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  • Kick-off: 15:00
  • Venue: Deepdale
  • Attendance: 13154
  • Referee: Probert, L

Live Commentary

90mins

That's it, it's all over, the referee has blown the final whistle.

87mins

Glen Little is replaced by John Oster.

84mins

Reading are replacing Bobby Convey with Steve Hunt.

82mins

Richard Cresswell is replaced by Lewis Neal.

82mins

Preston are replacing Chris Sedgwick with David Jones.

64mins

The referee has booked Richard Cresswell.

58mins

Preston are replacing Paul McKenna with Daniele Dichio.

57mins

Goal!! Glen Little scores for Reading.

54mins

Callum Davidson goes into the referees book for unsporting behaviour.

46mins

Goal!! Reading have scored with Leroy Lita putting it in the back of the net.

46mins

The second half is under way with the score currently at 0 v 1.

45mins

The ref has blown his whistle for half time.

34mins

Goal!! Reading have scored with Leroy Lita putting it in the back of the net.

0mins

It's 3pm on Saturday, August 13th, the match has kicked off.

Match Report

Reading completed a comfortable 3-0 win over Preston thanks to tremendous individual displays from Bobby Convey and Leroy Lita.

It was Preston's heaviest loss at home under Billy Davies and only his second home league defeat as manager, in a run stretching back to November last year.

The Lilywhites had the first chance after 15 minutes when a Paul McKenna corner was headed over the bar by Richard Cresswell and three minutes later, he sent another header too high.

Reading took the lead after 34 minutes when Lita scored from 12 yards, right-footed into the roof of the net after a cross from the left from Convey. The England Under-21 international was a £1million summer signing from Bristol City and also scored last week on his league debut at home to Plymouth.

Just before half-time Chris Sedgwick's right-wing cross fell nicely to Cresswell, but he slipped and the ball bounced kindly for visiting goalkeeper Marcus Hahnemann.

Preston captain Chris Lucketti then sent headers over and wide from successive McKenna corners.

Lita made it 2-0 after just 17 seconds of the second half when he hit an eight-yard shot right-footed beneath home goalkeeper Carlo Nash, after a long ball over the top by Convey.

Callum Davidson was booked for Preston for a foul on Glen Little after 53 minutes, but it was the former Burnley man who made it 3-0 to Reading four minutes later.

He met a Nicky Shorey cross from the left and planted a header into the roof of the goal.

The home side pressed hard in the closing stages but Hahnemannwas in fine form to deny substitute Danny Dichio three times and keep out a Graham Alexander free-kick.

Preston North End Team

Reading Team

Preston North End

Reading

Corners

101

Fouls

158

Goal attempts

147

Shots off target

94

Offsides

20

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