Bournemouth 1-0 Reading

A second-half strike from James Hayter gave Bournemouth a over Reading and secured their second victory at the Avenue Stadium.

Midfielder Hayter found the target in the 71st minute after Warren Feeney's cross-shot had been parried by Reading keeper Phil Whitehead.

Whitehead had kept eight clean sheets in his previous 10 league and cup games and he had to deny Hayter a second goal a minute later.

Nicky Forster and Martin Butler had gone close for the visitors earlier in the second half.

Substitute Jamie Cureton went close with a diving header in injury time but Bournemouth held on to claim three vital points.

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Bournemouth: Stewart, Howe, Maher, Tindall, Purches, Carl Fletcher, Hayter, Elliott, Ford, Feeney, Holmes. Subs: Eribenne, O'Connor, Menetrier, Huck, Broadhurst.

Reading: Whitehead, Murty, Robinson, Williams, Whitbread, Jones, Igoe, Harper, Butler, Forster, Henderson. Subs: Rougier, Cureton, Neil Smith, Ashdown, Mackie.

Referee: P Danson (Leicester).