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2018–19 season
Manager	Paul Clement (until 6 December) Scott Marshall (Caretaker) (6–22 December) José Gomes (from 22 December 2018)
Stadium	Madejski Stadium
Championship	20th
FA Cup	Third round (vs. Manchester United)
EFL Cup	Second round (vs. Watford)
Top goalscorer	League: Yakou Méïté (12) All: Yakou Méïté (13)
Highest home attendance	17,255 vs West Bromwich Albion (22 April 2019)
Lowest home attendance	11,271 vs Blackburn Rovers (13 February 2019)
Average home league attendance	14,991 (5 May 2019)
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The 2018–19 season was Reading's 148th year in existence and sixth consecutive season in the Championship, and covers the period from 1 July 2018 to 30 June 2019.

Season review

Pre-season

On 18 May 2018, Reading announced that they would be taking part in a six-day pre-season training camp in Bad Erlach, Austria, with two friendlies scheduled to be played against as yet un-confirmed opposition. The EFL Cup first round draw took place on 15 June 2018, in Vietnam, drawing Reading at home against Birmingham City.

Transfers and contracts

Reading announced their first summer signing on 17 May 2018, Andy Yiadom signed a four-year contract with Reading, officially joining his new club on 1 July after the expiration of his Barnsley contract. Reading's second summer signing was announced on 5 June, with David Meyler signing a two-year contract, with the option of an additional year, on a free transfer from Hull City upon the conclusion of contract with them on 30 June. The following day, Reading announced that John O'Shea had signed a one-year contract to commence on 1 July 2018.

On 20 June, Reading announced that Andrija Novakovich had signed a new two-year contract with the club, and that he would spend the next season on loan at Eredivisie club Fortuna Sittard. Two days after, it was announced that goalkeeper Lewis Ward had also extended his contract with the club until the summer of 2020. On 2 July, Reading announced that youngsters Jamal Balogun, Andre Burley, Cameron Green, Adam Liddle, Akin Odimayo, Moroyin Omolabi and Jazz Wallace had all signed their first professional contracts with the club, whilst goalkeeper Luke Southwood had also signed a new two-year contract.

Reading signed Marc McNulty from Coventry City, on 6 July, to a four-year contract for an undisclosed fee. Two days later, it was announced that Danzell Gravenberch had re-joined KSV Roeselare on loan for second successive season.

On 10 July, Reading parted company with striker Yann Kermorgant by mutual agreement and Tennai Watson joined AFC Wimbledon on a season-long loan deal. Reading announced that they had signed Darren Sidoel from Ajax on a three-year contract on 17 July.

Academy graduate Jökull Andrésson agreed a two-year contract with Reading on 24 July, before joining Hungerford Town on loan until 1 January 2019. The following day, Joey van den Berg moved to NEC on a season-long loan deal, whilst Colchester United goalkeeper Sam Walker joined the club on a three-year deal. On 27 July, Lewis Ward joined Northampton Town on a season-long loan.

Sam Baldock signed a three-year contract with Reading, joining from Brighton and Hove Albion on 30 July. The following day, Reading confirmed that George Evans had moved to Derby County for an undisclosed fee and Sam Smith joined Oxford United on a season-long loan.

Matches

On 30 June, Reading played their first pre-season fixture away at Eastleigh. The Royals lost the fixture 2–1, with the National League side scoring a late winner through Ben Williamson. Prior to this, Paul McCallum had put the hosts ahead in the first half, before Leandro Bacuna's equaliser. Reading played two different teams composed of first team players in either half.

On 7 July, Reading faced League One outfit AFC Wimbledon at Kingsmeadow. Former-Royals loanee Kwesi Appiah put the hosts ahead, before Joe Pigott doubled their advantage just before the break. Adrian Popa and Sam Smith levelled the game with two goals in five minutes following the restart. Egli Kaja restored Wimbledon's lead, with Kane Crichlow wrapping up a 4–2 victory for the Dons with six minutes to play. As with the Eastleigh fixture, Reading fielded separate teams in either half. A 0–0 draw with Premier League Fulham followed a week later at the Recreation Ground in Aldershot. Twenty-one different players featured for Reading.

As part of the club's training camp in Bad Erlach, Austria, the Royals faced Turkish giants Beşiktaş in Graz, as part of the Turks' preparation for their Europa League campaign. Ryan Babel and Oğuzhan Özyakup put Beşiktaş into a two-goal lead in the second half, before Sam Smith and Mark McNulty levelled the contest in the final ten minutes. On the 20 July, Reading faced former Russian champions Rubin Kazan in Ilz with the sides playing out a 0–0 draw.

On 28 July, Reading played their only home match of pre-season with the visit of Crystal Palace. The Premier League side won 4–0, with goals from Alexander Sørloth, Wilfried Zaha (two) and James Tomkins, rounding of a winless pre-season for Reading.

August

Reading opened the season with a 2–1 home defeat against Derby County on 3 August. Reading opened the scoring in the 52nd minute through Jón Daði Böðvarsson, before Mason Mount equalised in the 60th minute and Tom Lawrence scored a last minute header to seal the victory for Derby County. Reading's second game of the season saw them travel to Nottingham Forest on 11 August. A single Hillal Soudani goal in the 68th minute saw the host emerge victorious, and Reading dropping to the foot of the table. On 14 August Reading hosted Birmingham City in the First Round of the EFL Cup, with goals from Yakou Méïté and John Swift securing Reading's first win of the season and their place in the Second Round of the League Cup.

On 15 August, Axel Andrésson signed a new contract with Reading until the summer of 2020, and then immediately joined Norwegian OBOS-ligaen club Viking FK on loan until the end of their season.

On 17 August, goalkeeper Liam Driscoll joined Hungerford Town on an emergency loan after Jökull Andrésson was ruled out for a couple of week due to injury in a prior game.

On 20 August, Reading announced the signing of winger Josh Sims on a season-long loan deal from Southampton.

On 31 August, Reading announced that Saeid Ezatolahi had joined the club on a season-long loan deal from Rostov, and that Liam Moore had signed a new five-year contract, keeping him at Reading until the summer of 2023.

September

A 2–1 defeat to Sheffield Wednesday on 1 September means Reading suffer their most winless season in their 147-year history despite Liam Moore's late header in the 78th minute.

On 7 September, goalkeeper George Legg joined Aldershot Town on a one-month loan deal.

On 12 September, Reading confirmed that Brian Tevreden had left the club to become Chief Executive at K.S.V. Roeselare, with Gianluca Nani taking over as Sporting Director.

October

On 3 October, Reading announced that Yakou Méïte had signed a new contract with Reading, until the summer of 2022.

