Betting guide: Middlesbrough favourite to beat Reading at Riverside Stadium

Days
Hours
Minutes
Seconds
Competition: England Championship
Date: Sat 27.April
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Riverside Stadium (34988 seats)

Only a win will satisfy the home supporters in this Riverside Stadium clash with Reading, having a healthy lead on the opposition in the Championship table.

We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!

L W W W L

Middlesbrough form and stats

Overall stats at home this season for Middlesbrough, who have the fewest conceded goals (16) at home in Championship, are 9-6-7 (wins-draw-losses). Two home wins in a row for Middlesbrough bring valid hopes of a third.

In their previous game, the manager T. Pulis led his Middlesbrough to a defeat in the Championship match away at Nottingham Forest. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Riverside Stadium. Before that, Middlesbrough had a home game versus Stoke City which ended with a victory 1-0.

Middlesbrough have scored 21 goals here in 22 matches, not a lot. Middlesbrough have only conceded 16 in these games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

D D W D L

Reading form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Reading so far with only 17 points returning home. The records show 2-11-9 (win-draw-lose). Visiting Reading has seen their last two away games both end with a tied score and one point each.

Reading's last game was the home draw against West Bromwich Albion (0-0). A 1-1 draw at Bristol City's stadium before that.

Many goals are not expected from the visiting Reading as they have only managed to score 19 times from 22 away games. Defensive performances away have varied in quality as Reading have conceded 33 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

Reading - Middlesbrough 0-1 was the story when these teams last met, earlier this season. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: 5 - 1 - 4 (Middlesbrough wins - draws - Reading wins).

Top Goalscorers

B. Assombalonga
12 goals
Y. Meïté
12 goals
J. Böðvarsson
7 goals

Middlesbrough missing players

Reading missing players

Middlesbrough Reading
Total Home Statistic Away Total
44 22 Played 22 44
45 21 Scored 19 48
39 16 Conceded 33 64
89% 91% Over 0.5 82% 86%
64% 59% Over 1.5 68% 73%
30% 18% Over 2.5 45% 55%
7% 0% Over 3.5 32% 30%
2% 0% Over 4.5 9% 11%
36% 27% Both teams to score 59% 59%
43% 50% Clean Sheet 18% 18%
32% 32% Failed To Score 41% 36%
 
5.3 6.1 Corners For (avg) 4.5 4.5
5.2 5.1 Corners Against (avg) 6.5 6.1
1.7 1.5 Yellow Cards (avg) 1.6 1.8
3 2 Red Cards (total) 2 3

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A D P
1 Norwich City 44 25 13 6 89 55 22 14 4 4 49 33 22 11 9 2 40 22 34 88
2 Sheffield United 44 25 10 9 74 39 22 14 4 4 40 17 22 11 6 5 34 22 35 85
3 Leeds United 44 25 7 12 70 46 22 14 3 5 37 20 22 11 4 7 33 26 24 82
4 West Bromwich Albion 44 22 11 11 84 58 22 11 7 4 51 30 22 11 4 7 33 28 26 77
5 Aston Villa 44 20 15 9 80 58 22 11 8 3 49 34 22 9 7 6 31 24 22 75
6 Derby County 43 18 13 12 63 52 22 12 7 3 37 19 21 6 6 9 26 33 11 67
7 Middlesbrough 44 18 13 13 45 39 22 9 6 7 21 16 22 9 7 6 24 23 6 67
8 Bristol City 43 18 12 13 56 49 22 8 8 6 28 24 21 10 4 7 28 25 7 66
9 Sheffield Wednesday 44 16 15 13 56 57 22 10 8 4 33 25 22 6 7 9 23 32 -1 63
10 Swansea City 43 18 8 17 60 57 21 12 4 5 39 25 22 6 4 12 21 32 3 62
11 Nottingham Forest 44 15 15 14 59 54 22 12 4 6 33 21 22 3 11 8 26 33 5 60
12 Preston North End 44 16 12 16 64 61 22 8 9 5 38 27 22 8 3 11 26 34 3 60
13 Hull City 44 17 9 18 63 65 22 11 5 6 36 23 22 6 4 12 27 42 -2 60
14 Blackburn Rovers 44 16 11 17 61 65 22 10 6 6 30 19 22 6 5 11 31 46 -4 59
15 Brentford 44 15 13 16 69 59 22 13 4 5 47 23 22 2 9 11 22 36 10 58
16 Stoke City 44 11 20 13 43 50 22 8 8 6 24 22 22 3 12 7 19 28 -7 53
17 Birmingham City 44 14 17 13 63 57 22 7 10 5 30 23 22 7 7 8 33 34 6 50
18 Wigan Athletic 44 12 12 20 49 63 22 10 8 4 28 20 22 2 4 16 21 43 -14 48
19 Queens Park Rangers 44 13 9 22 51 69 22 9 3 10 33 30 22 4 6 12 18 39 -18 48
20 Reading 44 10 16 18 48 64 22 8 5 9 29 31 22 2 11 9 19 33 -16 46
21 Millwall 43 10 13 20 47 61 21 7 8 6 25 25 22 3 5 14 22 36 -14 43
22 Rotherham United 44 8 16 20 50 79 22 7 8 7 31 36 22 1 8 13 19 43 -29 40
23 Bolton Wanderers 44 8 8 28 29 76 22 4 4 14 13 34 22 4 4 14 16 42 -47 32
24 Ipswich Town 44 4 16 24 33 73 22 2 11 9 19 29 22 2 5 15 14 44 -40 28

Editor’s Pick

More from England - Championship