Middlesbrough 5–0 Reading – England Championship, 4 Mar 2023

Match facts

Middlesbrough Reading

13 Shots 3

6 Shots on target 0

6 Corners 1

13 Fouls 13

1 Yellow cards 2

0 Red cards 0

Our pre-match prediction

✓ Result correct ✓ Goals correct ✗ BTTS missed Calculated after the match, using only matches played before kick-off (408 league matches this season so far).

Result Middlesbrough to win

Goals Over 2.5

Both teams score Yes fair 1.91

Expected goals 1.85 – 0.97

Home / Draw / Away

58% 23% 20%

MiddlesbroughDrawReading

Under / Over 2.5 goals

47% 53%

Under 2.5Over 2.5

Both teams to score

48% 52%

NoYes

Total goals in the match

6% 0

17% 1

24% 2

22% 3

16% 4

16% 5+

Most likely scores

1–0 11.1% 1–1 10.7% 2–0 10.2%

Statistics 2022/2023, before this match

Middlesbrough before this match, all matches

1.68points / match

1.65scored / match

1.18conceded / match

17 6 11

WonDrawnLost 34 played · 56:40

Reading before this match, all matches

1.33points / match

1.15scored / match

1.45conceded / match

13 5 15

WonDrawnLost 33 played · 38:48

Middlesbrough all matches all matches Reading

Per match

1.65 Goals scored 1.15

1.18 Goals conceded 1.45

2.82 Total goals 2.61

12.53 Shots 9.94

4.24 Shots on target 3.24

10.21 Shots faced 12.09

6.24 Corners 4.61

4.32 Corners against 5.03

10.00 Fouls 10.52

2.06 Yellow cards 2.03

0.65 1st-half goals scored 0.45

0.71 1st-half goals conceded 0.64

How often Full Time

50% Wins 39%

18% Draws 15%

32% Losses 45%

94% Over 0.5 goals 97%

79% Over 1.5 goals 73%

62% Over 2.5 goals 58%

35% Over 3.5 goals 27%

12% Over 4.5 goals 6%

0% Over 5.5 goals 0%

62% Both teams scored 48%

24% Clean sheets 21%

21% Failed to score 33%

How often Half Time

29% Wins 24%

41% Draws 45%

29% Losses 30%

79% Over 0.5 goals 67%

41% Over 1.5 goals 30%

12% Over 2.5 goals 9%

Goals in the last 10 matches (scored up, conceded down; oldest left)

Middlesbrough all matches

2

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3

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Reading all matches

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4

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Middlesbrough before this match, at home

2.00points / match

1.63scored / match

0.81conceded / match

9 5 2

WonDrawnLost 16 played · 26:13

Reading before this match, away

0.65points / match

0.65scored / match

1.76conceded / match

3 2 12

WonDrawnLost 17 played · 11:30

Middlesbrough at home away Reading

Per match

1.63 Goals scored 0.65

0.81 Goals conceded 1.76

2.44 Total goals 2.41

13.00 Shots 9.24

4.69 Shots on target 2.82

8.81 Shots faced 13.00

6.81 Corners 4.94

4.69 Corners against 5.18

9.69 Fouls 9.53

2.06 Yellow cards 1.82

0.75 1st-half goals scored 0.29

0.50 1st-half goals conceded 0.82

How often Full Time

56% Wins 18%

31% Draws 12%

13% Losses 71%

88% Over 0.5 goals 94%

69% Over 1.5 goals 59%

50% Over 2.5 goals 47%

25% Over 3.5 goals 29%

13% Over 4.5 goals 12%

0% Over 5.5 goals 0%

56% Both teams scored 35%

44% Clean sheets 18%

13% Failed to score 53%

How often Half Time

44% Wins 12%

38% Draws 53%

19% Losses 35%

75% Over 0.5 goals 59%

38% Over 1.5 goals 29%

13% Over 2.5 goals 18%

Goals in the last 10 matches (scored up, conceded down; oldest left)

Middlesbrough at home

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4

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Reading away

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Last 10 matches before this match

