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Match report
English Footie
Premier League: Round 12 (setup 2, season 18)
Middlesbrough
v.
Chelsea
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
19
Overall form:
Home form:
Mattia PERIN1Aaron RAMSDALE
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
4
Overall form:
Home form:
PEDRO Antonio PORRO Sauceda727Cesar AZPILICUETA Tanco
Ola AINA37MARCOS ALONSO Mendoza
Matt CROOKS74Enzo Jeremías FERNÁNDEZ
Jonathan TAH5Kalidou KOULIBALY
Craig DAWSON66Presnel KIMPEMBE
Ángel Martín CORREA877Jarrod BOWEN
Marcus TAVERNIER786Hakim ZIYECH
Breel-Donald EMBOLO79Christopher NKUNKU
Riley McGREE106Jorge Luiz Frello Filho, JORGINHO
Divock ORIGI711Robert LEWANDOWSKI
Manager
Nathan WOOD12Ross BARKLEY
Zack STEFFEN13RUI Pedro dos Santos PATRÍCIO
Sammy AMEOBI14GONÇALO Matias RAMOS
Ashley FLETCHER15Allan SAINT-MAXIMIN
Marc BOLA16Randal KOLO-MUANI

Middlesbrough 1 Chelsea 0
(Half-time: 1-0, Attendance: 35,093, Stadium: Riverside, Referee: Keith STROUD 5½)
45+1 EmboloScorers
67 Tah <=> FletcherSubstitutions59 Bowen <=> Barkley
Sendings off
Bookings
2Corners4
10Fouls18
2Offsides1
6Shots on9
6Shots off6
12Total shots15
4Shots saved6
55%Possession45%
Man of the match: Ángel Martín CORREA
12A neatly crafted cross from ZIYECH, was knocked goalbound by LEWANDOWSKI only for the Middlesbrough 'keeper to claw away.
13CORREA made space on the left and touched the ball to EMBOLO who touched the ball over.
20A fine ball from KOULIBALY on the right was collected by BOWEN who sliced his effort inches over.
23A strike from FERNÁNDEZ held no problem for PERIN.
28LEWANDOWSKI ran onto a delightful ball from JORGINHO but pulled his effort wide of the goal.
31A shot from TAVERNIER was smothered by the 'keeper.
33MCGREE's shot was well held by the 'keeper.
38A pin-point pass was collected by NKUNKU and his looping shot went narrowly wide.
45A corner was collected by CORREA who headed an effort over the bar.
45+1GOAL!! A wonderful bit of skill enabled EMBOLO to run through the Chelsea defence and score. (1-0 Middlesbrough)
 
46NKUNKU scuffed a simple chance.
47A lovely effort from NKUNKU scraped the outside of the righthand post.
51The 'keeper saved a beautiful shot from TAVERNIER.
54The 'keeper dived to his left to save a fierce drive from Chelsea's LEWANDOWSKI.
56The 'keeper parried a lovely strike from BOWEN.
57An inswinging corner was headed into the arms of the Middlesbrough 'keeper by NKUNKU.
60A shot from BARKLEY seemed a certain goal but PERIN managed to palm the ball away.
63A shot from FERNÁNDEZ was headed off the line by DAWSON.
71LEWANDOWSKI beat FLETCHER and hit the ball to NKUNKU who blasted his shot wide.
75EMBOLO waltzed round KOULIBALY and stabbed a tame shot into the crowd.
81EMBOLO fired the ball through a ruck of players but the Chelsea 'keeper was a match for it as he dived to his right.
83FLETCHER beat three Chelsea players and slammed a great chance over.