(1-0 Sunderland)| 3¹ | A useful ball from DYBALA on the left fell to CARROLL who mishit his shot over. |
| 7¹ | A shot from BALLO seemed a certain goal but HERMANSEN managed to force the ball away. |
| 13¹ | A left foot shot from BALLO was tipped over by HERMANSEN. |
| 15¹ | EMAKHU chipped the ball to ROBERTS who fired it over the bar. |
| 15¹ | A free-kick from CARROLL went over the bar. |
| 18¹ | CIRKIN shot wide. |
| 18¹ | A bad foul on EMAKHU by OBITA results in a booking. |
| 22¹ | A shot from CIRKIN was smothered by the Reading 'keeper. |
| 22¹ | The hapless Sunderland 'keeper stared in disbelief as a backpass from O'NIEN dropped just over. |
| 23¹ | Uncertainty in the Reading defence enabled ARAUJO to hit an effort just beyond the near post. |
| 26¹ | PHILLIPS beat two Reading players and blasted an effort over. |
| 31¹ | LOW made space on the right and knocked the ball to RAMAZANI who touched the ball over. |
| 32¹ | O'NIEN was put clear by EMAKHU and he beat LUNEV but thrust his shot inches wide. |
| 36¹ | An inswinging corner was flicked into the arms of HERMANSEN by SARR. |
| 39¹ | O'RILEY rifled a simple chance past the lefthand post. |
| 2² | The Sunderland 'keeper did well to hold onto an amazing shot from SARR. |
| 4² | An exceptional effort from BALLO scraped the woodwork. |
| 5² | SARR blasted a looping shot inches over from long range. |
| 21² | The 'keeper was able to palm clear a fierce shot. |
| 24² | OBITA snapped at a simple chance. |
| 27² | The 'keeper saved a lovely shot from MASUAKU. |
| 28² | ROBERTS's shot beat the 'keeper but rebounded off the Reading upright. |
| 31² | A pin-point pass found BALLO and his left foot shot flew narrowly wide. |
| 34² | A tame strike from ROBERTS rolled agonisingly wide. |
| 41² | GOAL!! A delightful piece of skill from BALLO gave OBITA space on the right and CARROLL stabbed in his pin-point pass. (1-1) |