Milton Keynes Dons vs Reading, 2015-16 English League Championship, 2015/2016 English League Championship

· English League Championship

Milton Keynes Dons

78': Joe Walsh

FT
1 - 0

Reading

Joe Walsh effort enough as Championship strugglers MK Dons edge past Reading

Match Timeline

0': First Half begins.
0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
2': Foul by Darren Potter (MK Dons).
2': Lucas Piazon (Reading) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
3': Attempt missed. Danny Williams (Reading) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the left. Assisted by Garath McCleary.
11': Foul by Oliver Norwood (Reading).
11': Josh Murphy (MK Dons) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
11': Offside, MK Dons. Jordan Spence tries a through ball, but Nicky Maynard is caught offside.
13': Foul by Darren Potter (MK Dons).
13': Garath McCleary (Reading) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
14': Attempt saved. Nicky Maynard (MK Dons) header from the right side of the six yard box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Jordan Spence with a cross.
14': Corner, MK Dons. Conceded by Ali Al Habsi.
16': Attempt missed. Jake Forster-Caskey (MK Dons) header from the centre of the box is too high. Assisted by Samir Carruthers with a cross.
19': Foul by Anton Ferdinand (Reading).
19': Nicky Maynard (MK Dons) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
20': Attempt blocked. Garath McCleary (Reading) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
20': Corner, Reading. Conceded by Dean Lewington.
21': Attempt missed. Samir Carruthers (MK Dons) right footed shot from outside the box is too high. Assisted by Dean Lewington.
23': Hand ball by Darren Potter (MK Dons).
24': Foul by Hal Robson-Kanu (Reading).
24': Jordan Spence (MK Dons) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
24': Foul by Chris Gunter (Reading).
24': Josh Murphy (MK Dons) wins a free kick on the left wing.
25': Chris Gunter (Reading) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
25': Corner, MK Dons. Conceded by Jake Cooper.
26': Offside, MK Dons. David Martin tries a through ball, but Nicky Maynard is caught offside.
29': Attempt saved. Lucas Piazon (Reading) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Oliver Norwood.
29': Corner, Reading. Conceded by David Martin.
31': Foul by Kyle McFadzean (MK Dons).
31': Hal Robson-Kanu (Reading) wins a free kick on the right wing.
32': Attempt blocked. Danny Williams (Reading) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
32': Attempt missed. Danny Williams (Reading) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Matej Vydra following a set piece situation.
33': Danny Williams (Reading) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
33': Foul by Darren Potter (MK Dons).
36': Dean Lewington (MK Dons) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
36': Foul by Garath McCleary (Reading).
36': Foul by Hal Robson-Kanu (Reading).
36': Robert Hall (MK Dons) wins a free kick on the right wing.
37': Hal Robson-Kanu (Reading) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
37': Corner, MK Dons. Conceded by Jake Cooper.
37': Attempt missed. Kyle McFadzean (MK Dons) left footed shot from a difficult angle on the left misses to the right. Assisted by Robert Hall with a cross following a corner.
38': Attempt missed. Jake Forster-Caskey (MK Dons) left footed shot from the centre of the box is too high following a corner.
39': Attempt missed. Matej Vydra (Reading) right footed shot from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Garath McCleary.
40': Delay in match Garath McCleary (Reading) because of an injury.
40': Delay in match Kyle McFadzean (MK Dons) because of an injury.
41': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
42': Anton Ferdinand (Reading) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
42': Foul by Nicky Maynard (MK Dons).
43': Offside, Reading. Jake Cooper tries a through ball, but Matej Vydra is caught offside.
45': Foul by Garath McCleary (Reading).
45': Jake Forster-Caskey (MK Dons) wins a free kick on the left wing.
45': Attempt missed. Robert Hall (MK Dons) left footed shot from outside the box misses to the right following a set piece situation.
45'+1': Foul by Hal Robson-Kanu (Reading).
45'+1': Robert Hall (MK Dons) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
45'+2': First Half ends, MK Dons 0, Reading 0.
90'+5': Match ends, MK Dons 1, Reading 0.
45': Second Half begins MK Dons 0, Reading 0.
48': Attempt saved. Danny Williams (Reading) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Matej Vydra.
49': Foul by Matej Vydra (Reading).
49': Kyle McFadzean (MK Dons) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
50': Foul by Oliver Norwood (Reading).
50': Samir Carruthers (MK Dons) wins a free kick on the right wing.
52': Attempt saved. Oliver Norwood (Reading) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Matej Vydra.
52': Corner, Reading. Conceded by David Martin.
52': Corner, Reading. Conceded by Joe Walsh.
54': Offside, Reading. Matej Vydra tries a through ball, but Garath McCleary is caught offside.
55': Danny Williams (Reading) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
55': Foul by Robert Hall (MK Dons).
57': Corner, MK Dons. Conceded by Chris Gunter.
58': Attempt blocked. Lucas Piazon (Reading) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Anton Ferdinand.
58': Attempt saved. Garath McCleary (Reading) right footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the bottom right corner.
59': Foul by Dean Lewington (MK Dons).
59': Garath McCleary (Reading) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
60': Attempt missed. Oliver Norwood (Reading) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right following a set piece situation.
62': Corner, MK Dons. Conceded by Anton Ferdinand.
63': Foul by Samir Carruthers (MK Dons).
63': Garath McCleary (Reading) wins a free kick on the right wing.
63': Samir Carruthers (MK Dons) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
64': Substitution, Reading. Ola John replaces Lucas Piazon.
64': Corner, Reading. Conceded by Nicky Maynard.
64': Corner, Reading. Conceded by Samir Carruthers.
66': Attempt blocked. Josh Murphy (MK Dons) left footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Darren Potter.
66': Foul by Kyle McFadzean (MK Dons).
66': Matej Vydra (Reading) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
67': Kyle McFadzean (MK Dons) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
68': Offside, Reading. Oliver Norwood tries a through ball, but Anton Ferdinand is caught offside.
70': Attempt saved. Nicky Maynard (MK Dons) right footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Jake Forster-Caskey.
70': Ali Al Habsi (Reading) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
70': Foul by Robert Hall (MK Dons).
71': Foul by Hal Robson-Kanu (Reading).
71': Kyle McFadzean (MK Dons) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
71': Chris Gunter (Reading) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
71': Foul by Josh Murphy (MK Dons).
72': Foul by Robert Hall (MK Dons).
72': Ola John (Reading) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
75': Corner, MK Dons. Conceded by Jake Cooper.
77': Attempt saved. Jake Forster-Caskey (MK Dons) right footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
77': Corner, MK Dons. Conceded by Ali Al Habsi.
78': Attempt missed. Kyle McFadzean (MK Dons) header from the right side of the six yard box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Robert Hall with a cross following a corner.
78': Goal! MK Dons 1, Reading 0. Joe Walsh (MK Dons) left footed shot from the right side of the six yard box to the top right corner following a corner.
80': Foul by Samir Carruthers (MK Dons).
80': Oliver Norwood (Reading) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
81': Danny Williams (Reading) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
81': Foul by Jake Forster-Caskey (MK Dons).
81': Foul by Kyle McFadzean (MK Dons).
81': Matej Vydra (Reading) wins a free kick on the left wing.
81': Attempt missed. Hal Robson-Kanu (Reading) header from the centre of the box is high and wide to the left. Assisted by Oliver Norwood with a cross following a set piece situation.
82': Substitution, Reading. Simon Cox replaces Hal Robson-Kanu.
84': Foul by Danny Williams (Reading).
84': Josh Murphy (MK Dons) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
84': Danny Williams (Reading) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
86': Corner, Reading. Conceded by Jordan Spence.
87': Substitution, MK Dons. Matt Upson replaces Robert Hall.
87': Attempt missed. Jake Cooper (Reading) header from the right side of the six yard box misses to the right following a corner.
89': Corner, Reading. Conceded by Dean Lewington.
90': Attempt missed. Danny Williams (Reading) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the left following a corner.
90'+2': Foul by Josh Murphy (MK Dons).
90'+2': Garath McCleary (Reading) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
90'+3': Substitution, MK Dons. Lee Hodson replaces Samir Carruthers.
90'+4': Substitution, MK Dons. Dean Bowditch replaces Josh Murphy.
90'+5': Second Half ends, MK Dons 1, Reading 0.

