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Meite scores, Olise provides assist in Reading defeat to Birmingham City

Yakou Meite found the back of the net while Michael Olise provided an assist in Reading’s 2-1 defeat to Birmingham City in Thursday’s championship game.

Ivory Coast international, Meite, was afforded his 11th league start and utilized the opportunity to add to his tally, combining well with Olise in the encounter.

Reading started the game unimpressively allowing Birmingham City to open the scoring through Lukas Jutkiewicz in the fourth minute of the game.

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Nigerian forward Olise then set up Meite with a fine pass to level proceedings for the Madejski Stadium outfit in the 35th minute.