What an opportunity for Walsall!

There's an absolute scrap in the box to get on the end of a corner delivery when Shrimps forward Lee Angol can't get a foot on to clear it and for a moment, you think it's gone into the net.

But alas, it turns out it couldn't get past the sea of feet and ends up going out for a goal kick.

This should probably be 1-0 Barrow!

The visitors break away and bear down on goal, and when the ball drops to Aaron Pressley a few yards out he finds Lewis Billington in the way on the line.

A great block, but if you're an attacker, you expect to bury that.

Another opening, another chance for the hosts.

A long ball over the top isn't dealt with by the Barrow defence, but Max Conways' pass just alludes the incoming Adrien Thibaut.

If one of Crewe's four first-choice strikers were fit, this one might not be 0-0 right now.

Barnsley have had a shot on target! But it was never troubling Rotherham stopper Dillon Phillips.

His namesake Adam Phillips gets on the end of a cross in from the left but his looping header lacked any power and drops comfortably into the keeper's arms.

It's Jamie Jellis v the wind.

He wants to set up his corner but the wind causes the corner flag to dance, knocking it out of position.

Not even Jellis' best efforts can keep it in place so he ends up deciding to take it as quickly as possible and while the cross is decent, it's unable to make the Morecambe keeper sweat.

Ooh, Adrien Thibaut will want that one back. The Crewe striker collects a loose back pass and does well to work an opening.

The shot is weak, though, and it's comfortable for Paul Farman.

Tim Dellor
BBC Berkshire sport editor

That's a bad challenge on Knibbs because he was in masses of space, a really dangerous lunge in from Paik, cynical from the Birmingham midfielder.

Paik Seung-ho goes into the book for Birmingham for a late tackle on Harvey Knibbs.

Barnsley are without a win in their past six and Rotherham are winless in four. It's showing a little bit here. Neither side have created much, if anything at all.

Harvey Macadam plays a threatening cross deep into the box for Morecambe and there's a bit of a scramble to get a hold of it.

It's Walsall who prevail and begin a counter-attack, storming up the other end of the pitch but Macadam is able to catch up to Jamie Jellis to still the forward momentum.

A brilliant delivery straight from a corner from Joel Tabiner has visiting keeper Paul Farman scrambling, but the man between the sticks does well to keep the ball out.

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Birmingham are just starting to get into their flow now. Keshi Anderson drives into the box, gets to the byeline and tries to cut it back across the face of goal.

But Joel Pereira does well in the Reading goal to claw it out and then the Royals can hack it clear.

Birmingham almost find themselves ahead... they launch a free-kick from the left into the box, Reading keeper Joel Pereira comes out into no man's land and it hits defender Tyler Bindon, rolls past Pereira but goes narrowly wide of the post.

That would've been a bit of a calamity goal to give away for the Royals.

The first shot on target of this contest goes the way of Reading.

Mamadi Camara latches onto a wayward clearance and hits it on the half-volley from about 25 yards out but it bounces once and goes straight into the arms of Blues keeper Ryan Allsop, who wasn't really going to be troubled from that distance.

Walsall left-back Liam Gordon unleashes an ambitious shot from distance after spotting a clear line to the bottom right corner but his strike goes wide.

Not a single shot to report as the New York Stadium yet. A cagey opening 15 minutes in the South Yorkshire derby.

It's been a bit of a stop-start opening 12 minutes or so with neither side settling into a rhythm yet.

Reading get a ball into the box from Lewis Wing for Mamadi Camara who heads well wide.

It's rather blustery out at the Globe Arena and so when Walsall get the first corner of the game, midfielder Jamie Jellis puts too much power on his shot to watch it swing in too deep.

Morecambe, however, have more luck in sending the ball into the box.

Luke Hendrie loops in a promising cross and it finds Andy Dallas in the middle of the penalty area, right in front of goal, but the forward is unable to keep his header down as it flies above the net.

Darren Carter
Ex-Birmingham midfielder on BBC Radio WM

From kick-off early on, Reading went direct, good battle between Kelvin Ehibhatiomhan and Ben Davies, the Reading man had his arm up, looking to be physical.

He knows he'll have a tough day with Klarer and Davies at the back for Blues.

A real shame for the injured Scott Wright who cannot continue for Birmingham and he's withdrawn after just nine minutes.

On comes Iceland international Willum Willumsson in his place.