Statistics

REA		MKD
12	Fouls	17
3	Yellow Cards	2
0	Red Cards	0
3	Offsides	2
8	Corner Kicks	7
3	Saves	4
55.7	Possession	44.3
14	SHOTS	11
4	ON GOAL	4
0.3	On Target %	0.4
0	Penalty Goals	0
0	Penalty Kicks Taken	0
323	Accurate Passes	260
450	Passes	371
0.7	Pass Completion %	0.7
4	Accurate Crosses	6
27	Crosses	14
0.1	Cross %	0.4
91	Long Balls	87
32	Accurate Long Balls	31
0.4	Long Balls %	0.4
3	Blocked Shots	1
12	Effective Tackles	17
17	Tackles	20
0.7	Tackle %	0.9
0	Interceptions	0
11	Effective Clearances	24
13	Clearances	30

Game Information

Competition: English League Championship

Venue: Stadium MK
Location: Milton Keynes, England
Attendance: 13,062

Line-Ups

Milton Keynes Dons (4-2-3-1)

No.	Name
1	David Martin (GK)
16	Joe Walsh
5	Kyle McFadzean
3	D Lewin
12	Jordan Spence
14	Samir Carruthers
44	Jake Forster-Caskey
8	Darren Potter
28	Nicky Maynard
31	Josh Murphy
38	Robert Hall

Milton Keynes Dons Substitutes:

Tom Hitchcock, Cody Cropper, Lee Hodson, Simon Church, Ben Reeves, Matt Upson, Dean Bowditch.

Reading (4-2-3-1)

No.	Name
26	Ali Al-Habsi (GK)
35	Jake Cooper
15	Anton Ferdinand
3	Andrew Taylor
2	Chris Gunter
17	Lucas Piazon
6	Oliver Norwood
23	Daniel Williams
7	Matej Vydra
9	Hal Robson-Kanu
12	Garath McCleary

Reading Substitutes:

Álex Fernández, Simon Cox, Orlando Sá, Stephen Quinn, Jonathan Bond, Ola John, Niall Keown.

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