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Commentary
HALLER hoofed the ball wide from just outside the area.
MARTIAL ran onto a delightful ball from EDWARDS but fumbled his shot wide of the goal.
11¹WIJNALDUM beat WILSON and fired the ball to EDWARDS who pulled his shot wide.
13¹GOAL!! A delightful ball from KRUNIC left WILLIAM CARVALHO in the clear, he made ARNAU TENAS commit himself before passing the ball to HALLER to score. (1-0 Reading)
17¹WILSON scuffed a simple chance.
26¹GOAL!! A cross from WILLIAM CARVALHO was touched away by WIJNALDUM only for LUCAS JOÃO to volley the ball back into the box for POLITANO to force over the line. (2-0 Reading)
32¹A mix up in the Reading defence enabled MARTIAL to blast an effort wide.
34¹An exceptional effort from MARTIAL scraped the top of the crossbar.
36¹A free-kick from POLITANO went over.
37¹A corner was collected by POLITANO who touched the ball over.
41¹A weak strike from WILSON bounced agonisingly wide.
44¹GÜNTER was put clear by LUCAS JOÃO and he turned the Newcastle United 'keeper but struck his shot inches over.
KRUNIC brought the ball round MARTIAL and poked a tame shot over the bar.
POLITANO flicked a right foot shot wide from twenty-five yards out.
The Reading 'keeper did well to hold onto a wicked strike from WILSON.
15²MARTIAL headed over.
19²EDWARDS beat three Reading players and thundered a golden opportunity wide.
21²GÜNTER shot over.
26²CARROLL's shot was well held by the Newcastle United 'keeper.
32²ANSU FATI rifled an easy chance past the lefthand post.
34²A fine piece of skill was ended by a good save by the advancing Newcastle United 'keeper.
37²A cross from KRUNIC left POLITANO in plenty of space but he fluffed his shot.
41²An inswinging corner was forced into the arms of RULLI by EDWARDS.
41²POLITANO made space on the right and pulled the ball to MINGS who touched the ball wide.

 
Reading
 
League position: 12
Home league form: WXXW
Overall league form: XWWXXWWW
Formation: 4-3-3
Line-ups
Gerónimo RULLI1ARNAU TENAS Ureña
Kane WILSON2Aaron WAN-BISSAKA
Christian GÜNTER3RENAN Augusto LODI
WILLIAM Silva CARVALHO4Georginio WIJNALDUM(c)
Tyrone MINGS5Giacomo FATICANTI
(c)JOSÉ Miguel FONTE6Williot SWEDBERG
DAVID NERES Campos7Marcus EDWARDS
Matteo POLITANO8Anthony MARTIAL
(p)Sébastien HALLER9Callum WILSON(p)
(f)Rade KRUNIC10Josh ECCLES(f)
LUCAS Eduardo JOÃO11ANSU FATI
Manager
Omar RICHARDS  12  TOMÁS do Lago ESTEVES
Zack STEFFEN  13  Khalil FAYAD
Tom PEARCE  14  Harvey WHITE
Harry CLIFTON15  Jahkeele MARSHALL-RUTTY
Andy CARROLL16  Raúl MORO
 
Newcastle United
 
League position: 24
Away league form: LWLW
Overall league form: LLXWLLWX
Formation: 4-3-3

Statistics
Reading 2 Newcastle United 0
(Half-time: 2-0, Attendance: 24,073, Stadium: Madejski, Referee: Iain Williamson 7½)

Haller 13¹, Politano 26¹
Scorers
Substitutions
Sent off
Bookings
Corners
Fouls
Offsides
Shots on
Shots off
Total shots
Shots saved
Possession
 
WilsonóClifton 2², HalleróCarroll 10² 
  
  
18
25
53
42
108
1410
22
51%49%
Man of the match: David Neres Campos