On 5 October 2018, Gabriel Osho joined Aldershot Town on loan until 4 November 2018, whilst Ade Shokunbi joined Billericay Town until January 2019.

November

On 7 November, Gabriel Osho had his loan with Aldershot Town extended until the New Year, with Josh Barrett joining Osho at Aldershot Town on 10 November, signing an initial one-month loan deal On 16 November, George Legg joined Braintree Town on a month-long loan deal, whilst Adam Liddle and Joel Rollinson signed youth loan moves with Eastbourne Borough until 16 December.

On 19 November, Ron Gourlay left his role as CEO of Reading with immediate effect.

December

On 3 December, Reading were drawn away to Manchester United by Ruud Gullit and Paul Ince.

Paul Clement was sacked as manager on 6 December, with U23 manager Scott Marshall taking temporary charge of the first team, and Gabriel Osho being recalled early from his loan deal with Aldershot Town. The following day, 7 December, Gianluca Nani left the club by mutual consent less than three months after joining Reading.

On 16 December, young midfielder Tyler Frost joined Havant & Waterlooville on a month-long loan deal. On 20 December, Reading announced that Adrian Popa had moved to Ludogorets Razgrad on loan for the rest of the season, with Axel Andrésson moving to Viking FK on permanent deal the following day.

On 21 December, Wealdstone announced the signing of Ramarni Medford-Smith on loan for one-month.

Following Reading's 1–0 home defeat to Middlesbrough on 22 December, Reading announced the appointment of José Gomes as their new manager.

On 24 December, goalkeeper Luke Southwood joined Eastleigh on a one-month loan deal.

January

Transfers

On 29 December 2018, Oxford United announced that Sam Smith would return to Reading earl from his loan deal, after they'd activated a clause in the contract. On 3 January 2019, Pelle Clement left the club to join Eredivisie club PEC Zwolle, who were managed by Ex-Reading manager Jaap Stam. The following day Ben House joined Swindon Town on loan until the end of the season, whilst Darren Sidoel joined K.S.V. Roeselare on loan until the end if the season.

On 7 January, Reading announced that David Edwards had left the club to re-join Shrewsbury Town, whilst Josh Sims' loan deal had been ended early and he'd returned to Southampton, and Ovie Ejaria joined on loan until the end of the season from Liverpool.

On 9 January, Lewis Baker joined Reading on loan for the remainder of the season from Chelsea.

On 14 January, Reading announced that Lewis Ward's loan with Northampton Town had ended early, and that he would join Forest Green Rovers on loan for the remainder of the season. On 18 January, Reading announced that George Legg had joined Boreham Wood on loan until the end of the season, Sam Smith had joined Shrewsbury Town until the end of the season, and Tyler Frost and Ramarni Medford-Smith had extended their loans with Havant & Waterlooville and Wealdstone respectively for an additional month. On 22 January, Reading announced the singing of Nélson Oliveira on loan from Norwich City until the end of the season. The next day, 23 January, Emiliano Martínez joined on loan from Arsenal for the remainder of the season. On 24 January, Luke Southwood extended his loan deal with Eastleigh until the end of the season. The following day Matt Miazga became the second Chelsea players to join Reading on loan for the rest of the season. On 29 January, Gabriel Osho joined Bristol Rovers on loan for the remainder of the season, whilst Tiago Ilori moved permanently to Sporting CP for an undisclosed fee. On 31 January, transfer deadline day, Leandro Bacuna left the club for Cardiff City on an undisclosed fee, and David Meyler and Marc McNulty left the club on loan for the remainder of the season, joining Coventry City and Hibernian respectively.

February

On 6 February, Salisbury announced that Liam Driscoll had joined them on loan, replacing follow Reading youth keeper James Hillson who'd moved to Arsenal on loan. On 10 February, Vito Mannone joined Minnesota United on loan terms which run until 1 January 2020.

On 25 February, Andy Rinomhota signed a new contract with Reading, lasting until the summer of 2022. The following day, Tom McIntyre, Teddy Howe and Jordan Holsgrove extended their contracts until the summer of 2021, Tom Holmes signed a new contract until the summer of 2022, and Sone Aluko moved to Beijing Renhe on loan until the end of the 2019 season.

March

On 12 March, Ryan East signed a new contract, until the summer of 2021, and made his first team debut against Leeds United.

April

On 17 April, Reading announced that Macron would be the team's new kit supplier for three seasons beginning at the start of the 2019–20 season.

May

On 10 May Reading announced that they had offered new contracts to Tyler Frost, Adam Liddle, Ramarni Medford-Smith, Adam Desbois, Marcel Elva-Fountaine and Roberto Nditi and a first professional deal to Imari Samuels. Reading also confirmed that first team members George Legg, Anssi Jaakkola, Paul McShane, Danzell Gravenberch, Callum Harriott and Joey van den Berg would all leave the club following the completion of their contracts at the end of June, with John O'Shea retiring from football. Also leaving the club would be youngsters Jamal Balogun, Cameron Green, Moroyin Omolabi, Joel Rollinson, Ademola Shokunbi, Jazz Wallace, Jacob Pemberton, James Hillson. Shamar Moore, Terrance Saydee, Khalid Simmo and Thomas Stevens.

On 27 May 2019, Michael Olise was called up to the France at the 2019 Toulon Tournament, whilst the following day Danny Loader was called up to represent England, and Josh Barrett to represent Republic of Ireland.

On 28 May, youth team goalkeeper Coniah Boyce-Clarke agreed to sign a professional contract which Reading, until the summer of 2023, to commence the summer after his 17th birthday. On the same day, Claudio Osorio, Nelson Abbey and Malachi Talent-Aryeetey agreed to sign professional terms with the club once they turn 17.

Transfers

In

Date	Position	Nationality	Name	From	Fee	Ref.
17 May 2018	DF		Andy Yiadom	Barnsley	Free
5 June 2018	MF		David Meyler	Hull City	Free
6 June 2018	DF		John O'Shea	Sunderland	Free
6 July 2018	FW		Marc McNulty	Coventry City	Undisclosed
17 July 2018	DF		Darren Sidoel	Ajax	Undisclosed
25 July 2018	GK		Sam Walker	Colchester United	Free
30 July 2018	FW		Sam Baldock	Brighton & Hove Albion	Undisclosed

Out

Date	Position	Nationality	Name	To	Fee	Ref.
31 July 2018	MF		George Evans	Derby County	Undisclosed
21 December 2018	DF		Axel Andrésson	Viking	Undisclosed
3 January 2019	MF		Pelle Clement	PEC Zwolle	Undisclosed
29 January 2019	DF		Tiago Ilori	Sporting CP	Undisclosed
31 January 2019	MF		Leandro Bacuna	Cardiff City	Undisclosed

