Middlesbrough vs Reading: result and match stats
2:1HT 2:1Riverside Stadium, Middlesbrough
- WingL. Wing 31'
- AssombalongaB. Assombalonga 39' (pen.)
- LoaderD. Loader 11'
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Match stats
38%Possession62%
18Shots12
6On target4
7Corners4
14Fouls12
3Yellow1
0Offsides1
Timeline
1st half2 - 1
- 11'0 - 1Goal, D. Loader, assist: C. Gunter
- 31'1 - 1Goal, L. Wing
- 39'2 - 1Goal (penalty), B. Assombalonga
2nd half0 - 0
- 55'Yellow card, Jonathan Howson
- 63'Substitution, C. Harriott for S. Baldock
- 66'Yellow card, Callum Harriott
- 68'Substitution, A. Clayton for M. Bešić
- 74'Substitution, J. Barrett for G. McCleary
- 74'Substitution, M. Olise for C. Gunter
- 81'Substitution, M. Tavernier for A. Fletcher
- 86'Substitution, J. Hugill for B. Assombalonga
- 90'Yellow card, Jordan Hugill
- 90'Yellow card, George Saville
How the figures turned out
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2 of 3 came in
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Goals: under 3.5StrongestPremium82%in the match: 3 goalscame in
Goals: over 1.5StrongestPremium73%in the match: 3 goalscame in
Corners: under 10.5Strongest62%in the match: 11 cornersmissed
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Today's picksAbout the match
The match finished 2:1, with the half-time score at 2:1. In the 10 meetings so far: Middlesbrough 5, Reading 4, draws 1. Table positions: Middlesbrough 7 and Reading 20 (of 24). Referee John Brooks, England: 4.3 cards per match on average over 20 matches in our data.
Head-to-head matches
- Reading 0:1 Middlesbrough 12/22
- Middlesbrough 2:1 Reading 02/10/2018
- Reading 0:2 Middlesbrough 10/28/2017
- Middlesbrough 2:1 Reading 04/12/2016
- Reading 2:0 Middlesbrough 10/03/2015
- Reading 0:0 Middlesbrough 01/10/2015
- Middlesbrough 0:1 Reading 08/30/2014
- Reading 2:0 Middlesbrough 04/22/2014
- Middlesbrough 3:0 Reading 12/29/2013
- Middlesbrough 0:2 Reading 02/25/2012
Teams' recent matches
- Nottingham Forest 3:0 Middlesbrough 04/22
- Middlesbrough 1:0 Stoke City 04/19
- Middlesbrough 1:0 Hull City 04/13
- Bolton 0:2 Middlesbrough 04/09
- Swansea 3:1 Middlesbrough 04/06
- Middlesbrough 0:1 Bristol City 04/02
- Middlesbrough 0:1 Norwich 03/30
- Aston Villa 3:0 Middlesbrough 03/16
- Middlesbrough 1:2 Preston 03/13
- Middlesbrough 1:2 Brentford 03/09
- Reading 0:0 West Brom 04/22
- Bristol City 1:1 Reading 04/19
- Reading 2:1 Brentford 04/13
- Norwich 2:2 Reading 04/10
- Hull City 3:1 Reading 04/06
- Reading 2:1 Preston 03/30
- Stoke City 0:0 Reading 03/16
- Reading 0:3 Leeds 03/12
- Reading 3:2 Wigan 03/09
- Ipswich 1:2 Reading 03/02


