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Commentary
1¹The 'keeper saved a beautiful shot from HALLER.
6¹BUSQUETS's shot beat RULLI but rebounded off the Reading upright.
9¹HALLER snapped at a simple chance.
13¹GOAL!! As POLITANO was attempting to hold back BUSQUETS the ball fell to McNEIL who lashed the ball into the net. (1-0 Middlesbrough)
17¹A strike from HOPPE held little difficulty for RULLI.
21¹GOAL!! A quick free-kick allowed WELBECK to play the ball to GÜNTER who flicked a right foot shot into the back of the net. (1-1)
29¹McNEIL hit a left foot shot just wide from twenty-five yards out.
30¹The Middlesbrough 'keeper parried a clever shot from KRUNIC.
32¹POLITANO headed wide.
32¹GOAL!! With his back to goal BOLA turned and rattled the ball past the Reading 'keeper. (2-1 Middlesbrough)
37¹A poor shot from POLITANO trickled agonisingly wide.
39¹HALLER's shot was well held by TRUBIN.
1²GOAL!! On the left wing POLITANO collected a defender's clearance and hit it across the box for DAVID NERES to fire it into the back of the net. (2-2)
5²A lovely effort from BEIER scraped the top of the crossbar.
6²DAVID NERES beat BUSQUETS and blasted the ball to WELBECK who fumbled his shot wide.
11²POLITANO ran onto a wonderful ball from DAVID NERES but hit his shot wide of the goal.
22²McNEIL receives a yellow card for a bad tackle on DAVID NERES.
25²POLITANO waltzed away from McNEIL and stabbed a poor shot well wide.
28²GOAL!! A cross from KARSDORP was touched away by LENIHAN only for WILLIAM CARVALHO to fire the ball back into the box for HALLER to force into the net. (3-2 Reading)
31²The motionless 'keeper stared in disbelief as a backpass from GÜNTER dropped just wide.
32²A fine ball from KRUNIC on the right was collected by WELBECK who sliced his shot just wide.
38²MINGS beat two Middlesbrough players and drove a golden opportunity wide.

 
Reading
 
League position: 3
Home league form: X---
Overall league form: WX------
Formation: 4-3-3
Line-ups
Gerónimo RULLI6½16½Anatoliy TRUBIN
Rick KARSDORP8½27 Axel TUANZEBE
Christian GÜNTER7½37½Marc BOLA
WILLIAM Silva CARVALHO5½47 Manuel UGARTE
Tyrone MINGS8 56½TUTA
(c)JOSÉ Miguel FONTE6½66 Darragh LENIHAN
DAVID NERES Campos7½76 Adama TRAORÉ
Matteo POLITANO7½86½Dwight McNEIL
(p)Sébastien HALLER7½96 Matthew HOPPE(p)
(f)Rade KRUNIC7 106 Sergio BUSQUETS(c,f)
Danny WELBECK6 116 Maximilian BEIER
Manager
Mamadou LOUM  12  Ryan GILES
Zack STEFFEN  13  Paulo GAZZANIGA
Harry CLIFTON  14  Naby SARR
Omar RICHARDS  15  JOÃO Filipe MOUTINHO
Tom PEARCE7½16  Kouadio KONÉ
 
Middlesbrough
 
League position: 21
Away league form: XL--
Overall league form: XL------
Formation: 4-3-3

Statistics
Reading 3 Middlesbrough 2
(Half-time: 1-2, Attendance: 24,156, Stadium: Madejski, Referee: Anthony Taylor 7½)

Günter 21¹, David Neres 1², Haller 28²
Scorers
Substitutions
Sent off
Bookings
Corners
Fouls
Offsides
Shots on
Shots off
Total shots
Shots saved
Possession
McNeil 13¹, Bola 32¹
William CarvalhoóPearce 28² 
  
 McNeil 22²
31
221
93
64
83
147
32
60%40%
Man of the match: Rick Karsdorp