Bristol City vs Reading 2021-22 English League Championship, Regular Season

Bristol City

44': Antoine Semenyo
47': Michael Morrison (OG)

FT
2 - 1

Reading

74': John Swift (P)

Introduction

Bristol City are hosting Reading at Ashton Gate Stadium, Bristol, England, starting on . The match is a part of the English League Championship.

Match Commentary

0': First Half begins.
17': Substitution, Bristol City. Joe Williams replaces Han-Noah Massengo because of an injury.
22': Thomas Holmes (Reading) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
32': Tomas Kalas (Bristol City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
44': Goal! Bristol City 1, Reading 0. Antoine Semenyo (Bristol City) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Andreas Weimann.
45'+4': First Half ends, Bristol City 1, Reading 0.
47': Own Goal by Michael Morrison, Reading. Bristol City 2, Reading 0.
60': Substitution, Reading. John Swift replaces Tom Dele-Bashiru.
67': Jay Dasilva (Bristol City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
67': Substitution, Reading. Danny Drinkwater replaces Andy Rinomhota.
68': Substitution, Bristol City. Callum O'Dowda replaces Cameron Pring.
74': Goal! Bristol City 2, Reading 1. John Swift (Reading) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the bottom left corner.
82': Chris Martin (Bristol City) is shown the yellow card.
87': Substitution, Bristol City. Robbie Cundy replaces Callum O'Dowda because of an injury.
90'+6': Joe Williams (Bristol City) is shown the yellow card.

Game Information

Competition: English League Championship

Venue: Ashton Gate Stadium
Location: Bristol, England
Attendance: 17,798

English League Championship Standings

POS	TEAM	GP	GD	PTS
+20	Coventry City	9	19	0
+6	Middlesbrough	9	18	1
+5	Leicester City	9	16	1
+4	Preston North End	9	16	1

Full Table

Statistics

REA		BRC
7	Fouls	20
1	Yellow Cards	4
0	Red Cards	0
1	Offsides	1
6	Corner Kicks	5
3	Saves	3
52.5	Possession	47.5
18	SHOTS	10
4	ON GOAL	4
0.2	On Target %	0.4
1	Penalty Goals	0
1	Penalty Kicks Taken	0
339	Accurate Passes	292
447	Passes	408
0.8	Pass Completion %	0.7
4	Accurate Crosses	5
20	Crosses	13
0.2	Cross %	0.4
61	Long Balls	77
19	Accurate Long Balls	27
0.3	Long Balls %	0.4
9	Blocked Shots	3
8	Effective Tackles	13
17	Tackles	22
0.5	Tackle %	0.6
10	Interceptions	16
13	Effective Clearances	14
13	Clearances	14

Line-Ups

Bristol City (3-4-1-2)

No.	Name
12	Max O'Leary (GK)
22	Tomás Kalas
25	Timm Klose
26	Zak Vyner
36	Alex Scott
42	Han-Noah Massengo
14	Andreas Weimann
16	Cameron Pring
3	Jay Da Silva
9	Chris Martin
18	Antoine Semenyo

Substitutes:

Daniel Bentley, Tommy Conway, Callum O'Dowda, Ayman Benarous, Joe Williams, Sam Bell, Robbie Cundy.

Reading (4-2-3-1)

No.	Name
26	Karl Hein (GK)
3	Thomas Holmes
4	Michael Morrison
21	Abdul Rahman Baba
17	Andy Yiadom
23	Junior Hoilett
28	Josh Laurent
8	Andy Rinomhota
18	Lucas João
19	Tom Dele-Bashiru
9	Tom Ince

Substitutes:

Danny Drinkwater, John Swift, Kelvin Abrefa, Jahmari Clarke, Mamadi Camara, Tom Mcintyre, Luke Southwood.

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