÐVARSSON's shot beat VICENTE GUAITA but rebounded off the Cardiff City post.
56HONDA shot over.
57NAGATOMO stroked a simple chance past the lefthand post.
69An outswinging corner was touched into the arms of VICENTE GUAITA by HONDA.
73The Reading 'keeper was able to palm clear a weak header from RAKITSKYI.
81GOAL!! A long clearance by the Reading 'keeper beat the Cardiff City defence and HONDA thundered the ball past the oncoming VICENTE GUAITA. (1-1)
83A good effort from HONDA scraped the top of the crossbar.
87A free-kick from SAADI flew wide.
89BROWN booted the ball wide from the edge of the box.
90+1MATAVZ fired a looping shot wide from thirty yards out.
90+2GOAL!! MATAVZ made space for REYES who, after an interchange of passes twenty yards out, drilled the ball past the Reading 'keeper. (2-1 Cardiff City)