Middlesbrough 3-1 Reading: result and report

Championship · Saturday 18 September 2010

Result

Middlesbrough 3-1 Reading

Championship · Saturday 18 September 2010, 14:00 UTC · half-time 2-1

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Middlesbrough 3-1 Reading: match report

Middlesbrough won against Reading 3-1 in the Championship on Saturday 18 September 2010. It was 2-1 at half-time.

B. Robson opened the scoring in the 1st minute. Middlesbrough's goals came from B. Robson (1'), L. Lita (41') and D. Wheater (68'). Reading scored through Jimmy Kébé (44').

Discipline: Middlesbrough received 2 yellow cards; Reading received 1 yellow card and 1 red card.

Going into the game Middlesbrough were 17th on 7 points from 6 and Reading 14th on 7 points from 6. Middlesbrough went on to finish that season 12th with 62 points, and Reading 5th with 79.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Middlesbrough wins, 2 draws and 2 for Reading.

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

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 1'Goal · B. RobsonMiddlesbrough · 1-0
  • 41'Goal · L. LitaMiddlesbrough · 2-0
  • 44'Goal · Jimmy KébéReading · 2-1
  • 50'Yellow card · S. McDonaldMiddlesbrough
  • 68'Goal · D. WheaterMiddlesbrough · 3-1
  • 83'Yellow card · Andy HallidayMiddlesbrough
  • 85'Red card · Brian HowardReading
  • 85'Yellow card · Brynjar GunnarssonReading

Head-to-head

6 meetings: Middlesbrough 2, draws 2, Reading 2.

Team news

Middlesbrough line-up

Jason Steele, Justin Hoyte, David Wheater, Stephen McManus, Nicky Bailey, Tarmo Kink, Barry Robson, Julio Arca, Mickaël Tavares, Scott McDonald, Leroy Lita

Reading line-up

Adam Federici, Matthew Mills, Ian Harte, Shaun Cummings, Alex Pearce, Jem Karacan, Jobi McAnuff, Jimmy Kébé, Brian Howard, Shane Long, Brynjar Björn Gunnarsson