Loans in

Start date	Position	Nationality	Name	From	End date	Ref.
20 August 2018	MF		Josh Sims	Southampton	7 January 2019
31 August 2018	MF		Saeid Ezatolahi	Rostov	End of Season
7 January 2019	MF		Ovie Ejaria	Liverpool	End of Season
9 January 2019	MF		Lewis Baker	Chelsea	End of Season
22 January 2019	FW		Nélson Oliveira	Norwich City	End of Season
23 January 2019	GK		Emiliano Martínez	Arsenal	End of Season
25 January 2019	DF		Matt Miazga	Chelsea	End of Season

Loans out

Start date	Position	Nationality	Name	To	End date	Ref.
20 June 2018	FW		Andrija Novakovich	Fortuna Sittard	31 May 2019
9 July 2018	DF		Danzell Gravenberch	KSV Roeselare	31 May 2019
10 July 2018	DF		Tennai Watson	AFC Wimbledon	31 May 2019
24 July 2018	GK		Jökull Andrésson	Hungerford Town	1 January 2019
25 July 2018	MF		Joey van den Berg	NEC	31 May 2019
27 July 2018	GK		Lewis Ward	Northampton Town	14 January 2019
31 July 2018	FW		Sam Smith	Oxford United	1 January 2019
15 August 2018	DF		Axel Andrésson	Viking	11 November 2018
17 August 2018	GK		Liam Driscoll	Hungerford Town
7 September 2018	GK		George Legg	Aldershot Town	October 2018
5 October 2018	DF		Gabriel Osho	Aldershot Town	6 December 2018
5 October 2018	MF		Ade Shokunbi	Billericay Town	January 2019
19 October 2018	GK		James Hillson	Salisbury	6 February 2019
10 November 2018	MF		Josh Barrett	Aldershot Town	December 2018
16 November 2018	GK		George Legg	Braintree Town	16 December 2018
16 November 2018	MF		Joel Rollinson	Eastbourne Borough	16 December 2018
16 November 2018	FW		Adam Liddle	Eastbourne Borough	16 December 2018
16 December 2018	MF		Tyler Frost	Havant & Waterlooville	16 February 2019
21 December 2018	DF		Ramarni Medford-Smith	Wealdstone	16 February 2019
20 December 2018	MF		Adrian Popa	Ludogorets Razgrad	End of the Season
24 December 2018	GK		Luke Southwood	Eastleigh	End of Season
4 January 2019	FW		Ben House	Swindon Town	End of Season
4 January 2019	DF		Darren Sidoel	KSV Roeselare	31 May 2019
14 January 2019	GK		Lewis Ward	Forest Green Rovers	End of Season
18 January 2019	GK		George Legg	Boreham Wood	End of Season
18 January 2019	FW		Sam Smith	Shrewsbury Town	End of Season
29 January 2019	DF		Gabriel Osho	Bristol Rovers	End of Season
31 January 2019	MF		David Meyler	Coventry City	End of Season
31 January 2019	FW		Marc McNulty	Hibernian	End of Season
6 February 2019	GK		James Hillson	Arsenal	End of Season
6 February 2019	GK		Liam Driscoll	Salisbury	End of Season
10 February 2019	GK		Vito Mannone	Minnesota United	1 January 2020
26 February 2019	FW		Sone Aluko	Beijing Renhe	1 January 2020

Released

Date	Position	Nationality	Name	Joined	Date	Ref.
10 July 2018	FW		Yann Kermorgant	Vannes	2 October 2018
7 January 2019	MF		David Edwards	Shrewsbury Town	7 January 2019
30 June 2019	GK		James Hillson	Arsenal	2 July 2019
30 June 2019	GK		George Legg	Thatcham Town	9 September 2020
30 June 2019	GK		Anssi Jaakkola	Bristol Rovers	1 July 2019
30 June 2019	DF		Jamal Balogun	Watford	12 July 2019
30 June 2019	DF		Jacob Pemberton	Loughborough University
30 June 2019	DF		John O'Shea	Retired
30 June 2019	DF		Paul McShane	Rochdale	10 October 2019
30 June 2019	DF		Danzell Gravenberch	TOP Oss
30 June 2019	MF		Joel Rollinson	Stevenage	5 August 2019
30 June 2019	MF		Samuel Faniyan	Hertford Town
30 June 2019	MF		Cameron Green	Watford	12 July 2019
30 June 2019	MF		Moroyin Omolabi	Berkhamsted
30 June 2019	MF		Terrance Saydee	Staines Town
30 June 2019	MF		Ademola Shokunbi	Beaconsfield Town
30 June 2019	MF		Khalid Simmo	Flackwell Heath
30 June 2019	MF		Jazz Wallace	Thatcham Town	26 February 2022
30 June 2019	MF		Callum Harriott	Colchester United	7 September 2019
30 June 2019	MF		Joey van den Berg	NEC
30 June 2019	FW		Shamar Moore	Cardiff City
30 June 2019	FW		Thomas Stevens	Kasem Bundit University

