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Sunday October 7, 2007 Finished Madejski Stadium

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Reading

  • Doyle 63’

Derby County

  1. Reading beat Derby

    Reading beat Derby

    A second half header from Kevin Doyle gave Reading a 1-0 win over Derby at the Madjeski Stadium. Doyle finished on 63 minutes to seal the win in a tight match and, crucially, a clean sheet for the Royals after conceding seven against Portsmouth last weekend. More

  • Live Commentary

    Time:90'
    • Reading
    • Derby County
    • 90+3 And that is the final whistle, Reading come back from their 7-4 loss at Fratton Park to keep a clean sheet and take all three points.
    • 90+1 Three minutes of injury time being played...
    • 90' Break from Derby, Pearson again wide for Lewis with a super cross AND MILLER but his header shanks off the side of his head and away!
    • 89' The ball almost dropped for Doyle in the box but it just spins away from him and back with Bywater.
    • 86' McEveley has taken exception to a challenge from Oster and fires the ball into him after the whistle has gone but the ref just has a word.
    • 85' Pearson surges through the middle, wide to Lewis and they have men over and the cross is into PEARSON but Hunt hacks it over! But a goal kick is given.
    • 84' It's all Derby at the moment although they lack in cutting edge and creativity what they have in possession and endeavour.
    • 83' Barnes wins a throw on the right, takes it himself but fouls by stepping over the line. Oops.
    • 80' Derby still have it as the ball is played in for Earnshaw but he's offside.
    • 79' Derby are now bossing possession in their search for an equaliser, Davis bombs forward, to Earnshaw, now Pearson to Lewis who crosses in for Miller but he can't control it and Reading clear!
    • 78' Reading appeal to the ref with Oster convinced his shot was handled in the area but nothing given.
    • 76' Derby look a lot more fun with Barnes and Earnshaw on as the former feeds the latter and he has a curler which goes just wide.
    • 74' DERBY SUB: Griffin off for Earnshaw.
    • 72' Ingimarsson crosses in from the left and it's touched on by Kitson to Oster who brings it down and has time but the whistle has gone, he doesn't hear it, now he does... foot up by Kitson.
    • 67' Corner to Derby which Lewis will take but Harper heads clear for a throw.
    • 65' DERBY DOUBLE SUB: Giles Barnes and Eddie Lewis on for Feilhaber and Howard.
    • 63' Superb cross from Murty centre right, it skims off the head of Pearson FOR DOYLE AT THE FAR POST WITH A BRILLIANTLY DIRECTED HEADER INTO THE BOTTOM RIGHT FOR 1-0! Finally Reading get the breakthrough.
    • 61' Miller is sent through on the left but the flag is up and he falls over anyway.
    • 59' READING SUB: Oster on for Rosenior. Surprising as Rosenior's been one of Reading's more influential players.
    • 56' Miller on the right, finds himself clear of Shorey and pulls out a superb cross for HOWARD but nicked away from under his nose by Ingmarsson but it falls to PEARSON but he drills it just wide!
    • 53' Oakley spreads it wide right to Kenny Miller but is attempt at a volley is rubbish, he totally shanks it out for a goal kick.
    • 52' Reading go down the other end on a quick counter but Kitson is held up by Davis and it's a throw to Derby.
    • 51' Derby come forward, cross in from Feilhaber on the left which Miller almost takes down but it's cleared by Duberry but only to OAKLEY WITH THE DRIVE BUT INCHES WIDE!!
    • 49' Free kick to Reading on the right hand side of the box but Rosenior's centre is headed away by McEveley.
    • 47' Free-kick to Reading on the left... Rosenior over it... he whips this one in low and it catches Derby out but no-one can get a shot away as it bounces around in the box and it's cleared.
    • 46' Second half underway.
    • 45+3 Late corner for Reading... taken short and lofted in but the ball is cleared TO MURTY ON THE EDGE OF THE BOX WITH A SUPER DRIVE BUT DEFLECTED OVER! Bywater had no chance. The whistle had gone though and it's half time.
