READING. Fulham defeats Reading 7-0 after playing a incredible match. Fulham was definitely better in terms of ball possession (67%) and that was among the factors of its victory.​

The match was played at the Select Car Leasing Stadium stadium in Reading on Tuesday and it started at 8:00 pm local time. The referee was Tony Harrington with the collaboration of Marc Perry and Matthew Wilkes. The 4th official was Dean Whitestone. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was cold at 8 degrees Celsius or 46.4 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 87%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

Fulham had a superior ball possession 67% while Reading was struggling with a 33% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Fulham had a more offensive attitude with 74 dangerous attacks and 21 shots of which 13 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Fulham won the match.​

Reading shot 4 times, 2 on target, 2 off target. Regarding the opposition, Fulham shot 21 times, 13 on target, 8 off target.

Cards

Reading received 1 yellow card (D. Drinkwater). Talking about the opposition, Fulham didn’t receive any yellow card.

Standings

After playing this match, Reading will stay with 22 points to remain in the 21st place. On the opposite side, Fulham will have 48 points to remain in the 2nd place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Championship, Reading will play away with Middlesbrough on the 15th of January with a 12-8 head to head in favor of Middlesbrough (5 draws).

Fulham will host Bristol City on the 15th of January with a 4-3 head to head stats in favor of Bristol City (3 draws).

Reading – Formation

Reading adopted the 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).

The manager Veljko Paunovic decided to play with the following team: Luke Southwood (5.8), Dejan Tetek (6.4), Thomas Holmes (6.1), Scott Dann, Ethan Bristow (5.2), Danny Drinkwater (6.4), Josh Laurent (5.7), Junior Hoilett (5.5), John Swift (6.3), Tom Dele-Bashiru (6.1) and Andy Carroll (6.6).

The home team had on the bench: Jahmari Clarke, Michael Stickland, George Pușcaș (6.3), Rafael, Mamadi Camara (6.9) and Andy Rinomhota (6.0).

Reading could not rely on the presence of M. Camara (injured).

Substitutions

Reading made 3 changes: S. Dann for M. Camara (7′), D. Tetek for A. Rinomhota (52′) and D. Drinkwater for G. Puscas (64′).

Best player: Mamadi Camara​

As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Reading was Mamadi Camara.

His rating is (6.9) with 21 passes (80% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 7 duels out of 8.

His performance was remarkable also because he started the match from the bench before entering the filed in the 7′.

Fulham – Formation

Also Fulham adopted the 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).

Marco Alexandre Saraiva da Silva played with: Marek Rodák (7.0), Kenny Tete (8.2), Tosin Adarabioyo (7.4), Tim Ream (7.2), Antonee Robinson (7.3), Tom Cairney (7.7), Harrison Reed (6.7), Harry Wilson (9.9), Fabio Carvalho (6.7), Neeskens Kebano (7.6) and Aleksandar Mitrović (9.3).

The following players were sitting on the bench: Rodrigo Muniz (6.8), Paulo Gazzaniga, Nathaniel Chalobah (6.7), Bobby Reid (6.3), Michael Hector, Denis Odoi and Tyrese Francois.

Substitutions

Fulham made 3 changes: F. Carvalho for B. Reid (72′), H. Wilson for Muniz Rodrigo (76′) and H. Reed for N. Chalobah (79′).

Best player: Harry Wilson​

As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Fulham was Harry Wilson.

His rating is (9.9) with 2 goals, 44 passes (79% accurate) and 6 key passes. He was won 5 duels out of 9. He performed 5 crosses.

Results of the day

These are the results of the day in the Championship.​

• Reading – Fulham – 0-7