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0¹ A neatly crafted cross from ANSU FATI was flicked goalbound by SCHICK only for the 'keeper to palm clear. 1¹ GOAL!! A great bit of skill enabled SCHICK to run through the Reading defence and score. (1-0 Newcastle United) 4¹ MARTIAL whacked a right foot shot wide from twenty yards out. 7¹ A fine dribble was ended by a good save by the oncoming 'keeper. 10¹ A pin-point pass fell to POLITANO and his right foot shot raced narrowly over. 12¹ GOAL!! A two-fisted punch from CONSIGLI enabled DAVID NERES to volley the ball into the empty net. (1-1) 18¹ POLITANO stabbed an easy chance past the near post. 18¹ RENSCH booked for dangerous play. 21¹ GOAL!! A deep cross from WAN-BISSAKA on the right was headed home by EDWARDS on the edge of the box. (2-1 Newcastle United) 27¹ A lovely effort from HALLER scraped the top of the crossbar. 29¹ POLITANO shot over. 30¹ A penalty box meleé resulted in POLITANO knocking the ball wide. 31¹ GOAL!! A perfect ball from JONES left MEITÉ in the clear, he made the 'keeper commit himself before squaring the ball to POLITANO to score. (2-2) 43¹ FAYAD beat DAVID NERES and flicked the ball to ANSU FATI who fired his shot wide. 44¹ A corner found HALLER who fired the ball inches wide. 47¹ GÜNTER was put clear by HALLER and he pulled away from CONSIGLI but drilled his shot just beyond the far post. 17² The ref books WIJNALDUM. 19² A great save prevented KRUNIC from scoring an exceptional goal. 24² GOAL!! A cross from SCHICK was touched away by DAVID NERES only for WAN-BISSAKA to fire the ball back into the box for RENAN LODI to force over the line. (3-2 Newcastle United) 32² SCHICK booked by the ref for a cynical foul. 34² JONES made space on the left and pulled the ball to MEITÉ who fired the ball wide. 35² A shot from MARTIAL was smothered by the 'keeper. 37² KRUNIC waltzed past WIJNALDUM and rattled a poor shot over.

Reading   League position: 5 Home league form: XWWW Overall league form: LLXWXWWW Formation: 4-3-3

Line-ups Gerónimo RULLI 5½ 1 5½ Andrea CONSIGLI Rick KARSDORP 7½ 2 6½ Aaron WAN-BISSAKA Christian GÜNTER 7½ 3 7  RENAN Augusto LODI Curtis JONES 7½ 4 6½ Georginio WIJNALDUM(c) Tyrone MINGS 7½ 5 6½ Devyne RENSCH (c)JOSÉ Miguel FONTE 7½ 6 6  Carlos BALEBA DAVID NERES Campos 6  7 6½ Marcus EDWARDS Matteo POLITANO 7½ 8 6  ANSU FATI (p)Sébastien HALLER 7  9 7  Patrik SCHICK(p) (f)Rade KRUNIC 6½ 10 6  Khalil FAYAD(f) Yakou MEITÉ 6  11 6  Anthony MARTIAL Manager Kane WILSON    12    Williot SWEDBERG Zack STEFFEN    13    ARNAU TENAS Ureña WILLIAM Silva CARVALHO    14    Josh ECCLES Andy CARROLL 6  15    KAYKY da Silva Harry CLIFTON    16    Harvey WHITE

Newcastle United   League position: 16 Away league form: WWWW Overall league form: WLWWWWWW Formation: 4-3-3

Statistics

Reading 2 Newcastle United 3 (Half-time: 2-2, Attendance: 24,141, Stadium: Madejski, Referee: Russell Booth 5½) David Neres 12¹, Politano 31¹ Scorers Substitutions Sent off Bookings Corners Fouls Offsides Shots on Shots off Total shots Shots saved Possession Schick 1¹, Edwards 21¹, Renan Lodi 24² David NeresóCarroll 24²         Rensch 18¹, Wijnaldum 17², Schick 32² 1 6 10 17 0 1 3 6 9 2 12 8 1 2 55% 45% ¶ Man of the match: Rick Karsdorp ¶