Bristol C vs Reading
Sky Bet Chship
3:00pm Saturday 5th October
Ashton Gate
(Att: 21419)
Famara Diedhiou has been Bristol Citys match-winner in a 1-0 Sky Bet Championship triumph against studying in Ashton Gate.
The only goal arrived on 12 minutes after Niclas Eliassons cross from the right found the striker unmarked to head home from eight metres.
Victory prolonged Citys unbeaten run to ten matches, but they were pushed all the way by a Reading side unfortunate not to take a stage on the equilibrium of drama.
City created a start and earlier the target of Diedhiou Callum ODowda got on the left supporting the Reading defence and crossed to go over.
But Reading responded to falling behind, well. In the 20th minute that the Ovie Ejaria needed a shot and fired just wide.
Five minutes later have been spared by goalkeeper Dan Bentley, who distribute himself to save one-on-one and City were caught out by a long ball forward to Yakou Meite.
Diedhiou needed a shot deflected for a corner, but Reading were looking both dangerous and Ejaria shot over from the edge of the box.
City had two opportunities at the beginning of the next halfODowda forcing a save from Rafael Cabral using a drive and an Eliasson cross fizzing with no team-mate able to get a touch throughout the six-yard box.
At the end George Puscas turned Taylor Moore on the corner of the box only to take over with Meite.
Reading should have equalised on 56 minutes when Ejaria burst into the penalty area on the left and produced a perfect cross for Puscas.
Together by Reading on top and Ejaria causing City issues six minutes later Puscas was substituted with Lucas Boye. A run to the byline saw him send in another very low cross, which was urgently cleared.
Reading looked increasingly hazardous and Lee Johnson made a double change delivering Jack Hunt and Antoine Semenyo for Diedhiou and Eliasson.
A pass by Semenyo saw Reading fracture in Meite run ended with a shot which flashed wide and the 79th minute. Since Lucas Joao replaced Michael Morrison, visiting boss Jose Gomes then sacrificed one of the three centre-backs.
As City defender Ashley Williams poked the ball of his own web A throw in the abandoned brought an equaliser. Then Bentleys failure to assert a cross resulted in a goalmouth scramble from which City just about penalizing.
In a hectic end, Bentley saved brilliantly from the third substitute of City and Boye shot Kasey Palmer finished weakly when he should have scored.