Middlesbrough 0-2 Reading: result and report

Championship · Saturday 25 February 2012

Result

Middlesbrough 0-2 Reading

Championship · Saturday 25 February 2012, 15:00 UTC · half-time 0-1

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Middlesbrough 0-2 Reading: match report

Middlesbrough were beaten by Reading 0-2 in the Championship on Saturday 25 February 2012. It was 0-1 at half-time.

N. Hunt opened the scoring in the 17th minute. Middlesbrough did not score. Reading scored through N. Hunt (17') and Ian Harte (80').

Discipline: Middlesbrough received 1 yellow card; Reading received no yellow cards.

Going into the game Middlesbrough were 6th on 53 points from 31 and Reading 4th on 54 points from 31. Middlesbrough went on to finish that season 7th with 70 points, and Reading 2nd with 89.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Middlesbrough wins, 3 draws and 3 for Reading.

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

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 17'Goal · N. HuntReading · 0-1
  • 79'Yellow card · S. HinesMiddlesbrough
  • 80'Goal · Ian HarteReading · 0-2

Head-to-head

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

Team news

Middlesbrough line-up

Jason Steele, Justin Hoyte, Joe Bennett, Rhys Williams, Sebastian Tony Hines, Barry Robson, Julio Arca, Marvin Emnes, Lukas Jutkiewicz, Matthew Bates, Faris Haroun

Reading line-up

Adam Federici, Matthew Connolly, Alex Pearce, Kaspars Gorkss, Ian Harte, Jem Karacan, Mikele Leigertwood, Jobi McAnuff, Jimmy Kébé, Jason Roberts, Noel Hunt