Middlesbrough 0-1 Reading: result and report
Premier League · Saturday 1 March 2008
Result
Middlesbrough 0-1 Reading
Premier League · Saturday 1 March 2008, 15:00 UTC · half-time 0-0
Middlesbrough 0-1 Reading: match report
Middlesbrough lost to Reading 0-1 in the Premier League on Saturday 1 March 2008. The half-time score was 0-0.
The only goal came from James Harper of Reading in the 90th minute.
Discipline: Middlesbrough received 4 yellow cards; Reading received 5 yellow cards.
Going into the game Middlesbrough were 12th on 29 points from 27 and Reading 18th on 22 points from 27. Middlesbrough went on to finish that season 13th with 42 points, and Reading 18th with 36.
Middlesbrough lined up in a 4-4-2 and Reading in a 4-4-2.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Middlesbrough win, 1 draw and 1 for Reading.
Going into the match Middlesbrough's last five read L-W-D-W-D and Reading's L-L-L-L-L.
Key events
- 18'Yellow card · Andre Bikey
- 31'Yellow card · George Boateng
- 33'Yellow card · D. Wheater
- 42'Yellow card · Liam Rosenior
- 65'Yellow card · Noel Hunt
- 73'Yellow card · Jonathan Grounds
- 78'Yellow card · Stewart Downing
- 80'Yellow card · Nicky Shorey
- 90+2'Goal · James Harper
- 90+3'Yellow card · Ingo Goetze
Head-to-head
Team news
Middlesbrough expected line-up (4-4-2)
Mark Schwarzer, Luke Young, David Wheater, Emanuel Pogatetz, George Boateng, Stewart Downing, Julio Arca, Fábio Rochemback, Jérémie Aliadière, Sanli Tuncay, Jonathan Woodgate
Reading line-up (4-4-2)
Marcus Hahnemann, Nicky Shorey, Ivar Ingimarsson, Andre Bikey, Noel Hunt, John Oster, James Harper, M. Matějovský, Kevin Doyle, Shane Long, Liam Rosenior