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Match report
English Footie
Championship: Round 1 (setup 4, season 40)
Reading
v.
Blackburn Rovers
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
16
Antonín KINSKÝ717Angus GUNN
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
2
Jonathan Castro Otto, JONNY82Lewis TRAVIS
Matteo DAMS736Victor KRISTIANSEN
John SWIFT4Adam WHARTON
Mouhamadou 'Naby' SARR757Ashley PHILLIPS
Liam MOORE66Jairo QUINTEROS Sierra
Bertrand TRAORÉ7JEONG Sang-bin
Ovie EJARIA787Tyrhys DOLAN
LUCAS Eduardo Santos JOÃO9Sam GALLAGHER
Lewis BAKER107Tyler MORTON
Yakou MEITÉ6117Ben BRERETON DÍAZ
Manager
Tom INCE12Callum BRITTAIN
Joe LUMLEY13Thomas KAMINSKI
Mamadou LOUM N'Diaye14Adam ARMSTRONG
Jeff HENDRICK15Yousef SALECH
Owen DODGSON16Julio César SOLER Barreto

Reading 2 Blackburn Rovers 1
(Half-time: 1-0, Attendance: 26,379, Stadium: Madejski, Referee: Colin WEBSTER 6)
38 Dams, 50 JonnyScorers48 Gallagher
Substitutions
Sendings off
33 MeitéBookings2 Quinteros
3Corners4
5Fouls2
3Offsides1
3Shots on7
8Shots off6
11Total shots13
1Shots saved4
39%Possession61%
Man of the match: Adam WHARTON
2An outswinging corner was nodded into the arms of KINSKÝ by GALLAGHER.
2QUINTEROS receives a yellow card for a poor challenge.
3A shot from MEITÉ was smothered by the 'keeper.
10KRISTIANSEN poked an easy chance past the far post.
10BAKER made space on the left and dragged the ball to JONNY who clipped the ball wide.
21An exceptional effort from LUCAS JOÃO scraped the top of the crossbar.
25DOLAN touched the ball through a ruck of players but the Reading 'keeper was a match for it as he dived to his left.
29DOLAN was put clear by TRAVIS and he turned the 'keeper but rammed his shot inches wide.
31QUINTEROS raced past EJARIA but knocked the ball into the arms of the Reading 'keeper.
33MEITÉ cautioned for a high foul on GALLAGHER.
34DOLAN headed wide.
38GOAL!! After being forced wide DAMS was able to hammer the ball in from the tightest of angles. (1-0 Reading)
41A header by GALLAGHER at the far post was easily collected by the 'keeper.
43DOLAN dribbled round SWIFT and stabbed a tame shot well wide.
45Uncertainty in the Blackburn Rovers defence enabled EJARIA to volley an effort over.
 
47EJARIA ran onto a wonderful ball from TRAORÉ but dragged his effort wide.
48GOAL!! A long range effort was deflected into the path of GALLAGHER who placed the ball past the helpless 'keeper. (1-1)
50GOAL!! The creative SARR neatly flicked on a cross for JONNY to crack the ball in. (2-1 Reading)
51A great save prevented GALLAGHER from scoring a good goal.
61The bemused Blackburn Rovers 'keeper stared in disbelief as a backpass from MORTON fell just wide.
70DOLAN stormed through the Reading defence but shot straight at KINSKÝ.
72A cross from TRAORÉ left SARR in lots of space but he fluffed his shot.
76EJARIA shot over.
77WHARTON floated the ball to GALLAGHER who flicked it wide.
86EJARIA scuffed an easy chance.
90A poor strike from DOLAN bounced agonisingly wide.