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Commentary
POLITANO made space on the left and knocked the ball to KRUNIC who rasped the ball over.
A drive from DANJUMA seemed a certain goal but RULLI managed to force the ball clear.
17¹A neatly crafted cross from STACEY was shot goalbound by SURRIDGE only for RULLI to palm clear.
17¹GÜNTER flicked a right foot shot just beyond the near post from close range.
22¹The 'keeper saved a glorious shot from POLITANO.
38¹A weak shot from DIEGO RICO rolled agonisingly wide.
40¹A free-kick from SURRIDGE flew wide.
44¹The Reading 'keeper did well to hold onto a wicked shot from SMITH.
A fine dribble was ended by a good save by the oncoming TRAVERS.
A delightful shot from BROOKS was dealt with by a good stop from the Reading 'keeper.
BILLING shot wide.
11²GOAL!! KRUNIC made space for HALLER who, after an interchange of passes twenty yards out, glanced the ball past TRAVERS. (1-0 Reading)
22²MEITÉ's shot beat the Bournemouth 'keeper but rebounded off the Bournemouth woodwork.
24²A penalty box meleé resulted in POLITANO cracking the ball wide.
25²KRUNIC raced past BILLING but slammed the ball into the arms of the 'keeper.
30²GOAL!! A great thirty yard shot from MEITÉ hit the upright and in the ensuing scramble the ball was headed into the net by HALLER. (2-0 Reading)
35²GOAL!! A great piece of skill from COOK gave BROOKS space on the right and WALKER-PETERS stabbed in his pin-point pass. (2-1 Reading)
36²A cross from BILLING left BROOKS in lots of space but he rushed his shot.
38²The bemused 'keeper could only watch as a backpass from DAVID NERES dropped just wide.
42²TRAVERS managed to block a fierce shot.
44²BROOKS was put clear by STACEY and he stepped inside the 'keeper but thrust his shot wide.

 
Reading
 
League position: 23
Home league form: WOXW
Overall league form: OWLOLXXW
Formation: 4-3-3
Line-ups
Gerónimo RULLI1Mark TRAVERS
Rick KARSDORP2Adam SMITH(c)
Christian GÜNTER3DIEGO RICO Salguero
WILLIAM Silva CARVALHO4Lewis COOK
Tyrone MINGS5Cameron CARTER-VICKERS
(c)JOSÉ Miguel FONTE6Leif DAVIS
DAVID NERES Campos7Jack STACEY
Matteo POLITANO8David BROOKS
(p)Sébastien HALLER9Sam SURRIDGE(p)
(f)Rade KRUNIC10Philip BILLING(f)
Yakou MEITÉ11Arnaut DANJUMA
Manager
Mamadou LOUM  12  Hannibal MEJBRI
 13  Danny WARD
Omar RICHARDS  14  ÁLEX JIMÉNEZ
Harry CLIFTON  15  Ajani BURCHALL
Andy CARROLL  16Kyle WALKER-PETERS
 
Bournemouth
 
League position: 16
Away league form: XLLW
Overall league form: LXLLLLWW
Formation: 4-3-3

Statistics
Reading 2 Bournemouth 1
(Half-time: 0-0, Attendance: 24,048, Stadium: Madejski, Referee: Lee Mason 7½)

Haller 11², Haller 30²
Scorers
Substitutions
Sent off
Bookings
Corners
Fouls
Offsides
Shots on
Shots off
Total shots
Shots saved
Possession
Walker-Peters 35²
 SurridgeóWalker-Peters 33²
  
  
40
171
51
75
36
1011
53
40%60%
Man of the match: Lewis Cook