Middlesbrough 0-1 Reading: result and report

Championship · Saturday 30 August 2014

Result

Middlesbrough 0-1 Reading

Championship · Saturday 30 August 2014, 14:00 UTC · half-time 0-1

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Middlesbrough 0-1 Reading: match report

Middlesbrough lost to Reading 0-1 in the Championship on Saturday 30 August 2014. The half-time score was 0-1.

The only goal came from Simon Cox of Reading in the 7th minute.

Discipline: Middlesbrough received 2 yellow cards; Reading received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Middlesbrough were 12th on 6 points from 4 and Reading 18th on 4 points from 4. Middlesbrough went on to finish that season 4th with 89 points, and Reading 20th with 49.

Middlesbrough lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Reading in a 4-4-1-1.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Middlesbrough wins, 3 draws and 4 for Reading.

Going into the match Middlesbrough's last five read L-W-L-W and Reading's L-L-W-D.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 7'Goal · Simon CoxReading · 0-1
  • 37'Yellow card · Grant LeadbitterMiddlesbrough
  • 68'Yellow card · Hope AkpanReading
  • 76'Yellow card · Albert AdomahMiddlesbrough

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Middlesbrough 3, draws 3, Reading 4.

Team news

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Middlesbrough expected line-up (4-2-3-1)

Shay Given, Yuki Takahashi, George Friend, Ben Gibson, Albert Adomah, Grant Leadbitter, Dean Whitehead, Kei Kamara, Marvin Emnes, Mustapha Carayol

Reading expected line-up (4-4-1-1)

Alex Simon McCarthy, Chris Gunter, Sean Morrison, Stephen Kelly, Adrian Mariappa, Danny Guthrie, Garath McCleary, Jem Karacan, Pavel Pogrebnyak, Hal Robson-Kanu