English League Championship

FT Friday, November 21, 2014
Reading LWLWL 1
–
Cardiff City WLWLD 2
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REA011
CAR202
Cardiff City Stadium · 20,643 att.

Match Report

Alex Pearce toils in Royals defeat as Cardiff make it five wins in a row

Alex Pearce's nightmare first half helped Cardiff make it five straight home wins as they saw off 10-man Reading 2-1.

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Team Stats

9
Fouls
13
2
Yellow Cards
1
1
Red Cards
0
0
Offsides
3
0
Corner Kicks
0
4
Saves
3
53
Possession
47
9
SHOTS
15
5
ON GOAL
5
0.6
On Target %
0.3
0
Penalty Goals
1
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
1
0
Accurate Passes
0
0
Passes
0
0.0
Pass Completion %
0.0
0
Accurate Crosses
0
19
Crosses
10
0.0
Cross %
0.0
0
Long Balls
0
0
Accurate Long Balls
0
0.0
Long Balls %
0.0
1
Blocked Shots
2
0
Effective Tackles
0
0
Tackles
0
0.0
Tackle %
0.0
0
Interceptions
0
0
Effective Clearances
0
18
Clearances
37

Head to Head

CAR leads series 2-1-2

Lineups

CAR

  1. 1David MarshallG
  2. 16Matthew ConnollyD
  3. 36Sean MorrisonD
  4. 6Ben TurnerD
  5. 2John BrayfordD
  6. 19Anthony PilkingtonM
  7. 17Aron GunnarssonM
  8. 7Peter WhittinghamM
  9. 11Craig NooneM
  10. 10Adam Le FondreF
  11. 14Federico MachedaF

Substitutes

  1. 33Simon MooreG
  2. 3FabioD
  3. 5Bruno Ecuélé MangaD
  4. 18Tom AdeyemiM
  5. 38Ravel MorrisonM
  6. 9Kenwyne JonesF
  7. 20Mats DaehliF

REA

  1. 1Adam FedericiG
  2. 3Stephen KellyD
  3. 15Michael HectorD
  4. 5Alex PearceD
  5. 2Chris GunterD
  6. 9Hal Robson-KanuM
  7. 6Oliver NorwoodM
  8. 23Daniel WilliamsM
  9. 11Jordan ObitaM
  10. 20Glenn MurrayF
  11. 10Simon CoxF

Substitutes

  1. 31Mikkel AndersenG
  2. 24Shaun CummingsD
  3. 35Jake CooperD
  4. 12Garath McClearyM
  5. 18Aaron TshibolaM
  6. 25Jake TaylorM
  7. 22Nick BlackmanF

Timeline

  1. 20' Oh no! That was a bit unlucky, Alex Pearce has just scored on his own net! Reading now trails 0 - 1
  2. 41' Daniel Williams is awarded a yellow card. Reason: unsporting behaviour
  3. 41' Anthony Pilkington is awarded a yellow card. Reason: unsporting behaviour
  4. 45'+3' Alex Pearce has been shown the red card and will no longer take part of this game! Reason: professional foul
  5. 45'+4' Peter Whittingham hits the penalty kick with his left foot to the lower right corner and scores!!
  6. 46' Reading makes a sub: Garath McCleary enters for Simon Cox. Reason: Tactical
  7. 69' Cardiff City makes a sub: Mats Daehli enters for Craig Noone. Reason: Tactical
  8. 72' Reading makes a sub: Jake Taylor enters for Daniel Williams. Reason: Tactical
  9. 76' Cardiff City makes a sub: Fabio enters for Matthew Connolly. Reason: Tactical
  10. 81' Goal!! Michael Hector hits a right footed shot low through the middle from the centre penalty area and scores!! Reading now trails 1 - 2
  11. 84' Reading makes a sub: Nick Blackman enters for Hal Robson-Kanu. Reason: Tactical
  12. 90' Cardiff City makes a sub: Kenwyne Jones enters for Federico Macheda. Reason: Tactical
  13. 90' Nick Blackman is awarded a yellow card. Reason: unsporting behaviour
  14. 90' End of the game

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