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Commentary
15¹A header from HALLER was kicked off the line by TUTA.
18¹KRUNIC booted the ball wide from just outside the area.
24¹POLITANO clipped the ball through a ruck of players but GAZZANIGA was a match for it as he dived to his left.
30¹A cross from McNEIL left ÓSKARSSON in plenty of space but he rushed his shot.
31¹A useful ball from TRAORÉ on the right found TUANZEBE who sliced his shot just wide.
40¹POLITANO was put clear by HALLER and he dummied the Middlesbrough 'keeper but thrust his shot over.
42¹NKETIAH beat two Reading players and thundered an effort just beyond the far post.
43¹GOAL!! A terrible clearance fell to UGARTE who sliced a shot goalward, luckily McNEIL was on hand to blast the ball into the roof of the net. (1-0 Middlesbrough)
The Middlesbrough 'keeper saved a swerving shot from KRUNIC.
GOAL!! Some patient work by WILLIAM CARVALHO on the right, left GÜNTER yards clear, and he turned the Middlesbrough 'keeper and blasted the ball home. (1-1)
Uncertainty in the Middlesbrough defence enabled POLITANO to crack the ball inches wide.
12²A poor shot from HALLER bounced agonisingly wide.
13²A shot from GÜNTER was smothered by GAZZANIGA.
16²McNEIL brought the ball round DAVID NERES and stroked a tame shot over.
20²WILSON blasted a looping shot over from twenty yards out.
22²A twenty-five yard drive from POLITANO caused GAZZANIGA no problem.
23²GAZZANIGA blocked a clever shot from JOSÉ FONTE.
24²EMERSON PALMIERI scuffed an easy chance.
25²The bemused RULLI could only watch as a backpass from WILSON fell just over.
29²A pin-point pass was collected by HALLER and his looping shot went narrowly wide.
33²A lovely effort from NKETIAH scraped the outside of the righthand post.
38²HALLER floated the ball to WILLIAM CARVALHO who turned it wide.
41²WILSON ran onto a great ball from KRUNIC but toe-poked his shot wide.
43²GOAL!! An outswinging corner was hoofed clear only for KRUNIC to blast the ball home. (2-1 Reading)
47²RULLI dived to his left to stop a lovely shot from Middlesbrough's EBOSELE.

 
Reading
 
League position: 19
Home league form: WXXO
Overall league form: WWXLLXWX
Formation: 4-3-3
Line-ups
Gerónimo RULLI1Paulo GAZZANIGA(c)
Kane WILSON2Festy EBOSELE
Christian GÜNTER3EMERSON PALMIERI dos Santos
WILLIAM Silva CARVALHO4Manuel UGARTE
Tyrone MINGS5TUTA
(c)JOSÉ Miguel FONTE6Axel TUANZEBE
DAVID NERES Campos7Bertrand TRAORÉ
Matteo POLITANO8Dwight McNEIL
(p)Sébastien HALLER9Eddie NKETIAH(p)
(f)Rade KRUNIC10Orri ÓSKARSSON(f)
Yakou MEITÉ11Ché ADAMS
Manager
Omar RICHARDS  12  Adam HLOZEK
Zack STEFFEN  13  Marcus BETTINELLI
Andy CARROLL  14Adilson MALANDA
Harry CLIFTON  15  Adama TRAORÉ
Tom PEARCE  16  Naby SARR
 
Middlesbrough
 
League position: 8
Away league form: XLWL
Overall league form: XLLWWWWW
Formation: 4-3-3

Statistics
Reading 2 Middlesbrough 1
(Half-time: 0-1, Attendance: 24,142, Stadium: Madejski, Referee: Thomas Troupkos 7½)

Günter 6², Krunic 43²
Scorers
Substitutions
Sent off
Bookings
Corners
Fouls
Offsides
Shots on
Shots off
Total shots
Shots saved
Possession
McNeil 43¹
 ÓskarssonóMalanda 35²
  
  
31
67
64
82
87
169
51
55%45%
Man of the match: Christian Günter