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Reading 0-1 Middlesbrough - December 22, 2018 / Championship 2018/2019

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Championship 2018/2019 - Round 23

Madejski Stadium - Reading - England

December 22, 2018 - 15:00

14 943

Reading

0 - 1

Middlesbrough

77'

George Friend (right foot) Assist by Paddy McNair

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38' - Substitution Ryan Shottonis substituted by Paddy McNair

41' - Yellow card Muhamed Besic

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66' - Substitution Muhamed Besicis substituted by Lewis Wing

67' - Substitution Britt Assombalongais substituted by Jordan Hugill

70' - Substitution Danny Namasois substituted by John Swift70

73' - Yellow card Andrew Rinomhota73

77' - Goal George Friend

79' - Yellow card George Saville

82' - Substitution Josh Simsis substituted by Garath McCleary82

85' - Substitution Omar Richardsis substituted by Jon Dadi Bodvarsson85

90' - Yellow card Tyler Blackett90

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Reading

0 - 1

Middlesbrough

Reading Middlesbrough

Team line-ups

Reading

forward

offensive midfielder

midfielder

defensive midfielder

defender

sweeper

goalkeeper

9Baldock

Sam Baldock

England

B.date15/03/1989

Age29 years

H1m71

positionStriker

17Barrow

Modou Barrow

Gambia

B.date19/02/1992

Age26 years

H1m76

positionLeft Offensive Midfielder

43Namaso70

Danny Namaso

England

B.date28/08/2000

Age18 years

H1m82

positionForward

19Sims82

Josh Sims

England

B.date28/03/1997

Age21 years

H1m74

positionRight Midfielder

7Bacuna

Leandro Bacuna

Curaçao

B.date21/08/1991

Age27 years

H1m87

positionRight full-back

35Rinomhota73

Andrew Rinomhota

Zimbabwe

B.date21/04/1997

Age21 years

H1m75

positionCentre Midfield

27Richards85

Omar Richards

England

B.date15/02/1998

Age20 years

H1m85

positionLeft full-back

24Blackett90

Tyler Blackett

England

B.date02/04/1994

Age24 years

H1m88

positionLeft central defender

47Osho

Gabriel Osho

Nigeria

B.date14/08/1998

Age20 years

H1m85

positionCentral defender

3Yiadom

Andy Yiadom

Ghana

B.date02/12/1991

Age27 years

H1m80

positionRight full-back

31Jaakkola

Anssi Jaakkola

Finland

B.date13/03/1987

Age31 years

H1m95

positionGoalkeeper

First 11				Age	Match num	Note
31	G	Anssi Jaakkola		31	24	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
24	D	Tyler Blackett	90	24	84	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
47	D	Gabriel Osho		20	1	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
27	D	Omar Richards	85	20	20	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
7	M	Leandro Bacuna		27	62	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
3	D	Andy Yiadom		27	24	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
19	M	Josh Sims	82	21	17	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
35	M	Andrew Rinomhota	73	21	13	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
17	M	Modou Barrow		26	61	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
43	M	Danny Namaso	70	18	7	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
9	F	Sam Baldock		29	20	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

24 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Middlesbrough

forward

offensive midfielder

midfielder

defensive midfielder

defender

sweeper

goalkeeper

9Assombalonga67

Britt Assombalonga

DR Congo

B.date06/12/1992

Age26 years

H1m77

positionStriker

22Saville79

George Saville

Northern Ireland

B.date01/06/1993

Age25 years

H1m76

positionCentre Midfield

8Clayton

Adam Clayton

England

B.date14/01/1989

Age29 years

H1m75

positionCentre Midfield

37Besic6641

Muhamed Besic

Bosnia and Herzegovina

B.date10/09/1992

Age26 years

H1m80

positionDefensive Midfielder

16Howson

Jonny Howson

England

B.date21/05/1988

Age30 years

H1m81

positionPlaymaker

3Friend77

George Friend

England

B.date19/10/1987

Age31 years

H1m88

positionLeft full-back

20Fry

Dael Fry

England

B.date30/08/1997

Age21 years

H1m90

positionCentral defender

24Flint

Aden Flint

England

B.date11/07/1989

Age29 years

H1m97

positionSweeper

4Ayala

Daniel Ayala

Spain

B.date07/11/1990

Age28 years

H1m90

positionRight central defender

5Shotton38

Ryan Shotton

England

B.date30/09/1988

Age30 years

H1m91

positionCentral defender

23Randolph

Darren Randolph

Republic of Ireland

B.date12/05/1987

Age31 years

H1m87

positionGoalkeeper

First 11				Age	Match num	Note
23	G	Darren Randolph		31	74	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
24	D	Aden Flint		29	24	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
5	D	Ryan Shotton	38	30	44	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
4	D	Daniel Ayala		28	171	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
20	D	Dael Fry		21	46	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
3	D	George Friend	77	31	266	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
37	M	Muhamed Besic	6641	26	36	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
8	M	Adam Clayton		29	195	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
22	M	George Saville	79	25	15	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
16	M	Jonny Howson		30	71	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
9	F	Britt Assombalonga	67	26	68	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

