English FA Cup

Man United vs Reading 2022-23 English FA Cup, Fourth Round

  • 54': Casemiro
  • 58': Casemiro
  • 66': Fred
FT
3 - 1
  • Red Card 65': Andy Carroll
  • 72': Amadou Salif Mbengue

Casemiro double leads Man United to FA Cup fourth round win over Reading

Three second-half goals allowed Manchester United to ease to a 3-1 win over Reading in Saturday's FA Cup fourth round tie at Old Trafford.

Match Commentary

  • 45': Second Half begins Manchester United 0, Reading 0.
  • 54': Goal! Manchester United 1, Reading 0. Casemiro (Manchester United) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Antony with a through ball.
  • 57': Substitution, Manchester United. Fred replaces Christian Eriksen.
  • 58': Goal! Manchester United 2, Reading 0. Casemiro (Manchester United) right footed shot from outside the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Fred.
  • 60': Andy Carroll (Reading) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 62': Substitution, Reading. Tyrese Fornah replaces Mamadou Loum.
  • 65': Second yellow card to Andy Carroll (Reading) for a bad foul.
  • 66': Goal! Manchester United 3, Reading 0. Fred (Manchester United) right footed shot from the right side of the six yard box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Bruno Fernandes with a cross following a corner.Goal confirmed following VAR Review.
  • 68': Substitution, Manchester United. Alejandro Garnacho replaces Marcus Rashford.
  • 68': Substitution, Manchester United. Facundo Pellistri replaces Bruno Fernandes.
  • 69': Substitution, Reading. Amadou Salif Mbengue replaces Junior Hoilett.
  • 72': Goal! Manchester United 3, Reading 1. Amadou Salif Mbengue (Reading) header from very close range to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Tom Ince with a cross following a corner.
  • 73': Substitution, Manchester United. Anthony Elanga replaces Wout Weghorst.
  • 73': Substitution, Manchester United. Kobbie Mainoo replaces Casemiro.
  • 75': Substitution, Reading. Dean Bouzanis replaces Joe Lumley.
  • 75': Substitution, Reading. Michael Craig replaces Jeff Hendrick.
  • 76': Substitution, Reading. Shane Long replaces Lucas João.
  • 78': Tyrell Malacia (Manchester United) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

Game Information

Competition: English FA Cup

Venue: Old Trafford
Location: Manchester, England
Attendance: 73,460

Statistics

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9 Fouls 10
0 Yellow Cards 1
1 Red Cards 0
2 Offsides 3
1 Corner Kicks 8
3 Saves 1
22.2 Possession 77.8
4 SHOTS 25
2 ON GOAL 6
0.5 On Target % 0.2
0 Penalty Goals 0
0 Penalty Kicks Taken 0
109 Accurate Passes 562
180 Passes 638
0.6 Pass Completion % 0.9
1 Accurate Crosses 6
7 Crosses 21
0.1 Cross % 0.3
57 Long Balls 42
28 Accurate Long Balls 21
0.5 Long Balls % 0.5
2 Blocked Shots 6
8 Effective Tackles 11
19 Tackles 20
0.4 Tackle % 0.6
7 Interceptions 5
29 Effective Clearances 11
29 Clearances 11

Line-Ups

MAN Manchester United (4-2-3-1)

No. Name
1 David de Gea (GK)
2 Victor Lindelöf
5 Harry Maguire
12 Tyrell Malacia Yellow Card
29 Aaron Wan-Bissaka
8 Bruno Fernandes
14 Christian Eriksen
18 Casemiro
27 Wout Weghorst
10 Marcus Rashford
21 Antony

REA Reading (5-3-2)

No. Name
1 Joe Lumley (GK)
3 Thomas Holmes
5 Tom Mcintyre
17 Andy Yiadom
12 Abdul Rahman Baba
23 Junior Hoilett
22 Mamadou Loum
8 Jeff Hendrick
10 Tom Ince
9 Lucas João
2 Andy Carroll Yellow Card

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