By Middlesbrough FC

Boro Under-21s' season was ended by Reading in the PL2 play-offs.

A crowd of 800 were at the Royals' Select Car Leasing Stadium, with the match kicking off shortly before our first team's curtain call.

Adrian Akande's second-half double decided the contest in Reading's favour, the winger netting twice in the space of six second-half minutes to see his side through to the knockout phase's quarter-finals.

 

47%

Possession

53%
12

Shots

10
6

Shots On Target

4
5

Corners

4
12

Fouls

9

2

0

Cards

3

1

Reading U21: Boyce-Clarke, Ryan, Stickland, Holzman, Carson (Paul 87'), Borgnis, Wellens, Akande (Trialist 102'), Okine-Peters (Clark 83'), Wareham, Tuma (Clarke 82')

Subs: Paul, Collins, Clark, Trialist, Clarke

Middlesbrough U21: Trialist, Gitau, Hannah, Lindo (Howells 55'), McCormick, Woolston, Bridge, Bilongo, Nkrumah (Traore 73'), Matthews, Collins (Gibson 73')

Subs: Howells, Gibson, Traore, Whelan, Popple