27.8 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Substitutes				Age	Match num	Note
1	G	Vito Mannone		30
4	D	John O'Shea		37
10	M	John Swift	70	23	88	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
12	M	Garath McCleary	82	31	225	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
16	M	David Edwards		32
23	F	Jon Dadi Bodvarsson	85	26	49	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
29	F	Marc McNulty		26

Substitutes				Age	Match num	Note
31	G	Andy Lonergan		35
6	D	Danny Batth		28
17	D	Paddy McNair	38	23	13	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
26	M	Lewis Wing	66	23	16	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
28	M	Marcus Tavernier		19
11	F	Jordan Hugill	67	26	20	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
10	F	Martin Braithwaite		27

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Omar Richards

Chris Gunter

OUT

Modou Barrow

Garath McCleary

OUT

Danny Namaso

John Swift

OUT

Gabriel Osho

Thomas McIntyre

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Daniel Ayala

Danny Batth

OUT

Britt Assombalonga

Jordan Hugill

OUT

Jonny Howson

Stewart Downing

OUT

Adam Clayton

Lewis Wing

OUT

Ryan Shotton

Grant Leadbitter

OUT

George Saville

Martin Braithwaite

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Scott Marshall

Success rate in this team:

0 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

17 %

Marshall vs Middlesbrough

0 victory

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on December 22, 2018

Marshall vs Pulis

0 victory

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on December 22, 2018

Manager

Age

Match num

Tony Pulis

Success rate in this team:

44 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

36 %

Pulis vs Reading

8 victories

5 draws

8 losses

Latest figure on December 22, 2018

Pulis vs Marshall

1 victory

0 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on December 22, 2018

Referee

Stephen Martin

5 victories	9 draws	6 losses	Reading20 matches	General total	Middlesbrough17 matches	10 victories	2 draws	5 losses
2 victories	0 draw	2 losses	Reading4 matches	Season total	Middlesbrough3 matches	2 victories	1 draw	0 loss
Latest figure on April 01, 2023					Latest figure on August 29, 2023

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Key figures

George Friend played his game number 10 vs Reading in his professional career

Middlesbrough keeps its 3 consecutive matches without a draw running (since 15/12/2018).

End of streak for Middlesbrough after 5 consecutive matches without a win (since 27/11/2018). It was the best streak for the club since 23/09/2017-24/10/2017 (6 matches).

Read the next 7 key stats

General ranking

-3	19	Wigan	25 pts	23 rd
	20	Rotherham United	22 pts	23 rd
	21	Reading	19 pts	23 rd
	22	Millwall	19 pts	23 rd
	23	Bolton Wanderers	18 pts	23 rd

General ranking

-1	2	Leeds United	45 pts	22 rd
	3	West Bromwich Albion	42 pts	23 rd
+2	4	Middlesbrough	39 pts	23 rd
-1	5	Derby County	39 pts	23 rd
-1	6	Sheffield United	38 pts	23 rd

Pre-match

Current form

Home

LReading 0-1 Queens Park Rangers02/10/2018

VReading 3-1 Millwall20/10/2018

VReading 3-2 Bristol City03/11/2018

DReading 2-2 Ipswich Town10/11/2018

DReading 2-2 Stoke City01/12/2018

LReading 0-2 Sheffield United08/12/2018

Overall

DReading 2-2 Ipswich Town10/11/2018

DWigan 0-0 Reading24/11/2018

LLeeds United 1-0 Reading27/11/2018

DReading 2-2 Stoke City01/12/2018

LReading 0-2 Sheffield United08/12/2018

DRotherham United 1-1 Reading15/12/2018

Current form

Away

VIpswich Town 0-2 Middlesbrough02/10/2018

VSheffield Wednesday 1-2 Middlesbrough19/10/2018

DStoke City 0-0 Middlesbrough03/11/2018

VBrentford 1-2 Middlesbrough24/11/2018

DPreston North End 1-1 Middlesbrough27/11/2018

LQueens Park Rangers 2-1 Middlesbrough15/12/2018

Overall

VBrentford 1-2 Middlesbrough24/11/2018

DPreston North End 1-1 Middlesbrough27/11/2018

LMiddlesbrough 0-3 Aston Villa01/12/2018

DMiddlesbrough 1-1 Blackburn08/12/2018

LQueens Park Rangers 2-1 Middlesbrough15/12/2018

LMiddlesbrough 0-1 Burton Albion18/12/2018

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Drawing streak	0	1
Loosing streak	1	0
Unbeaten streak	0	1
Winless streak	3	6
Drawless streak	1	0
Scoring streak	0	1
Goalless streak	1	0
Conceding streak	6	4

