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09/01/2055, City Ground, Nottingham, England
Championship, English Football League

Forest Vs Reading

Forest play in a 3-4-3 Def formation, and line up with: S MacClery (GK) , T Hughes (CB) , O Burton (CB) , S Bellis (CB) , N Onyeawuna (CM) , G Omodiagbe (CM) , S Ormond (CM) , P Johns (CDM) , J MacDiarmid (RW) , A Petralia (LW) , S Smyth (ST) And the subs are: P Ormond (CB) , M Magouirk (CM)

Reading play in a 5-4-1 formation, and line up with: M Hargest (GK) , G Evans (CB) , Z MacNevin (CB) , I McCabe (CB) , G MacKenna (RB) , R Llandinam (LB) , G Soulis (CDM) , J Umar (CAM) , M Hines (RM) , G McAffee (LM) , C Kenneth (ST) And the subs are: B Markey (CB) , J Elias (CB) , B Ghant (CM) , J McVean (CM) , N Adger (ST)

Welcome to City Ground in Nottingham, England where Nottingham Forest will face Reading.  This is a league fixture taking place in the Championship, English Football League.  The attendance is 38000.

1' - Forest kick the ball off for the start of the game.  

5' - Patrick Johns plays a short pass to Noah Onyeawuna.  Noah Onyeawuna finds Gus Omodiagbe with a short pass.  Matthew Hines tackles Gus Omodiagbe and takes possession.  Reading try to launch a quick counter attack.  Matthew Hines sees Jacob Umar making a run.  He attempts a quick throughball, but Jacob Umar has strayed offside!  

12' - Jake MacDiarmid plays a long pass to Gus Omodiagbe.  Gus Omodiagbe passes to Jake MacDiarmid.  Jake MacDiarmid attempts to beat Ian McCabe using his skills and succeeds, neatly slipping past the opposing player!  

15' - Jake MacDiarmid sees a run from Alec Petralia.  He attempts to dink the ball to send his teammate through, and Alec Petralia takes the ball.  Alec Petralia tries to strike the ball into the corner of the net...but the shot is stopped by the keeper!  He is unable to hold it though...Jacob Umar gets to the ball first and clears.

16' - Glynn McAffee runs with the ball, beating Tim Hughes.  

17' - Glynn McAffee tries to beat Owen Burton using his ball skills, and manages to skip past his opponent!  

20' - Glynn McAffee sees Glynn Soulis making a run.  He attempts to release him with a throughball, and Glynn Soulis runs on to the ball.  Glynn Soulis tries to strike the ball into the corner of the net...but the shot is stopped by the keeper!  He is unable to hold it though...Gus Omodiagbe gets to the ball first and clears.

26' - Stuart Ormond spots a run from Steve Smyth.  He tries to release him with a long throughball, but the linesman raises his flag for offside!  

33' - Ian McCabe passes the ball to Glynn Soulis.  Jake MacDiarmid tackles Glynn Soulis and the ball goes loose.  Gary Evans finds Jacob Umar with a short pass.  Jacob Umar sees Chris Kenneth making a run.  He tries to release him with a long ball over the top, but Chris Kenneth has strayed offside!  

36' - Jake MacDiarmid plays a long pass to Sean Bellis.  Sean Bellis slides the ball to Steve Smyth.  Steve Smyth spots a run from Gus Omodiagbe.  He tries to release him with a long throughball, but the linesman signals for offside!  

39' - Glynn Soulis runs with the ball, beating Stuart Ormond.  

42' - Glynn Soulis sees a run from Jacob Umar.  He attempts a long ball over the top, and Jacob Umar is able to take the ball.  Jacob Umar attempts to shoot the ball into the top of the net...but Sid MacClery stops the shot!  He can't hold it though...Chris Kenneth gets to the ball first...Chris Kenneth tries to place the ball past the keeper...but the shot is stopped by the keeper!  He is unable to hold it though...Glynn Soulis is first to the ball...Glynn Soulis hits the ball towards goal...but Sid MacClery stops the shot!  He can't hold it though...Patrick Johns is first to the ball and makes the clearance.

