Match ends, Burton Albion 3, Reading 2.
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Burton grabbed what could be a crucial three points in their fight against relegation in League One with a 3-2 win over Reading at the Pirelli Stadium.
Albion secured a first win on home soil in nine attempts and hauled themselves five points clear of Cheltenham, who have one game in hand.
Burton got off to a rapid start with two goals in the first 11 minutes.
Mason Bennett reacted quickest to Joe Powell's low curling free-kick to smash home at the second attempt from inside the six-yard box in the fifth minute.
Mustapha Carayol chose the perfect time to curl home his first of the season with a superb effort from the edge of the box just six minutes later.
Reading always looked dangerous going forwards and it took a free-kick from skipper Lewis Wing to halve the deficit before Bobby Kamwa added a third for Albion just before half-time, blasting in from close range after Reading had failed to clear their lines.
The visitors scored again just before the hour mark when Sam Smith beat Max Crocombe from the penalty spot after Jasper Moon had been adjudged to have brought down Kelvin Ehibhatiomhan.
Albion survived a nervy final half hour as Reading pushed for an equaliser to give their survival hopes a massive boost.
Match report supplied by PA Media.
Line-ups
Burton
Formation 4-2-3-1
- 1Crocombe
- 12Moon
- 5Hughes
- 6Sweeney
- 3Seddon
- 7PowellSubstituted forGilliganat 26'minutes
- 8Harper
- 18KamwaSubstituted forNsialaat 64'minutes
- 17HelmSubstituted forOla-Adebomiat 78'minutesBooked at 90mins
- 21CarayolSubstituted forHugillat 64'minutes
- 11BennettBooked at 75minsSubstituted forOshilajaat 78'minutes
Substitutes
- 4Oshilaja
- 20Ola-Adebomi
- 25Gilligan
- 30Blackman
- 38Scott
- 44Hugill
- 46Nsiala
Reading
Formation 4-2-3-1
- 22Castro Pereira
- 30AbrefaSubstituted forMolaat 70'minutes
- 27Mbengue
- 24Bindon
- 20Dorsett
- 29Wing
- 4ElliottSubstituted forWarehamat 82'minutes
- 11Azeez
- 7KnibbsSubstituted forCraigat 70'minutes
- 15Ehibhatiomhan
- 10Smith
Substitutes
- 1Button
- 2Mola
- 8Savage
- 12Mukairu
- 19Wareham
- 36Craig
- 40Rushesha
- Referee:
- Scott Oldham
- Attendance:
- 4,487
Match Stats
Home TeamBurtonAway TeamReading
- Possession
- Home31%
- Away69%
- Shots
- Home11
- Away12
- Shots on Target
- Home7
- Away4
- Corners
- Home4
- Away9
- Fouls
- Home13
- Away6
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Full Time
Second Half ends, Burton Albion 3, Reading 2.
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Attempt missed. Lewis Wing (Reading) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the left.
Booking
Ademola Ola-Adebomi (Burton Albion) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
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Amadou Salif Mbengue (Reading) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
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Foul by Ademola Ola-Adebomi (Burton Albion).
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Corner, Reading. Conceded by Steve Seddon.
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Foul by Femi Azeez (Reading).
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Steve Seddon (Burton Albion) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
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Delay over. They are ready to continue.
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Delay in match because of an injury Kelvin Ehibhatiomhan (Reading).
Substitution
Substitution, Reading. Jayden Wareham replaces Ben Elliott.
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Amadou Salif Mbengue (Reading) wins a free kick on the right wing.
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Foul by Joe Hugill (Burton Albion).
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Ben Elliott (Reading) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
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Foul by Adedeji Oshilaja (Burton Albion).
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Amadou Salif Mbengue (Reading) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
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Foul by Joe Hugill (Burton Albion).
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Offside, Burton Albion. Sam Hughes is caught offside.
Substitution
Substitution, Burton Albion. Ademola Ola-Adebomi replaces Mark Helm.
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Do it for Chairman Ben!
Yet fellow Royals continue to chant let's all have a soirée, let's all have a soirée la la la la la la la la
Royals chanting we know what one means we know what one means Waylon Mercy we know what one means
Ya know what I mean !
It's easier when you don't give your opponents a 2 goal start at the beginning of the game !
Ok, fair play to Selles and the lads, it was a really difficult first half to the season, and they turned it around admirably.
An extremely disappointing result today.
Losing to Blackpool next week can be soothed by the Royal Soirée at Mercy Manor.
The talk of the Royal County.
Fellow Royals shed many a tear as in one week Waylon will be heading to one's Monaco residence for summer and will be soarly missed.
You can't please anyone.....so please yourself.
Ya know what I mean !