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Loosing streak	1	2
Winless streak	2	5
Drawless streak	1	2
Scoring streak	3	0
Goalless streak	0	1
Conceding streak	3	6

Statistical comparison of the season

Rankings

21	General ranking (Competition total)	6
22	General ranking (Home / Away)	5

Ranking evolution during the season

Results

22	Number of games (Competition total)	22
11	Number of games (Home / Away)	11
4	Victories (Competition total)	9
3	Victories (Home / Away)	4
7	Draws (Competition total)	9
2	Draws (Home / Away)	5
11	Losses (Competition total)	4
6	Losses (Home / Away)	2

Goals

27	Goals scored (Competition total)	24
16	Goals scored (Home / Away)	13
35	Goals conceded (Competition total)	16
17	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	9
1.23	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	1.09
1.45	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	1.18
1.59	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	0.73
1.55	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	0.82

Betting aid

13	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	6
8	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	4
2	Clean sheets (Competition total)	11
1	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	4
7	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	7
3	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	3
14	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	8
7	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	6
1-2 (3 times)	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	2-0 (2 times)

Bookings

38	Yellow cards (Competition total)	38
22	Yellow cards (Home / Away)	24
1	Red cards (Competition total)	1
1	Red cards (Home / Away)	0

Key players

Jon Dadi Bodvarsson	6 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	6 goals	Britt Assombalonga
Yakou Meité	5 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	3 goals	Britt Assombalonga
Sam Baldock	2 penalties	Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)	1 penalty	Jordan Hugill
Sam Baldock	1 penalty	Team's penalty best scorer (Home / Away)		-
Leandro Bacuna	3 assists	Player with most assists (Competition total)	4 assists	Jonny Howson
Leandro Bacuna	3 assists	Player with most assists (Home / Away)	3 assists	Jonny Howson
Sam Baldock	1 goal during the last match	The fittest player	3 goals, 1 assist during the last 6 matches	Jordan Hugill

Historical head to head

Home

15 matches

5 v

5 d

5 l

18 gf

16 ga

Away

14 matches

4 v

3 d

7 l

10 gf

22 ga

Total

29 matches

9 v

8 d

12 l

28 gf

38 ga

Historical head to head

Home

14 matches

7 v

3 d

4 l

22 gf

10 ga

Away

15 matches

5 v

5 d

5 l

16 gf

18 ga

Total

29 matches

12 v

8 d

9 l

38 gf

28 ga

Largest victory

Overall	5 - 2	March 05, 2011
Home	5 - 2	March 05, 2011

Largest victory

Overall	5 - 0	April 30, 1927
Away	2 - 0	October 28, 2017

Latest head to head

February 10, 2018 - Championship 2017/2018

Middlesbrough

2 - 1

Reading

October 28, 2017 - Championship 2017/2018

Reading

0 - 2

Middlesbrough logo Middlesbrough

April 12, 2016 - Championship 2015/2016

Middlesbrough

2 - 1

Reading

October 03, 2015 - Championship 2015/2016

Reading

2 - 0

Middlesbrough logo Middlesbrough

January 10, 2015 - Championship 2014/2015

Reading

0 - 0

Middlesbrough logo Middlesbrough

Best historical scorers against Middlesbrough

Ian Harte	3 goals	2011 - 2012
Simon Cox	2 goals	2014 - 2016
Shane Long	2 goals	2011 - 2011
Dave Kitson	2 goals	2006 - 2007
James Harper	1 goal	2008 - 2008
Nick Blackman	1 goal	2015 - 2015

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 13/12/1997. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Reading

Leroy Lita	4 goals	2009 - 2011
Craig Hignett	3 goals	1997 - 1998
Grant Leadbitter	3 goals	2013 - 2017
Adama Traoré	2 goals	2018 - 2018
Yakubu Ayegbeni	2 goals	2006 - 2007
Mikkel Beck	2 goals	1997 - 1997

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 13/12/1997. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Middlesbrough