Middlesbrough all matches

Date	Match	Score	1	X	2	O	U
25.02.23	West Brom – Middlesbrough	2–0 (2–0)	2.30	3.30	3.00	2.02	1.83
18.02.23	Middlesbrough – QPR	3–1 (0–0)	1.55	4.20	5.75	1.88	1.98
15.02.23	Sheffield United – Middlesbrough	1–3 (1–1)	2.05	3.40	3.75	2.10	1.73
11.02.23	Cardiff – Middlesbrough	1–3 (1–2)	3.60	3.40	2.10	2.10	1.73
04.02.23	Middlesbrough – Blackpool	3–0 (1–0)	1.53	4.00	6.50	1.80	2.00
28.01.23	Middlesbrough – Watford	2–0 (2–0)	1.91	3.40	4.33	2.10	1.73
22.01.23	Sunderland – Middlesbrough	2–0 (0–0)	2.88	3.40	2.50	2.02	1.83
14.01.23	Middlesbrough – Millwall	1–0 (0–0)	1.95	3.50	4.00	2.10	1.73
02.01.23	Birmingham – Middlesbrough	1–3 (0–0)	3.10	3.40	2.30	2.10	1.73
29.12.22	Blackburn – Middlesbrough	1–2 (1–0)	3.20	3.20	2.38	2.10	1.73

Reading all matches

Date	Match	Score	1	X	2	O	U
25.02.23	Reading – Blackpool	3–1 (1–0)	2.10	3.50	3.50	2.10	1.73
17.02.23	Cardiff – Reading	1–0 (0–0)	1.95	3.25	4.20	2.30	1.62
14.02.23	Reading – Rotherham	2–1 (0–1)	1.95	3.30	4.20	2.20	1.67
11.02.23	Sunderland – Reading	1–0 (0–0)	1.85	3.50	4.50	2.10	1.73
04.02.23	Reading – Watford	2–2 (0–1)	2.80	3.30	2.55	2.20	1.67
21.01.23	Stoke – Reading	4–0 (1–0)	1.85	3.50	4.33	2.20	1.67
14.01.23	Reading – QPR	2–2 (2–0)	2.70	3.20	2.75	2.20	1.67
02.01.23	West Brom – Reading	1–0 (0–0)	1.67	4.00	5.00	1.95	1.90
30.12.22	Norwich – Reading	1–1 (0–0)	1.73	3.50	5.25	1.98	1.88
27.12.22	Reading – Swansea	2–1 (1–0)	2.80	3.30	2.55	2.10	1.73

Middlesbrough at home

Date	Match	Score	1	X	2	O	U
18.02.23	Middlesbrough – QPR	3–1 (0–0)	1.55	4.20	5.75	1.88	1.98
04.02.23	Middlesbrough – Blackpool	3–0 (1–0)	1.53	4.00	6.50	1.80	2.00
28.01.23	Middlesbrough – Watford	2–0 (2–0)	1.91	3.40	4.33	2.10	1.73
14.01.23	Middlesbrough – Millwall	1–0 (0–0)	1.95	3.50	4.00	2.10	1.73
26.12.22	Middlesbrough – Wigan	4–1 (1–0)	1.67	3.75	5.50	2.02	1.83
10.12.22	Middlesbrough – Luton	2–1 (1–1)	1.83	3.60	4.33	2.02	1.83
05.11.22	Middlesbrough – Bristol City	1–1 (0–1)	1.80	3.60	4.75	1.90	1.95
22.10.22	Middlesbrough – Huddersfield	0–0 (0–0)	1.66	3.75	5.50	2.00	1.85
15.10.22	Middlesbrough – Blackburn	1–2 (1–2)	2.00	3.40	3.75	2.10	1.72
05.10.22	Middlesbrough – Birmingham	1–0 (1–0)	1.65	3.75	5.75	2.02	1.83

