Team news for the Addicks fixture

Ola John comes into the starting XI for the Royals to make his first Football League start of the season, as Charlton provide the opposition at Madejski Stadium.

And Rowan Liburd, who has an impressive scoring record with the Under-21s since joining in the summer, is in the first-team squad for the first time as he takes a seat on the bench.

Reading starting XI: Al-Habsi, Gunter, Obita, McShane (c), Hector, Norwood, Tshibola, Piazon, Blackman, John, Sa.
Subs: Moore, Taylor, McCleary, Fernandez, Williams, Cooper, Liburd.