Brighton 0
Reading 4 (Robson-Kanu 5, 19, Pearce 12, Bignall 85)

Reading's reserves earned a comprehensive 4-0 away win over Brighton's second string on Tuesday evening.

We were 3-0 up inside 19 minutes, with two from Hal Robson-Kanu and one from Alex Pearce early on.

Simon Church went on to hit the bar before sub Nicholas Bignall rounded off the scoring on 85 minutes to complete a very emphatic victory.

Oliver Bozanic and Jem Karacan came off with slight knocks but both are expected to be fine.

Reading: Andersen; Kelly, Golbourne, Kamdjo, Pearce; Karacan (J Taylor 89), Sigurdsson, Henry,
Bozanic (Bignall HT); Church, Robson-Kanu
Unused subs: Locke, Frewen, Vasilev

Coach Nigel Gibbs told readingfc.co.uk, "We can be really pleased with the performance, especially in the first half, when I really thought we were terrific.

"We played very, very well in that first half and it could have been more than 3-0 at half time.

"The first goal started with great distribution from Mikkel and then Church won the header for Hal to run on to and slot in.

"For the second one James Henry whipped in a ball from the left and Pearcey put in the rebound after winning the header himself. Then Hal got in behind again and slotted in nicely for 3-0 and it was still early.

"The second half was more of a battle and we had to work hard for the clean sheet. Brighton had been stung in the first half and came at us a bit more.

"We finished strongly though and got another when Bignall headed home from a corner.

"The performance was really pleasing, there was good energy, we created chances and put in fantastic application right throughout the game."

Look for video highlights on our online TV station Reading World later this week.