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Reading Edges Past Bristol Rovers in Tight Encounter at Memorial Stadium
Bristol, Gloucestershire – Reading secured a victory over Bristol Rovers in a closely fought match at the Memorial Stadium this Friday. The game, part of League One’s matchday 45, ended with a 2-0 scoreline in favor of the visiting team.
Despite slightly less possession (55% for Reading compared to 45% for Bristol Rovers), Reading proved more clinical in attack. The goals came in the second half. First, L. Wing broke the deadlock in the 67th minute, assisted by C. Savage. Then, in added time, C. Campbell sealed the win with a goal in the 90th minute.
Both teams played aggressively, with 12 fouls each. Yellow cards were evenly distributed: one for each team, to A. S. Mbengue for Reading and R. Sotiriou for Bristol Rovers. Bristol Rovers created more goal-scoring opportunities (15 shots compared to Reading’s 10), although the accuracy of shots on target was similar (5 for each team).
Substitutions bristol rovers: at minute 73 L. Thomas came in and C. Mola went out., at minute 73 O. Dewsbury came in and K. Shaw went out., at minute 82 S. Sinclair came in and S. Swinkels went out., at minute 82 G. Ward came in and G. O’Donkor went out.
Substitutions reading: at minute 76 A. Yiadom came in and T. Rushesha went out., at minute 86 B. Bodin came in and K. Ehibhatiomhan went out., at minute 90 M. Stickland came in and J. Wareham went out.
The teams lined up as follows:
Bristol Rovers
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