Middlesbrough 2-1 Reading: result and report

Middlesbrough 2-1 Reading

Championship · Saturday 10 February 2018, 15:00 UTC · half-time 1-0

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Middlesbrough defeated Reading 2-1 in the Championship on Saturday 10 February 2018. The half-time score was 1-0.

Adama Traoré opened the scoring in the 44th minute. Middlesbrough's goals came from Adama Traoré (44') and Adama Traoré (49'). Reading scored through Chris Martin (78').

Discipline: Middlesbrough received 2 yellow cards; Reading received 3 yellow cards.

Going into the game Middlesbrough were 9th on 45 points from 30 and Reading 18th on 32 points from 30. Middlesbrough went on to finish that season 6th with 77 points, and Reading 20th with 44.

Middlesbrough lined up in a 4-3-3 and Reading in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Adama Traoré of Middlesbrough (9.4), ahead of Jonathan Howson (8.3).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Middlesbrough wins, 2 draws and 5 for Reading.

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