Shola starts as lone striker at Reading

13 April 2010 19:33
SHOLA Ameobi returns to Newcastle's side as a lone centre-forward as the Magpies attempt to claim three of the four points they need to secure the Championship title at Reading.[LNB] Ameobi, who scored a hat-trick against the Royals in Newcastle's opening home game of the season, makes his first start for three matches at the Madejski Stadium.[LNB] Chris Hughton has made three changes to the side that beat Blackpool 4-1 at the weekend, with full-back Ryan Taylor and midfielder Alan Smith also returning to the starting line-up.[LNB] Tamas Kadar, Peter Lovenkrands and Andy Carroll are the players to make way, with Jose Enrique named amongst the substitutes after recovering from injury.[LNB] READING (4-4-2): Federici; Griffin, Gunnarsson, Pearce, Bertrand; Kebe, Tabb, Howard, McAnuff; Long, Sigurdsson.[LNB] Subs: Hamer (gk), Cisse, Henry, Church, Robson-Kanu, Karacan, Hamer, Rasiak.[LNB] NEWCASTLE (4-4-1-1): Harper; R Taylor, Coloccini, Williamson, Simpson; Routledge, Smith, Guthrie, Gutierrez; Nolan; Ameobi.[LNB] Subs: Krul (gk), Enrique, Barton, Pancrate, Lovenkrands, Carroll, Best.[LNB]

Source: Northern_Echo