3 things we learned from Reading v Fulham

Tale of two penalties

These two sides possess some of the strangest penalty statistics in English football this season.

The Royals have taken 11 penalties in the Championship this season and scored five of them, yet of the six they have missed, they have netted five times from the rebound, with Beerens’ goal last night adding another one to that tally.

While Jokanovic’s Fulham just can’t seem to score a penalty, with Martin’s miss last night their seventh unsuccessful spot-kick out of nine this season.

The Cottagers have been awarded four penalties in their last four league matches, but have only converted one of them when Martin netted in first half injury-time in the win over Barnsley on January 14.

Ultimately, it was the penalties that determined the outcome of a good game at the Madejski Stadium on Tuesday.