Fulham 2-4 Reading (2012-13 Premier League)

Sat 4 May 2013 15:00	Fulham	(0) 2-4 (1)	Reading	Craven Cottage, Fulham, London Attendance: 24,087 Referee: Neil Swarbrick
	Ruiz  70'  77'	Report	Robson-Kanu  12' (pen)  62' le Fondre  75' Karacan  83'

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FULHAM (4-2-3-1) GK 1 Mark Schwarzer DR 27 Sascha Riether DC 4 Philippe Senderos 27' DC 5 Brede Hangeland (c) DL 3 John Arne Riise 56' DM 33 Eyong Enoh 87' DM 14 Giorgos Karagounis 28' AMR 16 Damien Duff 71' AMC 11 Bryan Ruiz AML 28 Urby Emanuelson ST 9 Dimitar Berbatov Substitutes: GK 38 Neil Etheridge DF 15 Kieran Richardson 56' DF 18 Aaron Hughes DF 27 Stanislav Manolev MF 12 Emmanuel Frimpong MF 31 Alex Kačaniklić 71' FW 20 Hugo Rodallega 28' Manager: Martin Jol

READING (4-2-3-1) GK 21 Alex McCarthy DR 2 Chris Gunter DC 15 Sean Morrison DC 6 Adrian Mariappa 84' DL 27 Stephen Kelly DM 20 Danny Guthrie DM 4 Jem Karacan AMR 19 Hal Robson-Kanu 81' AMC 11 Jobi McAnuff (c) 73' AML 12 Garath McCleary ST 7 Pavel Pogrebnyak 71' Substitutes: GK 41 Stuart Taylor DF 5 Alex Pearce DF 23 Ian Harte MF 29 Daniel Carriço 81' FW 9 Adam le Fondre 71' FW 10 Noel Hunt FW 30 Nick Blackman 73' Manager: Nigel Adkins

Assistant referees: Gary Beswick John Brooks Fourth official: Mark Halsey Previous Meeting: Reading 3-3 Fulham (2012-13 Premier League) (27 Oct 2012) Following Meeting: Reading 3-0 Fulham (2014-15 Championship) (13 Sept 2014) Trivia Stephen Kelly plays against Fulham for the first time since his departure from the club Statistics Fulham Reading Possession 49% 51% Shots on target 10 10 Shots off target 7 6 Shots blocked 5 5 Corner kicks 3 3 Fouls committed 16 10 Offsides 2 3 Yellow cards 2 1 Red cards 1 1 Total passes 409 437 Passing success 81% 82% Tackles 18 13 Tackles success 61% 62% Total crosses 34 17 Crosses success 32% 41% Interceptions 14 13 Images 0-1: John Arne Riise was adjudged to have brought down Hal Robson-Kanu just inside the area early on. Robson-Kanu stepped up himself and calmly sidefooted the resulting penalty to Schwarzer's right as he dived the wrong way 0-2: A Garath McCleary shot deflected to Robson-Kanu, who cut inside on the left flank and curled a shot past Schwarzer 1-2: Bryan Ruiz puts Fulham back in the match after a one-two with Hugo Rodallega allowed him to slot past McCarthy 1-3: No quicker had Ruiz scored than Reading had restored their two-goal lead, as substitute Adam le Fondre latched onto a lofted Karacan ball and continued to round Schwarzer to slot home 2-3: Once again, only a few minutes later Bryan Ruiz got a second after a header from an Alex Kačaniklić cross 2-4: The match was well and truly settled when Jem Karacan struck a left-footed volley into the far corner of the net in the 83rd minute 2012-13 season Pre-season: HB Køge (n) • Lokomotive Leipzig (a) • Kaiserslautern (n) Wycombe (a) • Nice (a) • MK Dons (a) • Charlton (h) Premier League: Norwich (h) • Man Utd (a) • West Ham (a) • West Brom (h) • Wigan (a) • Man City (h) • Southampton (a) Aston Villa (h) • Reading (a) • Everton (h) • Arsenal (a) • Sunderland (h) • Stoke (a) • Chelsea (a) • Tottenham (h) Newcastle (h) • QPR (a) • Liverpool (a) • Southampton (h) • Swansea (h) • West Brom (a) • Wigan (h) • Man City (a) West Ham (h) • Man Utd (h) • Norwich (a) • Stoke (h) • Sunderland (a) • Tottenham (a) • QPR (h) • Newcastle (a) Aston Villa (a) • Chelsea (h) • Arsenal (h) • Everton (a) • Reading (h) • Liverpool (h) • Swansea (a) FA Cup: 3rd round: Blackpool (h) • Replay: Blackpool (a) | 4th round: Man Utd (a) League Cup: 2nd round: Sheff Wed (a)