Middlesbrough vs Reading: Soccer betting preview

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Competition: England Championship
Date: Sat 14.September
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Riverside Stadium (34988 seats)

Middlesbrough hope to sell some tickets for this game even though the season has been rough so far with 6 points and a 18th position in the Championship table. Visiting Reading holds 16th place with 7 pts.

Middlesbrough and Reading should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.

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Middlesbrough form and stats

When playing at home in the Championship, Middlesbrough have managed 1 win, 1 draw and suffered 1 defeat from 3 games.

Middlesbrough drew their last game, 2-2 away at Bristol City (placed 5th). The points were shared before that, a home game that ended 1-1 versus Millwall.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Middlesbrough handle that role? We have found twelve games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The win/draw/lost stats in these games are W7-D2-L3.

Middlesbrough aren't scoring a lot here at Riverside Stadium in the league, with only 2 goals from 3 games. Middlesbrough have only conceded 2 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Reading form and stats

Reading are doing rather OK so far in their away games in the Championship, having played 3 games and collected 4 points (1 win, 1 draw and 1 loss). Winning streaks in away matches are not that common, but Reading are close to a proper streak after winning their two previous away games.

This game can not go any worse than the last one, a Championship home defeat versus Charlton Athletic with 0-2 on the scoreboard. Prior to that result Reading won their away game at Plymouth Argyle in the Carabao Cup. The scoreline was 4-2.

Reading are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 1 win, 5 draws and 5 defeats. From a total of eleven matches.

Reading are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 4 away goals from 3 games (in the league). 3 goals have been conceded by Reading in these games.

Head 2 Head

Head-to-head totals (for the last ten meetings): Middlesbrough won 6 games, 1 match ended with a draw and Reading has 3 wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: 4 / 6

Top Goalscorers

B. Assombalonga
3 goals
G. Puşcaş
2 goals
O. Ejaria
2 goals

Middlesbrough missing players

Reading missing players

Middlesbrough Reading
Total Home Home vs mid Statistic Away vs low Away Total
6 3 2 Played 2 3 6
1 1 0 Won 1 1 2
3 1 1 Drew 0 1 1
2 1 1 Lost 1 1 3
7 2 1 Scored 3 4 8
8 2 2 Conceded 2 3 8
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 100% 100% 100%
50% 33% 50% Over 1.5 100% 100% 100%
33% 0% 0% Over 2.5 50% 33% 50%
33% 0% 0% Over 3.5 0% 0% 17%
17% 0% 0% Over 4.5 0% 0% 0%
50% 33% 50% BTTS 50% 67% 50%
17% 33% 0% Clean Sheets 50% 33% 33%
33% 33% 50% Failed To Score 0% 0% 17%
 
6.5 5.3 6.5 Corners For (avg) 5 5 5.7
6.3 5 5 Corners Against (avg) 6.5 8 5.5
1.3 0.7 0 Yellow Cards (avg) 0.5 1 0.8
0 0 0 Red Cards 0 0 0
Key stats this season:
  • All of Reading's matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Middlesbrough have won significantly less corners at home than away.
  • Middlesbrough haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Reading have scored in all their away matches so far.
  • Reading haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

Middlesbrough
All Championship Club Friendlies Carabao Cup FA Cup
All Home Away
13-08-19 CC Middlesbrough 2 - 2 Crewe Alexandra
17-08-19 CH Blackburn Rovers 1 - 0 Middlesbrough
20-08-19 CH Middlesbrough 1 - 0 Wigan Athletic
24-08-19 CH Middlesbrough 1 - 1 Millwall
31-08-19 CH Bristol City 2 - 2 Middlesbrough
14-09-19 CH Middlesbrough 14:00 Reading
21-09-19 CH Cardiff City 14:00 Middlesbrough
28-09-19 CH Middlesbrough 14:00 Sheffield Wednesday
01-10-19 CH Middlesbrough 18:45 Preston North End
04-10-19 CH Birmingham City 18:45 Middlesbrough
Reading
All Championship Club Friendlies Carabao Cup FA Cup
All Home Away
18-08-19 CH Reading 3 - 0 Cardiff City
21-08-19 CH West Bromwich Albion 1 - 1 Reading
24-08-19 CH Huddersfield Town 0 - 2 Reading
27-08-19 CC Plymouth Argyle 2 - 4 Reading
31-08-19 CH Reading 0 - 2 Charlton Athletic
14-09-19 CH Middlesbrough 14:00 Reading
21-09-19 CH Reading 14:00 Blackburn Rovers
25-09-19 CC Wolverhampton Wanderers 18:45 Reading
28-09-19 CH Swansea City 14:00 Reading
01-10-19 CH Reading 19:00 Fulham

  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 Swansea City 6 5 1 0 12 4 3 3 0 0 8 3 3 2 1 0 4 1 8 16
2 Charlton Athletic 6 4 2 0 11 5 3 2 1 0 5 2 3 2 1 0 6 3 6 14
3 Leeds United 6 4 1 1 10 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 3 3 0 0 8 1 7 13
4 West Bromwich Albion 6 3 3 0 10 7 3 1 2 0 5 4 3 2 1 0 5 3 3 12
5 Bristol City 6 3 2 1 11 8 3 1 1 1 5 5 3 2 1 0 6 3 3 11
6 Fulham 6 3 1 2 10 5 3 2 0 1 7 2 3 1 1 1 3 3 5 10
7 Preston North End 6 3 1 2 11 7 3 3 0 0 8 2 3 0 1 2 3 5 4 10
8 Queens Park Rangers 6 3 1 2 9 9 3 1 1 1 5 5 3 2 0 1 4 4 0 10
9 Birmingham City 6 3 1 2 6 8 3 2 1 0 5 2 3 1 0 2 1 6 -2 10
10 Nottingham Forest 6 2 3 1 9 6 3 1 1 1 5 3 3 1 2 0 4 3 3 9
11 Sheffield Wednesday 6 3 0 3 8 6 3 2 0 1 4 2 3 1 0 2 4 4 2 9
12 Millwall 6 2 3 1 5 7 3 2 1 0 3 1 3 0 2 1 2 6 -2 9
13 Cardiff City 6 2 2 2 7 9 3 2 1 0 5 3 3 0 1 2 2 6 -2 8
14 Brentford 6 2 1 3 5 4 3 1 1 1 4 2 3 1 0 2 1 2 1 7
15 Luton Town 6 2 1 3 10 10 3 1 1 1 6 6 3 1 0 2 4 4 0 7
16 Reading 6 2 1 3 8 8 3 1 0 2 4 5 3 1 1 1 4 3 0 7
17 Blackburn Rovers 6 2 1 3 5 7 3 1 1 1 2 2 3 1 0 2 3 5 -2 7
18 Middlesbrough 6 1 3 2 7 8 3 1 1 1 2 2 3 0 2 1 5 6 -1 6
19 Derby County 6 1 3 2 6 9 3 0 2 1 2 3 3 1 1 1 4 6 -3 6
20 Hull City 6 1 2 3 6 9 3 1 0 2 3 5 3 0 2 1 3 4 -3 5
21 Barnsley 6 1 2 3 4 9 3 1 1 1 4 5 3 0 1 2 0 4 -5 5
22 Wigan Athletic 6 1 1 4 4 11 3 1 1 1 3 4 3 0 0 3 1 7 -7 4
23 Huddersfield Town 6 0 1 5 5 11 3 0 0 3 2 6 3 0 1 2 3 5 -6 1
24 Stoke City 6 0 1 5 6 15 3 0 1 2 3 7 3 0 0 3 3 8 -9 1

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