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Match report
English Footie
Championship: Round 44 (setup 5, season 17)
Coventry City
v.
Reading
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
13
Overall form:
Home form:
Craig GORDON1Anssi JAAKKOLA
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
14
Overall form:
Home form:
Jérémy PIED728Márcio Rafael Ferreira de Souza, RAFINHA
Luca ANTONELLI36Yuto NAGATOMO
Jérémy CLÉMENT74John SWIFT
Ludovic 'Lamine' SANÉ75Michael HECTOR
Cheikh M'BENGUE76Tyler BLACKETT
Fernando Daniel BELLUSCHI777Adrian POPA
Maxime PARTOUCHE87Keisuke HONDA
Marco BORRIELLO79Jón Daði BÖÐVARSSON
Mirko VUCINIC6106Modou BARROW
Franco Daniel JARA11Yann KERMORGANT
Manager
Grégory SERTIC12Sam SMITH
Thomas KRAFT13Liam KELLY
Niccolò GIANNETTI14Liam MOORE
Denis Andrés STRACQUALURSI156Jordan OBITA
Fabien LEMOINE16Pelle CLEMENT

Coventry City 3 Reading 1
(Half-time: 3-0, Attendance: 29,322, Stadium: Ricoh Arena, Referee: Graham SALISBURY 5½)
5 Jara, 22 Borriello, 31 BorrielloScorers63 Honda
Substitutions60 Popa <=> Obita
Sendings off
Bookings
3Corners3
7Fouls14
8Offsides3
3Shots on7
6Shots off5
9Total shots12
0Shots saved6
49%Possession51%
Man of the match: Luca ANTONELLI
5GOAL!! The Reading 'keeper got into a muddle with a backpass from NAGATOMO and JARA managed to stab the ball home. (1-0 Coventry City)
9CLÉMENT drilled a looping shot wide from just outside the area.
10BÖÐVARSSON's shot was well held by the 'keeper.
12PARTOUCHE headed over the bar.
18A refined pass from SWIFT, was lashed goalbound by BÖÐVARSSON only for the Coventry City 'keeper to block.
22GOAL!! SANÉ drove a powerful shot against the upright with BORRIELLO tapping in the rebound. (2-0 Coventry City)
27A free-kick from HONDA raced just beyond the near post.
28A header by NAGATOMO at the far post was easily collected by GORDON.
31GOAL!! After a useful build-up BORRIELLO drove the ball past the 'keeper. (3-0 Coventry City)
36A accurate pass bobbled toward BORRIELLO and his right foot shot floated narrowly wide.
42KERMORGANT waltzed away from ANTONELLI and stabbed a weak shot over the bar.
43NAGATOMO poked a simple chance past the lefthand post.
43A good ball from M'BENGUE on the left bobbled toward BORRIELLO who sliced his shot over the bar.
44A drive from SWIFT seemed a certain goal but the 'keeper managed to fist the ball clear.
 
58A fine dribble was ended by a good save by the advancing 'keeper.
62HONDA shot over.
63GOAL!! A goalmouth meleé culminated with HONDA firing the ball into the net. (3-1 Coventry City)
69Uncertainty in the Reading defence enabled BORRIELLO to blast an effort just beyond the near post.
83BORRIELLO nodded the ball wide from the edge of the box.
84A shot from KERMORGANT was headed off the line by ANTONELLI.
90A cross from HONDA left KERMORGANT in lots of space but he fluffed his shot.