Middlesbrough 2-1 Reading: result and report
Premier League · Saturday 24 February 2007
Result
Middlesbrough 2-1 Reading
Premier League · Saturday 24 February 2007, 15:00 UTC · half-time 1-0
Middlesbrough 2-1 Reading: match report
Middlesbrough beat Reading 2-1 in the Premier League on Saturday 24 February 2007. It was 1-0 at half-time.
Mark Viduka opened the scoring in the 7th minute. Middlesbrough's goals came from Mark Viduka (7') and Yakubu Aiyegbeni (69'). Reading scored through John Oster (87').
Discipline: Middlesbrough received 1 yellow card; Reading received 1 yellow card.
Going into the game Middlesbrough were 12th on 32 points from 27 and Reading 6th on 43 points from 27. Middlesbrough went on to finish that season 12th with 46 points, and Reading 8th with 55.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Middlesbrough wins, 0 draws and 1 for Reading.
Going into the match Middlesbrough's last five read L-D-D-W-W and Reading's W-W-W-W-D.
Key events
- 7'Goal · Mark Viduka
- 45'Yellow card · Ivar Ingimarsson
- 69'Goal · Yakubu Aiyegbeni
- 87'Goal · John Oster
- 90+2'Yellow card · A. Taylor
Head-to-head
Team news
Middlesbrough line-up
Mark Schwarzer, Emanuel Pogatetz, Andrew Davies, Andrew Taylor, Julio Arca, George Boateng, Stewart Downing, Lee Cattermole, Mark Viduka, Yakubu Aiyegbeni, Jonathan Woodgate
Reading line-up
Marcus Hahnemann, Nicky Shorey, Ivar Ingimarsson, Michael Duberry, Steve Sidwell, Noel Hunt, James Harper, Leroy Lita, Shane Long, Graeme Murty, Glen Little