Middlesbrough returns to the championship after the international break with the visit of Reading in-form to the Riverside
The Royals head to Boro after a brilliant start, winning their first four games and conceding just one goal in the process
But Boro hasn’t lost since opening night at Watford and beat Barnsley last time before the break
Neil Warnock will be unpaired injured Ashley Fletcher and Grant Hall for the game, but Patrick Roberts is available after the Manchester City forward joined the club on a one-season loan earlier this week
Roberts scored one goal and the other in a 2-1 win over Boro the last time these teams met
Join Craig Johns and Dominic Shaw for live compilation, updates, analysis and feedback from The Riverside
Johnson and Tavernier on the flanks now and backing Akpom Boro still playing with a flat back four
Buzzing in the middle of the park, saw more ball than two other midfielders
With everyone back in the tunnel, Warnock and Jepson stayed away and had some passionate words with the referee before descending into the tunnel
I’m not sure what the discussion was about at the break there, but the Boro bench was not happy during the game when the reading manager signaled with the imaginary card asking for a Boro player to be booked
/ p>
Goalless at break Boro got off to a good start and forced Cabral to make some early saves Reading settled in but Boro drilled well and organized Not much to report in terms of chances at both ends
Reading starts asking a few questions now, as Joao pulls right off The organized Boro have limited them so far
In the last 10 minutes of the first half and Boro has done well so far
There hasn’t been much to report in terms of goal action since the first 10 minutes, when the hosts came close twice, but Boro limited Reading to one chance and got them in. largely stopped playing
The defense is organized and solid, Boro is just looking to bring Akpom and Assombalonga a little more into the game
Dijksteel also impressive at RB as far as he was at the center in the first weeks of the season
It took two attempts to bring him together, but Bettinelli did well to save a shot from Olise from Reading
Paddy McNair’s first beautiful delivery of the afternoon I imagine Maddo is already purring about him on BBCTeesSport
Boro plays a fullback here, Dijksteel at right-back Tavernier advances to the right supporting Assombalonga and Akpom
Fans are in the host areas today They can’t be in the stands and have to watch the game indoors on a screen, but still inside the floor – showing the nonsense let the government rule for what they are
What a week it’s gonna be After today we go to another undefeated team at Bristol City on Tuesday and then to my old club Cardiff
It will be a busy schedule for players and staff but one we will savor
It’s great to play all these teams at the top because we can judge how far behind them we are
Here are some of the Boro players who are starting to arrive ahead of today’s game Djed Spence is in a good mood!
We wonder if it makes sense to throw Patrick Roberts straight out, if the guys from Northern Ireland will be physically and mentally ready after a busy ten days with their country, and who could start as wingers today
The attacker was the man Neil Warnock finally targeted late in the transfer window last night, knowing the Everton man from their time together at Crystal Palace
Boro was looking to get Bolasie on loan, but this failed as a deal was not reached before the deadline passed last night
Bolasie tweeted his disappointment last night, revealing that he signed the papers and was ready to give up a lot to move to Teesside
However, out of wages estimated at around £ 75,000 per week at Everton, Boro was still going to demand the Toffees to subsidize a large chunk of that sum
While we don’t know the ins and outs of what went wrong with this deal, Bolasie tweeted again this morning, exonerating Boro of blame for the deal failure.
Middlesbrough FC, Lecture FC, EFL Championship, Neil Warnock, Riverside Stadium
World News – GB – Boro 0-0 Reading LIVE: Warnock changes formation
SOURCE: https://www.w24news.com