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Commentary
WATKINS made space on the right and pulled the ball to COLWILL who rasped the ball wide.
26¹A free-kick from BALLO raced just beyond the near post.
28¹GOAL!! A great dribble from MASUAKU gave INCE space on the left and DYBALA stabbed in his pin-point pass. (1-0 Reading)
32¹A header from ADARABIOYO was nodded off the line by AARONS.
34¹WISSA booted the ball wide of the righthand post from just outside the area.
36¹LUNEV was able to claw away a tame header from WISSA.
39¹A fine run was ended by a good save by the oncoming LUNEV.
GOAL!! A patient Blackburn Rovers side were rewarded with a lovely shot from WATKINS. (1-1)
GORDON chipped the ball to COLWILL who turned it over the bar.
11²WISSA clipped the ball through a crowd of players but the 'keeper was a match for it as he dived to his left.
15²GOAL!! A long clearance by the Blackburn Rovers 'keeper beat the Reading defence and MARTÍNEZ stroked the ball beyond the oncoming 'keeper. (2-1 Blackburn Rovers)
17²GOAL!! ADARABIOYO tried to play the ball out of the Blackburn Rovers penalty area but was tackled by DYBALA who nodded the ball to BALLO for an easy tap in. (2-2)
19²ADARABIOYO stepped inside SARR but fired the ball into the arms of the 'keeper.
29²WISSA headed over.
31²MASUAKU poked a simple chance past the lefthand post.
38²The Reading 'keeper saved a beautiful effort from WISSA.
39²BALLO shot over.
46²The bemused Blackburn Rovers 'keeper stared in disbelief as a backpass from COLWILL fell just over.
5ª¹GOAL!! Some neat work by WATKINS on the left, left WISSA yards clear, and he turned the 'keeper and fired the ball into the roof of the net. (3-2 Blackburn Rovers)
3ª²A good ball from ROGERS on the left fell to WATKINS who sliced his shot over the bar.
8ª²The ref cautions WATKINS.
16ª²A weak strike from WATKINS rolled agonisingly wide.

 
Reading
 
League position: 13
Home league form: XLLW
Overall league form: LXLLLLWW
Formation: 4-3-3
Line-ups
Andrei LUNEV1Alex MERET
Malo GUSTO2Tosin ADARABIOYO
Arthur MASUAKU3Levi COLWILL
Matt O'RILEY4Jack HINSHELWOOD
Malang SARR5Nathan COLLINS
Max AARONS6Lisandro MARTÍNEZ
Tom INCE7Anthony GORDON
Jordan OBITA8Yoane WISSA
(p)Thierno BALLO9Ollie WATKINS(c,p)
(f)Callum MARSHALL10Kevin SCHADE(f)
(c)Paulo DYBALA11Morgan ROGERS
Manager
Nesta GUINNESS-WALKER  12  ANSU FATI
Cican STANKOVIC  13  James TRAFFORD
Jeff HENDRICK  14  Jarrad BRANTHWAITE
Andy CARROLL  15  Tyler MORTON
Michael MORRISON16  Cesare CASADEI
 
Blackburn Rovers
 
League position: 1
Away league form: WWWX
Overall league form: WWWWWWXW
Formation: 4-3-3
Blackburn Rovers go through to the next round , after extra time
Statistics
Reading 2 Blackburn Rovers 3
(Half-time: 1-0, Attendance: 24,126, Stadium: Madejski, Referee: Iain Williamson 6)

Dybala 28¹, Ballo 17²
Scorers
Substitutions
Sent off
Bookings
Corners
Fouls
Offsides
Shots on
Shots off
Total shots
Shots saved
Possession
Watkins 2², Martínez 15², Wissa 5ª¹
AaronsóMorrison 6ª¹ 
  
 Watkins 8ª²
42
910
07
410
714
1124
25
41%59%
Man of the match: Anthony Gordon