READING FC maintained their excellent home form by putting three past relegation battling Blackpool at the Select Car Leasing Stadium.
Tom Ince netted against his former side, putting the Royals ahead early on after his deflected strike beat the goalkeeeper.
After a struggling start to the second-half, Reading put any tense moments behind them with two quickfire goals to put the game beyond the visitors.
After a superb burst upfield from Yakou Meite, he was tripped in the box and was awarded a penalty.
Andy Carroll confidently stroked the ball into the bottom right hand corner to maintain his 100% record from the spot in Reading colours.
Just a few moments later, the three points were all but sealed when Ince got on the end of a poor clearance and dispatched the ball past the keeper to claim his second goal of the match and his ninth Championship goal of the season.
Blackpool scored with virtually the final kick of the match to prevent Reading from keeping a clean sheet, but it wouldn’t be enough to dampen Reading spirits as they moved further clear of the relegation places and safely into midtable.
Paul Ince’s side now sit in 14th position on 44 points from 33 games which means they are 13 points clear of the drop zone.
