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Match report
English Footie
Championship: Round 1 (setup 1, season 25)
Middlesbrough
v.
Everton
Formation:
4-4-2
League position:
10
Tim HOWARD17Scott CARSON
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
7
Michael ESSIEN72Juan VALERA Espín
Kieran RICHARDSON36Federico BALZARETTI
Matthew LOWTON84Felipe de Carvalho, FELIPE MELO
Gareth McAULEY5Stefano LUCCHINI
Andy WILKINSON66Matthew UPSON
Leon OSMAN77ELANO Blumer
Sulley Ali MUNTARI86PARK Ji-sung
Peter CROUCH796Miroslav KLOSE
Jon WALTERS10Artem MILEVSKYI
Landon DONOVAN11Andy JOHNSON
David Spears-GellarManager
James CHESTER12Eric LICHAJ
Sam JOHNSTONE13Paul ROBINSON
Marc ALBRIGHTON146Roman EREMENKO
Matthew ETHERINGTON15Kim KÄLLSTRÖM
Luke WILLIAMS16Ibrahim AFELLAY

Middlesbrough 2 Everton 0
(Half-time: 2-0, Attendance: 39,850, Stadium: Riverside, Referee: Steve BRATT 6½)
13 Crouch, 23 EssienScorers
Substitutions76 Lucchini <=> Eremenko
Sendings off
Bookings
3Corners4
2Fouls6
2Offsides4
7Shots on3
10Shots off8
17Total shots11
5Shots saved2
57%Possession43%
Man of the match: Matthew LOWTON
2A free-kick from WILKINSON raced just beyond the near post.
5A corner bobbled toward MUNTARI who turned an effort just wide.
11The Everton 'keeper saved a curling effort from WALTERS.
13GOAL!! A tame drive from CROUCH seemed to hold little difficulty for CARSON but the ball somehow squirmed into the net. (1-0 Middlesbrough)
16WALTERS waltzed past VALERA and rattled a tame shot over the bar.
20PARK floated the ball to ELANO who flicked it over.
23GOAL!! A poor clearance fell to LOWTON who sliced a shot goalward, luckily ESSIEN was on hand to hit the ball in off the post. (2-0 Middlesbrough)
29DONOVAN ran onto a delightful ball from MUNTARI but fired his effort wide.
30MUNTARI's shot was well saved by the Everton 'keeper.
38PARK was put clear by JOHNSON and he stepped inside HOWARD but rammed his shot over.
41ELANO beat LOWTON and flicked the ball to PARK who toe-poked his effort wide.
 
60WILKINSON beat three Everton players and drove an effort wide.
64A shot from KLOSE was smothered by the 'keeper.
67A mix up in the Everton defence enabled WALTERS to thump the ball over.
68PARK nodded the ball wide from just inside the area.
71A delightful shot from RICHARDSON was dealt with by a useful stop from the 'keeper.
71The motionless Everton 'keeper was all agog as a backpass from BALZARETTI dropped just over.
79A cross from ELANO left VALERA in lots of space but he snapped at his shot.
81KLOSE dummied MUNTARI but nudged the ball into the arms of HOWARD.
84VALERA stroked an easy chance past the righthand post.
87MCAULEY's shot was well held by CARSON.
88JOHNSON made space on the right and touched the ball to PARK who touched the ball over.