English League Championship

Swansea City vs Reading, 2022-23 English League Championship, Regular Season

· English League Championship
Swansea City
  • 41': Harry Darling
  • 60': Oliver Cooper
  • 74': Jay Fulton
FT
3 - 2
Reading
  • 26': Yakou Meite
  • 33': Tom Ince

About

Swansea City are hosting Reading at Swansea.com Stadium, Swansea, Wales, 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.
  • 1': Offside, Reading. Tom McIntyre tries a through ball, but Yakou Meite is caught offside.
  • 10': Foul by Joel Latibeaudiere (Swansea City).
  • 10': Junior Hoilett (Reading) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 12': Attempt missed. Oliver Cooper (Swansea City) right footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the right.
  • 13': Attempt saved. Michael Obafemi (Swansea City) left footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Luke Cundle.
  • 13': Corner, Swansea City. Conceded by Joe Lumley.
  • 15': Foul by Yakou Meite (Reading).
  • 15': Harry Darling (Swansea City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 16': Attempt missed. Michael Obafemi (Swansea City) header from the centre of the box is too high. Assisted by Luke Cundle with a cross.
  • 20': Foul by Amadou Salif Mbengue (Reading).
  • 20': Oliver Cooper (Swansea City) wins a free kick on the left wing.
  • 21': Attempt saved. Ben Cabango (Swansea City) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top right corner. Assisted by Oliver Cooper.
  • 21': Corner, Swansea City. Conceded by Joe Lumley.
  • 22': Corner, Swansea City. Conceded by Joe Lumley.
  • 23': Corner, Swansea City. Conceded by Tyrese Fornah.
  • 26': Attempt blocked. Mamadou Loum (Reading) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Junior Hoilett.
  • 26': Goal! Swansea City 0, Reading 1. Yakou Meite (Reading) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal.
  • 27': Foul by Jeff Hendrick (Reading).
  • 27': Matt Grimes (Swansea City) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 31': Corner, Swansea City. Conceded by Tyrese Fornah.
  • 33': Goal! Swansea City 0, Reading 2. Tom Ince (Reading) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Yakou Meite.
  • 36': Attempt blocked. Joel Latibeaudiere (Swansea City) left footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Matt Grimes.
  • 36': Attempt blocked. Matthew Sorinola (Swansea City) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
  • 40': Corner, Swansea City. Conceded by Tom McIntyre.
  • 41': Goal! Swansea City 1, Reading 2. Harry Darling (Swansea City) header from the right side of the six yard box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Matt Grimes with a cross following a corner.
  • 43': Attempt missed. Harry Darling (Swansea City) right footed shot from outside the box is too high. Assisted by Jay Fulton.
  • 44': Attempt saved. Tyrese Fornah (Reading) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Yakou Meite.
  • 44': Corner, Swansea City. Conceded by Tyrese Fornah.
  • 45': Andy Yiadom (Reading) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 45'+2': Attempt blocked. Matt Grimes (Swansea City) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Joel Latibeaudiere.
  • 45'+9': First Half ends, Swansea City 1, Reading 2.
  • 45': Second Half begins Swansea City 1, Reading 2.
  • 45': Substitution, Swansea City. Armstrong Oko-Flex replaces Nathan Wood.
  • 47': Foul by Mamadou Loum (Reading).
  • 47': Matt Grimes (Swansea City) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 51': Corner, Swansea City. Conceded by Amadou Salif Mbengue.
  • 56': Substitution, Reading. Abdul Rahman Baba replaces Andy Yiadom because of an injury.
  • 60': Goal! Swansea City 2, Reading 2. Oliver Cooper (Swansea City) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner.
  • 62': Substitution, Reading. Ovie Ejaria replaces Tyrese Fornah.
  • 62': Substitution, Reading. Lucas João replaces Yakou Meite.
  • 64': Foul by Joel Latibeaudiere (Swansea City).
  • 64': Junior Hoilett (Reading) wins a free kick on the right wing.
  • 65': Joel Latibeaudiere (Swansea City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 65': Attempt blocked. Tom Ince (Reading) left footed shot from a difficult angle and long range on the right is blocked.
  • 66': Offside, Swansea City. Armstrong Oko-Flex tries a through ball, but Michael Obafemi is caught offside.
  • 68': Foul by Mamadou Loum (Reading).
  • 68': Harry Darling (Swansea City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 72': Attempt missed. Luke Cundle (Swansea City) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the left. Assisted by Michael Obafemi.
  • 74': Goal! Swansea City 3, Reading 2. Jay Fulton (Swansea City) right footed shot from outside the box to the bottom left corner.
  • 77': Attempt saved. Junior Hoilett (Reading) left footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the top right corner.
  • 78': Substitution, Reading. Andy Carroll replaces Mamadou Loum.
  • 81': Substitution, Swansea City. Kyle Naughton replaces Luke Cundle.
  • 83': Foul by Junior Hoilett (Reading).
  • 83': Kyle Naughton (Swansea City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 87': Substitution, Swansea City. Finley Stevens replaces Armstrong Oko-Flex.
  • 90': Attempt blocked. Ovie Ejaria (Reading) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
  • 90': Foul by Lucas João (Reading).
  • 90': Joel Latibeaudiere (Swansea City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 90'+3': Substitution, Swansea City. Olivier Ntcham replaces Oliver Cooper.
  • 90'+3': Substitution, Swansea City. Liam Cullen replaces Michael Obafemi.
  • 90'+4': Attempt missed. Joel Latibeaudiere (Swansea City) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Olivier Ntcham.
  • 90'+6': Second Half ends, Swansea City 3, Reading 2.
  • 0': Match ends, Swansea City 3, Reading 2.

