English League Championship

FT Saturday, January 28, 2017
Cardiff City WLWWL 1
–
Reading WLLLW 2
1st2ndT
CAR101
REA112
Select Car Leasing Stadium · 18,558 att.

Match Report

Team Stats

13
Fouls
11
1
Yellow Cards
1
0
Red Cards
0
3
Offsides
1
6
Corner Kicks
2
2
Saves
3
34.3
Possession
65.7
17
SHOTS
8
4
ON GOAL
4
0.2
On Target %
0.5
1
Penalty Goals
0
1
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
162
Accurate Passes
396
249
Passes
502
0.7
Pass Completion %
0.8
4
Accurate Crosses
2
22
Crosses
12
0.2
Cross %
0.2
73
Long Balls
76
33
Accurate Long Balls
39
0.5
Long Balls %
0.5
4
Blocked Shots
3
12
Effective Tackles
9
15
Tackles
15
0.8
Tackle %
0.6
0
Interceptions
0
21
Effective Clearances
24
21
Clearances
24

Head to Head

REA leads series 2-1-2

Lineups

REA · 3-5-2

  1. 26Ali Al-HabsiG
  2. 16Liam MooreCD
  3. 4Joey van den BergCD-L
  4. 5Paul McShaneCD-R
  5. 8John SwiftCM-L
  6. 23Daniel WilliamsCM-R
  7. 38Liam KellyAM
  8. 2Chris GunterLM
  9. 12Garath McClearyRM
  10. 7Roy BeerensCF-L
  11. 18Yann KermorgantCF-R

Substitutes

  1. 31Anssi JaakkolaSUB
  2. 11Jordan ObitaSUB
  3. 14Dominic SamuelSUB
  4. 6George EvansSUB
  5. 24Tyler BlackettSUB
  6. 9Joseph MendesSUB
  7. 19Yakou MeiteSUB

CAR · 3-4-1-2

  1. 1Allan McGregorG
  2. 4Sean MorrisonCD
  3. 14Sol BambaCD-L
  4. 15Greg HalfordCD-R
  5. 17Aron GunnarssonCM-L
  6. 8Joe RallsCM-R
  7. 33Junior HoilettAM
  8. 6Jazz RichardsLM
  9. 2Lee PeltierRM
  10. 26Kenneth ZohoreCF-L
  11. 37Rhys HealeyCF-R

Substitutes

  1. 7Peter WhittinghamSUB
  2. 24Kadeem HarrisSUB
  3. 28Brian MurphySUB
  4. 11Craig NooneSUB
  5. 16Matthew ConnollySUB
  6. 23Matthew KennedySUB
  7. 12Declan JohnSUB

Timeline

  1. 8' Sol Bamba (Cardiff City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  2. 41' Substitution, Reading. Tyler Blackett replaces Joey van den Berg because of an injury.
  3. 42' Goal! Reading 1, Cardiff City 0. John Swift (Reading) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Garath McCleary.
  4. 45' Liam Moore (Reading) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  5. 45'+1' Goal! Reading 1, Cardiff City 1. Joe Ralls (Cardiff City) converts the penalty with a left footed shot to the bottom right corner.
  6. 55' Substitution, Reading. George Evans replaces John Swift.
  7. 60' Goal! Reading 2, Cardiff City 1. Yann Kermorgant (Reading) from a free kick with a right footed shot to the bottom left corner.
  8. 66' Substitution, Cardiff City. Kadeem Harris replaces Kenneth Zohore because of an injury.
  9. 77' Substitution, Reading. Jordan Obita replaces Roy Beerens.
  10. 77' Substitution, Cardiff City. Matthew Kennedy replaces Greg Halford.
  11. 89' Substitution, Cardiff City. Peter Whittingham replaces Joe Ralls.

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