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Middlesbrough vs Reading Prediction & Betting tips
Middlesbrough is still eligible for promotion to the Premier League after a changeable season. That must be done via the play-offs. It still has a chance to win the last ticket if it wins from Reading. What kind of duel are we being served? Time for a peek into the glass globe!
Middlesbrough:
Middlesbrough is in seventh place with two games left. It will have to win the remaining two games to have the chance to win sixth place. Meetings with Reading and Rotherham United are also scheduled. On Saturday, during the last home game of the season, it will cross swords with Reading. The first leg earlier this season in Reading was won by Middlesbrough 0-1. George Friend became matchwinner fifteen minutes before time. He will not be there on Saturday due to an injury. Boro also has to miss Daniel Ayala, Lewis Wing, Sam McQueen and Dael Fry.
Middlesbrough won three times during the last six meetings with Reading. The direct duel ended twice in a draw and Reading won once. Middlesbrough is working on a reasonable series. It took nine points from the last four games. Before this series started, it couldn’t win seven games in a row and lost six games in this period. Boro did a poor service on Easter Monday when it lost a chance at Nottingham City 3-0 against Nottingham Forest.
Reading:
Reading has extended the subscription to the Championship by one year. This season survival was the goal after the first months of the 2018/2019 season were disastrous. As a result, policymakers were forced to dismiss manager Paul Clement. For example, Jaap Stam’s successor was only Reading‘s manager for nine months. It was not that close to the Premier League Reading in the 2016-2017 season last year and certainly not this season. Last season it was twentieth and in all likelihood this season the final ranking will be reached again.
The trainer change did have the desired effect. The Portuguese Jose Gomes scored significantly more points than Paul Clement. By gaining six points in the last four games, Reading was finally safe. You can look at the 2019/2020 season. Gomes’ hope will be that he can have a fit selection for a longer period of time. This season he often could not count on five or six players per match. This image is also reflected in next Saturday’s game. John O’Shea, Paul McShane, John Swift, Anssi Jaakkola, Jordan Obita and Jon Bodvarsson cannot be used.
Middlesbrough vs Reading head to head matches
22.12.18 CHA Reading Middlesbrough 0 : 1
10.02.18 CHA Middlesbrough Reading 2 : 1
28.10.17 CHA Reading Middlesbrough 0 : 2
12.04.16 CHA Middlesbrough Reading 2 : 1
03.10.15 CHA Reading Middlesbrough 2 : 0