Statistics

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7 Fouls 2
1 Yellow Cards 1
0 Red Cards 0
1 Offsides 1
0 Corner Kicks 8
2 Saves 2
26.2 Possession 73.8
7 SHOTS 13
4 ON GOAL 5
0.6 On Target % 0.4
0 Penalty Goals 0
0 Penalty Kicks Taken 0
177 Accurate Passes 629
246 Passes 698
0.7 Pass Completion % 0.9
3 Accurate Crosses 5
9 Crosses 22
0.3 Cross % 0.2
58 Long Balls 25
23 Accurate Long Balls 9
0.4 Long Balls % 0.4
3 Blocked Shots 3
9 Effective Tackles 6
15 Tackles 11
0.6 Tackle % 0.5
3 Interceptions 2
19 Effective Clearances 9
19 Clearances 9

Game Information

Competition: English League Championship

Venue: Swansea.com Stadium
Location: Swansea, Wales
Attendance: 15,717

EFL Championship Table

# TEAM GP GD PTS
1 Coventry City 38 +38 77
2 Middlesbrough 38 +22 70
3 Ipswich Town 37 +28 68
4 Millwall 38 +9 68
Full Table

Line-Ups

SWA Swansea City (3-4-2-1)

No. Name
13 Steven Benda (GK)
6 Harry Darling
5 Ben Cabango
23 Nathan Wood
8 Matt Grimes
4 Jay Fulton
29 Matthew Sorinola
22 Joel Latibeaudiere Yellow Card
9 Michael Obafemi
31 Oliver Cooper
18 Luke Cundle
Swansea City Substitutes:
Fin Stevens, Kyle Naughton, Andrew Fisher, Armstrong Okoflex, Olivier Ntcham, Josh Thomas, Liam Cullen.

REA Reading (3-4-2-1)

No. Name
1 Joe Lumley (GK)
3 Thomas Holmes
5 Tom Mcintyre
17 Andy Yiadom Yellow Card
22 Mamadou Loum
8 Jeff Hendrick
23 Junior Hoilett
27 Amadou Salif Mbengue
11 Yakou Meite
19 Tyrese Fornah
10 Tom Ince
Reading Substitutes:
Shane Long, Dean Bouzanis, Abdul Rahman Baba, Andy Carroll, Lucas João, Ovie Ejaria, Nesta Guinness-Walker.

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