English League Championship

FT Saturday, February 25, 2017
Reading WDDWL 0
–
Brighton & Hove Albion LDWDW 3
1st2ndT
REA000
BHA123
American Express Stadium · 29,613 att.

Match Report

Team Stats

6
Fouls
13
1
Yellow Cards
2
0
Red Cards
0
0
Offsides
2
5
Corner Kicks
6
2
Saves
3
63.2
Possession
36.8
12
SHOTS
15
3
ON GOAL
5
0.3
On Target %
0.3
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
445
Accurate Passes
233
542
Passes
305
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.8
4
Accurate Crosses
3
12
Crosses
19
0.3
Cross %
0.2
82
Long Balls
49
45
Accurate Long Balls
23
0.5
Long Balls %
0.5
5
Blocked Shots
2
5
Effective Tackles
6
14
Tackles
14
0.4
Tackle %
0.4
0
Interceptions
0
17
Effective Clearances
19
17
Clearances
19

Head to Head

REA leads series 2-1-2

Lineups

BHA · 4-4-2

  1. 13David StockdaleG
  2. 5Lewis DunkCD-L
  3. 22Shane DuffyCD-R
  4. 12Sébastien PocognoliLB
  5. 2BrunoRB
  6. 14Steve SidwellCM-L
  7. 6Dale StephensCM-R
  8. 15Jamie MurphyLM
  9. 11Anthony KnockaertRM
  10. 9Sam BaldockCF-L
  11. 17Glenn MurrayCF-R

Substitutes

  1. 27Fikayo TomoriSUB
  2. 26Christian WaltonSUB
  3. 20Solly MarchSUB
  4. 28Chuba AkpomSUB
  5. 10Tomer HemedSUB
  6. 4Uwe HünemeierSUB
  7. 7Biram KiyalSUB

REA · 4-3-3

  1. 26Ali Al-HabsiG
  2. 16Liam MooreCD-L
  3. 5Paul McShaneCD-R
  4. 24Tyler BlackettLB
  5. 2Chris GunterRB
  6. 23Daniel WilliamsCM
  7. 54Jordon MutchLM
  8. 6George EvansRM
  9. 18Yann KermorgantF
  10. 7Roy BeerensLF
  11. 12Garath McClearyRF

Substitutes

  1. 25Adrian PopaSUB
  2. 11Jordan ObitaSUB
  3. 50Lewis GrabbanSUB
  4. 8John SwiftSUB
  5. 31Anssi JaakkolaSUB
  6. 38Liam KellySUB
  7. 4Joey van den BergSUB

Timeline

  1. 27' Dale Stephens (Brighton and Hove Albion) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  2. 35' Goal! Brighton and Hove Albion 1, Reading 0. Sam Baldock (Brighton and Hove Albion) right footed shot from the right side of the six yard box to the top right corner. Assisted by Bruno.
  3. 55' Steve Sidwell (Brighton and Hove Albion) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  4. 56' Goal! Brighton and Hove Albion 2, Reading 0. Jamie Murphy (Brighton and Hove Albion) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Dale Stephens following a fast break.
  5. 57' Substitution, Reading. John Swift replaces Jordon Mutch.
  6. 68' George Evans (Reading) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  7. 69' Substitution, Reading. Liam Kelly replaces George Evans.
  8. 72' Substitution, Reading. Lewis Grabban replaces Garath McCleary.
  9. 77' Substitution, Brighton and Hove Albion. Tomer Hemed replaces Glenn Murray.
  10. 80' Goal! Brighton and Hove Albion 3, Reading 0. Anthony Knockaert (Brighton and Hove Albion) left footed shot from the left side of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Jamie Murphy following a fast break.
  11. 82' Substitution, Brighton and Hove Albion. Chuba Akpom replaces Sam Baldock.
  12. 83' Substitution, Brighton and Hove Albion. Fikayo Tomori replaces Sébastien Pocognoli.

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