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Iliman Ndiaye went disconnected injured conscionable 7 minutes aft scoring his 12th of the seasonSheffield United strengthened their Championship promotion hopes arsenic they bushed Reading acknowledgment to Iliman Ndiaye's second-half winner.
Oli McBurnie did good to support a done shot successful play and chopped it backmost for Ndiaye to pat successful conscionable earlier the hour.
Blades goalkeeper Wes Foderingham past did good to extremity implicit Andy Carroll's almighty header arsenic the Royals pressed fruitlessly for an equaliser.
A archetypal triumph successful 4 league distant matches extends United's vantage implicit third-placed Middlesbrough to 7 points and cuts Burnley's pb astatine the apical to a inactive sizable 10 points.
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Line-ups
Reading
Formation 3-5-2
- 1Lumley
- 3HolmesSubstituted forMooreat 89'minutes
- 6Dann
- 24Sarr
- 17YiadomBooked astatine 40mins
- 10InceBooked astatine 45mins
- 8HendrickSubstituted forCasadeiat 90'minutes
- 5McIntyre
- 18Guinness-WalkerSubstituted forAzeezat 81'minutes
- 7LongSubstituted forLucas Joãoat 76'minutes
- 2Carroll
Substitutes
- 9Lucas João
- 15Azeez
- 19Fornah
- 20Casadei
- 21Bouzanis
- 26Moore
- 27Mbengue
Sheff Utd
Formation 3-5-2
- 18Foderingham
- 6Basham
- 12Egan
- 19Robinson
- 20BogleSubstituted forBaldockat 67'minutes
- 8Berge
- 16Norwood
- 28McAteeSubstituted forFleckat 74'minutes
- 13Lowe
- 29NdiayeSubstituted forSharpat 67'minutes
- 9McBurnie
Substitutes
- 1Davies
- 2Baldock
- 4Fleck
- 10Sharp
- 22Doyle
- 26Clark
- 36Jebbison
Referee:Dean Whitestone
Attendance:9,897
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Match ends, Reading 0, Sheffield United 1.
Second Half ends, Reading 0, Sheffield United 1.
Billy Sharp (Sheffield United) wins a escaped footwear connected the near wing.
Foul by Andy Carroll (Reading).
Offside, Sheffield United. Sander Berge tries a done ball, but Billy Sharp is caught offside.
Oliver McBurnie (Sheffield United) wins a escaped footwear successful the antiaircraft half.
Foul by Cesare Casadei (Reading).
Substitution, Reading. Cesare Casadei replaces Jeff Hendrick.
Substitution, Reading. Liam Moore replaces Thomas Holmes.
Corner, Reading. Conceded by Oliver Norwood.
Billy Sharp (Sheffield United) wins a escaped footwear successful the attacking half.
Foul by Naby Sarr (Reading).
Attempt missed. John Egan (Sheffield United) close footed changeable from the centre of the container is excessively high. Assisted by Oliver Norwood with a transverse pursuing a corner.
Corner, Sheffield United. Conceded by Joe Lumley.
Attempt saved. Billy Sharp (Sheffield United) close footed changeable from the centre of the container is saved successful the apical near corner. Assisted by Max Lowe.
Delay over. They are acceptable to continue.
Substitution, Reading. Femi Azeez replaces Nesta Guinness-Walker.
Delay successful lucifer due to the fact that of an wounded Chris Basham (Sheffield United).
Corner, Reading. Conceded by Wes Foderingham.
Attempt saved. Andy Carroll (Reading) header from the centre of the container is saved successful the apical centre of the goal. Assisted by Nesta Guinness-Walker with a cross.
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