Reading 2 (Sigurdsson-pen 10, Antonio 71)
Wolves 1 (Jones 80)
Wolves suffered their first defeat of the pre-season campaign losing out by 2-1 to Reading at The Madejski Stadium.
After conceding a goal in each half, the Molineux men hit back with a Dave Jones strike but ran out of time as they searched for an equaliser.
Kevin Doyle received a warm welcome back from the home supporters whilst Nenad Milijaš made his first appearance since his return from the World Cup.
And the Serb got in the first goal attempt of the game when he ran on to Kevin Foley's square pass and let fly from 25-yards. His shot packed plenty of power but it flew straight to Adam Federici in the home goal.
Wolves fell behind in the 10th minute after a mistake by Richard Stearman. His header back to Carl Ikeme was short and Jimmy Kebe ran in to intercept only to be pulled back by the defender. The referee pointed straight to the spot and Gylfi Sigurdsson lashed the penalty into the net.
Sam Vokes just failed to control a cross from Milijaš as Wolves looked to hit back and after Sigurdsson had tested Ikeme with a snapshot from 20-yards, Adlene Guedioura was narrowly wide with a shot on the turn after a corner from Milijaš.
Reading almost stretched their lead in the 24th minute after Foley had headed behind a Kebe centre. Sigurdsson took the corner and Alex Pearce ran in to power a close range header that was pawed off the line by Ikeme. The ball went back to Pearce but his second header was too high.
Four minutes before the break Guedioura's cross was headed out to Karl Henry whose first time hooked shot was high and wide of the target.
Half-Time: Reading 1 Wolves 0
Mick McCarthy made five changes for the start of the new half and, within a minute, three of them combined to almost conjure up an equaliser.
Steven Fletcher and Matt Jarvis both had efforts scrambled away by the keeper and a defender after a teaser cross from Sylvan Ebanks-Blake.
After Jarvis had been tripped by Andy Griffin just to the left of the home area, he flicked the ball up for Jones to volley a cross that Fletcher bullet headed over the bar.
Jake Taylor was a 54th minute substitute for Reading and he was soon testing Ikeme with an angled drive that the keeper did well to turn away.
Both sides continued to make changes and seconds after a double switch by the home team, they moved into a two goal lead.
Griffin fired a free-kick into the Wolves area and Noel Hunt, one of the new introductions, flicked the ball on for Michail Antonio to convert at the far post.
Taylor made a last ditch tackle on Jarvis who had raced into the box and was preparing to shoot, before Wanderers finally found the target with just ten minutes remaining.
Jarvis was fouled between the corner flag and penalty area and he rolled the free-kick to Jones who controlled the ball before drilling a low shot into the bottom corner.
In the time that remained Alex McCarthy, on as a substitute in the home goal, was rarely tested as Reading held on for the win.
Reading: Federici (McCarthy 77), Griffin, Mills (capt), Pearce, Williams, Gunnarsson (Tabb 61), Karacan (Church 77), Sigurdsson (Taylor 54), Kebe (Antonio 61), McAnuff (Robson-Kanu 71), Long (Hunt 71).
Unused sub: Howard.
Wolves: Ikeme, Foley (Zubar 45), Elokobi, Henry (capt) (Davis 82), Batth (Winnall 82), Stearman (Hill 61), Milijaš (Jones 45), Hemmings (Jarvis 45), Vokes (Fletcher 45), Doyle (Ebanks-Blake 45), Guedioura (Halford 69).
Unused subs: McCarey, Keogh.
Referee: I. Williamson.
Attendance: 6,628 (813 visiting supporters)
