English Premier League

FT Saturday, March 8, 2008
Manchester City DLWLD 0
–
Reading LLLLW 2
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Team Stats

11
Fouls
9
2
Yellow Cards
0
0
Red Cards
0
1
Offsides
5
5
Corner Kicks
7
5
Saves
6
56
Possession
44
12
SHOTS
13
5
ON GOAL
7
0.4
On Target %
0.5
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
3
Accurate Passes
3
3
Passes
3
0.0
Pass Completion %
0.0
6
Accurate Crosses
7
19
Crosses
10
0.3
Cross %
0.7
0
Long Balls
0
0
Accurate Long Balls
0
0.0
Long Balls %
0.0
3
Blocked Shots
8
0
Effective Tackles
0
0
Tackles
0
0.0
Tackle %
0.0
0
Interceptions
0
2
Effective Clearances
3
2
Clearances
3

Head to Head

REA leads series 2-1

Lineups

REA

  1. 1Marcus HahnemannG
  2. 19Liam RoseniorD
  3. 22André BikeyD
  4. 16Ivar IngimarssonD
  5. 3Nicky ShoreyD
  6. 11John OsterM
  7. 15James HarperM
  8. 28Marek MatejovskýM
  9. 10Stephen HuntM
  10. 9Kevin DoyleF
  11. 24Shane LongF

Substitutes

  1. 32Adam FedericiG
  2. 5Ibrahima SonkoD
  3. 4Kalifa CisseM
  4. 30Jimmy KebeM
  5. 12Dave KitsonF

MNC

  1. 25Joe HartG
  2. 24Javier GarridoD
  3. 16Vedran CorlukaD
  4. 22Richard DunneD
  5. 3Michael BallD
  6. 21Dietmar HamannM
  7. 28Gelson FernandesM
  8. 11ElanoM
  9. 6Michael JohnsonM
  10. 12Darius VassellF
  11. 27Benjamin MwaruwariF

Substitutes

  1. 19Kasper SchmeichelG
  2. 17Sun JihaiD
  3. 7Stephen IrelandM
  4. 20Felipe CaicedoF
  5. 30Nery CastilloF

Timeline

  1. 18' Dietmar Hamann is awarded a yellow card. Reason: unsporting behaviour
  2. 29' Man City makes a sub: Sun Jihai enters for Richard Dunne. Reason: Serious Injury
  3. 45' Michael Johnson is awarded a yellow card. Reason: unsporting behaviour
  4. 59' Man City makes a sub: Felipe Caicedo enters for Darius Vassell. Reason: Tactical
  5. 62' Goal!! Shane Long hits a very good right footed shot to the lower left corner from the centre penalty area (aprox. 12 yards) and scores!! Reading now leads 1 - 0
  6. 67' Man City makes a sub: Nery Castillo enters for Dietmar Hamann. Reason: Tactical
  7. 79' Reading makes a sub: Kalifa Cisse enters for Marek Matejovsky. Reason: Tactical
  8. 82' Reading makes a sub: Dave Kitson enters for Shane Long. Reason: Tactical
  9. 88' Goal!! Dave Kitson hits a very good right footed shot to the lower right corner from the centre penalty area (aprox. 12 yards) and scores!! Reading now leads 2 - 0
  10. 90' End of the game

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