Middlesbrough 1-0 Reading: result and report

Championship · Saturday 14 September 2019

Result

Middlesbrough 1-0 Reading

Championship · Saturday 14 September 2019, 14:00 UTC · half-time 0-0

Middlesbrough · Reading · Championship predictions

Middlesbrough 1-0 Reading: match report

Middlesbrough won against Reading 1-0 in the Championship on Saturday 14 September 2019. It was 0-0 at half-time.

The only goal came from Marvin Johnson of Middlesbrough in the 60th minute.

Discipline: Middlesbrough received no yellow cards; Reading received 3 yellow cards.

Going into the game Middlesbrough were 19th on 6 points from 6 and Reading 16th on 7 points from 6. Middlesbrough went on to finish that season 18th with 53 points, and Reading 15th with 56.

Middlesbrough lined up in a 4-3-3 and Reading in a 3-5-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Darren Randolph of Middlesbrough (9.1), ahead of Adam Clayton (7.8).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 6 Middlesbrough wins, 1 draw and 3 for Reading.

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

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 27'Yellow card · T. McintyreReading
  • 44'Yellow card · Lucas BoyéReading
  • 59'Yellow card · Michael MorrisonReading
  • 60'Goal · Marvin JohnsonMiddlesbrough · 1-0

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Middlesbrough 6, draws 1, Reading 3.

Team news

Middlesbrough line-up (4-3-3)

Darren Randolph, Anfernee Dijksteel, Dael Fry, Ryan Shotton, Marc Bola, Paddy McNair, Adam Clayton, Lewis Wing, Marvin Johnson, Britt Assombalonga, Ashley Fletcher

Reading line-up (3-5-2)

Rafael Cabral, Liam Moore, Michael Morrison, Tom McIntyre, Andy Yiadom, Ovie Ejaria, John Swift, Andrew Farai Rinomhota, Omar Richards, Lucas Boyé, Yakou Méïté