Chris Gunter	8 matches	2013 - 2018
Jobi McAnuff	7 matches	2009 - 2014
Adam Federici	7 matches	2009 - 2015
Alex Pearce	7 matches	2010 - 2015
Ívar Ingimarsson	6 matches	2006 - 2010
Jimmy Kébé	6 matches	2008 - 2012

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 13/12/1997. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Reading

Grant Leadbitter	8 matches	2013 - 2018
Stewart Downing	8 matches	2006 - 2018
Julio Arca	8 matches	2006 - 2012
George Friend	7 matches	2013 - 2018
Ben Gibson	6 matches	2013 - 2018
Albert Adomah	6 matches	2013 - 2016

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 13/12/1997. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

They played in both sides

Dave Kitson

159 matches

6 matches

2004 - 2009

Leroy Lita

100 matches

82 matches

2005 - 2011

André Bikey

72 matches

37 matches

2006 - 2013

Andrew Taylor

23 matches

145 matches

2006 - 2016

Nathaniel Chalobah

20 matches

19 matches

2014 - 2015

Yakubu Ayegbeni

11 matches

104 matches

2005 - 2015

Total : 7 players

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 15/08/1998. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

They played in both sides

Andrew Taylor

23 matches

145 matches

2006 - 2016

Yakubu Ayegbeni

11 matches

104 matches

2005 - 2015

Leroy Lita

100 matches

82 matches

2005 - 2011

Dean Gordon

3 matches

70 matches

1998 - 2004

André Bikey

72 matches

37 matches

2006 - 2013

Nathaniel Chalobah

20 matches

19 matches

2014 - 2015

Total : 7 players

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 15/08/1998. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Competition info

The other matches

December 22, 2018

Blackburn

0 1

Norwich City

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Derby County

1 1

Bristol City

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Brentford

1 0

Bolton Wanderers

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Line-ups available

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S Wednesday

1 0

Preston NE

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Stoke City

1 0

Millwall

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Wigan

0 3

Birmingham City

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Hull City

3 2

Swansea

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December 23, 2018

Aston Villa

2 3

Leeds United

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Post-match general ranking

		pts	m	v	d	l	GF	GA	diff
+11	Norwich City	47	23	14	5	4	41	26	+15
-12	Leeds United	45	22	13	6	3	36	18	+18
3	West Bromwich Albion	42	23	12	6	5	50	31	+19
+24	Middlesbrough	39	23	10	9	4	25	16	+9
-15	Derby County	39	23	11	6	6	32	25	+7
-16	Sheffield United	38	23	11	5	7	36	27	+9
7	Nottingham Forest	35	23	8	11	4	32	23	+9
+28	Birmingham City	34	23	8	10	5	35	27	+8
+29	Stoke City	34	23	8	10	5	30	27	+3
+310	Queens Park Rangers	34	23	10	4	9	28	32	-4
-311	Aston Villa	33	22	8	9	5	43	34	+9
-312	Swansea	32	23	9	5	9	29	27	+2
+113	Bristol City	31	23	8	7	8	28	27	+1
-214	Blackburn	31	23	7	10	6	29	34	-5
15	Preston North End	28	23	7	7	9	35	38	-3
+116	Hull City	27	23	7	6	10	26	32	-6
+117	Sheffield Wednesday	27	23	7	6	10	29	40	-11
+118	Brentford	25	23	6	7	10	34	34	0
-319	Wigan	25	23	7	4	12	23	33	-10
20	Rotherham United	22	23	4	10	9	22	37	-15
21	Reading	19	23	4	7	12	27	36	-9
22	Millwall	19	23	4	7	12	28	39	-11
23	Bolton Wanderers	18	23	4	6	13	15	31	-16
24	Ipswich Town	15	23	2	9	12	19	38	-19

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Reading 0-1 Middlesbrough - December 22, 2018 / Championship 2018/2019

Reading

0 - 1

Middlesbrough

Team line-ups

First 11

First 11

Substitutes

Substitutes

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Manager

Marshall vs Middlesbrough

Marshall vs Pulis

Manager

Pulis vs Reading

Pulis vs Marshall

Referee

Videos

Comments

Key figures

General ranking

General ranking

Pre-match

Current form

Current form

Running streaks

Running streaks

Statistical comparison of the season

Rankings

Ranking evolution during the season

Results

Goals

Betting aid

Bookings

Key players

Historical head to head

Historical head to head

Largest victory

Largest victory

Latest head to head

Best historical scorers against Middlesbrough

Best historical scorers against Reading

Players with most games played vs Middlesbrough

Players with most games played vs Reading

They played in both sides

They played in both sides

Competition info

The other matches

Post-match general ranking