English League Championship

FT Saturday, May 13, 2017
Reading WWLWW 1
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Fulham WWWDW 1
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FUL011
1st Leg · Craven Cottage · 23,717 att.

Match Report

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Fulham and Reading play out draw in playoff semifinal first leg

Reading escaped with a 1-1 draw from a feisty Championship playoff semi-final first leg at Fulham.

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Team Stats

12
Fouls
9
2
Yellow Cards
2
1
Red Cards
0
2
Offsides
3
5
Corner Kicks
4
1
Saves
0
42
Possession
58
3
SHOTS
12
1
ON GOAL
2
0.3
On Target %
0.2
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
209
Accurate Passes
342
316
Passes
435
0.7
Pass Completion %
0.8
3
Accurate Crosses
1
17
Crosses
24
0.2
Cross %
0.0
79
Long Balls
56
28
Accurate Long Balls
26
0.4
Long Balls %
0.5
0
Blocked Shots
4
11
Effective Tackles
10
21
Tackles
13
0.5
Tackle %
0.8
0
Interceptions
0
34
Effective Clearances
24
34
Clearances
24

Head to Head

FUL leads series 3-1-1

Lineups

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. 25Chris MartinF
  10. 11Floyd AyitéLF
  11. 24Sone AlukoRF

Substitutes

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

REA · 3-4-2-1

  1. 26Ali Al-HabsiG
  2. 16Liam MooreCD
  3. 24Tyler BlackettCD-L
  4. 5Paul McShaneCD-R
  5. 6George EvansCM-L
  6. 23Daniel WilliamsCM-R
  7. 11Jordan ObitaLM
  8. 2Chris GunterRM
  9. 18Yann KermorgantF
  10. 8John SwiftCF-L
  11. 50Lewis GrabbanCF-R

Substitutes

  1. 7Roy BeerensSUB
  2. 12Garath McClearySUB
  3. 31Anssi JaakkolaSUB
  4. 9Joseph MendesSUB
  5. 25Adrian PopaSUB
  6. 20Tiago IloriSUB
  7. 4Joey van den BergSUB

Timeline

  1. 40' John Swift (Reading) is shown the yellow card.
  2. 42' Yann Kermorgant (Reading) is shown the yellow card.
  3. 53' Goal! Fulham 0, Reading 1. Jordan Obita (Reading) left footed shot from the left side of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Paul McShane.
  4. 54' Scott Malone (Fulham) is shown the yellow card.
  5. 56' Kevin McDonald (Fulham) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  6. 61' Substitution, Fulham. Neeskens Kebano replaces Chris Martin.
  7. 65' Goal! Fulham 1, Reading 1. Tom Cairney (Fulham) header from very close range to the centre of the goal.
  8. 68' Substitution, Reading. Joseph Mendes replaces Lewis Grabban.
  9. 74' Substitution, Reading. Joey van den Berg replaces John Swift.
  10. 80' Paul McShane (Reading) is shown the red card.
  11. 82' Substitution, Reading. Tiago Ilori replaces Joseph Mendes.
  12. 87' Substitution, Fulham. Cyriac replaces Sone Aluko.

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