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Match report
English Footie
Championship: Round 5 (setup 4, season 29)
Reading
v.
Middlesbrough
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
23
Overall form:
Home form:
Luke SOUTHWOOD15Tim KRUL
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
22
Overall form:
Home form:
Allan-Roméo NYOM27Calum CHAMBERS
Ryan BERTRAND3George FRIEND
Jonjoe KENNY4Adam CLAYTON
Liam MOORE5Ben GIBSON
TIAGO Abiola Delfim Almeida ILORI66Daniel Sánchez AYALA
Juninho BACUNA7Jonny HOWSON
Modou BARROW787Martin BRAITHWAITE
Danny LOADER697Seydou DOUMBIA
Joey VAN DEN BERG10Sam McQUEEN
Sam BALDOCK116Britt ASSOMBALONGA
Manager
Tyler BLACKETT12Marcus TAVERNIER
Chris GUNTER13Andy LONERGAN
Liam KELLY14Enes MAHMUTOVIC
John SWIFT15Lewis WING
Omar RICHARDS616Marvin JOHNSON

Reading 1 Middlesbrough 5
(Half-time: 0-3, Attendance: 20,520, Stadium: Madejski, Referee: Jarnail SINGH 5½)
68 RichardsScorers7 Braithwaite, 15 Braithwaite, 28 Doumbia, 83 Braithwaite, 90 Doumbia
53 Bacuna <=> Gunter, 59 Baldock <=> RichardsSubstitutions
88 RichardsSendings off
3 Baldock, 24 Kenny, 37 Nyom, 43 Van Den BergBookings20 Doumbia
4Corners3
19Fouls3
0Offsides0
2Shots on5
7Shots off7
9Total shots12
1Shots saved0
50%Possession50%
Man of the match: Jonjoe KENNY
3SINGH books BALDOCK for a clumsy foul.
7GOAL!! On the left wing MCQUEEN collected a defender's clearance and hit it through the penalty area for BRAITHWAITE to drive it into the back of the net. (1-0 Middlesbrough)
15GOAL!! A neat one-two left BRAITHWAITE clear and he made no mistake by skillfully floating the ball past the oncoming Reading 'keeper. (2-0 Middlesbrough)
17LOADER shot over.
20DOUMBIA booked by the referee.
24KENNY booked for an off-the-ball incident.
25BRAITHWAITE beat VAN DEN BERG and placed the ball to DOUMBIA who dragged his shot wide.
28GOAL!! A great dribble from CLAYTON gave ASSOMBALONGA space on the right and DOUMBIA rattled in his pin-point pass. (3-0 Middlesbrough)
29A tame strike from LOADER trickled agonisingly wide.
30A useful ball from BACUNA on the left fell to BARROW who sliced his shot wide.
31An exceptional shot from BACUNA was dealt with by a fine stop from KRUL.
37NYOM booked by the ref for a late challenge.
43A bad challenge on CHAMBERS by VAN DEN BERG results in a booking.
 
59A penalty box scramble resulted in DOUMBIA driving the ball over.
66VAN DEN BERG floated the ball to LOADER who nodded it wide.
68GOAL!! A deep cross from TIAGO ILORI on the left was headed home by RICHARDS at the far post. (3-1 Middlesbrough)
69A corner found KENNY who flicked an effort wide.
83GOAL!! The Reading 'keeper got into a muddle with a backpass from GUNTER and BRAITHWAITE was able to squeeze the ball into the back of the net. (4-1 Middlesbrough)
86CLAYTON beat a number of Reading players and drove a golden opportunity wide.
88RICHARDS sent off for a professional foul on BRAITHWAITE.
90GOAL!! A terrible clearance fell to AYALA who scuffed a shot goalward, luckily DOUMBIA was on hand to volley the ball into the roof of the net. (5-1 Middlesbrough)
90+1LOADER brought the ball past CHAMBERS and stabbed a poor shot wide.