Reading vs Sheffield Wednesday, 2019-20 English League Championship, Regular Season
· English League Championship
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About
Reading are hosting Sheffield Wednesday
at Madejski Stadium, Reading, England, starting on
. The match is a part of the English League Championship.
Match Timeline
- 0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
- 0': First Half begins.
- 3': Attempt saved. Steven Fletcher (Sheffield Wednesday) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Moses Odubajo.
- 3': Hand ball by Modou Barrow (Reading).
- 4': Foul by Kadeem Harris (Sheffield Wednesday).
- 4': Yakou Meite (Reading) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 5': Attempt blocked. Liam Moore (Reading) header from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by John Swift.
- 5': Corner, Reading. Conceded by Tom Lees.
- 6': Attempt missed. Yakou Meite (Reading) header from the centre of the box is too high following a corner.
- 7': Foul by Danny Loader (Reading).
- 7': Sam Hutchinson (Sheffield Wednesday) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 9': Foul by Julian Börner (Sheffield Wednesday).
- 9': Modou Barrow (Reading) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 10': Attempt missed. John Swift (Reading) right footed shot from outside the box is too high from a direct free kick.
- 12': Andy Rinomhota (Reading) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 12': Foul by Sam Hutchinson (Sheffield Wednesday).
- 18': Attempt saved. Kadeem Harris (Sheffield Wednesday) left footed shot from a difficult angle on the left is saved in the bottom left corner.
- 18': Corner, Sheffield Wednesday. Conceded by João Virgínia.
- 20': Delay in match (Sheffield Wednesday).
- 21': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
- 22': Foul by Andy Yiadom (Reading).
- 22': Steven Fletcher (Sheffield Wednesday) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 22': Andy Rinomhota (Reading) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 22': Foul by Barry Bannan (Sheffield Wednesday).
- 23': Attempt blocked. Andy Yiadom (Reading) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by John Swift.
- 23': Attempt blocked. Modou Barrow (Reading) right footed shot from very close range is blocked.
- 23': Corner, Reading. Conceded by Sam Hutchinson.
- 24': Foul by Steven Fletcher (Sheffield Wednesday).
- 24': Liam Moore (Reading) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 24': Foul by Liam Moore (Reading).
- 24': Steven Fletcher (Sheffield Wednesday) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 27': Attempt missed. Barry Bannan (Sheffield Wednesday) left footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Kadeem Harris.
- 30': Goal! Reading 0, Sheffield Wednesday 1. Kadeem Harris (Sheffield Wednesday) right footed shot from a difficult angle on the left to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Liam Palmer.
- 33': Foul by Yakou Meite (Reading).
- 33': Julian Börner (Sheffield Wednesday) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 35': Foul by Moses Odubajo (Sheffield Wednesday).
- 35': Modou Barrow (Reading) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 43': Attempt missed. Josh Barrett (Reading) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right.
- 44': Foul by Steven Fletcher (Sheffield Wednesday).
- 44': John Swift (Reading) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 44': Steven Fletcher (Sheffield Wednesday) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 45': Corner, Reading. Conceded by Steven Fletcher.
- 45'+1': Attempt blocked. Yakou Meite (Reading) header from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Omar Richards with a cross.
- 45'+1': Corner, Reading. Conceded by Julian Börner.
- 45'+2': Attempt missed. Yakou Meite (Reading) header from the centre of the box is high and wide to the left. Assisted by John Swift with a cross following a corner.
- 45'+3': First Half ends, Reading 0, Sheffield Wednesday 1.
- 45': Second Half begins Reading 0, Sheffield Wednesday 1.
- 47': Foul by Yakou Meite (Reading).
- 47': Liam Palmer (Sheffield Wednesday) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 48': Attempt missed. Kadeem Harris (Sheffield Wednesday) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses the top right corner. Assisted by Liam Palmer.
- 48': Foul by Danny Loader (Reading).
- 48': Julian Börner (Sheffield Wednesday) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 49': Foul by Omar Richards (Reading).
- 49': Moses Odubajo (Sheffield Wednesday) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 50': Attempt missed. Adam Reach (Sheffield Wednesday) left footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses the top right corner from a direct free kick.
- 53': Foul by Andy Rinomhota (Reading).
- 53': Kieran Lee (Sheffield Wednesday) wins a free kick on the left wing.
- 54': Goal! Reading 1, Sheffield Wednesday 1. Yakou Meite (Reading) header from the centre of the box to the top left corner. Assisted by Josh Barrett.
- 55': Attempt blocked. Steven Fletcher (Sheffield Wednesday) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Kadeem Harris.
- 56': Corner, Sheffield Wednesday. Conceded by Matt Miazga.
- 56': Goal! Reading 1, Sheffield Wednesday 2. Sam Hutchinson (Sheffield Wednesday) header from the centre of the box to the top left corner. Assisted by Barry Bannan with a cross following a corner.
- 58': Attempt missed. Steven Fletcher (Sheffield Wednesday) header from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Barry Bannan.
- 58': Andy Rinomhota (Reading) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 58': Foul by Barry Bannan (Sheffield Wednesday).
- 60': Attempt missed. Modou Barrow (Reading) right footed shot from the centre of the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Josh Barrett.
- 61': Andy Rinomhota (Reading) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 61': Foul by Adam Reach (Sheffield Wednesday).
- 61': Adam Reach (Sheffield Wednesday) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 61': Attempt saved. Yakou Meite (Reading) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Andy Yiadom with a headed pass.
- 63': Attempt blocked. Liam Palmer (Sheffield Wednesday) right footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Barry Bannan.
- 63': Corner, Sheffield Wednesday. Conceded by Liam Moore.