43' - Gus Omodiagbe tries to use ball skills to beat Zachary MacNevin, but is illegally impeded.    The referee shows Zachary MacNevin the yellow card! That will be a freekick for Forest.  

44' - Steve Smyth prepares to take the freekick.  He curves the ball into the box, but no one is able to get to the ball.  

45' - The referee blows the whistle for half time. 

46' - Reading kick the ball off for the start of the second half.  

49' - Ian McCabe plays a short pass to Jacob Umar.  Jacob Umar finds Ian McCabe with a short pass.  Ian McCabe passes to Matthew Hines.  Jake MacDiarmid tackles Matthew Hines and takes the ball.  Forest attempt a quick counter attack.  Jake MacDiarmid hits the ball from outside the area towards goal...but Mark Hargest gets down to stop the shot!  

51' - There is going to be a subsitution.  Ian McCabe is going to be taken off.  John Elias is going to be brought on.  

52' - Glynn Soulis whips in a cross and finds Jacob Umar.  Jacob Umar powers a header hoping to beat the keeper...and Jacob Umar scores!  That's a fine goal from the Reading player!  The ball went in off the underside of the crossbar!

53' - Forest kick the ball off for the restart.  

57' - Sean Bellis passes to Tim Hughes.  Tim Hughes plays a short pass to Gus Omodiagbe.  Gus Omodiagbe sees Patrick Johns making a run.  He tries to release him with a long throughball, and Patrick Johns is able to take the ball.  Patrick Johns tries to slide the ball past the keeper...but its wide!

57' - There is going to be a subsitution.  Zachary MacNevin is going to be taken off.  Brin Markey joins the game from the bench.  

58' - Mark Hargest sees Jacob Umar making a run.  He tries to release him with a long ball over the top, but Jacob Umar has strayed offside!  

60' - Jake MacDiarmid plays a long ball to Tim Hughes.  Tim Hughes sees a run from Gus Omodiagbe.  He attempts a long ball over the top, but Gus Omodiagbe is caught offside!  

64' - Greg MacKenna plays a long ball to Glynn Soulis.  Glynn Soulis looks to shoot from distance into the corner of the net...and Glynn Soulis scores!  That's a fine goal from the Reading player!  The ball flew past the helpless goalkeeper!

64' - Forest kick the ball off for the restart.  

72' - Gus Omodiagbe plays the ball to Noah Onyeawuna.  Noah Onyeawuna attempts to outskill Glynn Soulis, and is able to dribble past his opponent!  

74' - There is going to be a subsitution.  It looks like Sean Bellis is going to be taken off.  Mike Magouirk is going to be brought on.  

76' - Jake MacDiarmid sees a run from Steve Smyth.  He attempts a quick throughball, but the linesman raises his flag for offside!  

78' - There is going to be a subsitution.  Tim Hughes is going to be taken off.  Peter Ormond joins the game from the bench.  

80' - Matthew Hines spots a run from Jacob Umar.  He attempts to play him through with a quick ball, but the linesman raises his flag for offside!  

89' - Jake MacDiarmid finds Noah Onyeawuna with a long ball.  Gary Evans successfully tackles Noah Onyeawuna and takes the ball.  Gary Evans finds Jacob Umar with a long pass.  Jacob Umar crosses the ball into the box, and manages to find Chris Kenneth.  Chris Kenneth heads the ball towards goal...but the keeper manages to tip the shot round the post!  That will be a corner for  Reading.  Chris Kenneth gets ready to take the corner.  He hits the ball into the box and finds Jacob Umar.  Jacob Umar flicks a header down towards the bottom corner...but the shot is parried by Sid MacClery!  Matthew Hines is first to the loose ball...Matthew Hines hits a shot, aiming for the corner of the net...but its wide!



The match has ended Nottingham Forest 0 - 2 Reading.