Middlesbrough 5-0 Reading: result and report

Middlesbrough 5-0 Reading

Championship · Saturday 4 March 2023, 15:00 UTC · half-time 2-0

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Middlesbrough defeated Reading 5-0 in the Championship on Saturday 4 March 2023. It was 2-0 at half-time.

Chuba Akpom opened the scoring in the 24th minute. Middlesbrough's goals came from Chuba Akpom (24', penalty), A. Ramsey (45+1'), Chuba Akpom (48'), A. Ramsey (51') and Marcus Forss (76', penalty). Reading did not score.

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

Going into the game Middlesbrough were 4th on 57 points from 34 and Reading 15th on 44 points from 33. Middlesbrough went on to finish that season 4th with 76 points, and Reading 20th with 50.

Middlesbrough lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Reading in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Aaron Ramsey of Middlesbrough (8.8), ahead of Chuba Akpom (8.5).

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 L-W-W-W-W and Reading's W-L-W-L-D.