Middlesbrough 3-1 Reading: result and report
Championship · Saturday 18 September 2010
Result
Middlesbrough 3-1 Reading
Championship · Saturday 18 September 2010, 14:00 UTC · half-time 2-1
Middlesbrough 3-1 Reading: match report
Middlesbrough won against Reading 3-1 in the Championship on Saturday 18 September 2010. It was 2-1 at half-time.
B. Robson opened the scoring in the 1st minute. Middlesbrough's goals came from B. Robson (1'), L. Lita (41') and D. Wheater (68'). Reading scored through Jimmy Kébé (44').
Discipline: Middlesbrough received 2 yellow cards; Reading received 1 yellow card and 1 red card.
Going into the game Middlesbrough were 17th on 7 points from 6 and Reading 14th on 7 points from 6. Middlesbrough went on to finish that season 12th with 62 points, and Reading 5th with 79.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Middlesbrough wins, 2 draws and 2 for Reading.
Going into the match Middlesbrough's last five read W-L-L-W-D and Reading's D-W-D-D-D.
Key events
- 1'Goal · B. Robson
- 41'Goal · L. Lita
- 44'Goal · Jimmy Kébé
- 50'Yellow card · S. McDonald
- 68'Goal · D. Wheater
- 83'Yellow card · Andy Halliday
- 85'Red card · Brian Howard
- 85'Yellow card · Brynjar Gunnarsson
Head-to-head
Team news
Middlesbrough line-up
Jason Steele, Justin Hoyte, David Wheater, Stephen McManus, Nicky Bailey, Tarmo Kink, Barry Robson, Julio Arca, Mickaël Tavares, Scott McDonald, Leroy Lita
Reading line-up
Adam Federici, Matthew Mills, Ian Harte, Shaun Cummings, Alex Pearce, Jem Karacan, Jobi McAnuff, Jimmy Kébé, Brian Howard, Shane Long, Brynjar Björn Gunnarsson