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6¹ A header by HALLER at the far post was easily collected by the 'keeper. 7¹ A great save prevented GÜNTER from scoring a good goal. 14¹ An inswinging corner was headed into the arms of RULLI by THURAM. 16¹ GOAL!! A wonderful dribble from JOSÉ FONTE gave POLITANO space on the right and GÜNTER rifled in his accurate pass. (1-0 Reading) 27¹ NWANERI raced past GÜNTER but shot the ball into the arms of RULLI. 28¹ LUCAS JOÃO worked the ball to DAVID NERES, HALLER latched onto his cross and nodded the ball within easy reach of RESTES. 29¹ GOAL!! A great ball from KRUNIC left HALLER in the clear, he made the 'keeper commit himself before nudging the ball to DAVID NERES to score. (2-0 Reading) 37¹ The Reading 'keeper saved a curling shot from NWANERI. 40¹ A fine piece of skill was ended by a good save by the advancing Leeds United 'keeper. 41¹ A cross from POLITANO left LUCAS JOÃO in plenty of space but he scuffed his shot. 42¹ A pin-point pass was collected by KRUNIC and his right foot effort went narrowly over. 0² ZUBIMENDI beat GÜNTER and placed the ball to THURAM who blasted his effort wide. 3² Uncertainty in the Leeds United defence enabled DAVID NERES to crack an effort just beyond the far post. 11² THURAM kicked the ball wide of the righthand post from just outside the area. 13² LUCAS JOÃO headed wide. 14² GOAL!! A debatable penalty was awarded to Reading, after BRUNO GUIMARÃES had fouled WILLIAM CARVALHO which HALLER easily converted. (3-0 Reading) 18² A poor strike from HALLER trickled agonisingly wide. 26² HALLER stabbed a simple chance past the righthand post. 27² LUCAS JOÃO beat a number of Leeds United players and thundered an effort over the bar. 28² The motionless 'keeper stared in disbelief as a backpass from DAVID NERES dropped just wide. 32² A great effort from MINGS scraped the outside of the righthand post. 40² A free-kick from THURAM flew wide.

Reading   League position: 24 Home league form: XWXX Overall league form: XXWLLXXL Formation: 4-3-3

Line-ups Gerónimo RULLI 7  1 7  Guillaume RESTES Rick KARSDORP 5½ 2 6½ Cesar AZPILICUETA Christian GÜNTER 6½ 3 6  Denzel DUMFRIES WILLIAM Silva CARVALHO 7½ 4 7  Martín ZUBIMENDI Tyrone MINGS 7  5 6½ ANTÓNIO João SILVA (c)JOSÉ Miguel FONTE 6½ 6 6  Alessandro BASTONI DAVID NERES Campos 7  7 8  Ethan NWANERI Matteo POLITANO 7½ 8 6  Rodrigo BENTANCUR (p)Sébastien HALLER 6½ 9 7½ Marcus THURAM (f)Rade KRUNIC 7  10 7  BRUNO GUIMARÃES Rodriguez(c,p,f) LUCAS Eduardo JOÃO 6  11 6  Ademola LOOKMAN Manager Luke Murray Andy CARROLL    12    Alessandro BUONGIORNO Zack STEFFEN    13    Robert SÁNCHEZ Harry CLIFTON    14    SAÚL Ñíguez Kane WILSON    15    Tijjani REIJNDERS Omar RICHARDS 8  16 6½ Giovanni DI LORENZO

Leeds United   League position: 2 Away league form: LLWO Overall league form: LWWLWWWO Formation: 4-3-2-1

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Statistics

Reading 3 Leeds United 0 (Half-time: 2-0, Attendance: 24,149, Stadium: Madejski, Referee: Russell Booth 7½) Günter 16¹, David Neres 29¹, Haller 14² (pen) Scorers Substitutions Sent off Bookings Corners Fouls Offsides Shots on Shots off Total shots Shots saved Possession   KarsdorpóRichards 7² Zubimendiódi Lorenzo 20²         4 2 11 15 4 9 8 4 10 5 18 9 5 4 54% 46% ¶ Man of the match: Ethan Nwaneri ¶