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Commentary
6¹POLITANO was put clear by HALLER and he turned the Preston North End 'keeper but drilled his shot wide.
10¹A pin-point pass bobbled toward SAMUEL COSTA and his left foot effort raced narrowly over.
19¹GOAL!! A mishit clearance fell to HALLER who mishit a shot goalward, luckily POLITANO was on hand to thump the ball into the net. (1-0 Reading)
20¹RASPADORI dribbled round JOSÉ FONTE and rifled a tame shot over.
24¹A penalty box scramble resulted in POLITANO tapping the ball over.
30¹The Reading 'keeper dived to his left to save a lovely shot from Preston North End's RASPADORI.
32¹The referee books JAMES for a late foul.
32¹GOAL!! A twenty yard free-kick was skillfully stroked into the net by GÜNTER. (2-0 Reading)
36¹HALLER dummied SAMUEL COSTA but flicked the ball into the arms of the 'keeper.
40¹GOAL!! A JOSÉ FONTE run down the right resulted in a low cross for KARSDORP to crack in. (3-0 Reading)
3²The Reading 'keeper was able to block a powerful effort.
6²GÜNTER scuffed a simple chance.
7²A corner fell to HALLER who headed an effort just beyond the near post.
9²FRIEDL placed a deadly shot inches over from just outside the area.
12²A shot from VAN BOMMEL was smothered by RULLI.
18²A header from DOUÉ was booted off the line by MINGS.
24²The 'keeper stopped a neatly crafted strike from VAN BOMMEL.
28²A free-kick from LAPORTE raced inches over.
32²A mix up in the Preston North End defence enabled POLITANO to volley the ball over the bar.
32²The 'keeper was able to palm clear a weak shot from RASPADORI.
35²The hapless Reading 'keeper could only watch as a backpass from CLIFTON fell just over.
41²JAMES's header was well saved by the 'keeper.

 
Reading
 
League position: 24
Home league form: OXWX
Overall league form: LOLXXWLL
Formation: 4-3-3
Line-ups
Gerónimo RULLI7 18 UGURCAN Çakir
Rick KARSDORP5½26½JAVI LÓPEZ
Christian GÜNTER6 37½Aymeric LAPORTE(c)
WILLIAM Silva CARVALHO6½47 Marco FRIEDL
Tyrone MINGS6 56 Guéla DOUÉ
(c)JOSÉ Miguel FONTE6 67½Robert ANDRICH
DAVID NERES Campos7 77½Daniel JAMES
Matteo POLITANO7 87 Kiernan DEWSBURY-HALL(f)
(p)Sébastien HALLER7½96½Giacomo RASPADORI(p)
(f)Rade KRUNIC6 106 SAMUEL Almeida COSTA
Yakou MEITÉ6 116½Ruben VAN BOMMEL
ManagerJoe Connelly
LUCAS Eduardo JOÃO  126 Taylor HARWOOD-BELLIS
 13  Soungoutou MAGASSA
Omar RICHARDS  146½Lewis MILEY
Harry CLIFTON6 15  Oscar BOBB
Tom PEARCE  16  Emmanuel LATTE LATH
 
Preston North End
 
League position: 12
Away league form: WLXL
Overall league form: LWWLXWLW
Formation: 4-3-3

Statistics
Reading 3 Preston North End 0
(Half-time: 3-0, Attendance: 24,177, Stadium: Madejski, Referee: Mark Haywood 6)

Politano 19¹, Günter 32¹, Karsdorp 40¹
Scorers
Substitutions
Sent off
Bookings
Corners
Fouls
Offsides
Shots on
Shots off
Total shots
Shots saved
Possession
 
KarsdorpóClifton 34²FriedlóHarwood-Bellis 30², Dewsbury-HallóMiley 30²
  
 James 32¹
58
117
24
67
67
1214
36
46%54%
Man of the match: Ugurcan Çakir