T&A chief sports writer SIMON PARKER was in Berkshire yesterday and provides the match stats and his player ratings from the shock loss.
MAN OF THE MATCH
Captain Max Power was a confident presence in the middle of the park and was getting closer to a first City goal with a couple of long-range attempts. He looked distraught with the outcome.
TACTICS
City made the one enforced change from the side that started the Rotherham home win.
Kayden Jackson’s knee injury meant a start for Ethan Wheatley, who had replaced him against the Millers before being subbed himself late on. Harrison Ashby was added to the bench.
REFEREE: Ben Speedie (Liverpool)
BOOKINGS: Derrick Williams, Patton, Ehibhatiomhan (Reading)
ATTENDANCE: 13,106 (with1,590 from City)
SHOTS ON TARGET: Reading 2 City 2
SHOTS OFF TARGET: Reading 7 City 10
CORNERS: Reading 5 City 6
FOULS: Reading 10 City 11
POSSESSION %: Reading 51 City 49
PLAYER RATINGS
READING: Pereira 5.5, Nyambe 6 (Yiadom 46min, 6), O’Connor 7.5, D Williams 7 (Patton 78min), Ward 6, Wing 6.5, Fraser 5 (Ritchie 78min), Doyle 5 (Burns 78min), Savage 6, R Williams 6 (Lane 86min), Ehibhatiomhan 6. Subs (not used): Dorsett, Stevens.
CITY: Walker 5.5, Pennington 6.5, Baldwin 7 (Touray 65min, 5.5), Tilt 7, Neufville 6, Power 7.5, Metcalfe 6.5, T Wright 6, Sarcevic 6.5, Pointon 6 (J Wright 89min), Wheatley 6 (Humphrys 65min, 6). Subs (not used): Mullin, Evans, Ashby, Hilton.