All in all, it was a decent performance against Reading, but you can’t help but feel frustrated at the final result of 1-1. We dominated possession, had 18 shots at goal with eight on target and yet we never really forced Reading goalkeeper Joe Lumley into making many, if any, difficult saves.
Reading have the poorest away record in the league and aside from their aerial threat, never really offered too much. Having taken the lead and created a lot of opportunities we should have put the game to bed, but this is the Championship and inevitably when you don’t take your chances you get sucker-punched.
Nigel Pearson decided to put Matty James and Tommy Conway straight back into the starting line-up, following their respective returns from injury and there were also recalls for Andreas Weimann, Anis Mehmeti and Nahki Wells, with Mark Sykes (suspended), Alex Scott (injured), Andy King, Harry Cornick and Sam Bell dropping to the bench.