Reading away

Date	Match	Score	1	X	2	O	U
17.02.23	Cardiff – Reading	1–0 (0–0)	1.95	3.25	4.20	2.30	1.62
11.02.23	Sunderland – Reading	1–0 (0–0)	1.85	3.50	4.50	2.10	1.73
21.01.23	Stoke – Reading	4–0 (1–0)	1.85	3.50	4.33	2.20	1.67
02.01.23	West Brom – Reading	1–0 (0–0)	1.67	4.00	5.00	1.95	1.90
30.12.22	Norwich – Reading	1–1 (0–0)	1.73	3.50	5.25	1.98	1.88
16.12.22	Birmingham – Reading	3–2 (3–0)	2.05	3.20	4.00	2.63	1.50
12.11.22	Hull – Reading	1–2 (1–1)	2.45	3.20	3.00	2.20	1.66
08.11.22	Watford – Reading	2–0 (1–0)	1.80	3.50	4.50	2.10	1.72
01.11.22	Luton – Reading	0–0 (0–0)	1.95	3.40	4.20	2.20	1.66
29.10.22	Burnley – Reading	2–1 (0–0)	1.61	4.00	5.50	1.90	1.95

Score badge: green win, amber draw, red loss for the team named above. Half-time score in brackets. Bold odds = the outcome that happened. A league code next to the date means the match was played in another league.

Head-to-head since 2021/2022, before this match

1 2

Middlesbrough winsDrawsReading wins

3matches

1.67goals / match

33%over 2.5

33%both scored

Date	Match	Score	1	X	2	O	U
20.08.22E1	Reading – Middlesbrough	1–0 (1–0)	3.30	3.60	2.10	1.98	1.88
15.01.22E1	Middlesbrough – Reading	2–1 (0–0)	1.44	4.50	7.50	1.90	1.95
25.09.21E1	Reading – Middlesbrough	1–0 (0–0)	3.00	3.20	2.45	2.10	1.72

England Championship table 2022/2023, before this match

All matches – league table
#	Team	MP	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Burnley	34	22	10	2	68	28	+40	76
2	Sheffield United	34	19	7	8	55	31	+24	64
3	Blackburn	35	18	4	13	39	38	+1	58
4	Middlesbrough	34	17	6	11	56	40	+16	57
5	Millwall	34	15	9	10	43	35	+8	54
6	Luton	34	14	12	8	42	34	+8	54
7	Norwich	34	15	7	12	48	37	+11	52
8	Watford	34	13	11	10	41	38	+3	50
9	Sunderland	34	13	10	11	49	38	+11	49
10	Coventry	34	13	10	11	37	34	+3	49
11	West Brom	34	13	9	12	44	38	+6	48
12	Preston	34	12	10	12	30	38	-8	46
13	Hull	35	12	9	14	40	48	-8	45
14	Bristol City	34	11	11	12	43	43	0	44
15	Reading	33	13	5	15	38	48	-10	44
16	Swansea	34	11	10	13	47	51	-4	43
17	Stoke	34	11	7	16	39	41	-2	40
18	QPR	34	10	9	15	35	49	-14	39
19	Birmingham	34	10	8	16	38	46	-8	38
20	Cardiff	35	10	8	17	27	38	-11	38
21	Rotherham	34	8	13	13	37	46	-9	37
22	Huddersfield	33	8	7	18	30	47	-17	31
23	Blackpool	34	7	10	17	33	51	-18	31
24	Wigan	33	7	10	16	30	52	-22	31

Home – league table
#	Team	MP	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Burnley	18	13	5	0	40	13	+27	44
2	Blackburn	17	12	1	4	23	13	+10	37
3	Sheffield United	17	11	3	3	35	16	+19	36
4	Reading	16	10	3	3	27	18	+9	33
5	Middlesbrough	16	9	5	2	26	13	+13	32
6	Millwall	16	9	5	2	25	12	+13	32
7	Coventry	18	9	5	4	23	16	+7	32
8	West Brom	17	8	5	4	24	15	+9	29
9	Watford	16	8	4	4	24	16	+8	28
10	Norwich	18	8	4	6	27	21	+6	28
11	Bristol City	18	7	5	6	22	18	+4	26
12	Hull	18	7	4	7	20	23	-3	25
13	Swansea	17	7	3	7	27	25	+2	24
14	Rotherham	16	6	5	5	26	20	+6	23
15	Sunderland	16	6	5	5	21	17	+4	23
16	Luton	17	5	8	4	22	19	+3	23
17	Cardiff	18	6	5	7	15	16	-1	23
18	Huddersfield	16	6	3	7	16	16	0	21
19	Birmingham	18	5	5	8	20	21	-1	20
20	Stoke	17	5	4	8	20	19	+1	19
21	QPR	17	5	4	8	19	26	-7	19
22	Preston	18	4	6	8	12	22	-10	18
23	Blackpool	16	4	5	7	17	21	-4	17
24	Wigan	17	3	4	10	12	30	-18	13

