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Matches/Premier League 2 Division One/Regular Season - 3
Premier League 2 Division One 2025/26Match Finished

Middlesbrough U21 vs Reading U21

29 Aug 2025 · 19:00 BST · Regular Season - 3

Middlesbrough U21

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Reading U21

AWAY
⚽ Hamelberg 20′⚽ Sonny Finch 34′⚽ Jayden Carbon 45′⚽ Hamelberg 52′⚽ Sonny Finch 73′
⚽ David Hicks 3′⚽ Reece Evans 90′
Heritage Park, Bishop AucklandReferee: Gareth ThomasRecorded clock 90′ + 5′
01
THE MATCH AT A GLANCE

Match overview

THE SCORELINE

Middlesbrough U21 win 5–2

Match Finished in the regular season - 3 of the Premier League 2 Division One. 7 goal events recorded in the supplied feed.

90 MINUTES5 – 2
HALF-TIME3 – 1
MATCH COVERAGE

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LineupsAvailable
Match eventsAvailable
Team statisticsNot supplied
Expected goalsNot supplied
Player ratingsNot supplied
02
HOW THE TEAMS COMPARE

Team statistics

Middlesbrough U21Reading U21

Detailed statistics aren’t available for this match

The provider has not supplied possession, shots, passing or xG. These will appear when they are included in an updated import.

03
THE PLAYERS BEHIND THE RESULT

Lineups & substitutions

Middlesbrough U21

Formation not supplied

Coach Mark Roland Tinkler

Pitch positions not supplied. The list preserves the provider’s team selection.

Starting XI11

  1. 1
    Shea ConnorProfile: Goalkeeper · 19 at kick-off
  2. 2
    Rio Patterson-PowellProfile: Midfielder · 19 at kick-off
    Yellow Card 90+4′
  3. 4
    JohnsonProfile: Midfielder
    Yellow Card 40′
  4. 3
    George McCormickProfile: Defender · 20 at kick-off
  5. 5
    BaptisteProfile: Defender
  6. 7
    Finley CartwrightProfile: Midfielder · 18 at kick-off
    Off 79′
  7. 8
    HamelbergProfile: Midfielder
    Normal Goal 20′Normal Goal 52′
  8. 6
    Luke WoolstonProfile: Midfielder · 20 at kick-off
  9. 10
    Sonny FinchProfile: Attacker · 20 at kick-off
    Normal Goal 34′Normal Goal 73′Off 78′
  10. 11
    AcheampongProfile: Defender
    Off 62′
  11. 9
    Jayden CarbonProfile: Attacker · 20 at kick-off
    Normal Goal 45′Off 70′

Substitutes5

  1. 21
    FosterProfile: Goalkeeper
  2. 12
    SamuelsProfile: Midfielder
    On 62′
  3. 14
    Max Isaak HowellsProfile: Attacker · 20 at kick-off
    On 78′
  4. 15
    CoulsonProfile: Midfielder
    On 70′
  5. 16
    Isaac GreenupProfile: Midfielder
    On 79′

Reading U21

Formation not supplied

Coach Peter Scott

Pitch positions not supplied. The list preserves the provider’s team selection.

Starting XI11

  1. 1
    Harrison RhoneProfile: Goalkeeper · 19 at kick-off
  2. 2
    Nathan FergusonProfile: Defender · 24 at kick-off
  3. 5
    Phillip DuahProfile: Defender · 18 at kick-off
  4. 4
    Jacob BorgnisProfile: Midfielder · 22 at kick-off
    Off 60′
  5. 6
    Jay WilliamsProfile: Defender
    Off 46′
  6. 3
    ChardMatch position not supplied
    Yellow Card 90+4′
  7. 7
    Kiyan Coke-Miles-SmithProfile: Attacker · 18 at kick-off
    Off 59′
  8. 8
    Shay SpencerProfile: Attacker · 21 at kick-off
  9. 9
    Reece EvansProfile: Attacker · 19 at kick-off
    Normal Goal 90′
  10. 10
    Tyler SackeyProfile: Midfielder · 18 at kick-off
    Off 60′
  11. 11
    David HicksProfile: Attacker · 19 at kick-off
    Normal Goal 3′

Substitutes5

  1. 13
    WellandProfile: Goalkeeper
  2. 12
    Boyd BeacroftProfile: Defender · 22 at kick-off
    On 46′
  3. 16
    Carter BowderyProfile: Midfielder
    On 60′
  4. 15
    BaroughProfile: Attacker
    On 60′
  5. 14
    ObodoProfile: Attacker
    On 59′
04
FOLLOW THE MATCH

Events & commentary

Event commentary from recorded goals, cards, substitutions and VAR decisions. This is not a full play-by-play feed.

  1. Normal GoalReading U21

    David Hicks

  2. Normal GoalMiddlesbrough U21

    Hamelberg · Assist: Jayden Carbon

  3. Normal GoalMiddlesbrough U21

    Sonny Finch · Assist: Rio Patterson-Powell

  4. Yellow CardMiddlesbrough U21

    Johnson

  5. Normal GoalMiddlesbrough U21

    Jayden Carbon · Assist: Acheampong

  6. SubstitutionReading U21

    Off Jay Williams On Boyd Beacroft

  7. Normal GoalMiddlesbrough U21

    Hamelberg · Assist: Jayden Carbon

  8. SubstitutionReading U21

    Off Kiyan Coke-Miles-Smith On Obodo

  9. SubstitutionReading U21

    Off Jacob Borgnis On Carter Bowdery

  10. SubstitutionReading U21

    Off Tyler Sackey On Barough

  11. SubstitutionMiddlesbrough U21

    Off Acheampong On Samuels

  12. SubstitutionMiddlesbrough U21

    Off Jayden Carbon On Coulson

  13. Normal GoalMiddlesbrough U21

    Sonny Finch · Assist: Hamelberg

  14. SubstitutionMiddlesbrough U21

    Off Sonny Finch On Max Isaak Howells

  15. SubstitutionMiddlesbrough U21

    Off Finley Cartwright On Isaac Greenup

  16. Normal GoalReading U21

    Reece Evans

  17. Yellow CardMiddlesbrough U21

    Rio Patterson-Powell

  18. Yellow CardReading U21

    Chard

05
INDIVIDUAL CONTRIBUTIONS

Player performance

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06
THE BIGGER PICTURE

Recent form & meetings

Previous matches in this 2025/26 cup import only, before this fixture. Newest first. W/D/L reflects the score before any penalty shootout.

Middlesbrough U21

LMiddlesbrough U21 vs Manchester United U2118 Aug 2025 · Regular Season - 10 – 1

Reading U21

DReading U21 vs Leicester City U2122 Aug 2025 · Regular Season - 20 – 0DNorwich City U21 vs Reading U2115 Aug 2025 · Regular Season - 11 – 1
Previous meetings Within this cup import

No earlier meetings between these teams in the imported records.

Source & coverage
API-Football · Retrieved 17 Oct 2026. Saved snapshot, not a live feed. Missing values are not treated as zero. Player ages are calculated at kick-off from supplied birth dates.

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