Swansea v Reading [Archive]

jackaway

29-12-2020, 09:15 AM

A tough week in store with Reading and Watford the visitors.
On Wed night we play Reading, rejuvenated this season under new manager Veljko Paunovic.
After leading the table they’ve slipped a bit recently with several players out injured and presently sit in 6th place with a 2-1 home win over Luton last time out.
Yakou Meite 6 goals and Lucas Joao 11 goals are both out injured but Joao is reportedly ready to return this week.
For the Swans, they’ve been unchanged last two matches but whether SC rotates the team or not we’ll have to wait and see. Defender Kyle Naughton has missed the last few games injured and Liam Cullen is self isolating.

jackaway

30-12-2020, 07:35 PM

The teams:

Swansea City: Freddie Woodman; Ben Cabango, Ryan Bennett, Marc Guehi; Connor Roberts, Korey Smith, Jay Fulton, Matt Grimes (captain), Jake Bidwell; Andre Ayew, Jamal Lowe.

Substitutes: Steven Benda, Ryan Manning, Viktor Gyokeres, Wayne Routledge, Yan Dhanda, Joel Latibeaudiere, Oli Cooper, Jordon Garrick, Kasey Palmer.

Reading: Rafael Cabral, Tomas Esteves, Michael Morrison (captain), Tom McIntyre, Michael Olise, Andy Rinomhota, Sam Baldock, Ovie Ejaria, Josh Laurent, Tom Holmes, Alfa Semedo.

Substitutes: Luke Southwood, Omar Richards, John Swift, Sone Aluko, Nahum Melvin-Lambert, Tennai Watson, Ryan East, Jeriel Dorsett.

Estoban

30-12-2020, 10:22 PM

Full time 0-0
How didn’t we win that, loads of chances but their man of the match, goalkeeper Rafael was in top form making some great saves.

Iolo

31-12-2020, 08:21 AM

Plenty of chances to win this. We played well, all that was missing was goals. We move on.

https://www.swanseacity.com/news/report-swansea-city-0-reading-0

Iolo

31-12-2020, 08:23 AM

Here are the highlights, on another night we win comfortably:

https://www.swanseacity.com/news/highlights-swansea-city-v-reading-0

Iolo

31-12-2020, 08:28 AM

Key player Ryan Bennett went off injured with a hamstring injury by the looks of it, which is a bit of a concern. Joel Latibeaudiere did well replacing him though and was unlucky not to score. Three 20 year olds as our back three in defence, must be a record.