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Match report
English Footie
Championship: Round 12 (setup 4, season 35)
Middlesbrough
v.
Aston Villa
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
13
Overall form:
Home form:
Daniel BACHMANN17Tom HEATON
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
3
Overall form:
Home form:
Emil KRAFTH72Matty CASH
Daniel Sánchez AYALA3Matt TARGETT
Matt CROOKS74DOUGLAS LUIZ Soares de Paulo
Dael FRY75Boubacar KAMARA
James LEA SILIKI6John McGINN
Jonny HOWSON7Emiliano BUENDIA Stati
Lukas NMECHA78PHILIPPE COUTINHO Correia
Martin BRAITHWAITE9Ollie WATKINS
RODRIGO MUNIZ Carvalho106Morgan SANSON
Britt ASSOMBALONGA6116Anwar EL GHAZI
Manager
Marcus TAVERNIER12Ludwig AUGUSTINSSON
Joe LUMLEY13Leon BAILEY
Marcus FORSS14Cameron ARCHER
Lewis WING15Jacob RAMSEY
Riley McGREE16Marvelous NAKAMBA

Middlesbrough 1 Aston Villa 0
(Half-time: 0-0, Attendance: 38,623, Stadium: Riverside, Referee: Iain WILLIAMSON 7½)
69 NmechaScorers
Substitutions
Sendings off
Bookings78 Kamara, 80 El Ghazi
1Corners2
3Fouls10
1Offsides2
6Shots on4
4Shots off7
10Total shots11
4Shots saved4
44%Possession56%
Man of the match: Matt TARGETT
6NMECHA clipped the ball through a crowd of players but HEATON was a match for it as he dived to his right.
8ASSOMBALONGA shot over.
9BUENDIA snapped at a simple chance.
13A header by PHILIPPE COUTINHO at the near post was easily collected by the 'keeper.
24A penalty box meleé resulted in BUENDIA knocking a low shot wide.
29HEATON did well to hold onto a powerful strike from KRAFTH.
30BUENDIA ran onto a wonderful ball from PHILIPPE COUTINHO but fired his shot wide.
37The Middlesbrough 'keeper dived to his left to save a fierce drive from Aston Villa's WATKINS.
39NMECHA flicked an easy chance past the righthand post.
40Uncertainty in the Middlesbrough defence enabled SANSON to hit the ball over.
42An outswinging corner was forced into the arms of the Aston Villa 'keeper by BRAITHWAITE.
45A cross from SANSON left BUENDIA in lots of space but he scuffed his shot.
45+2The Aston Villa 'keeper blocked a lovely strike from BRAITHWAITE.
 
47BACHMANN was able to block a poor shot from WATKINS.
50PHILIPPE COUTINHO was put clear by DOUGLAS LUIZ and he nutmegged BACHMANN but struck his shot inches wide.
52RODRIGO MUNIZ headed inches over.
54BRAITHWAITE's shot was well saved by the 'keeper.
67A shot from PHILIPPE COUTINHO was headed off the line by FRY.
69GOAL!! A deep cross from HOWSON on the left was nodded home by NMECHA at the near post. (1-0 Middlesbrough)
72WATKINS nodded the ball wide from just outside the area.
78KAMARA cautioned by the ref for a high tackle.
80A clumsy tackle gets EL GHAZI a yellow card.
89RODRIGO MUNIZ beat four Aston Villa players and blasted an effort just beyond the far post.