League One play-off chasers Reading stuttered to an uninspiring draw at home to Stevenage but still extended their unbeaten run to 10 matches.
The visitors enjoyed marginally the better of a poor first-half spectacle but the Royals went in front four minutes after the interval through an own goal by defender Carl Piergianni.
Yet the Boro skipper soon atoned for his error with an equaliser 11 minutes later, also from a header.
Neither side impressed in a scrappy opening but Brandon Hanlan wasted a good opportunity for Stevenage, racing through on his own, only to slice his attempt woefully wide.
Stevenage's top scorer Dan Kemp could have notched his 11th goal of the season from a deep Jordan Roberts cross, but his firm volley was superbly saved by Reading goalkeeper Joel Pereira.
Reading's attacking threat in the first half had proved non-existent but they gratefully accepted Piergianni's gift in the 49th minute, when he inexplicably nodded home at his own near post from a Charlie Savage corner.
The centre-back made amends on the hour, meeting a fine cross from Kemp with a header that crept in past a scrambling Pereira.
Roberts almost won it for Boro but his fierce 20-yard drive flashed just wide.
Match report supplied by PA Media.
"To come here and be disappointed with a draw probably says everything for our performance" - Stevenage boss Alex Revell
