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Reading travel to take on Middlesbrough at Riverside Stadium on Saturday afternoon, hoping to improve upon an average previous return from this fixture. Of the 6 games played, Royals have recorded 1 wins, and Middlesbrough have come away with 2 victories.
The last time the two teams met at Middlesbrough was back in December 1997, over five years ago, as they swept to an impressive 4 - 0 win in a League Division One match.
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| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2006/2007 | Sat 19 Aug | Reading | 3 - 2 | Middlesbrough | PREM |
| 1997/1998 | Mon 13 Apr | Reading | 0 - 1 | Middlesbrough | CHMP |
| 1997/1998 | Tue 06 Jan | Reading | 0 - 1 | Middlesbrough | LGEC |
| 1997/1998 | Sat 13 Dec | Middlesbrough | 4 - 0 | Reading | CHMP |
| 1994/1995 | Sat 04 Feb | Middlesbrough | 0 - 1 | Reading | CHMP |
| 1994/1995 | Tue 06 Dec | Reading | 1 - 1 | Middlesbrough | CHMP |
| 1987/1988 | Sat 20 Feb | Reading | 0 - 0 | Middlesbrough | CHMP |
Recent respective form guides
Middlesbrough are unbeaten in their last six home games, but have drawn three of them. These high-scoring games have yielded a total of 17 goals for the Boro, with 10 goals against.
Reading have an average recent record on the road, collecting 2 wins and 3 draws from the last six. The Royals's have a narrow positive goal difference over these games, with 11 goals for and 9 against.
Middlesbrough see themselves just below half way in the Barclays Premiership, showing a record of 32 points from their 27 games played so far, Reading find themselves in a respectable 6th position, courtesy of the 43 points they have accumulated from 27 games.
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| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Middlesbrough | 6 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 10 | 5 |
| Reading | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 6 | 16 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
Reading are in reasonable form away from home coming into this match, and the Madmen are quite confident that they should come away with a comfortable victory from this contest. Away win
| Sequence statistics: | |
| Middlesbrough | Drawn last 3 games at home. Failed to win in previous 3 home matches. Drawn each of their last 2 games. Not won in the 6 most recent games. |
| Reading | Undefeated in last 4 away games. 10 games since last defeat. |