Championship
Mar 1, 2014 3.00pm
1
1
HT : 0 1
FT
  • Hope Akpan 41' yellowcard
  • Tom Lawrence 69' goal
  • Nick Blackman 83' yellowcard
  • goal Shane Duffy 20'
  • yellowcard Tom Lawrence 31'
  • redcard Byron Webster 66'
  • redcard Joe Ralls 71'
  • yellowcard Joe Edwards 77'
  • yellowcard Luke Ayling 86'
  • yellowcard Kieffer Moore 87'
  • redcard Kieffer Moore 88'

Half-Time Report: Shane Duffy header gives Yeovil Town half-time lead

Yeovil ahead at the break

Yeovil Town are beating Reading at half time in their Championship encounter.

The hosts were the stronger team in the opening stages, and Pavel Pogrebnyak had a volley blocked before Garath McCleary almost found Hal Robson-Kanu with a low cross.

Adam Le Fondre was then denied what appeared to be a certain goal by Shane Duffy's last-ditch tackle.

However, Yeovil shocked their opponents with the opening goal midway through the half. Luke Ayling's free kick was powered home via the head of defender Duffy.

Tom Lawrence's blast from 25 yards was also well saved by Alex McCarthy as the visitors looked for a second goal.

Reading struggled to build momentum after that, although Danny Williams did hit a speculative volley over the bar and Pogrebnyak's header was disallowed for offside.

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