Didn't have much to do in the first half but did what needed to be done without fuss and was only slightly busier in the second half, again just dealing with what needed to be dealt with without fuss.
Pereira was forced into a save in the 54th minute after Wing was caught flat-footed and not defending the edge of the box. Pereira immediately pounced on the rebound but wasn't able to fully claim it/deal with it while under pressure from the Mansfield attacker; he was somewhat fortunate that he won a foul from this.
A good claim in the 70th minute from a high ball was his only other notable contribution, outside of making a couple of routine stops in both halves.
Dokes just did what Dokes does – for the most part he was defensively diligent and made a nuisance of himself further up the pitch on the overlap.
Provided only one standout moment, but it did feel like it changed the game for Reading. Reading were in a 20-minute period of struggling to contain the Mansfield threat, so Dokes took it into his own hands to make a good run forward in the 34th minute which led to an unfortunately poor cross.

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