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Commentary

0¹ ALBORNO made space on the right and touched the ball to CHALOBAH who clipped the ball wide. 3¹ A shot from SCAMACCA was hoofed off the line by SARR. 4¹ The ref cautions OBITA. 8¹ A clumsy tackle on WINTLE by BAKER results in a booking. 13¹ A tame shot from MANNING bounced agonisingly wide. 15¹ GOAL!! Reading's OBITA beat four defenders before firing just inside BISHOP's lefthand post. (1-0 Reading) 18¹ SCAMACCA's header was well saved by LUNEV. 20¹ GOAL!! A neat one-two left OBITA clear and he made no mistake by flicking the ball beyond the oncoming Crewe Alexandra 'keeper. (2-0 Reading) 33¹ BISHOP dived to his right to save an accurate shot from Reading's OBITA. 38¹ GOAL!! Some fine work by ALBORNO on the right, left CHALOBAH yards clear, and he nutmegged LUNEV and stroked the ball into the roof of the net. (2-1 Reading) 41¹ CHALOBAH booked for a cynical foul. 44¹ GUSTO beat three Crewe Alexandra players and slammed an effort over. 6² GOAL!! A clever set-piece enabled INCE to drive the ball into the net. (3-1 Reading) 11² MANNING dribbled round BAKER and rattled a weak shot over. 30² The ref books BISHOP for a high tackle. 31² A fine ball from MORRISON on the right was collected by OBITA who scuffed his shot just wide. 35² A great shot from SCAMACCA was dealt with by a good block from the 'keeper. 36² A accurate pass found DYBALA and his right foot effort flew narrowly over. 38² The motionless LUNEV could only watch as a backpass from MORRISON dropped just over. 38² GOAL!! A tame drive from SCAMACCA seemed to hold no problem for the 'keeper but the ball somehow bobbled over the line. (3-2 Reading) 39² GOAL!! A shot from BALLO deflected off the boot of WINTLE and raced past the helpless Crewe Alexandra 'keeper and into the net. (4-2 Reading) 44² GOAL!! A hefty goal-kick from WOOD caught the Reading defence square and SCAMACCA raced through to easily score. (4-3 Reading)

Reading   League position: 6 Home league form: XWXL Overall league form: WXWLWXLL Formation: 4-3-3

Line-ups Andrei LUNEV 6  1 5½ Nathan BISHOP Malo GUSTO 6½ 2 6½ Eoin TOAL Arthur MASUAKU 6½ 3 7  Ryan MANNING Matt O'RILEY 5  4 7½ Ryan WINTLE Malang SARR 6½ 5 6½ Cameron CARTER-VICKERS(c) Michael MORRISON 6  6 7  Nathan WOOD Tom INCE 7  7 6½ Christian NWACHUKWU Jordan OBITA 6  8 7  Rodrigo ALBORNO (p)Thierno BALLO 7  9 7½ Gianluca SCAMACCA(p) (f)Lewis BAKER 6½ 10 6½ Nathaniel CHALOBAH(f) (c)Paulo DYBALA 6½ 11 6  Dan AGYEI Manager Tyler BLACKETT    12    Mihai-Alexandre DOBRE Cican STANKOVIC    13    Dan CROWLEY Jeff HENDRICK    14    Dilan MARKANDAY Tyrese FORNAH    15    Alassana JATTA Andy CARROLL 7  16    Tom LOWERY

Crewe Alexandra   League position: 8 Away league form: WXLW Overall league form: WWWWWXLW Formation: 4-3-3

Statistics

Reading 4 Crewe Alexandra 3 (Half-time: 2-1, Attendance: 24,148, Stadium: Madejski, Referee: Phil Crossley 6) Obita 15¹, Obita 20¹, Ince 6², Wintle 39² (og) Scorers Substitutions Sent off Bookings Corners Fouls Offsides Shots on Shots off Total shots Shots saved Possession Chalobah 38¹, Scamacca 38², Scamacca 44² O'RileyóCarroll 20²       Obita 4¹, Baker 8¹ Chalobah 41¹, Bishop 30² 3 4 18 8 5 1 5 7 5 9 10 16 1 3 43% 57% ¶ Man of the match: Ryan Wintle ¶