Away – league table
#	Team	MP	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Burnley	16	9	5	2	28	15	+13	32
2	Luton	17	9	4	4	20	15	+5	31
3	Sheffield United	17	8	4	5	20	15	+5	28
4	Preston	16	8	4	4	18	16	+2	28
5	Sunderland	18	7	5	6	28	21	+7	26
6	Middlesbrough	18	8	1	9	30	27	+3	25
7	Norwich	16	7	3	6	21	16	+5	24
8	Millwall	18	6	4	8	18	23	-5	22
9	Watford	18	5	7	6	17	22	-5	22
10	Stoke	17	6	3	8	19	22	-3	21
11	Blackburn	18	6	3	9	16	25	-9	21
12	Hull	17	5	5	7	20	25	-5	20
13	QPR	17	5	5	7	16	23	-7	20
14	West Brom	17	5	4	8	20	23	-3	19
15	Swansea	17	4	7	6	20	26	-6	19
16	Bristol City	16	4	6	6	21	25	-4	18
17	Wigan	16	4	6	6	18	22	-4	18
18	Birmingham	16	5	3	8	18	25	-7	18
19	Coventry	16	4	5	7	14	18	-4	17
20	Cardiff	17	4	3	10	12	22	-10	15
21	Blackpool	18	3	5	10	16	30	-14	14
22	Rotherham	18	2	8	8	11	26	-15	14
23	Reading	17	3	2	12	11	30	-19	11
24	Huddersfield	17	2	4	11	14	31	-17	10

Middlesbrough Reading

Under / Over goals 2022/2023, before this match

All matches – Under/Over goals
#
1	4	Middlesbrough	34	13	21	1.6	1.2	17	6	11	56	40	57
2	16	Swansea	34	14	20	1.4	1.5	11	10	13	47	51	43
3	15	Reading	33	14	19	1.2	1.5	13	5	15	38	48	44
4	9	Sunderland	34	16	18	1.4	1.1	13	10	11	49	38	49
5	18	QPR	34	16	18	1.0	1.4	10	9	15	35	49	39
6	1	Burnley	34	17	17	2.0	0.8	22	10	2	68	28	76
7	7	Norwich	34	17	17	1.4	1.1	15	7	12	48	37	52
8	13	Hull	35	19	16	1.1	1.4	12	9	14	40	48	45
9	19	Birmingham	34	18	16	1.1	1.4	10	8	16	38	46	38
10	21	Rotherham	34	18	16	1.1	1.4	8	13	13	37	46	37
11	23	Blackpool	34	18	16	1.0	1.5	7	10	17	33	51	31
12	2	Sheffield United	34	19	15	1.6	0.9	19	7	8	55	31	64
13	3	Blackburn	35	20	15	1.1	1.1	18	4	13	39	38	58
14	17	Stoke	34	19	15	1.1	1.2	11	7	16	39	41	40
15	22	Huddersfield	33	18	15	0.9	1.4	8	7	18	30	47	31
16	24	Wigan	33	18	15	0.9	1.6	7	10	16	30	52	31
17	14	Bristol City	34	20	14	1.3	1.3	11	11	12	43	43	44
18	5	Millwall	34	21	13	1.3	1.0	15	9	10	43	35	54
19	8	Watford	34	21	13	1.2	1.1	13	11	10	41	38	50
20	12	Preston	34	21	13	0.9	1.1	12	10	12	30	38	46
21	6	Luton	34	22	12	1.2	1.0	14	12	8	42	34	54
22	11	West Brom	34	23	11	1.3	1.1	13	9	12	44	38	48
23	10	Coventry	34	24	10	1.1	1.0	13	10	11	37	34	49
24	20	Cardiff	35	26	9	0.8	1.1	10	8	17	27	38	38

