Reading 0-2 Middlesbrough: result and report

Reading 0-2 Middlesbrough

Championship · Saturday 28 October 2017, 14:00 UTC · half-time 0-1

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Reading were beaten by Middlesbrough 0-2 in the Championship on Saturday 28 October 2017. It was 0-1 at half-time.

Grant Leadbitter opened the scoring in the 14th minute. Reading did not score. Middlesbrough scored through Grant Leadbitter (14', penalty) and Britt Assombalonga (74').

Discipline: Reading received 1 yellow card; Middlesbrough received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Reading were 20th on 12 points from 12 and Middlesbrough 13th on 17 points from 13. Reading went on to finish that season 20th with 44 points, and Middlesbrough 6th with 77.

Reading lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Middlesbrough in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Jonathan Howson of Middlesbrough (7.8), ahead of Darren Randolph (7.5).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 5 Reading wins, 2 draws and 3 for Middlesbrough.

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