English League Championship

FT Tuesday, May 16, 2017
Fulham WWDWD 0
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Reading WLWWD 1
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2nd Leg - Reading advance 2-1 on aggregate · Select Car Leasing Stadium · 22,044 att.

Match Report

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Yann Kermorgant sends Reading through to Championship playoff final

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Team Stats

11
Fouls
10
3
Yellow Cards
2
0
Red Cards
0
3
Offsides
3
16
Corner Kicks
3
6
Saves
6
60
Possession
40
19
SHOTS
12
6
ON GOAL
7
0.3
On Target %
0.6
0
Penalty Goals
1
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
1
373
Accurate Passes
232
447
Passes
311
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.7
8
Accurate Crosses
4
38
Crosses
14
0.2
Cross %
0.3
59
Long Balls
76
35
Accurate Long Balls
37
0.6
Long Balls %
0.5
5
Blocked Shots
3
7
Effective Tackles
8
14
Tackles
15
0.5
Tackle %
0.5
0
Interceptions
0
19
Effective Clearances
39
19
Clearances
39

Head to Head

FUL leads series 2-1-2

Lineups

REA · 3-4-1-2

  1. 26Ali Al-HabsiG
  2. 16Liam MooreCD
  3. 4Joey van den BergCD-L
  4. 20Tiago IloriCD-R
  5. 23Daniel WilliamsCM-L
  6. 6George EvansCM-R
  7. 8John SwiftAM
  8. 24Tyler BlackettLM
  9. 2Chris GunterRM
  10. 50Lewis GrabbanCF-L
  11. 18Yann KermorgantCF-R

Substitutes

  1. 31Anssi JaakkolaSUB
  2. 25Adrian PopaSUB
  3. 28Danzell GravenberchSUB
  4. 9Joseph MendesSUB
  5. 38Liam KellySUB
  6. 12Garath McClearySUB
  7. 7Roy BeerensSUB

FUL · 4-3-3

  1. 1Marcus BettinelliG
  2. 13Tim ReamCD-L
  3. 26Tomás KalasCD-R
  4. 3Scott MaloneLB
  5. 2Ryan FredericksRB
  6. 6Kevin McDonaldCM
  7. 14Stefan JohansenLM
  8. 10Tom CairneyRM
  9. 24Sone AlukoF
  10. 11Floyd AyitéLF
  11. 7Neeskens KebanoRF

Substitutes

  1. 30Ryan SessegnonSUB
  2. 4Denis OdoiSUB
  3. 25Chris MartinSUB
  4. 27David ButtonSUB
  5. 9CyriacSUB
  6. 8Scott ParkerSUB
  7. 20Lucas PiazonSUB

Timeline

  1. 38' Kevin McDonald (Fulham) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  2. 49' Goal! Reading 1, Fulham 0. Yann Kermorgant (Reading) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the bottom left corner.
  3. 51' Yann Kermorgant (Reading) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  4. 52' Liam Moore (Reading) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  5. 58' Substitution, Fulham. Ryan Sessegnon replaces Floyd Ayité.
  6. 58' Substitution, Fulham. Lucas Piazon replaces Neeskens Kebano.
  7. 58' Stefan Johansen (Fulham) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  8. 65' Scott Malone (Fulham) is shown the yellow card.
  9. 66' Substitution, Reading. Garath McCleary replaces Tyler Blackett.
  10. 73' Substitution, Fulham. Chris Martin replaces Scott Malone.
  11. 75' Substitution, Reading. Liam Kelly replaces John Swift.
  12. 89' Substitution, Reading. Joseph Mendes replaces Yann Kermorgant.

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