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Match report
English Footie
Premier League: Round 38 (setup 4, season 39)
Darlington
v.
Middlesbrough
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
17
Overall form:
Home form:
Hugo LLORIS81Zack STEFFEN
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
15
Overall form:
Home form:
Frédéric GUILBERT2Emil KRAFTH
Yasser LAROUCI37Milos KERKEZ
Pierre LEES-MELOU4Hayden HACKNEY
Fábio Henrique Tavares, FABINHO57Maxime ESTÈVE
IGOR Julio dos Santos de Paulo66Patrick McNAIR
Salis ABDUL SAMED7Jonny HOWSON
Reiss NELSON87Lukas NMECHA
Sasa KALAJDZIC79RODRIGO MUNIZ Carvalho
Mario Barwuah BALOTELLI106James LEA SILIKI
Stevan JOVETIC116Marcus FORSS
Manager
Rabbi MATONDO12Matt CROOKS
Jon FLATT13Daniel BACHMANN
Marcus MADDISON14Isaiah JONES
Federico MACHEDA15Matthew HOPPE
Konstantinos MAVROPANOS16Pharrell WILLIS

Darlington 3 Middlesbrough 0
(Half-time: 3-0, Attendance: 24,900, Stadium: Blackwell Meadows, Referee: Phil DOWD 5½, TV: highlights)
14p Kalajdzic, 27 Kalajdzic, 40p KalajdzicScorers
Substitutions
90+1 BalotelliSendings off
46 BalotelliBookings5 Hackney, 13 McNair, 35 Kerkez
10Corners4
14Fouls14
4Offsides7
10Shots on9
10Shots off2
20Total shots11
7Shots saved6
48%Possession52%
Man of the match: Hugo LLORIS
5HACKNEY given a yellow card by DOWD for a clumsy foul.
9BALOTELLI made space on the left and dragged the ball to NELSON who fired the ball over.
13MCNAIR booked for a late challenge.
14GOAL!! A debatable penalty was awarded to Darlington, after KRAFTH had fouled NELSON, which KALAJDZIC easily converted.
21LEA SILIKI worked the ball to HOWSON, RODRIGO MUNIZ latched onto his pass and booted the ball within easy reach of the 'keeper.
23A good ball from NELSON on the right bobbled toward BALOTELLI who sliced his shot just wide.
26The Middlesbrough 'keeper did well to hold onto an amazing shot from BALOTELLI.
27GOAL!! Darlington's KALAJDZIC beat four defenders before firing just inside the 'keeper's lefthand post. (2-0 Darlington)
31KALAJDZIC poked an easy chance past the lefthand post.
33A delightful save prevented JOVETIC from scoring a lovely goal.
35KERKEZ given a yellow card by the referee.
36The hapless Middlesbrough 'keeper was all agog as a backpass from HACKNEY fell just wide.
40GOAL!! Darlington were awarded a penalty after a foul on NELSON, and KALAJDZIC put it past the Middlesbrough 'keeper who managed to get a hand to the ball.
43A corner was collected by LEES-MELOU who forced an effort just beyond the far post.
 
46The ref cautions BALOTELLI for a bad challenge.
58An inswinging corner was headed into the arms of the Darlington 'keeper by KERKEZ.
59NELSON rasped the ball through a ruck of players but STEFFEN was a match for it as he dived to his right.
60HACKNEY's shot was well held by the Darlington 'keeper.
60A tame strike from HACKNEY trickled agonisingly wide.
85A shot from KERKEZ seemed a certain goal but the Darlington 'keeper managed to palm the ball clear.
86A pin-point pass was collected by KERKEZ and his right foot shot went narrowly over.
90+1BALOTELLI sent off.