Home – Under/Over goals
#
1	1	Burnley	18	7	11	2.2	0.7	13	5	0	40	13	44
2	15	Reading	16	5	11	1.7	1.1	10	3	3	27	18	33
3	16	Swansea	17	6	11	1.6	1.5	7	3	7	27	25	24
4	18	QPR	17	6	11	1.1	1.5	5	4	8	19	26	19
5	2	Sheffield United	17	7	10	2.1	0.9	11	3	3	35	16	36
6	7	Norwich	18	9	9	1.5	1.2	8	4	6	27	21	28
7	21	Rotherham	16	7	9	1.6	1.2	6	5	5	26	20	23
8	4	Middlesbrough	16	8	8	1.6	0.8	9	5	2	26	13	32
9	9	Sunderland	16	8	8	1.3	1.1	6	5	5	21	17	23
10	13	Hull	18	10	8	1.1	1.3	7	4	7	20	23	25
11	19	Birmingham	18	10	8	1.1	1.2	5	5	8	20	21	20
12	3	Blackburn	17	10	7	1.4	0.8	12	1	4	23	13	37
13	6	Luton	17	10	7	1.3	1.1	5	8	4	22	19	23
14	8	Watford	16	9	7	1.5	1.0	8	4	4	24	16	28
15	17	Stoke	17	10	7	1.2	1.1	5	4	8	20	19	19
16	23	Blackpool	16	9	7	1.1	1.3	4	5	7	17	21	17
17	24	Wigan	17	10	7	0.7	1.8	3	4	10	12	30	13
18	5	Millwall	16	10	6	1.6	0.8	9	5	2	25	12	32
19	12	Preston	18	12	6	0.7	1.2	4	6	8	12	22	18
20	14	Bristol City	18	12	6	1.2	1.0	7	5	6	22	18	26
21	10	Coventry	18	13	5	1.3	0.9	9	5	4	23	16	32
22	22	Huddersfield	16	11	5	1.0	1.0	6	3	7	16	16	21
23	11	West Brom	17	13	4	1.4	0.9	8	5	4	24	15	29
24	20	Cardiff	18	14	4	0.8	0.9	6	5	7	15	16	23

Away – Under/Over goals
#
1	4	Middlesbrough	18	5	13	1.7	1.5	8	1	9	30	27	25
2	9	Sunderland	18	8	10	1.6	1.2	7	5	6	28	21	26
3	22	Huddersfield	17	7	10	0.8	1.8	2	4	11	14	31	10
4	16	Swansea	17	8	9	1.2	1.5	4	7	6	20	26	19
5	23	Blackpool	18	9	9	0.9	1.7	3	5	10	16	30	14
6	3	Blackburn	18	10	8	0.9	1.4	6	3	9	16	25	21
7	7	Norwich	16	8	8	1.3	1.0	7	3	6	21	16	24
8	13	Hull	17	9	8	1.2	1.5	5	5	7	20	25	20
9	14	Bristol City	16	8	8	1.3	1.6	4	6	6	21	25	18
10	15	Reading	17	9	8	0.6	1.8	3	2	12	11	30	11
11	17	Stoke	17	9	8	1.1	1.3	6	3	8	19	22	21
12	19	Birmingham	16	8	8	1.1	1.6	5	3	8	18	25	18
13	24	Wigan	16	8	8	1.1	1.4	4	6	6	18	22	18
14	5	Millwall	18	11	7	1.0	1.3	6	4	8	18	23	22
15	11	West Brom	17	10	7	1.2	1.4	5	4	8	20	23	19
16	12	Preston	16	9	7	1.1	1.0	8	4	4	18	16	28
17	18	QPR	17	10	7	0.9	1.4	5	5	7	16	23	20
18	21	Rotherham	18	11	7	0.6	1.4	2	8	8	11	26	14
19	1	Burnley	16	10	6	1.8	0.9	9	5	2	28	15	32
20	8	Watford	18	12	6	0.9	1.2	5	7	6	17	22	22
21	2	Sheffield United	17	12	5	1.2	0.9	8	4	5	20	15	28
22	6	Luton	17	12	5	1.2	0.9	9	4	4	20	15	31
23	10	Coventry	16	11	5	0.9	1.1	4	5	7	14	18	17
24	20	Cardiff	17	12	5	0.7	1.3	4	3	10	12	22	15

U / O = matches with fewer / more goals than the line (both teams' goals). BTTS = both teams to score: Yes when both teams scored, No when at least one didn't. Pos = position in the league table. Click a column heading to sort; click again to reverse.