Reading 1-0 Middlesbrough: result and report

Championship · Saturday 20 August 2022

Result

Reading 1-0 Middlesbrough

Championship · Saturday 20 August 2022, 14:00 UTC · half-time 1-0

Reading · Middlesbrough · Championship predictions

Reading 1-0 Middlesbrough: match report

Reading beat Middlesbrough 1-0 in the Championship on Saturday 20 August 2022. The half-time score was 1-0.

The only goal came from Tyrese Fornah of Reading in the 28th minute.

Discipline: Reading received 4 yellow cards; Middlesbrough received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Reading were 9th on 6 points from 4 and Middlesbrough 20th on 3 points from 4. Reading went on to finish that season 20th with 50 points, and Middlesbrough 4th with 76.

Reading lined up in a 3-5-2 and Middlesbrough in a 3-5-1-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Darragh Lenihan of Middlesbrough (7.7), ahead of Paddy McNair (7.5).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Reading win, 1 draw and 8 for Middlesbrough.

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

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 22'Yellow card · Isaiah JonesMiddlesbrough
  • 28'Goal · Tyrese FornahReading · 1-0
  • 41'Yellow card · Junior HoilettReading
  • 75'Yellow card · Tom McIntyreReading
  • 85'Yellow card · Dean BouzanisReading
  • 90+2'Yellow card · Mamadou LoumReading

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Reading 1, draws 1, Middlesbrough 8.

Team news

Reading line-up (3-5-2)

Dean Bouzanis, Tom Holmes, Sam Hutchinson, Tom McIntyre, Andy Yiadom, Jeff Hendrick, Mamadou Loum, Tyrese Fornah, Junior Hoilett, Shane Long, Tom Ince

Middlesbrough line-up (3-5-1-1)

Zack Steffen, Dael Fry, Darragh Lenihan, Marc Bola, Isaiah Jones, Paddy McNair, Jonathan Howson, Alex Mowatt, Ryan Giles, Riley McGree, Marcus Forss