Cambridge United old boys came back to haunt the relegation-threatened side as Harvey Knibbs and Sam Smith found the net in a 3-1 win for Reading. The pair departed the Abbey Stadium in 2023 to move to Berkshire and have become firm favourites with the Royals, and continued to endear themselves with the goals in the New Year's Day victory. The theme of the game was set from inside 60 seconds as Joel Pereira was forced into his first save of a busy first half- despite Reading kicking the game off
Chris Mepham fully expects to see out the remainder of the season with Sunderland, despite speculation over his future.
Both clubs announced on social media at 2.40pm that the fixture had been postponed.
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