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Goals from Lucas Boye and Jordan Obita helped Reading beat Blackpool 2-0 to reach the FA Cup fourth round.

On-loan Torino striker Boye pounced on a mistake to prod home from six-yards towards the end of a drab first half.

Blackpool improved after the break but forward Obita tapped home to extend Reading's unbeaten run to nine games.

Mark Bowen's side will face the winner of Wednesday's replay between Carlisle and Cardiff City in the fourth round on Saturday, 25 January (15:00 GMT).

Reading, who made 11 changes from Saturday's 1-1 Championship draw against Nottingham Forest, struggled to create an opening until Boye capitalised on Jay Spearing miscontrolling a Jay McCleary cross from the right, three minutes before half-time, to score his first goal since 25 September.

Blackpool, who had not played since the original tie on 4 January, only made one change to their line-up from that game but they also lacked fluency and failed to register a shot on target during a lacklustre first half.

Simon Grayson's side were much better after the break and were twice denied by smart saves by Sam Walker to keep out a Matty Virtue header from six yards and a Nathan Delfouneso flick from 12 yards.

Reading hit the woodwork three times in the second half, as Boye twice saw efforts from the edge of the area cannon into the bar, either side of Omar Richards sliding in to divert the ball against post.

They eventually secured their place in the next round when Obita slipped a shot under goalkeeper Mark Howard from four yards, after seeing his initial back-post header saved.

'They looked like players, proper players' - what they said

Blackpool manager Simon Grayson: "Their keeper's made two or three good saves, but I think I sound like a broken record at times.

"I can't fault the players with the work-rate that they've put in and their attitude has been good, but it's just the quality sometimes. When we're under no pressure, we give it away too cheaply, we make the wrong decisions and if you give the ball away to good Championship players, they're going to punish you.

"Tonight we didn't really get punished too much and we were our own downfall, with the goals we conceded, but we've got to do better with the ball. Too many times we've given it away too easily and too cheaply, not enough care and not enough pride in it."

Reading manager Mark Bowen: "There wasn't anybody really that I could say was struggling today. They all stood up and not just stood up, but they looked like players, proper players.

"I'm delighted because I made my mind up to play senior guys who had waited for games, but youngsters as well.

"Coming to a place like this with the ammunition they've got, the big lad up front (Armand Gnanduillet) can cause you problems and I knew it was going to be a battle. But in a funny way, it never became that battle because our decisions on the ball were really clever and sharp at times.

"I thought we just handled the game well right throughout, professional. I thought Tom McIntyre was absolutely awesome at the back."