England - ChampionshipStarWelcome to the Turboscores match preview of the upcoming match between Middlesbrough and Reading, taking place on Saturday, 04 March 2023, at Riverside Stadium in Middlesbrough.
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Middlesbrough, Recent FormThe Middlesbrough squad will be suffering from a feeling of disappointment after falling to a 2-0 away defeat against West Bromwich Albion, which saw them drop all three points and come away from the game empty-handed. They came away from that fixture with 70% of the possession and clocked up 12 attempts on goal with 3 on target. By comparison, West Bromwich Albion managed 12 attempts on goal, with 4 on target.
With 14 goals notched up in their last 6 matches, their manager Michael Carrick will be very pleased with his team's form going forward, but he will be casting a cautious eye over his defence, who have shipped 5 goals in the same period. Up front, they have been showing a certain level of consistency in breaching their opponents' defences, with goals netted in 5 of their last 6 outings. When playing at home this season, Middlesbrough has notched up a tally of 7 clean sheets, highlighting the struggle some of their opponents have had to break through on goal.
They've had a good run of home form recently, with 6 straight wins in a row and are on an unbeaten run of 8 games.
On an individual basis, Chuba Akpom is giving the Riverside Stadium faithful plenty to shout about at the moment having scored 9 goals in Middlesbrough's last 6 home games in the league.
Reading, Recent FormReading will be happy to take away 3 points from their last match, with an important 3-1 home win against Blackpool. Their share of possession in that meeting was 43%, while racking up 8 shots along the way, 5 of which were on target. Blackpool had 14 shots on goal with 4 on target.
It's fair to say that manager Paul Ince will be pretty happy with his squad's ability to find the net of late, having scored 7 goals in their last 6 matches. That said, he will also be aware there is still work to do at the back, where they have shipped 10 goals in those same matches as well as some valuable points. They are struggling defensively and as a result have failed to keep a clean sheet in their last 11 games. After failing to get on the scoresheet in 9 away games out of 17 this season, Ince will be looking for a bit more consistency from his forwards.
Their recent poor run of form away from home has left them without an away win in 6 games.
Tom Ince will be aiming to add his name to the scoresheet again to extend his goal tally of 3 goals in the last 6 league outings for Reading.
Last time these two teams met in the league it ended in disappointment for Middlesbrough, losing 1-0 to Reading.
The stats show that in the last 3 meetings between Middlesboro and their rivals, The Royals, the former have conceded at least one goal.
Reading has had a poor run in this fixture when they visit Middlesboro, being unable to find a win from any of their last 6 league meetings at Riverside Stadium.
There is only really one injury concern for the Middlesboro manager Michael Carrick ahead of this clash, with Matt Clarke (Back) missing out, which gives Carrick a strong squad to pick his starting eleven from.
Paul Ince has a number of injury concerns in his Reading squad to contend with: Ovie Ejaria (Knee), Tom Holmes (Calf), Sam Hutchinson (Achilles tendon), Lucas João (Knee), Baba Rahman (Leg) and Dejan Tetek (Leg)
Middlesbrough Playing at home | Reading Playing away from home | |
|---|---|---|
| 1.6 | Goals scored | 0.6 |
| 0.8 | Goals conceded | 1.8 |
| 36' | Time first goal scored | 48' |
| 37' | Time first goal conceded | 35' |
| 2.1 | Yellow cards | 1.8 |
| 0 | Red cards | 0 |
| 3.7 | Subs used | 3.2 |
| 4-1 | Biggest victory | 2-1 |
| 3-2 | Biggest defeat | 4-0 |
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