Squad

As of match played 5 May 2019

No.	Name	Nationality	Position	Date of birth (Age)	Signed from	Signed in	Contract ends	Apps.	Goals
Goalkeepers
26	Emiliano Martínez		GK	(1992-09-02)2 September 1992 (aged 26)	loan from Arsenal	2019	2019	18	0
28	Sam Walker		GK	(1991-10-02)2 October 1991 (aged 27)	Colchester United	2018	2021	9	0
31	Anssi Jaakkola		GK	(1987-03-13)13 March 1987 (aged 32)	Ajax Cape Town	2016	2019	30	0
34	Lewis Ward		GK	(1997-03-05)5 March 1997 (aged 22)	Academy	2015	2020	0	0
40	George Legg		GK	(1996-04-30)30 April 1996 (aged 23)	Academy	2015		0	0
	Jökull Andrésson		GK	(2001-08-25)25 August 2001 (aged 17)	Academy	2018	2020	0	0
	Liam Driscoll		GK	(1999-05-08)8 May 1999 (aged 19)	Academy	2017	2020	0	0
Defenders
2	Chris Gunter		RB	(1989-07-21)21 July 1989 (aged 29)	Nottingham Forest	2012	2020	294	4
3	Andy Yiadom		DF	(1991-12-02)2 December 1991 (aged 27)	Barnsley	2018	2022	47	1
4	John O'Shea		DF	(1981-04-30)30 April 1981 (aged 38)	Sunderland	2018	2019	11	0
5	Paul McShane		DF	(1986-01-06)6 January 1986 (aged 33)	Hull City	2015	2019	103	4
6	Liam Moore		DF	(1993-01-31)31 January 1993 (aged 26)	Leicester City	2016	2023	137	5
11	Jordan Obita		LB	(1993-12-08)8 December 1993 (aged 25)	Academy	2010	2020	165	4
19	Matt Miazga		DF	(1995-07-19)19 July 1995 (aged 23)	loan from Chelsea	2019	2019	18	0
24	Tyler Blackett		DF	(1994-04-02)2 April 1994 (aged 25)	Manchester United	2016	2020	100	0
27	Omar Richards		DF	(1998-02-15)15 February 1998 (aged 21)	Academy	2016	2021	28	2
30	Tennai Watson		DF	(1997-03-04)4 March 1997 (aged 22)	Academy	2015	2021	7	0
44	Tom Holmes		DF	(2000-03-12)12 March 2000 (aged 19)	Academy	2017	2022	1	0
46	Tom McIntyre		DF	(1998-11-06)6 November 1998 (aged 20)	Academy	2016	2021	2	0
47	Gabriel Osho		DF	(1997-08-14)14 August 1997 (aged 21)	Academy	2016	2020	2	0
49	Teddy Howe		DF	(1998-10-09)9 October 1998 (aged 20)	Academy	2017	2021	1	0
	Ramarni Medford-Smith		DF	(1998-10-21)21 October 1998 (aged 20)	Academy	2017		0	0
Midfielders
8	David Meyler		MF	(1989-05-29)29 May 1989 (aged 29)	Hull City	2018	2020	5	0
10	John Swift		MF	(1995-06-23)23 June 1995 (aged 23)	Chelsea	2016	2022	105	16
12	Garath McCleary		RW	(1987-05-15)15 May 1987 (aged 31)	Nottingham Forest	2012	2020	246	26
15	Callum Harriott		MF	(1994-03-04)4 March 1994 (aged 25)	Charlton Athletic	2016	2019	29	4
16	Lewis Baker		MF	(1995-04-25)25 April 1995 (aged 24)	loan from Chelsea	2019	2019	19	1
18	Ovie Ejaria		MF	(1997-11-18)18 November 1997 (aged 21)	loan from Liverpool	2019	2019	16	1
32	Saeid Ezatolahi		MF	(1996-10-01)1 October 1996 (aged 22)	loan from Rostov	2018	2019	4	0
35	Andy Rinomhota		MF	(1997-04-21)21 April 1997 (aged 22)	Academy	2017	2022	30	1
38	Liam Kelly		MF	(1995-11-22)22 November 1995 (aged 23)	Academy	2014	2020	94	9
39	Josh Barrett		MF	(1998-06-21)21 June 1998 (aged 20)	Academy	2015	2021	6	0
42	Ryan East		MF	(1998-08-07)7 August 1998 (aged 20)	Academy	2016	2021	1	0
48	Michael Olise		MF	(2001-12-12)12 December 2001 (aged 17)	Academy	2018		4	0
51	Tyler Frost		MF	(1999-08-07)7 August 1999 (aged 19)	Academy	2017		0	0
52	Joel Rollinson		MF	(1998-11-16)16 November 1998 (aged 20)	Academy	2017		0	0
54	Ade Shokunbi		MF	(1998-12-17)17 December 1998 (aged 20)	Academy	2017		0	0
58	Jordan Holsgrove		MF	(1999-09-10)10 September 1999 (aged 19)	Academy	2017	2021	0	0
Forwards
9	Sam Baldock		FW	(1989-03-15)15 March 1989 (aged 30)	Brighton & Hove Albion	2018	2021	23	5
17	Modou Barrow		FW	(1992-10-13)13 October 1992 (aged 26)	Swansea City	2017	2021	82	14
21	Yakou Méïté		FW	(1996-02-11)11 February 1996 (aged 23)	Paris Saint-Germain	2016	2022	55	14
22	Nélson Oliveira		FW	(1991-08-08)8 August 1991 (aged 27)	loan from Norwich City	2019	2019	10	3
23	Jón Daði Böðvarsson		FW	(1992-05-25)25 May 1992 (aged 26)	Wolverhampton Wanderers	2017	2020	56	16
43	Danny Loader		FW	(2000-08-28)28 August 2000 (aged 18)	Academy	2016		23	1
45	Ben House		FW	(1999-07-05)5 July 1999 (aged 19)	Academy	2017	2020	0	0
	Sam Smith		FW	(1998-03-08)8 March 1998 (aged 21)	Academy	2016	2021	12	2
Out on loan
1	Vito Mannone		GK	(1988-03-02)2 March 1988 (aged 31)	Sunderland	2017	2020	47	0
14	Sone Aluko		FW	(1989-02-19)19 February 1989 (aged 30)	Fulham	2017	2021	60	4
25	Adrian Popa		MF	(1988-07-24)24 July 1988 (aged 30)	Steaua București	2017	2020	17	1
28	Danzell Gravenberch		DF	(1994-02-13)13 February 1994 (aged 25)	Dordrecht	2016	2019	5	0
29	Marc McNulty		FW	(1992-09-14)14 September 1992 (aged 26)	Coventry City	2018	2022	15	1
36	Andrija Novakovich		FW	(1996-09-21)21 September 1996 (aged 22)	University School of Milwaukee	2014	2020	2	0
	Luke Southwood		GK	(1997-12-06)6 December 1997 (aged 21)	Academy	2016	2020	0	0
	Darren Sidoel		DF	(1998-03-10)10 March 1998 (aged 21)	Ajax	2018	2021	0	0
	Joey van den Berg		MF	(1986-02-13)13 February 1986 (aged 33)	SC Heerenveen	2016	2019	68	2
Left during the season
7	Leandro Bacuna		MF	(1991-08-21)21 August 1991 (aged 27)	Aston Villa	2017	2021	66	5
16	David Edwards		MF	(1986-02-03)3 February 1986 (aged 33)	Wolverhampton Wanderers	2017	2019	35	3
18	Yann Kermorgant		FW	(1981-11-08)8 November 1981 (aged 37)	Bournemouth	2016	2019	92	24
19	Josh Sims		MF	(1997-03-28)28 March 1997 (aged 22)	loan from Southampton	2018	2019	16	0
20	Tiago Ilori		DF	(1993-02-26)26 February 1993 (aged 26)	Liverpool	2017	2020	64	1
22	Pelle Clement		MF	(1996-05-19)19 May 1996 (aged 22)	AFC Ajax	2017	2020	29	0
26	George Evans		CM	(1994-12-13)13 December 1994 (aged 24)	Manchester City	2016	2019	72	4
37	Axel Andrésson		DF	(1998-01-27)27 January 1998 (aged 21)	Academy	2016	2020	2	0

