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Championship
Referee: David Coote
Middlesbrough
S T S U T
2–1
Full-time
Reading
T U T S T

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Team trends

Middlesbrough Reading
Last 6 — all competitions · 6/6 matches
Win Ø 34%
50%
17%
Points per game
1,7
0,8
Over 2.5 Ø 25%
33%
17%
Both score Ø 25%
17%
33%
Average goals
2,0
1,8
Scored
1,3
0,7
Conceded
0,7
1,2
Goal diff per game
+0,7
-0,5
This season — Championship · 28/30 matches
Win Ø 37%
46%
27%
Points per game
1,6
1,1
Over 2.5 Ø 43%
46%
40%
Both score Ø 45%
39%
50%
Average goals
2,3
2,4
Scored
1,4
1,1
Conceded
1,0
1,3
Goal diff per game
+0,4
-0,2
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Match stats

Half-time score: 1–0

41% Possession 59%
14 Shots 7
3 Shots on target 2
3 Blocked shots 3
1 Goalkeeper saves 1
6 Corners 8
5 Offside 1
13 Free kicks against 11
2 Yellow cards 3
0 Red cards 0
The table before the match Middlesbrough 9. · Reading 18.
# Team K V U T +/− P
1 Wolves 30 21 5 4 +32 68
2 Derby 29 16 8 5 +24 56
3 Cardiff 30 16 7 7 +18 55
4 Bristol City 30 14 9 7 +9 51
5 Fulham 28 14 8 6 +17 50
6 Aston Villa 27 14 7 6 +17 49
7 Sheffield United 31 15 4 12 +7 49
8 Preston 30 12 12 6 +8 48
9 Middlesbrough 28 13 5 10 +11 44
10 Leeds 31 13 5 13 +3 44
11 Brentford 30 11 10 9 +3 43
12 Ipswich 30 13 4 13 +2 43
13 Norwich 30 12 7 11 -3 43
14 Millwall 31 9 12 10 +2 39
15 QPR 30 9 9 12 -10 36
16 Nott'm Forest 30 11 2 17 -13 35
17 Sheffield Weds 31 7 13 11 -6 34
18 Reading 30 8 8 14 -6 32
19 Birmingham 30 8 6 16 -19 30
20 Bolton 29 7 8 14 -19 29
21 Barnsley 31 6 10 15 -15 28
22 Hull 30 5 11 14 -7 26
23 Sunderland 30 5 10 15 -21 25
24 Burton Albion 30 6 6 18 -34 24

Calculated from our results data. “xG +/−” is expected goal difference — a positive number with a low league position suggests an undervalued team. Ties on points are sorted by goal difference; some leagues use other rules.

Match report

Middlesbrough Reading
1–0 Adama Traoré
S. Downing
44′
Half-time 2–0
2–0 Adama Traoré
49′
60′
🟨 Joey Van den Berg
63′
🔁 P. Clement
↦ L. Kelly
63′
🔁 C. Martin
↦ J. Böðvarsson
A. Clayton 🔁
↦ P. Bamford
66′
George Friend 🟨
73′
74′
🔁 Y. Kermorgant
↦ G. McCleary
78′
C. Martin 2–1
P. Clement
B. Assombalonga 🔁
↦ R. Gestede
79′
83′
🟨 Chris Gunter
87′
🟨 Leandro Bacuna
Adam Clayton 🟨
88′
M. Cranie 🔁
↦ S. Downing
91′
Full-time 2–1

Line-ups

Middlesbrough

4-3-3
25 D. Randolph G
5 R. Shotton D
3 G. Friend D
4 Daniel Ayala D
6 B. Gibson D
19 S. Downing F
7 G. Leadbitter M
16 J. Howson M
37 Adama Traoré F
39 R. Gestede F
11 P. Bamford F
Bench (7)
8 A. Clayton
9 B. Assombalonga
14 M. Cranie
1 D. Konstantopoulos
20 D. Fry
23 J. Harrison
27 M. Bešić

Coach: T. Pulis

Reading

4-2-3-1
1 V. Mannone G
2 C. Gunter D
6 L. Moore D
20 Tiago Ilori D
14 S. Aluko M
16 D. Edwards M
4 J. van den Berg
19 L. Bacuna M
38 L. Kelly M
12 G. McCleary M
23 J. Böðvarsson F
Bench (7)
22 P. Clement
27 C. Martin
18 Y. Kermorgant
24 T. Blackett
31 A. Jaakkola
50 O. Richards
55 S. Smith

Coach: J. Stam

Odds comparison

Green columns are the outcomes that came in.

Over/under goals
O1,5 ✓
O2,5 ✓
U3,5 ✓
Both teams to score
BLS ja ✓
BLS nei

Referee

David Coote · 99 kamper i vår database

🟨 Yellow cards
3,8 / match
Average
⚽ Free kicks
22,3 / match
Average

🟥 Red cards: 0,14 per match

The analysis is a statistical estimate based on the teams' results and underlying performances (xG) — not a guarantee. See the model's results.