Reading 2-0 Middlesbrough: result and report
Championship · Tuesday 22 April 2014
Result
Reading 2-0 Middlesbrough
Championship · Tuesday 22 April 2014, 19:00 UTC · half-time 2-0
Reading 2-0 Middlesbrough: match report
Reading defeated Middlesbrough 2-0 in the Championship on Tuesday 22 April 2014. The half-time score was 2-0.
Adam Le Fondre opened the scoring in the 9th minute. Reading's goals came from Adam Le Fondre (9') and an own goal by George Friend (14'). Middlesbrough did not score.
Discipline: Reading received 1 yellow card; Middlesbrough received 4 yellow cards.
Going into the game Reading were 9th on 64 points from 43 and Middlesbrough 13th on 58 points from 43. Reading went on to finish that season 7th with 71 points, and Middlesbrough 12th with 64.
Reading lined up in a 4-4-1-1 and Middlesbrough in a 4-4-2.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Reading wins, 3 draws and 4 for Middlesbrough.
Going into the match Reading's last five read L-D-L-W-D and Middlesbrough's L-W-W-W-W.
Key events
- 9'Goal · Adam Le Fondre
- 14'Own goal · George Friend
- 33'Yellow card · Dean Whitehead
- 41'Yellow card · J. Varga
- 67'Yellow card · Jobi McAnuff
- 72'Yellow card · George Friend
- 88'Yellow card · Lee Tomlin
Head-to-head
Team news
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
Middlesbrough expected line-up (4-4-2)
Shay Given, Jonathan Woodgate, George Friend, Ben Gibson, Rhys Williams, Grant Leadbitter, Mustapha Carayol, Marvin Emnes, Yuki Takahashi