Reading 2-0 Middlesbrough: result and report
Championship · Saturday 3 October 2015
Result
Reading 2-0 Middlesbrough
Championship · Saturday 3 October 2015, 14:00 UTC · half-time 1-0
Reading 2-0 Middlesbrough: match report
Reading defeated Middlesbrough 2-0 in the Championship on Saturday 3 October 2015. The half-time score was 1-0.
Danny Williams opened the scoring in the 1st minute. Reading's goals came from Danny Williams (1') and Nick Blackman (88', penalty). Middlesbrough did not score.
Discipline: Reading received 1 yellow card; Middlesbrough received 2 yellow cards.
Going into the game Reading were 4th on 15 points from 9 and Middlesbrough 2nd on 20 points from 9. Reading went on to finish that season 17th with 52 points, and Middlesbrough 4th with 89.
Reading lined up in a 4-4-2 and Middlesbrough in a 4-4-2.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 4 Reading wins, 3 draws and 3 for Middlesbrough.
Going into the match Reading's last five read W-W-L-W-W and Middlesbrough's W-W-W-W-W.
Key events
- 1'Goal · Danny Williams
- 27'Yellow card · Fernando Amorebieta
- 38'Yellow card · Jordan Obita
- 66'Yellow card · Grant Leadbitter
- 88'Penalty goal · Nick Blackman
Head-to-head
Team news
Reading expected line-up (4-4-2)
Alex Simon McCarthy, Chris Gunter, Sean Morrison, Stephen Kelly, Alex Pearce, Jordan Obita, Jem Karacan, Hal Robson-Kanu, Garath McCleary
Middlesbrough expected line-up (4-4-2)
Dimitris Konstantopoulos, George Friend, Yuki Takahashi, Ben Gibson, Albert Adomah, Grant Leadbitter, Adam Clayton, Adam Reach, Patrick Bamford, Kike García, Lee Tomlin