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Commentary
1¹GOAL!! A long drive from MOORE deflected off the boot of ROBERTS and into his own net. (1-0 Reading)
2¹GOAL!! A block from the 'keeper enabled MONTERO to volley the ball into the empty net. (1-1)
6¹A right foot shot from KELLY was pushed over by the 'keeper.
9¹GOAL!! A cross from BOYATA was touched away by NAGATOMO only for ROBERTS to crack the ball back into the box for MONTERO to force over the line. (2-1 Portsmouth)
11¹NAGATOMO ran onto a delightful ball from HONDA but dragged his effort wide.
14¹The motionless Portsmouth 'keeper stared in disbelief as a backpass from ROBERTS fell just over.
20¹GOAL!! A quick-witted MONTERO pounced on a loose ball just inside the box and made no mistake. (3-1 Portsmouth)
25¹GOAL!! A deep corner left the 'keeper struggling and GAGO banged the ball into the net. (4-1 Portsmouth)
27¹The Portsmouth 'keeper managed to block a wicked shot.
30¹GOAL!! A clever set-piece enabled HONDA to slip the ball into the back of the net. (4-2 Portsmouth)
39¹A pin-point pass bobbled toward HONDA and his right foot shot went narrowly wide.
43¹A weak shot from NAGATOMO trickled agonisingly wide.
45¹KALOU booked.
5²KELLY played the ball to NAGATOMO who turned it wide.
14²KERMORGANT fluffed a simple chance.
17²MONTERO dribbled away from BARROW and stroked a poor shot past the post.
19²MONTERO drilled a deadly shot wide from thirty yards out.
22²GOAL!! A short backpass by BOYATA enabled BÖÐVARSSON to nip in and fire the ball past the Portsmouth 'keeper. (4-3 Portsmouth)
24²A corner was collected by HONDA who headed the ball over the bar.
25²MONTERO booked by the referee.
26²A lovely effort from HONDA scraped the upright.
29²MONTERO rattled an easy chance past the righthand post.
32²GOAL!! A shot from BENDTNER which JAAKKOLA was able to claw away was deemed over the line by the linesman and the referee awarded the goal. (5-3 Portsmouth)
34²A penalty box meleé resulted in BÖÐVARSSON tapping the ball wide.
42²A good ball from HONDA on the left bobbled toward BARROW who sliced his shot over.

 
Reading
 
League position: 22
Home league form: WXWX
Overall league form: LLWLXLWL
Formation: 4-3-3
Line-ups
Anssi JAAKKOLA4½15 Erwin MULDER
(c)RAFINHA7½27½Dedryck BOYATA
Yuto NAGATOMO7½37½Emiliano MORETTI(c)
Liam KELLY7 47 Fernando GAGO
Liam MOORE6½58 Rob HOLDING
John O'SHEA7 68½Heiko WESTERMANN
Adrian POPA6 77½Patrick ROBERTS
Keisuke HONDA7 87 Jefferson MONTERO
(p)Jón BÖÐVARSSON6½97 Nicklas BENDTNER(p)
(f)Modou BARROW5½107 MARCELO de MATTOS Terra(f)
Yann KERMORGANT6 116 Salomon KALOU
Manager
Tyler BLACKETT  12  JAVI MANQUILLO
Jordan OBITA  13  Andreas ISAKSSON
Jake COOPER  14  Mathieu BODMER
Sam SMITH  15  Pablo MOUCHE
Joey VAN DEN BERG  16  Luis PEDRO
 
Portsmouth
 
League position: 9
Away league form: LXLL
Overall league form: WLWXLWWL
Formation: 4-3-3

Statistics
Reading 3 Portsmouth 5
(Half-time: 2-4, Attendance: 25,531, Stadium: Madejski, Referee: Hilmar Weilandt 7½)

Roberts 1¹ (og), Honda 30¹, Böðvarsson 22²
Scorers
Substitutions
Sent off
Bookings
Corners
Fouls
Offsides
Shots on
Shots off
Total shots
Shots saved
Possession
Montero 2¹, Montero 9¹, Montero 20¹, Gago 25¹, Bendtner 32²
  
  
 Kalou 45¹, Montero 25²
40
711
34
55
103
158
20
40%60%
Man of the match: Heiko Westermann