English Premier League

FT Saturday, March 1, 2008
Reading LLLLL 1
–
Middlesbrough DWDLW 0
The Riverside Stadium · 23,273 att.

Team Stats

17
Fouls
10
5
Yellow Cards
4
0
Red Cards
0
5
Offsides
2
2
Corner Kicks
7
4
Saves
3
44
Possession
56
6
SHOTS
10
3
ON GOAL
5
0.5
On Target %
0.5
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
1
Accurate Passes
0
1
Passes
0
0.0
Pass Completion %
0.0
3
Accurate Crosses
3
5
Crosses
7
0.6
Cross %
0.4
0
Long Balls
0
0
Accurate Long Balls
0
0.0
Long Balls %
0.0
3
Blocked Shots
0
0
Effective Tackles
0
0
Tackles
0
0.0
Tackle %
0.0
0
Interceptions
0
3
Effective Clearances
1
3
Clearances
1

Head to Head

Series tied 1-1-1

Lineups

MID

  1. 1Mark SchwarzerG
  2. 2Luke YoungD
  3. 31David WheaterD
  4. 6Emanuel PogatetzD
  5. 40Jonathan GroundsD
  6. 4Gary O'NeilM
  7. 7George BoatengM
  8. 3Julio ArcaM
  9. 19Stewart DowningM
  10. 12Afonso AlvesF
  11. 17Tuncay SanliF

Substitutes

  1. 22Brad JonesG
  2. 38Seb HinesD
  3. 27Lee CattermoleM
  4. 28Adam JohnsonM
  5. 9Ahmed Hossam MidoF

REA

  1. 1Marcus HahnemannG
  2. 19Liam RoseniorD
  3. 16Ivar IngimarssonD
  4. 22André BikeyD
  5. 3Nicky ShoreyD
  6. 11John OsterM
  7. 15James HarperM
  8. 28Marek MatejovskýM
  9. 10Stephen HuntM
  10. 9Kevin DoyleF
  11. 24Shane LongF

Substitutes

  1. 32Adam FedericiG
  2. 5Ibrahima SonkoD
  3. 4Kalifa CisseM
  4. 30Jimmy KebeM
  5. 12Dave KitsonF

Timeline

  1. 19' Andre Stefan Amougou Bikey is awarded a yellow card. Reason: unsporting behaviour
  2. 31' George Boateng is awarded a yellow card. Reason: unsporting behaviour
  3. 33' David Wheater is awarded a yellow card. Reason: unsporting behaviour
  4. 42' Liam Rosenior is awarded a yellow card. Reason: unsporting behaviour
  5. 59' Middlesbrough makes a sub: Lee Cattermole enters for Julio Arca. Reason: Tactical
  6. 66' Stephen Hunt is awarded a yellow card. Reason: unsporting behaviour
  7. 68' Middlesbrough makes a sub: . Hossam Mido enters for Afonso Alves. Reason: Tactical
  8. 68' Reading makes a sub: Dave Kitson enters for John Oster. Reason: Tactical
  9. 73' Jonathan Grounds is awarded a yellow card. Reason: unsporting behaviour
  10. 74' Middlesbrough makes a sub: Adam Johnson enters for George Boateng. Reason: Tactical
  11. 78' Stewart Downing is awarded a yellow card. Reason: unsporting behaviour
  12. 80' Nicky Shorey is awarded a yellow card. Reason: unsporting behaviour
  13. 85' Reading makes a sub: Jimmy Boubou Kebe enters for Marek Matejovsky. Reason: Tactical
  14. 85' Reading makes a sub: Kalifa Cisse enters for Kevin Doyle. Reason: Tactical
  15. 90' End of the game
  16. 90'+1' Goal!! James Harper hits a very good right footed shot to the lower left corner from the centre penalty area (aprox. 12 yards) and scores!! Reading now leads 1 - 0
  17. 90'+3' Shane Long is awarded a yellow card. Reason: unsporting behaviour

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