    • 45+1 In the first of three minutes of injury time...
    • 44' Derby break and Pearson steams through on the left, slips it through to Howard who digs out a great ball across to MILLER but it slips away from him as he takes it on the chest and he stumbles and the danger is clear.
    • 41' Rosenior swings the ball in and Gunnarsson rises with the looping header which Bywater has to tip over for the corner!
    • 39' Davis is booked for clattering into Doyle from behind, free-kick 35 yards out on the left wing, Rosenior to take...
    • 38' Leacock handles in the box but this is definitely accidental as Kitson was tugging away at him as Rosenior's cross came in.
    • 36' The free kick is cleared but the ball is still with Reading and it flies back into the are and Kitson first but blocked and Murty I think with the shot and it seems to hit McEveley on the arm! But no penalty!
    • 35' Free-kick to Reading on the left hand side of the box after Feilhaber fouls Hunt..
    • 33' Kitson now, the ball drops to him in the edge of the box after Davis misses his header and he flicks it up to Doyle who challenges Bywater who drops it but the whistle goes.
    • 31' The free kick is to be taken by Pearson... he swings it in for Howard but Reading get it away but it falls to FEILHABER but his shot from the edge of the box is blocked and eventually Reading scramble it clear!
    • 30' Derby now have some of the ball and free kick on the right hand side of the box....
    • 28' Rosenior with some neat skill to rob Leacock in the middle of the park, he spreads it wide right and Kitson holds it up and delays for Rosenior who has somehow got round on the overlap, he skins Griffin and almost goes down but still gets the cross away AND DOYLE FLIES IN WITH THE HEADER BUT INCHES OVER! Should have been 1-0.
    • 25' Reading sustaining this period of pressure, if not creating any meaningful openings. They have a free-kick on the left now but it's cleared.
    • 23' Shorey wide to Hunt, who wriggles past Mears and now Leacock but his cross is blocked and could go out for a corner but Bywater hoofs clear.
    • 20' Reading have a throw on the right.. taken short to Doyle who's in the corner, swivels and plays a surprise cross INTO HUNT FLYING IN WITH THE HEADER BUT INCHES WIDE! Great improvisation, although Griffin went to sleep there..
    • 16' Derby with some nice play just outside the area but it runs away from Miller who goes in late on the Reading defender but immediately apologises and it's just a free kick.
    • 15' Rosenior to take this free kick then... but the former Fulham man sends it high and wide of the top right, not sure if that was a far post cross or a shot.
    • 14' Leacock is adjudged to have been climbing on Kitson as he headed the ball away which gifts the Royals a free-kick about 25 yards out, facing the left hand corner of the Derby area...
    • 13' Doyle chases a long punt in but Bywater claims... the game is taking a turn towards kick and rush right now...
    • 11' Miller sent clean through by Oakley but the flag is up and he puts it well wide anyway much to the Reading fans' amusement.
    • 9' McEvely plays a good ball across for Miller on the right wing in the box but just too long for him.
    • 7' Good break from Reading, Rosenior cuts inside, super back-heel from Kitson to Doyle but the Irishman can't really get around it and Derby clear.
    • 4' Free-kick to Reading about 35 yards out, lofted into the area and a bit of danger for Derby but there's a foul on Bywater and a free kick to Derby.
    • 3' Early chance for Reading as Kitson bursts through, he glides past Davis but can't find space to shoot BUT IT ARRIVES FOR HUNT ON THE LEFT AND HE MUST SCORE BUT HE BLASTS IT OVER! Should have at least made Bywater work, good chance goes better.
    • 1' Match underway at the Madjeski!
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  • Team Stats

