Reading 1-0 Middlesbrough: result and report
Championship · Saturday 25 September 2021
Result
Reading 1-0 Middlesbrough
Championship · Saturday 25 September 2021, 11:30 UTC · half-time 0-0
Reading 1-0 Middlesbrough: match report
Reading beat Middlesbrough 1-0 in the Championship on Saturday 25 September 2021. It was 0-0 at half-time.
The only goal came from Alen Halilovic of Reading in the 55th minute.
Discipline: Reading received 3 yellow cards; Middlesbrough received 3 yellow cards and 1 red card.
Going into the game Reading were 14th on 10 points from 8 and Middlesbrough 16th on 9 points from 8. Reading went on to finish that season 22nd with 47 points, and Middlesbrough 7th with 70.
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 Alen Halilovic of Reading (7.7), ahead of Luke Southwood (7.5).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Reading win, 1 draw and 8 for Middlesbrough.
Going into the match Reading's last five read W-W-D-L-L and Middlesbrough's L-W-L-D-D.
Key events
- 43'Yellow card · I. Jones
- 50'Yellow card · D. Tetek
- 55'Goal · Alen Halilovic
- 61'Yellow card · Lee Peltier
- 79'Yellow card · Luke Southwood
- 81'Yellow card · Abdul-Rahman Baba
- 87'Red card · Matt Crooks
- 90+2'Yellow card · Paddy McNair
Head-to-head
Team news
Unavailable
- Andrew Farai Rinomhota
- Michael Morrison
- Yakou Méïté
- Femi Azeez
- Tom Holmes
- Marc McNulty
- Lucas João
- Felipe Araruna
- Tom McIntyre
Reading line-up (4-2-3-1)
Luke Southwood, Dejan Tetek, Andy Yiadom, Josh Laurent, Abdul Rahman Baba, Danny Drinkwater, Tom Dele-Bashiru, Alen Halilovic, John Swift, Ovie Ejaria, Junior Hoilett
Middlesbrough line-up (4-2-3-1)
Joe Lumley, Lee Peltier, Paddy McNair, Dael Fry, Marc Bola, Jonathan Howson, Matt Crooks, Marcus Tavernier, Martín Payero, Isaiah Jones, Andraz Sporar