Steve Tanner blows the whistle and Sunderland deserve their 3 points despite a late enslaught from Reading

Reading are making a late surge for an equaliser with Sunderland walking the tightrope in the final minutes of the game

Shane Long got to the byline and whipped in a cross that was cleared out for a corner

The fourth official indicates 3 minutes of added time

The ball dropped Reading's Emerse Fae and he thumped a volley a mile over the cross bar in a poor effort to grab an equaliser

GOAL! SUNDERLAND 2 - 1 READING (KITSON) The ball bounced around in the penalty area and Kitson looked to have got a slight touch on the ball and it span into the back of the net

Daryl Murphy replaces Kenwyne Jones

Roy Keane looks to seal the game and has moved five into midfield with Kenwyne Jones up front on his own

Liam Miller replaces Michael Chopra

Leroy Rosenoir is replaced by Bobby Convey

Shane Long is booked for pulling Nosworthy's shirt

Danny Collins did well to clear the corner and then win the ball back from Stephen Hunt as he tried to cross the ball back into the penalty area

Sunderland all of a sudden find themselves on the backfoot as Shane Long did well to win a corner on the right

Brynjar Gunnarsson is replaced by Emerse Fae

Leroy Lita is replaced by Shane Long

Andre Bikey is finally booked for his sins after bringing down Jones

Dwight Yorke's old legs are still going in midfield with him looking comfortable in posession and using his old head to control the game

Anthony Stokes straight into the action with a soft shot that went straight into Hahnemann's hands

Ross Wallace is replaced by Anthony Stokes

Some how Graeme Murty cleared Ross Wallace's shot off the line and out for a corner after Jones had caused more havoc in the penalty area

Leroy Lita has been very quiet for Reading and looks frustrated in attack, as Dave Kitson just put the ball over the bar with a lackluster header

Michael Chopra got in behind the defence and was persistant in trying to get his shot off at goal, he worked an opening and fired the ball into the side netting of the goal

Kenwyne Jones is having a great game for Sunderland and looks to be fully justifying his six million pound transfer fee paid for him in the summer

Michael Chopra played a great ball into the box for Jones to head the ball off a Reading defender and out for a corner ball that caused no problems

Nicky Shorey did well to take the ball of Chopra showing good upper body strength and then playing a simple pass down the line

Liam Rosenior playing on the right side of midfield today got forward and round the back on McShane but his cross was cleared by Nosworthy

Brynjar Gunnarsson into the referee's notebook

Ross Wallace booked for taking his shirt off in celebration of his goal

GOAL! SUNDERLAND 2 - 0 READING: (WALLACE) Ross Wallace finished the ball into the bottom corner after great work from Kenwyne Jones down the right

Sunderland get the game back underway and both teams make no chances at the restart

Half time here at The Stadium of Light and Sunderland lead 1-0

The fourth official indicates one minute of added time

A bit of a flury from Reading towards the break with Sunderland looking slightly vunerable in defence

Andre Bikey is rolling around on the floor holding his face as he makes the most of a slight tap in the face, and the referee has told him to get up and get on with the game

Great play by Ross Wallace who turned his man inside out and crossed the ball for Kenwyne Jones to head the ball wide when he should have scored his second of the game

Sunderland win their fourth corner of the game and this time Danny Higginbotham couldn't direct his header on target

Andre Bikey was lucky to get away without a booking after he blatently clipped Michael Chopra's ankles just over half way

Grant Leadbbitter won another corner for Sunderland but Ross Wallace overhit his cross and the ball went out for a goal kick

Sunderland are causing Reading all sorts of problems and look like scoring everytime they attack

Ivar Ingimarsson went close for Reading after he tried to curl the ball into the top far corner of the net, but it never looked like going in

Kenwyne Jones nearly doubling Sunderland's lead as he got his head to Chopra's inswinging cross but the ball went just wide of the mark

GOAL! SUNDERLAND 1 - 0 READING: (JONES) Kenwyne Jones puts Sunderland ahead with a lovely finish

Sunderland are showing plenty of invention in their play but are lacking the end product at the minute

The game remains goaless after a relatively quiet start here at the Stadium of Light

Gunnarsson has had his head strapped up and is back on the field of play

Roy Keane is out in his technical area shouting out instructions to his players as Brynjar Gunnarsson is recieving treatment for a head injury

Dwight Yorke did well to get his head to Shorey's dangerous cross into the box and the Trinadadian cleared the ball to safety

Dave Kitson commits an innocent foul on Danny Higginbotham as he left back tried to clear the ball and is warned by Steve Tanner about his future conduct

Kenwyne Jones has caused Reading some problems early on, and again set up Ross Wallace who's strike was well saved by Hahnemann

Paul McShane fouled Stephen Hunt to give away a free kick on the right touchline, but Leroy Rosenoir making his debut for Reading, couldn't reach Kitson in the penalty area

Grant Leadbitter made a great strike at goal for Marcus Hahnemann to make a brilliant save, then for Michael Chopra to head the rebound over the bar

Sunderland have started the brighter of the two teams and have had the majority of posession but have yet to make any clear cut chances

Andre Bikey gave away a sloppy, needless free kick to Sunderland wide out on the left hand side and Grant Leadbitter did well to get his cross over the wall and out for a corner

Kenwyne Jones turned and fired a shot down low to right of Marcus Hahnemann who splilled the ball and did well to clear it from Michael Chopra

Nicky Shorey back in the squad after injury did well to get forward down the left but was uphended by Nyron Nosworthy

Dave Kitson puts early pressure on Dickson Etuhu in Sunderland's defence and causes him kick the ball into touch

Sunderland get the game underway kicking from right to left in the first half

Sunderland pay tribute to their F.A Cup hero Ian Porterfield, who passed away during the week

Referee: Steve Tanner (Somerset)

This could perhaps be a relegation six pointer come the end of the season, with both teams having an identical league record so far of won one, drawn one, lost one. This is infact the first ever time the sides have met in the top flight.

Reading Line-up: Hahnemann, Murty, Bikey, Ingimarsson, Shorey, Rosenior, Harper, Gunnarsson, Hunt, Lita, Kitson

Sunderland Line-up: Gordon, McShane, Higginbotham, Nosworthy, Collins, Leadbitter, Etuhu, Yorke, Wallace, Jones, Chopra