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Match report
English Footie
League Cup: Round 1 (setup 6, season 24)
Reading
v.
Stevenage
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
15
Overall form:
Home form:
Andrei LUNEV81Jakub STOLARCZYK
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
24
Overall form:
Home form:
Malo GUSTO827Terence VANCOOTEN
Arthur MASUAKU83Tyrick MITCHELL
Matt O'RILEY46Richard SMALLWOOD
Michael MORRISON56Maksim PASKOTSI
Max AARONS66Joe RANKIN-COSTELLO
Tom INCE67Gavin WHYTE
Jordan OBITA8Jeppe OKKELS
Thierno BALLO796Elijah ADEBAYO
Jeff HENDRICK10Michael SMITH
Paulo Bruno DYBALA11Danny NEWTON
Manager
Andy CARROLL12Ryan JOHNSON
Cican STANKOVIC13Krisztián HEGYI
Andy RINOMHOTA14Danny ROSE
Tyler BLACKETT615Michael BOSTWICK
Tom McINTYRE16Luther WILDIN

Reading 2 Stevenage 0
(Half-time: 1-0, Attendance: 20,388, Stadium: Madejski, Referee: Darren DEADMAN 7)
11 Obita, 58p BalloScorers
84 Ince <=> BlackettSubstitutions
Sendings off
Bookings
0Corners2
7Fouls24
5Offsides2
8Shots on5
9Shots off2
17Total shots7
5Shots saved4
64%Possession36%
Man of the match: Matt O'RILEY
2A tame strike from BALLO bounced agonisingly wide.
6OBITA booted the ball wide of the goal from just inside the area.
8A shot from BALLO was kicked off the line by PASKOTSI.
11GOAL!! A long ball from AARONS down the middle found the lurking OBITA who drove a looping shot into the net. (1-0 Reading)
16MASUAKU rattled a simple chance past the lefthand post.
17HENDRICK's shot beat the Stevenage 'keeper but rebounded off the Stevenage crossbar.
19STOLARCZYK saved a glorious shot from DYBALA.
27An exceptional effort from OBITA scraped the outside of the post.
32BALLO drilled a right foot shot inches over from long range.
39SMALLWOOD beat O'RILEY and blasted the ball to ADEBAYO who hit his effort wide.
40OBITA dribbled away from MITCHELL and stabbed a weak shot wide.
42DYBALA headed inches wide.
45A header by O'RILEY at the near post was easily collected by STOLARCZYK.
 
47The 'keeper was able to block a weak shot from SMITH.
50WHYTE rasped the ball through a ruck of players but the 'keeper was a match for it as he dived to his left.
54A shot from OBITA was smothered by the 'keeper.
56A perfect strike from ADEBAYO was dealt with by a fine stop from LUNEV.
58GOAL!! BALLO stabbed a penalty past the 'keeper after PASKOTSI had handled just inside the area.
64OBITA was put clear by BALLO and he stepped inside STOLARCZYK but glanced his shot just wide.
68OKKELS beat two Reading players and blasted an effort wide.
72A left foot shot from VANCOOTEN was tipped over by LUNEV.
73A refined cross from WHYTE, was flicked goalbound by ADEBAYO only for LUNEV to palm clear.
73BALLO knocked the ball to OBITA who headed it wide.
79A fine piece of skill was ended by a good save by the advancing Stevenage 'keeper.