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Match report
English Footie
League Cup: Round 1 (setup 6, season 21)
Preston North End
v.
Reading
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
18
Overall form:
Home form:
Alessandro PLIZZARI61Andrei LUNEV
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
5
Overall form:
Wout FAES728Max AARONS
Milos KERKEZ38Arthur MASUAKU
Orel MANGALA847Lewis BAKER
Ben DAVIES657Malang SARR
Dan-Axel ZAGADOU67Tom McINTYRE
Óscar MELENDO Jiménez77Tom INCE
MATHEUS Fellipe Costa PEREIRA86Jordan OBITA
Miguel Ángel GUERRERO Martín79JONAS Gonçalves Oliveira
Ben PEARSON107Jeff HENDRICK
Finlay CROSS-ADAIR611Paulo Bruno DYBALA
Manager
Fodé BALLO-TOURE12Tyler BLACKETT
Daniel JOHNSON13Cican STANKOVIC
Patrick BAUER614Andy CARROLL
Robbie BRADY156Scott DANN
Jordan STOREY16Michael MORRISON

Preston North End 1 Reading 2
(Half-time: 1-0, Attendance: 23,269, Stadium: Deepdale, Referee: Lee PROBERT 7)
20 Cross-AdairScorers70 Obita, 78 Sarr
62 Zagadou <=> Bauer, 67 Pearson <=> JohnsonSubstitutions78 Ince <=> Dann
Sendings off
Bookings
4Corners4
16Fouls9
6Offsides2
4Shots on6
8Shots off6
12Total shots12
3Shots saved3
51%Possession49%
Man of the match: Max AARONS
4A great effort from KERKEZ scraped the outside of the righthand post.
8MELENDO headed just beyond the near post.
10OBITA rasped the ball through a crowd of players but the Preston North End 'keeper was a match for it as he dived to his left.
16A good ball from MANGALA on the right found MATHEUS PEREIRA who mishit his shot over.
17A delightful save prevented JONAS from scoring an exceptional goal.
17FAES fired a deadly shot over from thirty yards out.
20GOAL!! After being forced wide CROSS-ADAIR was able to hammer the ball in from the narrowest of angles. (1-0 Preston North End)
35A corner fell to HENDRICK who nodded an effort over.
39The 'keeper dived to his right to block an accurate drive from Preston North End's MATHEUS PEREIRA.
43A left foot shot from DYBALA was forced wide by the 'keeper.
 
47Uncertainty in the Reading defence enabled GUERRERO to thump an effort just beyond the far post.
52A free-kick from MATHEUS PEREIRA floated just beyond the near post.
61A cross from INCE left MASUAKU in lots of space but he fluffed his shot.
63A shot from PEARSON was smothered by the 'keeper.
64INCE knocked the ball to SARR who touched it wide.
70GOAL!! A nice run by HENDRICK on the right was capped by a wonderful cross which OBITA flicked home at the far post. (1-1)
72A weak strike from SARR bounced agonisingly wide.
78GOAL!! A wonderful shot from DYBALA was pushed away by PLIZZARI only as far as SARR who nudged the ball past the stranded PLIZZARI. (2-1 Reading)
78GUERRERO dribbled away from MASUAKU and flicked a tame shot into the crowd.
80JONAS was put clear by DYBALA and he beat the Preston North End 'keeper but rammed his shot inches wide.
81A header by AARONS at the far post was easily collected by the 'keeper.
87KERKEZ shot over.
90A fine run was ended by a good save by the advancing 'keeper.
90A pin-point pass found OBITA and his deadly shot raced narrowly over.