On loan

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  ITA Vito Mannone (at Minnesota United 1 January 2020) 14 MF  NGA Sone Aluko (at Beijing Renhe until end of 2019 season) 25 MF  ROU Adrian Popa (at Ludogorets Razgrad until end of 2018/19 season) 29 FW  SCO Marc McNulty (at Hibernian until end of 2018-19 season) 36 FW  USA Andrija Novakovich (at Fortuna Sittard until end of 2018/19 season)

No. Pos. Nation Player — GK  ENG Luke Southwood (at Eastleigh until end of 2018/19 season) — DF  NED Danzell Gravenberch (at K.S.V. Roeselare until end of 2018/19 season) — DF  NED Darren Sidoel (at K.S.V. Roeselare until end of 2018/19 season) — MF  NED Joey van den Berg (at NEC until end of 2018/19 season, with obligation to buy)

Left club during season

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 7 MF  CUW Leandro Bacuna (to Cardiff City) 16 MF  WAL David Edwards (to Shrewsbury Town) 18 FW  FRA Yann Kermorgant 19 MF  ENG Josh Sims (loan return to Southampton)

No. Pos. Nation Player 20 DF  POR Tiago Ilori (to Sporting CP) 22 MF  NED Pelle Clement (to PEC Zwolle) 26 MF  ENG George Evans (to Derby County) 37 DF  ISL Axel Andrésson (to Viking)

Friendlies

30 June 2018 Friendly	Eastleigh	2–1	Reading	Eastleigh
12:30 BST	McCallum 14' Williamson 86'	Report	Bacuna 78'	Stadium: Silverlake Stadium Attendance: 738

7 July 2018 Friendly	AFC Wimbledon	4–2	Reading	Kingston upon Thames
12:00 BST	Appiah 36' Pigott 42' Kaja 74' K.Critchlow 84'	Report	Popa 51' Smith 56'	Stadium: Kingsmeadow

17 July 2018 Friendly	Beşiktaş	2–2	Reading	Graz, Austria
18:00 BST	Babel 60' Özyakup 75'	Report	Smith 84' McNulty 90'	Stadium: Sportzentrum Graz-Weinzödl

28 July 2018 Friendly	Reading	0–4	Crystal Palace	Reading
15:00 BST		Report	Sørloth 33' Zaha 48', 64' Tomkins 69'	Stadium: Madejski Stadium

Competitions

Championship

League table

1. ^ The transfers of Yiadom, Meyler & O'Shea were announced prior to the completion of the transfer. The players officially joined the club on 1 July 2018.
2. Age as of the end of the season
3. Andy Yiadom was born in Holloway, England, but qualified to represent Ghana and made his international debut for Ghana in January 2017. He previously represented England at C level.
4. Liam Moore was born in Loughborough, England, but qualified to represent Jamaica, and made his international debut for Jamaica in March 2021.
5. Garath McCleary was born in Oxford, England, but qualified to represent Jamaica and made his international debut for Jamaica in February 2013.
6. Callum Harriott was born in Norbury, England, but qualified to represent Guyana, making his international debut for Guyana in March 2019.
7. Liam Kelly was born in Basingstoke, England, but qualified to represent the Republic of Ireland through his parents, representing the Republic of Ireland at U19 and U21 level.
8. Jost Barrett was born in Oxford, England, but qualified to represent the Republic of Ireland, representing the Republic of Ireland at U16, U17, U19 and U21 level.
9. Michael Olise qualifies to represent England, Nigeria and France, making his international debut for France U18 in June 2019 at the 2019 Toulon Tournament.
10. Yakou Méïte was born in Paris, France, but qualified to represent the Ivory Coast, representing the Ivory Coast at U17, U20 and U23 level.
11. Sone Aluko was born in Hounslow, England, but qualified to represent Nigeria and made his international debut for Nigeria in May 2009. He previously represented Nigeria at U20 and U23 level and England at U16, U17, U18 and U19 level.
12. Leandro Bacuna was born in Groningen, Netherlands, but qualified to represent Curaçao and made his international debut for Curaçao in March 2016. He previously represented Netherlands Antilles at U20 level and Netherlands at U19 and U21 level.
13. David Edwards was born in Pontesbury, England, but qualified to represent Wales and made his international debut for Nigeria in November 2007. He previously represented Wales at U21 level.
14. Tiago Ilori was born in Hampstead, England, but qualified to represent Portugal through his mother, representing Portugal at U18, U19, U20, U21 and U23 level.
15. Birmingham City were deducted 9 points for failure to comply with the EFL profitability and sustainability rules.
16. Brentford were awarded a 1–0 win over Bolton due to Bolton's inability to hold the fixture.

Result summary

Last updated: 5 May 2019.
Source: Results

Results by matchday

Results

3 August 2018 1	Reading	1–2	Derby County	Reading
20:00 BST (UTC+1)	Meyler  37' Kelly  38' Böðvarsson 52' Méïte  88'	Report	Wisdom  22' Bryson  43' Lowe  46' Mount 60' Johnson  88' Lawrence 90+4'	Stadium: Madejski Stadium Attendance: 16,923 Referee: Robert Jones

11 August 2018 2	Nottingham Forest	1–0	Reading	West Bridgford
15:00 BST (UTC+1)	Soudani 68'	Report	Barrow  80'	Stadium: City Ground Attendance: 27,948 Referee: Steve Martin

18 August 2018 3	Reading	0–1	Bolton Wanderers	Reading
15:00 BST (UTC+1)	Blackett  25' Kelly  65'	Report	Wheater  11' Wildschut 48'	Stadium: Madejski Stadium Attendance: 13,318 Referee: James Linington

22 August 2018 4	Blackburn Rovers	2–2	Reading	Blackburn
19:45 BST (UTC+1)	Mulgrew 51' (pen.), 76' (pen.) Evans  86'	Report	Böðvarsson 12', 25'	Stadium: Ewood Park Attendance: 11,818 Referee: Oliver Langford

26 August 2018 5	Aston Villa	1–1	Reading	Birmingham
15:00 BST (UTC+1)	Elmohamady 51'	Report	Méïte  58' Sims  70' Baldock 90+3' (pen.)	Stadium: Villa Park Attendance: 33,405 Referee: Darren England

1 September 2018 6	Reading	1–2	Sheffield Wednesday	Reading
15:00 BST (UTC+1)	Moore 64' Sims  87'	Report	Reach 12' Penney  19' João 46'	Stadium: Madejski Stadium Attendance: 14,352 Referee: Gavin Ward

15 September 2018 7	Preston North End	2–3	Reading	Preston
15:00 BST (UTC+1)	Johnson 31' Robinson 76' Earl  90+4'	Report	Baldock 23' Yiadom  43' Ilori 52' Bacuna 81'	Stadium: Deepdale Attendance: 10,849 Referee: Darren Bond

