READING. Reading overcame Swansea City to win 2-1. It was Reading to strike first with a goal of Andy Carroll at the 27′. Then Tom Ince scored again for Reading in the 53′ minute. Eventually, Liam Cullen reduced the distance for Swansea City (71′). Finally, that was it, and the result remained 2-1. Swansea City was surely better in terms of ball possession (75%).
Yakou Méïté missed a penalty (32′) for Reading.
The match was played at the Select Car Leasing Stadium stadium in Reading on Tuesday and it started at 5:15 pm local time. The referee was James Linington with the collaboration of Daniel Leach and Matthew Jones. The 4th official was Dean Whitestone. The weather was rainy. The temperature was cold at 8.1 degrees Celsius or 46.62 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 79%.
Match Statistics
- ! 25 Ball Possession 75
Shots
- 9 Total 10
- 4 On Target 5
- 5 Off Target 5
- 0 Shots blocked 0
- 53 Attack 134
- 18 Dangerous attack 50
- 0 Ball safe 0
- 1 Penalties 0
- 3 Corners 4
- 1 Off Sides 2
Fouls
- 24 Total 7
- 2 Yellow Cards 3
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 0 Red Card 0
Other
- 3 Substitutions 5
Ball possession
Swansea City was in firm control of the ball 75% while Reading was struggling with a 25% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
Swansea City was putting more pressure with 50 dangerous attacks and 10 shots of which 5 were on target. Notwithstanding, Reading was able to find the solution to win this match.
Reading shot 9 times, 4 on target, 5 off target. On the opposite side, Swansea City shot 10 times, 5 on target, 5 off target.
Cards
Reading received 2 yellow cards (Tom Holmes and Mamadou Loum). On the other side, Swansea City received 3 yellow cards (Oliver Cooper, Ben Cabango and Harry Darling).
Match Timeline
Standings
After this encounter, Reading will have 35 points like Norwich City, Millwall and Queens Park Rangers to remain in the 8th place. On the opposite side, Swansea City will stay with 32 points like West Bromwich Albion and Birmingham City to hold in the 16th place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Championship, Reading will play away against Huddersfield Town on the 6th of May with a 7-6 head to head statistic in favor of Reading (6 draws).
Swansea City will host West Bromwich Albion on the 6th of May with a 12-8 head to head record in favor of Swansea City (3 draws).
Reading – Formation
Reading
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80'
53'
Reading started with a 5-4-1 line-up (5-4-1).
The manager Paul Ince decided to play with the following team: Joe Lumley , Junior Hoilett , Andy Yiadom , Thomas Holmes , Naby Sarr , Tom McIntyre , Thomas Ince , Jeff Hendrick , Mamadou Loum , Yakou Méïté and Andy Carroll .
The home team had on the bench: Shane Long , Femi Azeez, Nesta Guinness-Walker, Amadou Salif Mbengue , Lucas João, Abdul Baba Rahman and Dean Bouzanis.
Substitutions
Reading made 3 changes: Yakou Méïté for Abdul-Rahman Baba (65′), Andy Carroll for Shane Long (80′) and Junior Hoilett for Amadou Salif Mbengue (80′).
Best player: Andy Carroll
The player that probably impressed the most for Reading was Andy Carroll.
His rating is with 1 goal, 15 passes (40% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 7 duels out of 11.
Swansea City – Formation
Swansea City
Swansea City started with a 3-5-2 line-up (3-5-2).
Russell Martin played with: Steven-Andreas Benda , Ben Cabango , Harry Darling , Nathan Wood-Gordon , Matthew Sorinola , Matt Grimes , Joe Allen , Jay Fulton , Ryan Manning , Oliver Cooper and Joël Piroe .
They had on the bench: Jamie Paterson , Kyle Naughton , Andrew Fisher, Armstrong Oko-Flex , Joel Latibeaudiere, Liam Cullen and Luke Cundle .
Substitutions
Swansea City made 5 changes: Joe Allen for Liam Cullen (58′), Jay Fulton for Luke Cundle (58′), Oliver Cooper for Jamie Paterson (58′), Nathan Wood for Armstrong Okoflex (61′) and Matthew Sorinola for Kyle Naughton (78′).
Best player: Liam Cullen
As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Swansea City was Liam Cullen.
His rating is with 1 goal, 1 passes (100% accurate) and 0 key passes.
His performance was remarkable also because he started the match from the bench before entering the filed in the 58′.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Championship.
- Reading – Swansea City – 2-1
- Burnley – Birmingham City – 3-0