    Reading Stats Derby County
    41% Possession 58%
    14 Shots 9
    3 Shots on target 0
    0 Saves 0
    3 Corners 3
    18 Fouls 12
    3 Offsides 10
    1 Yellow cards 1
    0 Red cards 0
    20 Tackles 24
    169 Accurate passes 271
    56 Bad passes 32

  • Player Stats

    G =
    Goals
    S =
    Shots
    SoT =
    Shot on Target
    F =
    Fouls
    FW =
    Fouls Won
    O =
    Offsides
    A =
    Assists
    AP =
    Accurate Passes
    BP =
    Bad Passes
    T =
    Tackles
    • Reading
      G S SoT F FW O A AP BP T
      1 Marcus Hahnemann 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 4 0
      29 Michael Duberry 0 0 0 3 1 1 0 12 3 3
      3 Nicky Shorey 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 16 10 2
      19 Liam Rosenior 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 9 3 0
      2 Graeme Murty 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 23 0 4
      16 Ivar Ingimarsson 0 0 0 2 3 0 0 12 8 5
      15 James Harper 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 22 5 1
      6 Brynjar Gunnarsson 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 14 2 2
      10 Stephen Hunt 0 2 0 1 2 0 0 12 8 3
      9 Kevin Doyle 1 5 2 2 5 1 0 19 7 0
      12 Dave Kitson 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 13 6 0
      20 Emerse Fae 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      11 John Oster 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 8 0 0
      8 Leroy Lita 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      32 Adam Federici 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      22 André Stéphane Bikey 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
    • Derby County
      G S SoT F FW O A AP BP T
      43 Stephen Bywater 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 7 2 0
      19 Claude Davis 0 0 0 4 1 0 0 26 0 3
      18 Andy Griffin 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 29 0 3
      4 James McEveley 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 27 13 5
      24 Tyrone Mears 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 20 0 3
      5 Dean Leacock 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 20 0 4
      22 Benny Feilhaber 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 26 2 2
      25 Stephen Pearson 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 34 6 0
      8 Matt Oakley 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 41 1 1
      9 Steve Howard 0 0 0 1 1 2 0 13 2 0
      14 Kenny Miller 0 2 0 3 2 4 0 16 3 2
      15 Eddie Lewis 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 2 1
      10 Robert Earnshaw 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 7 1 0
      1 Lewis Price 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      28 Giles Barnes 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 3 0 0
      17 Andrew Todd 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

  • Summary

    • 85' Pearson surges through the middle, wide to Lewis and they have men over and the cross is into PEARSON but Hunt hacks it over! But a goal kick is given.
    • 63' Superb cross from Murty centre right, it skims off the head of Pearson FOR DOYLE AT THE FAR POST WITH A BRILLIANTLY DIRECTED HEADER INTO THE BOTTOM RIGHT FOR 1-0! Finally Reading get the breakthrough.
    • 56' Miller on the right, finds himself clear of Shorey and pulls out a superb cross for HOWARD but nicked away from under his nose by Ingmarsson but it falls to PEARSON but he drills it just wide!
    • 51' Derby come forward, cross in from Feilhaber on the left which Miller almost takes down but it's cleared by Duberry but only to OAKLEY WITH THE DRIVE BUT INCHES WIDE!!
    • 44' Derby break and Pearson steams through on the left, slips it through to Howard who digs out a great ball across to MILLER but it slips away from him as he takes it on the chest and he stumbles and the danger is clear.
    • 41' Rosenior swings the ball in and Gunnarsson rises with the looping header which Bywater has to tip over for the corner!
    • 36' The free kick is cleared but the ball is still with Reading and it flies back into the are and Kitson first but blocked and Murty I think with the shot and it seems to hit McEveley on the arm! But no penalty!
    • 31' The free kick is to be taken by Pearson... he swings it in for Howard but Reading get it away but it falls to FEILHABER but his shot from the edge of the box is blocked and eventually Reading scramble it clear!
    • 28' Rosenior with some neat skill to rob Leacock in the middle of the park, he spreads it wide right and Kitson holds it up and delays for Rosenior who has somehow got round on the overlap, he skins Griffin and almost goes down but still gets the cross away AND DOYLE FLIES IN WITH THE HEADER BUT INCHES OVER! Should have been 1-0.
    • 20' Reading have a throw on the right.. taken short to Doyle who's in the corner, swivels and plays a surprise cross INTO HUNT FLYING IN WITH THE HEADER BUT INCHES WIDE! Great improvisation, although Griffin went to sleep there..
    • 3' Early chance for Reading as Kitson bursts through, he glides past Davis but can't find space to shoot BUT IT ARRIVES FOR HUNT ON THE LEFT AND HE MUST SCORE BUT HE BLASTS IT OVER! Should have at least made Bywater work, good chance goes better.

Live Team Line-Up

  • Referee: Lee Mason

  • Reading

    Manager: Steve Coppell

    Captain: Graeme Murty

    On the Field

    • Hahnemann
    • Murty
    • Duberry
    • Ingimarsson
    • Shorey
    • Rosenior
    • Gunnarsson
    • Harper
    • Hunt
    • Doyle
    • Kitson

    Subs

    • Oster
    • Bikey
    • Lita
    • Federici
    • Fae

    Injured

    • Little
    • Brown
    • Maté

    Suspended

    None

  • Derby County

    Manager: Billy Davies

    Captain: Matthew Oakley

    On the Field

    • Bywater
    • Mears
    • Leacock
    • Davis
    • Griffin
    • Feilhaber
    • Pearson
    • Oakley
    • McEveley
    • Miller
    • Howard

    Subs

    • Todd
    • Earnshaw
    • Lewis
    • Barnes
    • Price

    Injured

    None

    Suspended

    • Fagan