Wolves 3 Reading 0: Matt Doherty nets brace against Royals as Championship leaders get back to winning ways

WOLVES got back to winning ways thanks to a Matt Doherty brace and a Benik Afobe strike to ease past Reading 3-0 at Molineux.

The Championship leaders suffered a 4-1 defeat against Aston Villa last time out, but dominated the Royals over the 90 minutes.

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Doherty opened the scoring just before the break in the 40th minute, getting on the end of a Barry Douglas pass to head home into the bottom left corner.

And Afobe doubled their lead in the 58th minute, as the striker on loan from Bournemouth guided his strike into the bottom right corner, after being found by Helder Costa.

The Irish right-back then bagged his brace in the 73rd minute, with his strike from distance nestling into the bottom left corner.

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