19 September 2018 8	Reading	1–2	Norwich City	Reading
20:00 BST (UTC+1)	Méïte  27' Gunter  54' Böðvarsson 72'	Report	Pukki 14' Vrančić 73' 76' Aarons  81' Tettey  90+4'	Stadium: Madejski Stadium Attendance: 12,822 Referee: Tim Robinson

22 September 2018 9	Reading	3–0	Hull City	Reading
15:00 BST (UTC+1)	Baldock 4' O'Shea  58'  83' Böðvarsson 70' Yiadom 81'	Report	Campbell  33' Elphick  90'	Stadium: Madejski Stadium Attendance: 12,409 Referee: Jeremy Simpson

29 September 2018 10	Brentford	2–2	Reading	Brentford
15:00 BST (UTC+1)	Maupay 11' 78' McEachran  52' Watkins  55' Benrahma  63'  86' Barbet 90+2' Judge  90+6'	Report	Böðvarsson 25' Bacuna  52' Swift 64'	Stadium: Griffin Park Attendance: 10,045 Referee: Geoff Eltringham

2 October 2018 11	Reading	0–1	Queens Park Rangers	Reading
20:00 BST (UTC+1)	Méïte  55' Ezatolahi  68' Sims  70'	Report	Leistner 64'	Stadium: Madejski Stadium Attendance: 13,568 Referee: Andy Davies

6 October 2018 12	West Bromwich Albion	4–1	Reading	West Bromwich
15:00 BST (UTC+1)	Dawson  41' Gayle 49', 65' Barry  52' Barnes 72' Bartley 80'	Report	Bacuna 6' Swift  51' Ilori  56' Moore  82'	Stadium: The Hawthorns Attendance: 22,865 Referee: Darren England

20 October 2018 13	Reading	3–1	Millwall	Reading
15:00 BST (UTC+1)	Méïté 28', 86' Baldock 45' (pen.) Rinomhota  90+6'	Report	M.Wallace 34' Romeo  44' Cooper  59'	Stadium: Madejski Stadium Attendance: 14,532 Referee: David Webb

23 October 2018 14	Birmingham City	2–1	Reading	Birmingham
19:45 BST (UTC+1)	Gardner 49' 90+3' Jutkiewicz 70'	Report	Yiadom  18' Swift  64' Méïté 90'	Stadium: St Andrew's Attendance: 22,126 Referee: Tony Harrington

27 October 2018 15	Swansea City	2–0	Reading	Swansea
15:00 BST (UTC+1)	McBurnie 36' (pen.), 84' 54' Nordfeldt  66'	Report	Baldock  81'	Stadium: Liberty Stadium Attendance: 18,785 Referee: Keith Stroud

3 November 2018 16	Reading	3–2	Bristol City	Reading
15:00 GMT (UTC)	Méïté 8' Kelly 45+1' Bacuna  59', 66' Rinomhota  69' Yiadom  87' Baldock  90+1' Gunter  90+6'	Report	Pack 23' Brownhill 45+3' Walsh  59' Weimann  84'	Stadium: Madejski Stadium Attendance: 14,455 Referee: James Linington

10 November 2018 17	Reading	2–2	Ipswich Town	Reading
15:00 GMT (UTC)	Méïté 7', 84' Barrow  13'	Report	Edwards 5' Sears 11' Chambers  45+2' Spence  86'	Stadium: Madejski Stadium Attendance: 14,952 Referee: Darren Bond

24 November 2018 18	Wigan Athletic	0–0	Reading	Wigan
15:00 GMT (UTC)	Roberts  53' Powell  59' Garner  90+3'	Report	Gunter  33'	Stadium: DW Stadium Attendance: 9,211 Referee: Oliver Langford

27 November 2018 19	Leeds United	1–0	Reading	Leeds
19:45 GMT (UTC)	Alioski  44' Douglas  55' Dallas 60' 81'	Report	McCleary  64' Bacuna  75' McNulty 89'	Stadium: Elland Road Attendance: 27,806 Referee: Mike Dean

1 December 2018 20	Reading	2–2	Stoke City	Reading
15:00 GMT (UTC)	Bacuna  35' McNulty 42' Yiadom  89' Barrow 90+4'	Report	Afobe 48' McClean  60' Ince 69'	Stadium: Madejski Stadium Attendance: 14,414 Referee: David Coote

8 December 2018 21	Reading	0–2	Sheffield United	Reading
17:30 GMT (UTC)	Loader  80'	Report	Fleck  23' Sharp 84' Baldock 86' (o.g.)	Stadium: Madejski Stadium Attendance: 12,066 Referee: James Linington

15 December 2018 22	Rotherham United	1–1	Reading	Rotherham
15:00 GMT (UTC)	Mattock  45+2' 90'	Report	Sims  6' Baldock 9' Jaakkola  88'	Stadium: New York Stadium Attendance: 8,775 Referee: Ross Joyce

22 December 2018 23	Reading	0–1	Middlesbrough	Reading
15:00 GMT (UTC)	Rinomhota  73' Blackett  90'	Report	Bešić  41' Friend 77' Saville  79'	Stadium: Madejski Stadium Attendance: 14,943 Referee: Steve Martin

26 December 2018 24	Millwall	1–0	Reading	Bermondsey
15:00 GMT (UTC)	Wallace 8' Elliott  38' Gregory  53' Ferguson  77'	Report	Blackett  9' Moore  67' Bacuna  88'	Stadium: The Den Attendance: 12,202 Referee: Andy Davies

29 December 2018 25	Queens Park Rangers	0–0	Reading	Shepherd's Bush
15:00 GMT (UTC)	Cousins  48' Scowen  52' Furlong  70'	Report	Swift  62' O'Shea  68'	Stadium: Loftus Road Attendance: 15,721 Referee: Robert Jones

1 January 2019 26	Reading	1–4	Swansea City	Reading
15:00 GMT (UTC)	Ilori  67' Barrow  75' Harriott 77'	Report	McBurnie 2', 48' (pen.) Roberts 30' 53' van der Hoorn 45'	Stadium: Madejski Stadium Attendance: 15,644 Referee: Tim Robinson

12 January 2019 27	Reading	2–0	Nottingham Forest	Reading
15:00 GMT (UTC)	Swift 23' Richards  32' Moore  62' Yiadom  62' Robinson 87' (o.g.)	Report	Fox  8'  62' Colback  38' Murphy  61' Robinson  62' Darikwa  83'	Stadium: Madejski Stadium Attendance: 15,034 Referee: Oliver Langford

19 January 2019 28	Derby County	2–1	Reading	Derby
15:00 GMT (UTC)	Holmes 3'  81' Wilson 40' Malone  69'	Report	Ejaria  65' Aluko 66'	Stadium: Pride Park Stadium Attendance: 26,404 Referee: Andy Woolmer

29 January 2019 29	Bolton Wanderers	1–1	Reading	Bolton
19:45 GMT (UTC)	Noone  35' Taylor  58' Hobbs 90+2'	Report	Gunter  53' Rinomhota  60' Swift  63' Oliveira 74' (pen.)	Stadium: University of Bolton Stadium Attendance: 12,195 Referee: Scott Duncan
Note: Match originally scheduled for 26 January, but moved due to Bolton's progression to the Fourth Round of the FA Cup.

