English Premier League

FT Saturday, December 1, 2012
Manchester United WLLWW 4
–
Reading DDWLL 3
1st2ndT
MAN404
REA303
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Team Stats

12
Fouls
10
1
Yellow Cards
1
0
Red Cards
0
2
Offsides
0
1
Corner Kicks
6
4
Saves
2
58.3
Possession
41.7
11
SHOTS
12
6
ON GOAL
7
0.5
On Target %
0.6
1
Penalty Goals
0
1
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
509
Accurate Passes
308
586
Passes
397
0.9
Pass Completion %
0.8
4
Accurate Crosses
9
16
Crosses
34
0.3
Cross %
0.3
51
Long Balls
57
35
Accurate Long Balls
29
0.7
Long Balls %
0.5
0
Blocked Shots
1
14
Effective Tackles
16
19
Tackles
19
0.7
Tackle %
0.8
0
Interceptions
0
23
Effective Clearances
10
41
Clearances
16

Head to Head

MAN leads series 3-0-2

Lineups

REA · 4-4-2

  1. 1Adam FedericiG
  2. 6Adrian MariappaCD-L
  3. 15Sean MorrisonCD-R
  4. 3Nicky ShoreyLB
  5. 24Shaun CummingsRB
  6. 16Jay TabbCM-L
  7. 8Mikele LeigertwoodCM-R
  8. 11Jobi McAnuffLM
  9. 19Hal Robson-KanuRM
  10. 33Jason RobertsCF-L
  11. 9Adam Le FondreCF-R

Substitutes

  1. 7Pavel PogrebnyakSUB
  2. 5Alex PearceSUB
  3. 20Danny GuthrieSUB
  4. 41Stuart TaylorSUB
  5. 23Ian HarteSUB
  6. 12Garath McClearySUB
  7. 10Noel HuntSUB

MAN · 4-3-3

  1. 13Anders LindegaardG
  2. 6Jonny EvansCD-L
  3. 5Rio FerdinandCD-R
  4. 3Patrice EvraLB
  5. 2RafaelRB
  6. 16Michael CarrickCM
  7. 8AndersonLM
  8. 24Darren FletcherRM
  9. 20Robin van PersieF
  10. 18Ashley YoungLF
  11. 10Wayne RooneyRF

Substitutes

  1. 14Javier HernándezSUB
  2. 1David de GeaSUB
  3. 23Tom CleverleySUB
  4. 11Ryan GiggsSUB
  5. 4Phil JonesSUB
  6. 12Chris SmallingSUB
  7. 19Danny WelbeckSUB

Timeline

  1. 8' Goal! Reading 1, Manchester United 0. Hal Robson-Kanu (Reading) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the top left corner.
  2. 13' Goal! Reading 1, Manchester United 1. Anderson (Manchester United) left footed shot from the left side of the box to the top left corner. Assisted by Ashley Young.
  3. 16' Goal! Reading 1, Manchester United 2. Wayne Rooney (Manchester United) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the bottom right corner.
  4. 19' Goal! Reading 2, Manchester United 2. Adam Le Fondre (Reading) header from very close range to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Nicky Shorey with a cross following a corner.
  5. 23' Goal! Reading 3, Manchester United 2. Sean Morrison (Reading) header from very close range to the high centre of the goal. Assisted by Nicky Shorey with a cross following a corner.
  6. 28' Rafael (Manchester United) is shown the yellow card.
  7. 30' Attempt missed. Adrian Mariappa (Reading) left footed shot from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Nicky Shorey with a cross following a set piece situation.
  8. 31' Substitution, Manchester United. Chris Smalling replaces Rafael.
  9. 34' Goal! Reading 3, Manchester United 4. Robin van Persie (Manchester United) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Wayne Rooney.
  10. 45' Substitution, Manchester United. Phil Jones replaces Anderson because of an injury.
  11. 69' Substitution, Reading. Pavel Pogrebnyak replaces Jason Roberts.
  12. 74' Substitution, Manchester United. Danny Welbeck replaces Robin van Persie.
  13. 79' Jay Tabb (Reading) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  14. 79' Substitution, Reading. Garath McCleary replaces Jobi McAnuff.
  15. 83' Substitution, Reading. Noel Hunt replaces Hal Robson-Kanu.

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