The full-time whistle blows with the score at 2-1 to Aston Villa. Martin O'Neill has recorded his first win in charge of Aston Villa. The ten-men of Reading made it tough for the home side, but they came out on top after fatigue took over.

Davis finds some space and whips a cross into the box but Ingimarsson heads behind for a corner. Barry takes it, but Shane Long heads his cross away.

Ki-Hyeon has been a threat throughout this second half but has not has the required service recently. He has the ball now though, and knocks the ball past Whittingham but it is too hard and goes behind for a goal kick.

Agbonlahor still has bundles of energy and gets to the byline before cutting the ball back looking for Moore, but his pass is behind him and the Royals' defence regain possession.

Whittingham controls the ball sublimely on the left wing and slides a pass through to Moore who is in a great position, but he falls over the ball and Reading clear their lines.

Reading pile forward and get 9 men into the box, awaiting Ki-Hyeon's corner. His delivery is poor however and does not beat the first man.

Kevin Doyle has run himself into the ground tonight and can continue no longer. He is taken off and Shane Long goes up-front for Reading.

The ball is skimming across the surface of the pitch now and Angel chases it down with his back to goal. He pivots and shoots at goal, but his shot never looked like troubling Hahnemann and it bounces harmlessly wide.

The Villa fans are jubilant despite the light drizzle as they look set to record their first win of the 2006/07 season.

The fatigue factor seems to be building up in the legs of the ten-men of Reading and they have not had a decent spell of possession for a while now.

McCann picks out the goalscorer Barry who swings a foot at the ball, and whether it is a shot or a cross, it flies into row Z.

Moore twists and turns in the penalty area and finally gets the better of Ingimarsson but does not have any support. Angel arrives but by the time Moore played the through ball, his strike partner was offside.

Aaron Hughes goes into a 50-50 challenge two-footed and injures himself in the process. The referee appears to take pity on the defender and does not caution him.

Stephen Hunt takes the place of Bobby Convey.

Whittingham gets his first touch of the ball down the left wing and curls a cross into the six-yard box and finds the head of GARETH BARRY who heads the ball home giving Villa the lead, 2-1 on 61 minutes.

Ki-Hyeon on the other hand has come alive during the second period and is playing out of his skin. He gets behind the Villa defence and fires a left-footed shot, but it is wide of Sorensen's post.

Samuel has looked shaky at the beginning of the second-half and also looks to be struggling with an injury. O'Neill brings off the full-back and replaces him with Peter Whittingham.

Doyle is at the centre of everything for Reading at the moment and is unsettling Olof Mellberg. He finds himself in a good position before laying the ball off to Sidwell and the midfielder loses control of it.

Samuel loses the ball on the halfway line to Ki-Hyeon and pulls the Korean back. The Reading fans are calling for a red card, but the referee believes that a stern word is enough.

Reading counter attack and are stretching Villa's defence. Seol Ki-Hyeon picks out Doyle and he puts in a delightful cross into the box, but Hahnemann gets a fist to the ball.

Samuel and Barry work well on the left flank, exchanging passes trying to find a way through the Reading defence. Eventually, Samuel puts a cross into the box but the ball flies over the head of every player in the box.

Reading win a corner but the defence does it's job and clears the ball with a big kick up the pitch.

Samuel receives a booking after a rash challenge on Doyle.

The sides emerge from the tunnel, fresh after half-time teamtalks. Neither manager has made any changes to his side and Villa kick-off the second half.

The sides go to the dressing room after an exciting first half at Villa Park and the score is 1-1. Reading were the better side for most of the 45 minutes but Aston Villa have the advantage after the sending off of Ibrahima Sonko.

Moore is released and the striker chases the ball into the penalty area. He beats Gunnarsson to the ball but he is pulled back, again, for offside.

Ivar Ingimarsson is cautioned after stopping a pass from Angel with his hand.

It often happens that ten men raise their game and come out on top of a full strength side, but Reading look shaky at the moment and Doyle is now isolated up-front.

Leroy Lita is sacrificed for Reading after the sending off as Steve Coppell decides he needs another defender on the pitch. He is replaced by Brynjar Gunnarsson.

ANGEL places the ball in the side netting, sending Hahnemann the wrong way and makes it 1-1 with 34 minutes played.

Sonko is given his marching orders after his professional foul on Moore.

Luke Moore gets behind the Royals' backline after Agbonlahor's penalty and finds himself one-on-one with the keeper but is brought down by Ibrahima Sonko and Villa have won a penalty.

Angel receives the ball on the left corner of the penalty area and picks out Moore who made a darting run to the back post and the forward passes the ball past Hahnemann but Angel was offside.

Agbonlahor has brightened up now and tries to find his strike partner Moore on the opposite side of the box, but a defender beats him to the ball and clears danger.

Agbonlahor finally gets some service after Samuel picked him out from a throw-in. He wriggles his way past a Reading defender before drilling a shot in with his left peg but Marcus Hahnemann is not troubled.

Jlloyd Samuel gets forward and delivers Aston Villa's first decent cross of the game, only to find that not a single player wearing claret and blue was in the penalty area.

Angel is furious after his disallowed goal and is now chasing the ball everywhere. He picks up the ball with his back to goal about 25 yards from goal. The striker turns and tries to pick out Gabriel Agbonlahor at the back post, but his cross is too

Juan Pablo Angel is in a great position and Barry picks him out superbly leaving him one-on-one with the keeper. He slots the ball neatly into the side of the net, only to turn round and find the linesman's flag raised.

The home side enjoy a brief spell of possession down the right side before the ball is played inside towards Barry and Steven Davies. Davies tries his luck from 35-yards but his shot is high, wide and not very handsome.

Martin O'Neill watches the game, arms folded, from the edge of the technical area with a frown on his face.

Reading are getting as many crosses as possible into the box with midfielders crowding the Villa penalty area. This time the cross falls to Steve Sidwell who drags his shot wide of the target.

Villa skipper Barry has started very brightly and controls the ball with perfection on the edge of the Reading penalty area before striking the ball at goal, but his shot sails high over the crossbar.

The first booking of the game goes to Gavin McCann after the midfielder lunged in on Doyle and failed to make any connection with the ball.

It has been a vibrant start to the game and Gareth Barry attacks again down the left wing and manages to get a cross into the box, but the delivery has too much power and goes behind for a goal kick.

A cross comes in from the left flank and falls on the head of KEVIN DOYLE who nods the ball into the back of the net making it 1-0 to Reading after just 4 minutes.

Aston Villa get an early break and Gareth Barry tries to pick out Gabriel Agbonlahor, but his pass is too far ahead of the striker.

The home side take the field to a buoyant reception as the Villa faithful welcome new boss Martin O'Neill to his first home game in charge at Villa Park. Referee Lee Mason gets the game underway and Reading kick-off the game on an immaculate playing

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