English League Championship

FT Saturday, April 15, 2017
Reading LWWWL 3
–
Aston Villa WWWWD 1
1st2ndT
REA123
AVL101
Villa Park · 30,742 att.

Match Report

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Joseph Mendes leads Reading to victory at Aston Villa

Joseph Mendes scored twice as Reading tightened their grip on a playoff place with a 3-1 victory at Aston Villa.

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Team Stats

10
Fouls
7
3
Yellow Cards
1
0
Red Cards
0
2
Offsides
2
6
Corner Kicks
6
3
Saves
5
48.4
Possession
51.6
13
SHOTS
15
8
ON GOAL
4
0.6
On Target %
0.3
1
Penalty Goals
0
1
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
294
Accurate Passes
321
374
Passes
395
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.8
3
Accurate Crosses
8
13
Crosses
19
0.2
Cross %
0.4
91
Long Balls
63
40
Accurate Long Balls
35
0.4
Long Balls %
0.6
1
Blocked Shots
4
6
Effective Tackles
16
15
Tackles
18
0.4
Tackle %
0.9
0
Interceptions
0
22
Effective Clearances
14
22
Clearances
14

Head to Head

AVL leads series 5-0

Lineups

AVL · 4-3-3

  1. 34Sam JohnstoneG
  2. 2Nathan BakerCD-L
  3. 12James ChesterCD-R
  4. 23Jordan AmaviLB
  5. 21Alan HuttonRB
  6. 25Mile JedinakCM
  7. 5Henri LansburyLM
  8. 14Conor HourihaneRM
  9. 26Jonathan KodjiaF
  10. 37Albert AdomahLF
  11. 7Leandro BacunaRF

Substitutes

  1. 40Jack GrealishSUB
  2. 4Micah RichardsSUB
  3. 16James BreeSUB
  4. 6Tommy ElphickSUB
  5. 33Matija SarkicSUB
  6. 22Gary GardnerSUB
  7. 9Scott HoganSUB

REA · 3-5-2

  1. 26Ali Al-HabsiG
  2. 16Liam MooreCD
  3. 24Tyler BlackettCD-L
  4. 2Chris GunterCD-R
  5. 23Daniel WilliamsCM-L
  6. 8John SwiftCM-R
  7. 38Liam KellyAM
  8. 11Jordan ObitaLM
  9. 25Adrian PopaRM
  10. 9Joseph MendesCF-L
  11. 50Lewis GrabbanCF-R

Substitutes

  1. 18Yann KermorgantSUB
  2. 12Garath McClearySUB
  3. 54Jordon MutchSUB
  4. 31Anssi JaakkolaSUB
  5. 6George EvansSUB
  6. 19Yakou MeiteSUB
  7. 20Tiago IloriSUB

Timeline

  1. 6' Goal! Aston Villa 0, Reading 1. Joseph Mendes (Reading) right footed shot from the right side of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Lewis Grabban.
  2. 14' Goal! Aston Villa 1, Reading 1. James Chester (Aston Villa) header from the centre of the box to the top right corner. Assisted by Conor Hourihane with a cross following a corner.
  3. 16' Danny Williams (Reading) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  4. 46' Goal! Aston Villa 1, Reading 2. Joseph Mendes (Reading) right footed shot from very close range to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Lewis Grabban with a cross.
  5. 62' Substitution, Aston Villa. Scott Hogan replaces Jordan Amavi.
  6. 65' Substitution, Reading. Garath McCleary replaces Adrian Popa.
  7. 66' Jordan Obita (Reading) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  8. 69' Substitution, Reading. Yann Kermorgant replaces Joseph Mendes.
  9. 76' Substitution, Aston Villa. Jack Grealish replaces Nathan Baker.
  10. 78' Leandro Bacuna (Aston Villa) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  11. 79' Goal! Aston Villa 1, Reading 3. Lewis Grabban (Reading) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the bottom right corner.
  12. 86' John Swift (Reading) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  13. 87' Substitution, Reading. George Evans replaces Liam Kelly.

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