Reading vs Middlesbrough

Championship ·Matchday 5

1-0

Full-time HT 1-0

Saturday 20 August · 17:00 Select Car Leasing Stadium, Reading, Berkshire J. Linington

Events Lineups Stats Standings Head-to-head

Reading beat Middlesbrough 1-0. Scorers for Reading: T. Fornah 28'. Middlesbrough had 73% of possession.

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Full-time 1 - 0
Added time: 2 minutes
90+2'
M. Loum Yellow card · Reading Yellow card for M. Loum (Reading)
90'
C. Boyd-Munce Out: A. Mowatt · Middlesbrough Substitution for Middlesbrough: C. Boyd-Munce comes on for A. Mowatt
85'
D. Bouzanis Yellow card · Reading D. Bouzanis of Reading is booked
75'
T. McIntyre Yellow card · Reading Yellow card for T. McIntyre (Reading)
70'
M. Hoppe Out: M. Forss · Middlesbrough Substitution for Middlesbrough: M. Hoppe comes on for M. Forss
69'
John Clarke Out: S. Hutchinson · Reading Substitution for Reading: John Clarke comes on for S. Hutchinson
61'
Lucas João Out: S. Long · Reading Substitution for Reading: Lucas João comes on for S. Long
46'
Matt Crooks Out: D. Fry · Middlesbrough Substitution for Middlesbrough: Matt Crooks comes on for D. Fry
46'
D. Watmore Out: Riley McGree · Middlesbrough Substitution for Middlesbrough: D. Watmore comes on for Riley McGree
Half-time 1 - 0
41'
J. Hoilett Yellow card · Reading Yellow card for J. Hoilett (Reading)
28'
T. Fornah 1-0 Goal · Reading Goal! T. Fornah scores for Reading. It is 1-0
22'
I. Jones Yellow card · Middlesbrough Yellow card for I. Jones (Middlesbrough)
Kick-off

The teams before the match

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LWLLW Last 5 matches DLLDD

22Position4

44Pts75

1.2Goals scored per match1.4

1.8Goals conceded per match1.7

1Clean sheets1

From each team's last 10 matches before this one, in all competitions.

Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GF:GA	GD	Pts	Form
1	Burnley	46	29	14	3	87	35	87:35	+52	101	WWWLD
2	Sheffield Utd	46	28	7	11	73	39	73:39	+34	91	WLWWW
3	Luton	46	21	17	8	57	39	57:39	+18	80	DDWDW
4	Middlesbrough	46	22	9	15	84	56	84:56	+28	75	DLLWW
5	Coventry	46	18	16	12	58	46	58:46	+12	70	DWWDW
6	Sunderland	46	18	15	13	68	55	68:55	+13	69	WDWDW
7	Blackburn	46	20	9	17	52	54	52:54	-2	69	WDLDD
8	Millwall	46	19	11	16	57	50	57:50	+7	68	LWLLW
9	West Brom	46	18	12	16	59	53	59:53	+6	66	LWLLW
10	Swansea	46	18	12	16	68	64	68:64	+4	66	WDWWW
11	Watford	46	16	15	15	56	53	56:53	+3	63	WDLLW
12	Preston	46	17	12	17	45	59	45:59	-14	63	LLDLL
13	Norwich	46	17	11	18	57	54	57:54	+3	62	LLLDL
14	Bristol City	46	15	14	17	55	56	55:56	-1	59	WLWLL
15	Hull City	46	14	16	16	51	61	51:61	-10	58	DDWLD
16	Stoke City	46	14	11	21	55	54	55:54	+1	53	LLDLL
17	Birmingham	46	14	11	21	47	58	47:58	-11	53	LLLWL
18	Huddersfield	46	14	11	21	47	62	47:62	-15	53	WWWDL
19	Rotherham	46	11	17	18	49	60	49:60	-11	50	DWLLD
20	QPR	46	13	11	22	44	71	44:71	-27	50	LWWDL
21	Cardiff	46	13	10	23	41	58	41:58	-17	49	LLWDW
22	Reading	46	13	11	22	46	68	46:68	-22	44	LDLDD
23	Blackpool	46	11	11	24	48	72	48:72	-24	44	WLWLW
24	Wigan	46	10	15	21	38	65	38:65	-27	39	DDWWL