2 February 2019 30	Reading	0–0	Aston Villa	Reading
15:00 GMT (UTC)	Swift  53' Oliveira  55' Yiadom  62'	Report	El Ghazi  49' Whelan  49' Carroll  87' Hourihane  90+6'	Stadium: Madejski Stadium Attendance: 17,458 Referee: Geoff Eltringham

13 February 2019 32	Reading	2–1	Blackburn Rovers	Reading
20:00 GMT (UTC)	Ejaria  40' Swift 45+1' Oliveira 86'	Report	Brereton  41' Bell 82'	Stadium: Madejski Stadium Attendance: 11,271 Referee: Stephen Martin

16 February 2019 33	Sheffield United	4–0	Reading	Sheffield
15:00 GMT (UTC)	Freeman 1' Norwood  13' Madine 16', 44' Fleck 49' Cranie  57'	Report	Swift  71'	Stadium: Bramall Lane Attendance: 26,513 Referee: Robert Jones

23 February 2019 34	Reading	1–1	Rotherham United	Reading
15:00 GMT (UTC)	Ejaria 31' Swift  54'	Report	Mattock  50' Williams  59' Ajayi 79' Vaulks  89'	Stadium: Madejski Stadium Attendance: 15,958 Referee: Jeremy Simpson

2 March 2019 35	Ipswich Town	1–2	Reading	Ipswich
15:00 GMT (UTC)	Nsiala  57' Nolan  65' Edwards 83' 85'	Report	Blackett  12' Oliveira  13' 19' Moore  37' Barrow 90' 90+1'	Stadium: Portman Road Attendance: 23,009 Referee: Geoff Eltringham

9 March 2019 36	Reading	3–2	Wigan Athletic	Reading
15:00 GMT (UTC)	Miazga  42' Swift 45+3' Moore  50' Barrow 89' Méïté 90+7'  90+8'	Report	Powell 20' Garner  42' 64' Robinson  57' Jacobs  70'	Stadium: Madejski Stadium Attendance: 15,401 Referee: Andy Davies

12 March 2019 37	Reading	0–3	Leeds United	Reading
20:00 GMT (UTC)	Swift  82'	Report	Roberts  9' Klich 14' Hernández 22', 43' Ayling  29' Douglas  86'	Stadium: Madejski Stadium Attendance: 17,101 Referee: Gavin Ward

16 March 2019 38	Stoke City	0–0	Reading	Stoke-on-Trent
15:00 GMT (UTC)	Etebo  73' Batth  77' McClean  90'	Report	Harriott  44' McCleary  62' Swift  73'	Stadium: bet365 Stadium Attendance: 24,368 Referee: Jeremy Simpson

30 March 2019 39	Reading	2–1	Preston North End	Reading
15:00 GMT (UTC)	Méïte 30' Barrow 36'	Report	Fisher  72' Moult 90+3'	Stadium: Madejski Stadium Attendance: 16,771 Referee: Tony Harrington

6 April 2019 40	Hull City	3–1	Reading	Hull
15:00 BST (UTC+1)	de Wijs  15' Grosicki 53', 77' Pugh 65' Irvine  73' Martin  90+2'	Report	Baker 16' Martínez  45' Blackett  90+4'	Stadium: KCOM Stadium Attendance: 11,268 Referee: Tim Robinson

10 April 2019 41	Norwich City	2–2	Reading	Norwich
19:45 BST (UTC+1)	Godfrey 86' Zimmermann 88'	Report	Méïté 30' Martínez  48' Baker  62' Rinomhota 90+7'	Stadium: Carrow Road Attendance: 26,662 Referee: Keith Stroud

13 April 2019 42	Reading	2–1	Brentford	Reading
15:00 GMT (UTC)	Méïté 8', 15' Ejaria  37' Rinomhota  44' Gunter  56' Harriott  87'	Report	Maupay 45' Sørensen  51'	Stadium: Madejski Stadium Attendance: 16,892 Referee: Steve Martin

19 April 2019 43	Bristol City	1–1	Reading	Bristol
12:00 GMT (UTC)	Brownhill 72'	Report	Méïté 48'	Stadium: Ashton Gate Attendance: 23,309 Referee: Oliver Langford

22 April 2019 44	Reading	0–0	West Bromwich Albion	Reading
15:00 GMT (UTC)	McCleary  84' Yiadom  90+4'	Report	Harper  79'	Stadium: Madejski Stadium Attendance: 17,255 Referee: Gavin Ward

27 April 2019 45	Middlesbrough	2–1	Reading	Middlesbrough
15:00 GMT (UTC)	Wing 31' Assombalonga 39' (pen.) Howson  55' Saville  90' Hugill  90+5'	Report	Loader 11' Harriott  66'	Stadium: Riverside Stadium Attendance: 22,003 Referee: John Brooks

5 May 2019 46	Reading	0–0	Birmingham City	Reading
12:30 GMT (UTC)		Report	Harding  83'	Stadium: Madejski Stadium Attendance: 17,247 Referee: Keith Stroud

EFL Cup

The second round draw was made from the Stadium of Light on 16 August.

14 August 2018 First Round	Reading	2–0	Birmingham City	Reading
20:00 BST (UTC+1)	Méïté 11' Swift 72' Rinomhota  78'	Report	Gardner  18' Dacres-Cogley  30'	Stadium: Madejski Stadium Attendance: 6,934 Referee: Dean Whitestone

29 August 2018 Second Round	Reading	0–2	Watford	Reading
20:00 BST (UTC+1)	Méïté  89'	Report	Success 36' Quina 62' Navarro  90+3'	Stadium: Madejski Stadium Attendance: 9,265 Referee: Andy Davies

FA Cup

5 January 2019 Third Round	Manchester United	2–0	Reading	Manchester
12:30 GMT (UTC)	Mata 22' (pen.) Lukaku 45+4' Chong  77'	Report	Yiadom  33'	Stadium: Old Trafford Attendance: 73,918 Referee: Stuart Attwell

