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Match report
English Footie
Premier League: Round 8 (setup 2, season 18)
Middlesbrough
v.
Crystal Palace
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
17
Overall form:
Home form:
Mattia PERIN16Kasper SCHMEICHEL
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
5
Overall form:
Home form:
PEDRO Antonio PORRO Sauceda727James TOMKINS
Ola AINA3Joel WARD
Matt CROOKS4Cheick Oumar DOUCOURÉ
Jonathan TAH757Cheikhou KOUYATÉ
Nathan WOOD66Jamal LEWIS
Jonny HOWSON7Emiliano BUENDIA Stati
Sammy AMEOBI86Wilfried Armal ZAHA Dazet
Breel-Donald EMBOLO9Milot RASHICA
Anfernee DIJKSTEEL10Will HUGHES
Divock ORIGI6117Jordan AYEW
Manager
Riley McGREE12Danny IMRAY
Zack STEFFEN13VICENTE GUAITA Panadero
Marc BOLA14Luke PLANGE
Aden FLINT15Jack WELLS-MORRISON
Ashley FLETCHER16Andros TOWNSEND

Middlesbrough 2 Crystal Palace 2
(Half-time: 0-2, Attendance: 32,505, Stadium: Riverside, Referee: Barry KNIGHT 6½)
56 Aina, 71 AinaScorers20 Ayew, 24 Rashica
Substitutions78 Ayew <=> Townsend
Sendings off
Bookings
2Corners4
7Fouls12
1Offsides2
5Shots on2
6Shots off9
11Total shots11
2Shots saved0
55%Possession45%
Man of the match: Ola AINA
2A free-kick from AYEW floated wide.
6RASHICA hoofed the ball wide of the lefthand post from just inside the area.
7HUGHES dribbled past AINA and rattled a tame shot well wide.
9AYEW beat AINA and hit the ball to DOUCOURÉ who toe-poked his shot wide.
13A header by EMBOLO at the near post was comfortably collected by SCHMEICHEL.
15Uncertainty in the Crystal Palace defence enabled ORIGI to blast an effort over the bar.
20GOAL!! A deep cross from ZAHA on the left was headed home by AYEW at the near post. (1-0 Crystal Palace)
21EMBOLO ran onto a delightful ball from AMEOBI but pulled his shot wide of the goal.
24GOAL!! A deep corner left PERIN struggling and RASHICA tapped the ball into the net. (2-0 Crystal Palace)
27A cross from DOUCOURÉ left BUENDIA in plenty of space but he rushed his shot.
38The Crystal Palace 'keeper did well to hold onto a wicked shot from AINA.
41A useful ball from DIJKSTEEL on the right was collected by AMEOBI who scuffed his shot just wide.
43HOWSON galloped through the Crystal Palace defence but shot straight at the 'keeper.
 
51A corner found WARD who forced the ball wide.
52HUGHES blasted a deadly shot just beyond the far post from twenty-five yards out.
56GOAL!! A TAH run down the right resulted in a low cross for AINA to crack in. (2-1 Crystal Palace)
58The bemused PERIN stared in disbelief as a backpass from WOOD dropped just over.
61ZAHA flicked an easy chance past the far post.
71GOAL!! A delightful bit of skill enabled AINA to dribble through the Crystal Palace defence and score. (2-2)
81AINA was put clear by DIJKSTEEL and he stepped inside the Crystal Palace 'keeper but struck his shot inches over.
84An exceptional effort from EMBOLO scraped the outside of the lefthand post.
88A poor shot from AINA trickled agonisingly wide.