(1-0 Reading)| 9¹ | HONDA made space on the right and dragged the ball to BLACKETT who rasped the ball wide. |
| 12¹ | A pin-point pass was collected by RAKITIC and his deadly effort flew narrowly over. |
| 14¹ | A useful ball from HECTOR on the left found HONDA who scuffed his shot just beyond the near post. |
| 19¹ | A tame shot from NAGATOMO bounced agonisingly wide. |
| 20¹ | KERMORGANT headed the ball wide of the lefthand post from the edge of the box. |
| 22¹ | KERMORGANT beat three Cardiff City players and blasted a shot wide. |
| 32¹ | JAAKKOLA was able to claw away a fierce shot. |
| 1² | Uncertainty in the Reading defence enabled MATAVZ to crack an effort inches over. |
| 5² | RAFINHA headed over. |
| 18² | A fine run was ended by a good save by the oncoming 'keeper. |
| 19² | A twenty-five yard shot from HONDA caused the Cardiff City 'keeper no problem. |
| 24² | GOAL!! A long drive from POPA deflected off the legs of PENNANT and into his own net. (2-0 Reading)| 29² | RAFINHA shot over. | | 31² | GOAL!! An imaginative PENNANT played a delightful ball down the middle to MATAVZ who seemingly in an offside position went on to easily score. (2-1 Reading)| 33² | A penalty box scramble resulted in HONDA driving the ball over. | | 34² | MATAVZ ran onto a delightful ball from RAKITIC but fired his effort wide. | | 34² | MATAVZ fluffed an easy chance. | | 37² | REYES charged through the Reading defence but shot straight at the Reading 'keeper. | | 44² | RAKITIC beat NAGATOMO and hit the ball to REYES who fumbled his effort wide. | | |