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Reading FC v Leeds United Squad Selector: The Results

After an opening day defeat to Birmingham, how much did you want to change the Reading side to face Leeds United on Sunday? Find out in the results of our squad selector.

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Interestingly, you thought that Steve Clarke should pick an almost unchanged side from the one that lost 2-1 at Birmingham on the opening day of the season. Looking at all the top scorers voting-wise, here's your chosen XI for Sunday's match.

In goal, Jonathan Bond was the clear favourite of Reading fans, taking a whopping 85% of the vote. That's a big endorsement for the youngster, who's managed to keep out the far more experienced Ali Al-Habsi (12.25%) and current no.3 Stuart Moore (2.5%).

Ahead of him, the back four sees the only team alteration, with Anton Ferdinand (70.6%) replacing Michael Hector (49.4%) to partner Paul McShane (83.8%). With those three players (who are all strong choices to be fair) competing for just the two spots, you've clearly gone for the option of experience, rather than mixing in the young of Hector. A solid defensive performance on Tuesday from Ferdinand and McShane was enough justification it seems.

At full-back, last season's regulars Chris Gunter (95.6%) and Jordan Obita (81.9%) are high scorers, easily seeing off newcomer Andrew Taylor (29.4%).

What's really interesting about the results for the midfield is just how highly certain players score. Stephen Quinn (86.9%), Oliver Norwood (84.4%) and Danny Williams (91.3%) have unsurprisingly won your favour, but there's also a place for academy graduate Aaron Tshibola (43.1%).

Rounding off the lineup are Nick Blackman (80.6%) and Orlando Sa (92.5%) who, having been strike partners last week, are given the same roles in the predicted lineup. That said, your selection could easily fit a number of formations. Depending on where you'd prefer to see the likes of Nick Blackman, Stephen Quinn and Danny Williams play, Reading could quite conceivably come out in a 4-4-2, 4-2-3-1, or various others.

Substitutes: Ali Al-Habsi (82.5%), Michael Hector (49.4%), Andrew Taylor (56.3%), Aaron Kuhl (34.4%), Jack Stacey (33.8%), Hal Robson-Kanu (57.5%) & Simon Cox (67.5%)