Reading look to make it two wins in a week as they welcome Middlesbrough down to Berkshire.
Meanwhile, Boro will be looking for their first win- something which has evaded them for the opening four matches.
Here’s what you need to know about tomorrow's match-up.
Form
The Royals come into this match as the Championship's best home team, winning their two matches in RG2 against Cardiff City and Blackburn Rovers.
After a heavy 0-4 defeat to Rotherham United last Saturday, Paul Ince's team bounced back to become the first team to take points off of Rovers- beating them convincingly 3-0 on Wednesday.
Teessiders Middlesbrough sit in 20th with three points- picking up three draws.
Yet to win, they have also only lost once- less than Reading.
Boss Wilder took the North-East side to seventh in the Championship and knocked Tottenham out of the FA Cup, but have had a slow start to the 2022/23 campaign.
Team News
Reading fans had a boost against Rovers as star striker Lucas Joao returned to the squad, and found the back ofthe net, for the first time this season.
Still with the likes of Yakou Meite, Ovie Ejaria and Femi Azeez out- Sam Hutchinson and Scott Dann have both returned to training and are nearing closer to a first team return.
Boro could be without key striker Chuba Akpom after twisting his knee on Saturday.
Scoring abrace against Sheffield United, Wilder is now awaiting scan results for the former Arsenal Academy graduate.
Last Time Out: Middlesbrough 2-1 Reading, January 15 2022
Late heartbreak for Reading, two goals in the final 10 minutes turned ecstacy into agony at the Riverside.
Cult favourite Andy Carroll scored his final Royals goal with 20 minutes to go but a Matt Crooks brace turned the game on its head.
Coming just three days after the 0-7 defeat to Fulham, Reading would lose five more matches on the spin before picming up a point to Peterborough United in February.
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