- 64': Attempt missed. Steven Fletcher (Sheffield Wednesday) header from very close range misses to the left. Assisted by Barry Bannan with a cross following a corner.
- 64': Attempt missed. Steven Fletcher (Sheffield Wednesday) left footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses the top left corner. Assisted by Barry Bannan.
- 65': Substitution, Reading. Michael Olise replaces Josh Barrett.
- 65': Substitution, Reading. Charlie Adam replaces Danny Loader.
- 66': Foul by Julian Börner (Sheffield Wednesday).
- 66': Yakou Meite (Reading) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 68': Delay in match because of an injury Yakou Meite (Reading).
- 69': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
- 71': Andy Rinomhota (Reading) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 71': Foul by Steven Fletcher (Sheffield Wednesday).
- 72': Andy Rinomhota (Reading) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 72': Foul by Kieran Lee (Sheffield Wednesday).
- 75': Attempt missed. Charlie Adam (Reading) left footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses the top right corner. Assisted by Yakou Meite.
- 77': Foul by Sam Hutchinson (Sheffield Wednesday).
- 77': Michael Olise (Reading) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 77': Sam Hutchinson (Sheffield Wednesday) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 78': Substitution, Sheffield Wednesday. Lucas João replaces Kieran Lee.
- 78': Substitution, Sheffield Wednesday. Fernando Forestieri replaces Kadeem Harris.
- 80': Foul by Keiren Westwood (Sheffield Wednesday).
- 80': Modou Barrow (Reading) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 80': Keiren Westwood (Sheffield Wednesday) is shown the red card.
- 82': Substitution, Sheffield Wednesday. Cameron Dawson replaces Steven Fletcher.
- 83': Attempt blocked. John Swift (Reading) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
- 83': Attempt saved. Charlie Adam (Reading) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner.
- 83': Foul by Lucas João (Sheffield Wednesday).
- 83': Omar Richards (Reading) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 85': Substitution, Reading. Andrija Novakovich replaces John Swift.
- 86': Corner, Reading. Conceded by Barry Bannan.
- 88': Offside, Reading. Michael Olise tries a through ball, but Modou Barrow is caught offside.
- 90': Foul by Omar Richards (Reading).
- 90': Lucas João (Sheffield Wednesday) wins a free kick on the right wing.
- 90'+1': Foul by Charlie Adam (Reading).
- 90'+1': Lucas João (Sheffield Wednesday) wins a free kick on the right wing.
- 90'+2': Foul by Charlie Adam (Reading).
- 90'+2': Lucas João (Sheffield Wednesday) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 90'+3': Corner, Reading. Conceded by Tom Lees.
- 90'+4': Corner, Reading. Conceded by Sam Hutchinson.
- 90'+7': Goal! Reading 1, Sheffield Wednesday 3. Lucas João (Sheffield Wednesday) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Sam Hutchinson.
- 90'+9': Second Half ends, Reading 1, Sheffield Wednesday 3.
- 90'+9': Match ends, Reading 1, Sheffield Wednesday 3.
Statistics
 SHW |
REA |
|
|---|---|---|
| 15 | Fouls | 12 |
| 3 | Yellow Cards | 0 |
| 1 | Red Cards | 0 |
| 0 | Offsides | 1 |
| 3 | Corner Kicks | 7 |
| 2 | Saves | 2 |
| 40.6 | Possession | 59.4 |
| 13 | SHOTS | 14 |
| 5 | ON GOAL | 4 |
| 0.4 | On Target % | 0.3 |
| 0 | Penalty Goals | 0 |
| 0 | Penalty Kicks Taken | 0 |
| 257 | Accurate Passes | 392 |
| 335 | Passes | 490 |
| 0.8 | Pass Completion % | 0.8 |
| 3 | Accurate Crosses | 3 |
| 14 | Crosses | 15 |
| 0.2 | Cross % | 0.2 |
| 68 | Long Balls | 76 |
| 21 | Accurate Long Balls | 31 |
| 0.3 | Long Balls % | 0.4 |
| 2 | Blocked Shots | 4 |
| 9 | Effective Tackles | 10 |
| 14 | Tackles | 10 |
| 0.6 | Tackle % | 1.0 |
| 8 | Interceptions | 2 |
| 28 | Effective Clearances | 13 |
| 28 | Clearances | 13 |
Game Information
Competition: English League Championship
Venue: Madejski Stadium
Location: Reading, England
Attendance: 16,319
Venue: Madejski Stadium
Location: Reading, England
Attendance: 16,319
EFL Championship Table
| # | TEAM | GP | GD | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Queens Park Rangers | 1 | +2 | 3 |
| 2 | Millwall | 1 | +2 | 3 |
| 3 | Swansea City | 1 | +1 | 3 |
| 4 | West Bromwich Albion | 1 | +1 | 3 |
Line-Ups
Reading (4-4-1-1)
| No. | Name |
|---|---|
| 20 | João Virgínia (GK) |
| 5 | Matt Miazga |
| 6 | Liam Moore |
| 27 | Omar Richards |
| 17 | Andy Yiadom |
| 10 | John Swift |
| 8 | Andy Rinomhota |
| 39 | Josh Barrett |
| 15 | Danny Namaso |
| 19 | Yakou Meite |
| 7 | Modou Barrow |
Sheffield Wednesday (4-3-3)
| No. | Name |
|---|---|
| 1 | Kieren Westwood (GK)  |
| 13 | Julian Borner |
| 15 | Tom Lees |
| 2 | Liam Palmer |
| 22 | Moses Odubajo |
| 23 | Sam Hutchinson |
| 10 | Barry Bannan |
| 5 | Kieran Lee |
| 9 | Steven Fletcher  |
| 7 | Kadeem Harris |
| 20 | Adam Reach |
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