English FA Cup

FT Saturday, January 5, 2019
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Manchester United LWWWW 2
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Match Report

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Mata, Lukaku strike as Solskjaer's lacklustre United make hard work of Reading

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Team Stats

13
Fouls
14
1
Yellow Cards
1
0
Red Cards
0
4
Offsides
2
4
Corner Kicks
1
3
Saves
5
59.5
Possession
40.5
13
SHOTS
8
5
ON GOAL
5
0.4
On Target %
0.6
0
Penalty Goals
1
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
1
494
Accurate Passes
322
586
Passes
400
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.8
1
Accurate Crosses
3
12
Crosses
7
0.1
Cross %
0.4
52
Long Balls
59
23
Accurate Long Balls
27
0.4
Long Balls %
0.5
2
Blocked Shots
2
21
Effective Tackles
16
34
Tackles
22
0.6
Tackle %
0.7
7
Interceptions
9
9
Effective Clearances
14
9
Clearances
14

Head to Head

MAN leads series 5-0

Lineups

MAN · 4-3-3

  1. 22Sergio RomeroG
  2. 4Phil JonesCD-L
  3. 36Matteo DarmianCD-R
  4. 18Ashley YoungLB
  5. 20Diogo DalotRB
  6. 15Andreas PereiraCM
  7. 17FredLM
  8. 39Scott McTominayRM
  9. 9Romelu LukakuF
  10. 7Alexis SánchezLF
  11. 8Juan MataRF

Substitutes

  1. 27Marouane FellainiSUB
  2. 44Tahith ChongSUB
  3. 10Marcus RashfordSUB
  4. 11Anthony MartialSUB
  5. 37James GarnerSUB
  6. 2Victor LindelöfSUB
  7. 13Lee GrantSUB

REA · 4-2-3-1

  1. 31Anssi JaakkolaG
  2. 6Liam MooreCD-L
  3. 20Tiago IloriCD-R
  4. 27Omar RichardsLB
  5. 3Andy YiadomRB
  6. 10John SwiftAM
  7. 38Liam KellyLM
  8. 35Andy RinomhotaRM
  9. 43Danny NamasoF
  10. 12Garath McClearyAM-L
  11. 15Callum HarriottAM-R

Substitutes

  1. 17Modou BarrowSUB
  2. 28Sam WalkerSUB
  3. 14Sone AlukoSUB
  4. 42Ryan EastSUB
  5. 2Chris GunterSUB
  6. 4John O'SheaSUB
  7. 21Yakou MeiteSUB

Timeline

  1. 21' VAR: Penalty Kick. Referee decision on field cancelled.
  2. 22' Goal! Manchester United 1, Reading 0. Juan Mata (Manchester United) converts the penalty with a left footed shot to the bottom right corner.
  3. 33' Andy Yiadom (Reading) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  4. 45'+4' Goal! Manchester United 2, Reading 0. Romelu Lukaku (Manchester United) left footed shot from the left side of the six yard box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Alexis Sánchez with a through ball.
  5. 45' Substitution, Reading. Sone Aluko replaces Tiago Ilori because of an injury.
  6. 61' Substitution, Reading. Modou Barrow replaces Garath McCleary.
  7. 62' Substitution, Manchester United. Tahith Chong replaces Juan Mata.
  8. 62' Substitution, Manchester United. Marouane Fellaini replaces Fred.
  9. 64' Substitution, Manchester United. Marcus Rashford replaces Alexis Sánchez because of an injury.
  10. 76' Substitution, Reading. Yakou Meite replaces Callum Harriott.
  11. 77' Tahith Chong (Manchester United) is shown the yellow card.

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