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Match report
English Footie
Championship: Round 9 (setup 1, season 32)
Middlesbrough
v.
Rochdale
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
24
Overall form:
Home form:
Bill HAMID1Jonathan Diba MUSANGU
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
17
Overall form:
Home form:
Michael ESSIEN727JOĂO Pedro da Silva PEREIRA
Elderson Uwa ECHIEJILE738ADRIANO Correia Claro
Artur YUSUPOV47Wesley SNEIJDER
FELIPE Dias da Silva dal Belo57Waldemar ANTON
Adam REACH766Timo BAUMGARTL
Leon OSMAN67Jérémy TOULALAN
Sulley Ali MUNTARI68Levin ÖZTUNALI
Bradley FEWSTER697Samuel ETO'O Fils
Stewart DOWNING610Dennis AOGO
David NUGENT7116Alexandre Rodrigues da Silva, ALEXANDRE PATO
Manager
Kieran RICHARDSON12DAVID COSTAS Cordal
Bryn MORRIS613Rafael VAN DER VAART
Brad WALKER14Darko LAZOVIC
Paul DIGBY15Gervais Yao Kouassi, GERVINHO
Remie STREETE16Vurnon ANITA

Middlesbrough 2 Rochdale 1
(Half-time: 1-0, Attendance: 19,537, Stadium: Riverside, Referee: Rob STYLES 5)
1 Downing, 85 MuntariScorers79 Adriano
79 Downing <=> MorrisSubstitutions
Sendings off
Bookings25 Anton, 89 Aogo
2Corners5
14Fouls7
4Offsides7
2Shots on8
11Shots off8
13Total shots16
0Shots saved7
47%Possession53%
Man of the match: ADRIANO Correia Claro
1GOAL!! A shot from DOWNING bobbled through a ruck of players and rolled past the unsighted MUSANGU. (1-0 Middlesbrough)
6A strike from JOĂO PEREIRA held little difficulty for the Middlesbrough 'keeper.
17A good effort from NUGENT scraped the outside of the righthand post.
23ALEXANDRE PATO played the ball to SNEIJDER who turned it over the bar.
24ÖZTUNALI rushed a simple chance.
25ANTON booked.
26FEWSTER headed just beyond the near post.
32A mix up in the Middlesbrough defence enabled ALEXANDRE PATO to volley the ball just wide.
34OSMAN shot over.
36A thirty yard drive from ETO'O caused the 'keeper little difficulty.
40A pin-point pass fell to NUGENT and his right foot effort flew narrowly wide.
 
47MUNTARI placed a deadly shot over the bar from twenty yards out.
49ÖZTUNALI beat ESSIEN and placed the ball to ADRIANO who pulled his shot wide.
53A right foot shot from ETO'O was clawed past the post by HAMID.
61A penalty box scramble resulted in MUNTARI cracking a low shot wide.
64The motionless Rochdale 'keeper was a mere bystander as a backpass from TOULALAN fell just over.
65A shot from ALEXANDRE PATO was headed off the line by ESSIEN.
67A weak strike from SNEIJDER rolled agonisingly wide.
68A good ball from NUGENT on the right found OSMAN who scuffed his effort over the bar.
79GOAL!! An outswinging corner was nodded clear only for ADRIANO to hammer the ball home. (1-1)
85GOAL!! After a patient build-up MUNTARI drove the ball past the 'keeper. (2-1 Middlesbrough)
89AOGO receives a yellow card by STYLES.