Middlesbrough 0-0 Reading: result and report

Championship · Saturday 17 October 2020

Result

Middlesbrough 0-0 Reading

Championship · Saturday 17 October 2020, 14:00 UTC · half-time 0-0

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Middlesbrough 0-0 Reading: match report

Middlesbrough drew with Reading 0-0 in the Championship on Saturday 17 October 2020. The half-time score was 0-0.

Neither side found the net.

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

Going into the game Middlesbrough were 10th on 5 points from 4 and Reading 2nd on 12 points from 4. Middlesbrough went on to finish that season 10th with 64 points, and Reading 7th with 70.

Middlesbrough lined up in a 3-1-4-2 and Reading in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Paddy McNair of Middlesbrough (7.8), level with Liam Moore (7.8).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 7 Middlesbrough wins, 1 draw and 2 for Reading.

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

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 47'Yellow card · Liam MooreReading
  • 72'Yellow card · Omar RichardsReading
  • 75'Yellow card · Samy MorsyMiddlesbrough
  • 76'Yellow card · T. HolmesReading
  • 80'Yellow card · Paddy McNairMiddlesbrough

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Middlesbrough 7, draws 1, Reading 2.

Team news

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

Marcus Bettinelli, Anfernee Dijksteel, Dael Fry, Paddy McNair, Jonathan Howson, Marcus Tavernier, Sam Morsy, George Saville, Marc Bola, Britt Assombalonga, Chuba Akpom

Reading line-up (4-2-3-1)

Rafael Cabral, Tom Holmes, Michael Morrison, Liam Moore, Omar Richards, Andrew Farai Rinomhota, Josh Laurent, Yakou Méïté, Michael Olise, Ovie Ejaria, Lucas João