Reading 1-0 Middlesbrough: result and report
Championship · Saturday 20 August 2022
Result
Reading 1-0 Middlesbrough
Championship · Saturday 20 August 2022, 14:00 UTC · half-time 1-0
Reading 1-0 Middlesbrough: match report
Reading beat Middlesbrough 1-0 in the Championship on Saturday 20 August 2022. The half-time score was 1-0.
The only goal came from Tyrese Fornah of Reading in the 28th minute.
Discipline: Reading received 4 yellow cards; Middlesbrough received 1 yellow card.
Going into the game Reading were 9th on 6 points from 4 and Middlesbrough 20th on 3 points from 4. Reading went on to finish that season 20th with 50 points, and Middlesbrough 4th with 76.
Reading lined up in a 3-5-2 and Middlesbrough in a 3-5-1-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Darragh Lenihan of Middlesbrough (7.7), ahead of Paddy McNair (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-L-W-L and Middlesbrough's D-D-L-D.
Key events
- 22'Yellow card · Isaiah Jones
- 28'Goal · Tyrese Fornah
- 41'Yellow card · Junior Hoilett
- 75'Yellow card · Tom McIntyre
- 85'Yellow card · Dean Bouzanis
- 90+2'Yellow card · Mamadou Loum
Head-to-head
Team news
Reading line-up (3-5-2)
Dean Bouzanis, Tom Holmes, Sam Hutchinson, Tom McIntyre, Andy Yiadom, Jeff Hendrick, Mamadou Loum, Tyrese Fornah, Junior Hoilett, Shane Long, Tom Ince
Middlesbrough line-up (3-5-1-1)
Zack Steffen, Dael Fry, Darragh Lenihan, Marc Bola, Isaiah Jones, Paddy McNair, Jonathan Howson, Alex Mowatt, Ryan Giles, Riley McGree, Marcus Forss