Match Report
Sheffield United U21 (1st, 10 pts) visited Reading U21 (4th, 4 pts) with 6 points between them. Reading U21 ranked just 24th in the league on five-round form despite their 4th table position. In league terms the two rates read 1.83/2.17 for Reading U21 and 2.5/2 for Sheffield United U21 (scored/conceded per game); the competition average is 1.83.
The last-five ledger: Reading U21 4/15, Sheffield United U21 10/15.
With 81 matches recorded and 2.4 yellow cards per game, S. Mulhall was the man in the middle. The match was played at Hogwood Park Training Ground in Finchampstead (capacity 24,161). Half-time and full-time told different stories: it was 1-1 at the break, before 1 more goal closed it at 1-2.