Middlesbrough 0-1 Reading: result and report

Premier League · Saturday 1 March 2008

Result

Middlesbrough 0-1 Reading

Premier League · Saturday 1 March 2008, 15:00 UTC · half-time 0-0

Middlesbrough · Reading · Premier League predictions

Middlesbrough 0-1 Reading: match report

Middlesbrough lost to Reading 0-1 in the Premier League on Saturday 1 March 2008. The half-time score was 0-0.

The only goal came from James Harper of Reading in the 90th minute.

Discipline: Middlesbrough received 4 yellow cards; Reading received 5 yellow cards.

Going into the game Middlesbrough were 12th on 29 points from 27 and Reading 18th on 22 points from 27. Middlesbrough went on to finish that season 13th with 42 points, and Reading 18th with 36.

Middlesbrough lined up in a 4-4-2 and Reading in a 4-4-2.

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

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 18'Yellow card · Andre BikeyReading
  • 31'Yellow card · George BoatengMiddlesbrough
  • 33'Yellow card · D. WheaterMiddlesbrough
  • 42'Yellow card · Liam RoseniorReading
  • 65'Yellow card · Noel HuntReading
  • 73'Yellow card · Jonathan GroundsMiddlesbrough
  • 78'Yellow card · Stewart DowningMiddlesbrough
  • 80'Yellow card · Nicky ShoreyReading
  • 90+2'Goal · James HarperReading · 0-1
  • 90+3'Yellow card · Ingo GoetzeReading

Head-to-head

3 meetings: Middlesbrough 1, draws 1, Reading 1.

Team news

Middlesbrough expected line-up (4-4-2)

Mark Schwarzer, Luke Young, David Wheater, Emanuel Pogatetz, George Boateng, Stewart Downing, Julio Arca, Fábio Rochemback, Jérémie Aliadière, Sanli Tuncay, Jonathan Woodgate

Reading line-up (4-4-2)

Marcus Hahnemann, Nicky Shorey, Ivar Ingimarsson, Andre Bikey, Noel Hunt, John Oster, James Harper, M. Matějovský, Kevin Doyle, Shane Long, Liam Rosenior