English League Championship

FT Sunday, May 7, 2017
Reading LWWLW 4
–
Burton Albion DLWWD 2
1st2ndT
REA224
BRT022
Pirelli Stadium · 6,264 att.

Match Report

Reading win at Burton to confirm third-place finish

Reading win at Burton to confirm third-place finish

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Team Stats

17
Fouls
16
0
Yellow Cards
1
0
Red Cards
0
2
Offsides
1
5
Corner Kicks
9
5
Saves
6
47.6
Possession
52.4
14
SHOTS
16
10
ON GOAL
7
0.7
On Target %
0.4
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
274
Accurate Passes
287
362
Passes
377
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.8
3
Accurate Crosses
5
12
Crosses
33
0.3
Cross %
0.2
103
Long Balls
53
51
Accurate Long Balls
18
0.5
Long Balls %
0.3
2
Blocked Shots
4
12
Effective Tackles
7
17
Tackles
11
0.7
Tackle %
0.6
0
Interceptions
0
27
Effective Clearances
11
27
Clearances
11

Head to Head

REA leads series 2-0

Lineups

BRT · 3-4-1-2

  1. 13Stephen BywaterG
  2. 5Kyle McFadzeanCD
  3. 6Ben TurnerCD-L
  4. 3John BrayfordCD-R
  5. 30Luke MurphyCM-L
  6. 4John MousinhoCM-R
  7. 36Jackson IrvineAM
  8. 28Michael KightlyLM
  9. 9Marvin SordellRM
  10. 18William MillerCF-L
  11. 12Cauley WoodrowCF-R

Substitutes

  1. 19Luke VarneySUB
  2. 27Harry CampbellSUB
  3. 10Lucas AkinsSUB
  4. 15Tom NaylorSUB
  5. 2Tom FlanaganSUB
  6. 26Joe SbarraSUB
  7. 11Lloyd DyerSUB

REA · 5-3-2

  1. 26Ali Al-HabsiG
  2. 16Liam MooreCD
  3. 20Tiago IloriCD-L
  4. 5Paul McShaneCD-R
  5. 11Jordan ObitaLB
  6. 2Chris GunterRB
  7. 7Roy BeerensCM
  8. 38Liam KellyCM-L
  9. 6George EvansCM-R
  10. 18Yann KermorgantCF-L
  11. 9Joseph MendesCF-R

Substitutes

  1. 24Tyler BlackettSUB
  2. 4Joey van den BergSUB
  3. 31Anssi JaakkolaSUB
  4. 25Adrian PopaSUB
  5. 23Daniel WilliamsSUB
  6. 50Lewis GrabbanSUB
  7. 8John SwiftSUB

Timeline

  1. 3' Goal! Burton Albion 0, Reading 1. Joseph Mendes (Reading) left footed shot from very close range to the top left corner following a corner.
  2. 21' Goal! Burton Albion 0, Reading 2. Jordan Obita (Reading) left footed shot from a difficult angle and long range on the right to the top left corner. Assisted by Liam Kelly following a corner.
  3. 45' Substitution, Reading. Joey van den Berg replaces Paul McShane because of an injury.
  4. 63' Substitution, Burton Albion. Lloyd Dyer replaces Michael Kightly.
  5. 64' Goal! Burton Albion 0, Reading 3. Yann Kermorgant (Reading) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Roy Beerens.
  6. 66' Substitution, Reading. Lewis Grabban replaces Joseph Mendes.
  7. 68' Substitution, Burton Albion. Joe Sbarra replaces Luke Murphy.
  8. 69' Goal! Burton Albion 1, Reading 3. Ben Turner (Burton Albion) left footed shot from the left side of the six yard box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Lloyd Dyer following a corner.
  9. 72' Goal! Burton Albion 2, Reading 3. Cauley Woodrow (Burton Albion) header from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Joe Sbarra.
  10. 75' Substitution, Reading. Danny Williams replaces Roy Beerens.
  11. 77' Jackson Irvine (Burton Albion) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  12. 78' Substitution, Burton Albion. Luke Varney replaces Will Miller.
  13. 84' Goal! Burton Albion 2, Reading 4. Lewis Grabban (Reading) right footed shot from very close range to the top right corner following a corner.

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