Squad statistics

As of match played 5 May 2019

Appearances and goals

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Championship		FA Cup		League Cup
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
2	DF	WAL	Chris Gunter	24	0	18+5	0	0	0	1	0
3	DF	GHA	Andy Yiadom	47	1	44	1	1	0	1+1	0
4	DF	IRL	John O'Shea	11	0	7+2	0	0	0	1+1	0
5	DF	IRL	Paul McShane	5	0	4+1	0	0	0	0	0
6	DF	ENG	Liam Moore	41	1	38	1	1	0	2	0
9	FW	ENG	Sam Baldock	23	5	15+6	5	0	0	1+1	0
10	MF	ENG	John Swift	37	4	28+6	3	1	0	2	1
12	MF	JAM	Garath McCleary	32	0	14+17	0	1	0	0	0
15	MF	GUY	Callum Harriott	13	1	2+10	1	1	0	0	0
16	MF	ENG	Lewis Baker	19	1	17+2	1	0	0	0	0
17	FW	GAM	Modou Barrow	38	4	25+11	4	0+1	0	1	0
18	MF	ENG	Ovie Ejaria	16	1	16	1	0	0	0	0
19	DF	USA	Matt Miazga	18	0	18	0	0	0	0	0
21	FW	CIV	Yakou Méïté	40	13	31+6	12	0+1	0	2	1
22	FW	POR	Nélson Oliveira	10	3	9+1	3	0	0	0	0
23	FW	ISL	Jón Daði Böðvarsson	20	6	9+11	6	0	0	0	0
24	DF	ENG	Tyler Blackett	31	0	28+2	0	0	0	1	0
26	GK	ARG	Emiliano Martínez	18	0	18	0	0	0	0	0
27	DF	ENG	Omar Richards	13	0	9+2	0	1	0	1	0
28	GK	ENG	Sam Walker	9	0	7	0	0	0	2	0
31	GK	FIN	Anssi Jaakkola	16	0	15	0	1	0	0	0
32	MF	IRN	Saeid Ezatolahi	4	0	4	0	0	0	0	0
35	MF	ENG	Andy Rinomhota	28	1	24+2	1	1	0	0+1	0
38	MF	IRL	Liam Kelly	22	1	17+3	1	1	0	1	0
39	MF	IRL	Josh Barrett	2	0	1+1	0	0	0	0	0
42	MF	ENG	Ryan East	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
43	FW	ENG	Danny Loader	22	1	8+13	1	1	0	0	0
46	DF	SCO	Tom McIntyre	2	0	1+1	0	0	0	0	0
48	MF	FRA	Michael Olise	4	0	2+2	0	0	0	0	0
49	DF	ENG	Teddy Howe	1	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0
Players away from the club on loan:
1	GK	ITA	Vito Mannone	6	0	6	0	0	0	0	0
8	MF	IRL	David Meyler	5	0	5	0	0	0	0	0
14	FW	NGA	Sone Aluko	20	1	13+6	1	0+1	0	0	0
25	MF	ROU	Adrian Popa	1	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0
29	FW	SCO	Marc McNulty	15	1	4+9	1	0	0	2	0
47	DF	ENG	Gabriel Osho	2	0	1+1	0	0	0	0	0
Players who appeared for Reading but left during the season:
7	MF	CUW	Leandro Bacuna	28	3	23+3	3	0	0	2	0
19	MF	ENG	Josh Sims	17	0	5+11	0	0	0	0+1	0
20	DF	POR	Tiago Ilori	22	1	19	1	1	0	2	0
22	MF	NED	Pelle Clement	1	0	0	0	0	0	0+1	0

Goal scorers

Place	Position	Nation	Number	Name	Championship	FA Cup	League Cup	Total
1	FW		21	Yakou Méïté	12	0	1	13
2	FW		23	Jón Daði Böðvarsson	7	0	0	7
3	FW		9	Sam Baldock	5	0	0	5
4	FW		17	Modou Barrow	4	0	0	4
	MF		10	John Swift	3	0	1	4
6	MF		7	Leandro Bacuna	3	0	0	3
	FW		22	Nélson Oliveira	3	0	0	3
8	DF		6	Liam Moore	1	0	0	1
	DF		20	Tiago Ilori	1	0	0	1
	DF		3	Andy Yiadom	1	0	0	1
	MF		38	Liam Kelly	1	0	0	1
	FW		29	Marc McNulty	1	0	0	1
	MF		15	Callum Harriott	1	0	0	1
	FW		14	Sone Aluko	1	0	0	1
	MF		18	Ovie Ejaria	1	0	0	1
	MF		16	Lewis Baker	1	0	0	1
	MF		35	Andy Rinomhota	1	0	0	1
	FW		43	Danny Loader	1	0	0	1
				Own goal	1	0	0	1
Total					49	0	2	51

Clean sheets

Place	Position	Nation	Number	Name	Championship	FA Cup	League Cup	Total
1	GK		26	Emiliano Martínez	5	0	0	5
2	GK		31	Anssi Jaakkola	3	0	0	3
3	GK		1	Sam Walker	1	0	1	2
TOTALS					9	0	1	10

Disciplinary record

Number	Nation	Position	Name	Championship		FA Cup		League Cup		Total
2		DF	Chris Gunter	5	0	0	0	0	0	5	0
3		DF	Andy Yiadom	7	0	1	0	0	0	8	0
4		DF	John O'Shea	2	1	0	0	0	0	2	1
6		DF	Liam Moore	5	0	0	0	0	0	5	0
9		FW	Sam Baldock	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
10		MF	John Swift	9	0	0	0	0	0	9	0
12		MF	Garath McCleary	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
15		MF	Callum Harriott	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
16		MF	Lewis Baker	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
17		FW	Modou Barrow	4	0	0	0	0	0	4	0
18		MF	Ovie Ejaria	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
19		DF	Matt Miazga	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
21		FW	Yakou Méïté	5	0	0	0	1	0	6	0
22		FW	Nélson Oliveira	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
24		DF	Tyler Blackett	4	1	0	0	0	0	4	1
26		GK	Emiliano Martínez	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
27		DF	Omar Richards	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
32		MF	Saeid Ezatolahi	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
35		MF	Andy Rinomhota	5	0	0	0	1	0	6	0
38		MF	Liam Kelly	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
43		FW	Danny Loader	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
Players away on loan:
8		MF	David Meyler	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
Players who left Reading during the season:
7		MF	Leandro Bacuna	4	1	0	0	0	0	4	1
19		MF	Josh Sims	4	0	0	0	0	0	4	0
20		DF	Tiago Ilori	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
Total				80	3	1	0	2	0	83	3

Awards

Player of the season

Player of the season

#	Nation	Position	Player
1		MF	Andy Rinomhota
2		DF	Andy Yiadom
3		FW	Yakou Méïté

Notes

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