Middlesbrough 2-1 Reading: result and report

Championship · Tuesday 12 April 2016

Result

Middlesbrough 2-1 Reading

Championship · Tuesday 12 April 2016, 18:45 UTC · half-time 1-0

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Middlesbrough 2-1 Reading: match report

Middlesbrough defeated Reading 2-1 in the Championship on Tuesday 12 April 2016. The half-time score was 1-0.

Emilio Nsue opened the scoring in the 10th minute. Middlesbrough's goals came from Emilio Nsue (10') and A. Forshaw (90+4'). Reading scored through Simon Cox (54').

Discipline: Middlesbrough received no yellow cards; Reading received 3 yellow cards.

Going into the game Middlesbrough were 2nd on 79 points from 40 and Reading 14th on 51 points from 40. Middlesbrough went on to finish that season 4th with 89 points, and Reading 17th with 52.

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 2 Middlesbrough wins, 3 draws and 5 for Reading.

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

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 10'Goal · Emilio NsueMiddlesbrough · 1-0
  • 54'Goal · Simon CoxReading · 1-1
  • 57'Yellow card · Jake CooperReading
  • 71'Yellow card · Andrew TaylorReading
  • 71'Yellow card · A. TaylorReading
  • 90+4'Goal · A. ForshawMiddlesbrough · 2-1

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Middlesbrough 2, draws 3, Reading 5.

Team news

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

Dimitris Konstantopoulos, George Friend, Yuki Takahashi, Ben Gibson, Albert Adomah, Grant Leadbitter, Adam Clayton, Adam Reach, Patrick Bamford, Kike García, Lee Tomlin

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

Alex Simon McCarthy, Chris Gunter, Sean Morrison, Stephen Kelly, Alex Pearce, Jordan Obita, Jem Karacan, Hal Robson-Kanu, Garath McCleary