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2¹ GOAL!! A Reading counter-attack allowed EMANUELSON to setup JOAQUÍN with a simple goal. (1-0 Reading) 7¹ A shot from GILARDINO seemed a certain goal but the Reading 'keeper managed to palm the ball clear. 9¹ GOAL!! A shot from DANNY bobbled through a ruck of players and trickled past the unsighted Reading 'keeper. (1-1) 9¹ ADEBAYOR headed just beyond the far post. 14¹ LANSBURY ran onto a great ball from RENATO but hit his effort wide of the goal. 25¹ A poor strike from DANNY trickled agonisingly wide. 27¹ GOAL!! A clever set-piece enabled ADEBAYOR to slip the ball into the net. (2-1 Reading) 31¹ HONDA made space on the left and pulled the ball to ADEBAYOR who clipped the ball wide. 40¹ RAFINHA snapped at an easy chance. 42¹ ZOET did well to hold onto a wicked strike from EMANUELSON. 8² A cross from EMANUELSON left JOAQUÍN in lots of space but he scuffed his shot. 11² A good ball from GILARDINO on the right fell to MATHIEU who scuffed his effort just wide. 13² An exceptional effort from ADEBAYOR scraped the top of the crossbar. 14² GOAL!! An imaginative RAFINHA played a wonderful ball down the middle to NAGATOMO who seemingly in an offside position went on to easily score. (3-1 Reading) 17² KRASIC beat ESCUDÉ and flicked the ball to EMANUELSON who dragged his shot wide. 21² An inswinging corner was flicked into the arms of the Reading 'keeper by DANNY. 28² MARQUINHOS GABRIEL headed the ball wide of the goal from just inside the area. 31² GILARDINO booked. 34² EMANUELSON chipped the ball to ADEBAYOR who turned it over. 35² JOAQUÍN beat three Bradford City players and slammed a great chance wide. 36² Uncertainty in the Bradford City defence enabled HONDA to fire an effort over the bar. 38² A accurate pass was collected by NAGATOMO and his left foot effort flew narrowly over.

Bradford City   League position: 10 Home league form: XWWW Overall league form: XXXLWXWO Formation: 4-3-3

Line-ups Jeroen ZOET 6  1 5½ Shay GIVEN Francisco CHICA 7  2 7  RAFINHA Jérémy MATHIEU 6½ 3 6½ Yuto NAGATOMO (c)RENATO Dirnei 7  4 8  Keisuke HONDA Julien ESCUDÉ 6½ 5 6½ William GALLAS Alexander MADLUNG 6½ 6 6½ FERNANDO NAVARRO Corbacho Henri LANSBURY 6  7 7  JOAQUÍN Sánchez(c) DANNY Miguel 6½ 8 7½ Urby EMANUELSON (p)Alberto GILARDINO 6½ 9 7  Emmanuel ADEBAYOR(p) (f)Kevin KURANYI 6½ 10 6½ Milos KRASIC(f) MARQUINHOS GABRIEL 5½ 11 6  Bryan RUIZ Manager MARCOS ALONSO Mendoza    12    Stephen IRELAND RENATO Soares AUGUSTO    13    Florian FROMLOWITZ Demy DE ZEEUW 6  14    BOJAN Krkic Javier ESPINOSA 6  15    SIMÃO Sabrosa KERIM FREI Koyunlu    16 7  Dan BURN

Reading   League position: 14 Away league form: XLLL Overall league form: WXWLWLLL Formation: 4-3-3

Statistics

Bradford City 1 Reading 3 (Half-time: 1-2, Attendance: 49,176, Stadium: Valley Parade, Referee: Mike Thorpe 8) Danny 9¹ Scorers Substitutions Sent off Bookings Corners Fouls Offsides Shots on Shots off Total shots Shots saved Possession Joaquín 2¹, Adebayor 27¹, Nagatomo 14² KuranyióEspinosa 20², Escudéóde Zeeuw 38² Fernando NavarroóBurn 12²     Gilardino 31²   5 6 20 3 0 2 5 5 6 12 11 17 4 2 37% 63% ¶ Man of the match: Keisuke Honda ¶