Middlesbrough got their Championship promotion push firmly back on track as they steamrollered Reading at Riverside Stadium.
Chuba Akpom and Aaron Ramsey scored two goals each before Marcus Forss added a fifth.
Defeat at West Brom last week broke their five-game winning streak but a dominant display kept them third in the table, just four points behind Sheffield United in second after the Blades lost at Blackburn in an earlier kick-off.
Reading endured a miserable afternoon and failed to build on winning two of their previous three matches.
Paul Ince's team failed to register a shot on target and they are now 11 points outside the play-off spots.