English League Championship

FT Saturday, August 7, 2021
Reading DDDLD 2
–
Stoke City DLDLW 3
1st2ndT
REA112
STK213
bet365 Stadium · 19,068 att.

Team Stats

7
Fouls
16
2
Yellow Cards
0
0
Red Cards
0
1
Offsides
2
9
Corner Kicks
6
3
Saves
3
53.4
Possession
46.6
11
SHOTS
18
5
ON GOAL
6
0.5
On Target %
0.3
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
273
Accurate Passes
237
389
Passes
335
0.7
Pass Completion %
0.7
7
Accurate Crosses
12
22
Crosses
23
0.3
Cross %
0.5
83
Long Balls
52
27
Accurate Long Balls
17
0.3
Long Balls %
0.3
2
Blocked Shots
6
5
Effective Tackles
11
7
Tackles
18
0.7
Tackle %
0.6
7
Interceptions
12
19
Effective Clearances
24
19
Clearances
24

Head to Head

STK leads series 1-0-4

Lineups

STK · 5-3-2

  1. 12Josef BursikG
  2. 6Danny BatthCD
  3. 3Morgan FoxCD-L
  4. 16Ben WilmotCD-R
  5. 14Josh TymonLB
  6. 2Tommy SmithRB
  7. 4Joe AllenCM
  8. 25Nick PowellCM-L
  9. 8Mario VrancicCM-R
  10. 9Steven FletcherCF-L
  11. 18Jacob BrownCF-R

Substitutes

  1. 11Alfie DoughtySUB
  2. 7Sam ClucasSUB
  3. 36Harry SouttarSUB
  4. 23Tom InceSUB
  5. 1Adam DaviesSUB
  6. 22Sam SurridgeSUB
  7. 15Jordan ThompsonSUB

REA · 4-2-3-1

  1. 33RafaelG
  2. 6Liam MooreCD-L
  3. 4Michael MorrisonCD-R
  4. 5Tom McintyreLB
  5. 17Andy YiadomRB
  6. 10John SwiftAM
  7. 28Josh LaurentLM
  8. 8Andy RinomhotaRM
  9. 18Lucas JoãoF
  10. 41Ethan BristowAM-L
  11. 30Femi AzeezAM-R

Substitutes

  1. 22Luke SouthwoodSUB
  2. 16Dejan TetekSUB
  3. 47George PuscasSUB
  4. 32Mamadi CamaraSUB
  5. 3Thomas HolmesSUB

Timeline

  1. 24' Liam Moore (Reading) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  2. 25' Goal! Stoke City 1, Reading 0. Nick Powell (Stoke City) left footed shot from the left side of the six yard box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Tommy Smith with a cross following a set piece situation.
  3. 26' Goal! Stoke City 1, Reading 1. John Swift (Reading) right footed shot from the left side of the six yard box to the bottom right corner.
  4. 28' Goal! Stoke City 2, Reading 1. Jacob Brown (Stoke City) right footed shot from the right side of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Nick Powell.
  5. 60' Goal! Stoke City 2, Reading 2. Liam Moore (Reading) header from the centre of the box to the top left corner. Assisted by John Swift with a cross following a corner.
  6. 73' Substitution, Stoke City. Sam Clucas replaces Nick Powell.
  7. 73' Substitution, Stoke City. Sam Surridge replaces Steven Fletcher.
  8. 77' Substitution, Reading. Dejan Tetek replaces John Swift.
  9. 77' Substitution, Reading. George Puscas replaces Lucas João.
  10. 78' Substitution, Stoke City. Alfie Doughty replaces Josh Tymon because of an injury.
  11. 85' Goal! Stoke City 3, Reading 2. Sam Surridge (Stoke City) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Tommy Smith.
  12. 88' Substitution, Reading. Thomas Holmes replaces Femi Azeez.
  13. 88' Substitution, Stoke City. Jordan Thompson replaces Mario Vrancic.
  14. 90' Josh Laurent (Reading) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

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