Reading vs Stoke City

Championship ·Matchday 8

Reading

2-1

Full-time HT 1-1

Stoke City

Lucas João 2'
Lucas João 57' (pen)

B. Wilmot 40'

Pre-match
First half
Half-time
Second half
Full-time

Sunday 4 September · 14:00 Select Car Leasing Stadium, Reading, Berkshire D. Coote

Events Lineups Stats Standings Head-to-head

The match in brief

Reading beat Stoke City 2-1. Scorers for Reading: Lucas João 2', Lucas João 57' (pen). Scorers for Stoke City: B. Wilmot 40'. Stoke City had 60% of possession.

Reading Stoke City Stoke City logo

Full-time 2 - 1
Added time: 1 minute
90+1'
N. Guinness-Walker Out: T. Fornah · Reading Substitution for Reading: N. Guinness-Walker comes on for T. Fornah
90'
J. Lumley Yellow card · Reading Yellow card for J. Lumley (Reading)
86'
D. Wright-Phillips Out: W. Smallbone · Stoke City Substitution for Stoke City: D. Wright-Phillips comes on for W. Smallbone
73'
J. Thompson Out: S. Clucas · Stoke City Substitution for Stoke City: J. Thompson comes on for S. Clucas
73'
C. Taylor Out: L. Delap · Stoke City Substitution for Stoke City: C. Taylor comes on for L. Delap
71'
K. Ehibhatiomhan Out: S. Long · Reading Substitution for Reading: K. Ehibhatiomhan comes on for S. Long
69'
A. Baba Out: J. Hoilett · Reading Substitution for Reading: A. Baba comes on for J. Hoilett
61'
N. Powell Out: T. Fosu · Stoke City Substitution for Stoke City: N. Powell comes on for T. Fosu
57'
Lucas João 2-1 Penalty goal · Reading Lucas João converts from the spot for Reading (2-1)
Half-time 1 - 1
40'
B. Wilmot 1-1 Goal · Assist: A. Flint · Stoke City Goal for Stoke City! B. Wilmot turns in the pass from A. Flint (1-1)
6'
S. Hutchinson Yellow card · Reading S. Hutchinson of Reading is booked
2'
Lucas João 1-0 Goal · Assist: J. Lumley · Reading Goal! Lucas João scores for Reading, set up by J. Lumley. It is 1-0
Kick-off

The teams before the match

Reading Stoke City Stoke City logo

LWWWL Last 5 matches LDLWD

22Position16

44Pts53

0.8Goals scored per match0.9

1.4Goals conceded per match1.3

3Clean sheets3

From each team's last 10 matches before this one, in all competitions.

Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GF:GA	GD	Pts	Form
1	Burnley	46	29	14	3	87	35	87:35	+52	101	WWWLD
2	Sheffield Utd	46	28	7	11	73	39	73:39	+34	91	WLWWW
3	Luton	46	21	17	8	57	39	57:39	+18	80	DDWDW
4	Middlesbrough	46	22	9	15	84	56	84:56	+28	75	DLLWW
5	Coventry	46	18	16	12	58	46	58:46	+12	70	DWWDW
6	Sunderland	46	18	15	13	68	55	68:55	+13	69	WDWDW
7	Blackburn	46	20	9	17	52	54	52:54	-2	69	WDLDD
8	Millwall	46	19	11	16	57	50	57:50	+7	68	LWLLW
9	West Brom	46	18	12	16	59	53	59:53	+6	66	LWLLW
10	Swansea	46	18	12	16	68	64	68:64	+4	66	WDWWW
11	Watford	46	16	15	15	56	53	56:53	+3	63	WDLLW
12	Preston	46	17	12	17	45	59	45:59	-14	63	LLDLL
13	Norwich	46	17	11	18	57	54	57:54	+3	62	LLLDL
14	Bristol City	46	15	14	17	55	56	55:56	-1	59	WLWLL
15	Hull City	46	14	16	16	51	61	51:61	-10	58	DDWLD
16	Stoke City	46	14	11	21	55	54	55:54	+1	53	LLDLL
17	Birmingham	46	14	11	21	47	58	47:58	-11	53	LLLWL
18	Huddersfield	46	14	11	21	47	62	47:62	-15	53	WWWDL
19	Rotherham	46	11	17	18	49	60	49:60	-11	50	DWLLD
20	QPR	46	13	11	22	44	71	44:71	-27	50	LWWDL
21	Cardiff	46	13	10	23	41	58	41:58	-17	49	LLWDW
22	Reading	46	13	11	22	46	68	46:68	-22	44	LDLDD
23	Blackpool	46	11	11	24	48	72	48:72	-24	44	WLWLW
24	Wigan	46	10	15	21	38	65	38:65	-27	39	DDWWL