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Match report
English Footie
Premier League: Round 19 (setup 4, season 39)
Middlesbrough
v.
Darlington
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
18
Overall form:
Home form:
Zack STEFFEN17Hugo LLORIS
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
13
Overall form:
Home form:
Emil KRAFTH62Neco WILLIAMS
Milos KERKEZ3Yasser LAROUCI
Hayden HACKNEY84Pierre LEES-MELOU
Maxime ESTÈVE75Fábio Henrique Tavares, FABINHO
Dael FRY66IGOR Julio dos Santos de Paulo
YUNUS Akgün7Frédéric GUILBERT
Martin BRAITHWAITE787Reiss NELSON
RODRIGO MUNIZ Carvalho9Mario Barwuah BALOTELLI
Jonny HOWSON710Stevan JOVETIC
Lukas NMECHA6117Danny WELBECK
Manager
Isaiah JONES12Konstantinos MAVROPANOS
Daniel BACHMANN13Jon FLATT
James LEA SILIKI14Rabbi MATONDO
Dan BARLASER15Salis ABDUL SAMED
Pharrell WILLIS16Eli KING

Middlesbrough 2 Darlington 1
(Half-time: 1-1, Attendance: 24,630, Stadium: Riverside, Referee: Martin PENICKA 6½)
18 Yunus, 74 Rodrigo MunizScorers38 Nelson
73 Krafth <=> Willis, 73 Fry <=> Lea SilikiSubstitutions69 Balotelli <=> King
Sendings off
Bookings
1Corners4
4Fouls5
4Offsides1
6Shots on6
10Shots off1
16Total shots7
4Shots saved5
60%Possession40%
Man of the match: Pharrell WILLIS
4LEES-MELOU's shot beat the 'keeper but rebounded off the Middlesbrough woodwork.
13A strike from NELSON held no problem for STEFFEN.
15A shot from NELSON was kicked off the line by KERKEZ.
17A fine dribble was ended by a good save by the oncoming 'keeper.
18GOAL!! With his back to goal YUNUS wrong-footed the defence and stroked the ball past the 'keeper. (1-0 Middlesbrough)
20RODRIGO MUNIZ made space on the right and knocked the ball to BRAITHWAITE who touched the ball wide.
24A free-kick from BRAITHWAITE went inches wide.
27LLORIS stopped a clever shot from BRAITHWAITE.
29The bemused STEFFEN was all agog as a backpass from YUNUS fell just wide.
32KERKEZ blasted a right foot shot wide from close range.
34LLORIS did well to hold onto a wicked strike from KRAFTH.
38GOAL!! IGOR made space for NELSON who, after an interchange of passes on the edge of the area, thrust the ball past the 'keeper. (1-1)
42KERKEZ beat three Darlington players and slammed a golden opportunity wide.
45BRAITHWAITE kicked the ball wide of the goal from just inside the area.
 
50A lovely cross from BALOTELLI, was knocked goalbound by WELBECK only for STEFFEN to palm clear.
55HACKNEY played the ball to RODRIGO MUNIZ who nodded it over.
56A brilliant shot from GUILBERT was dealt with by a fine stop from the 'keeper.
65A cross from YUNUS left NMECHA in lots of space but he rushed his shot.
68KERKEZ was put clear by ESTÈVE and he turned the 'keeper but glanced his shot just beyond the near post.
73RODRIGO MUNIZ beat WILLIAMS and whacked the ball to BRAITHWAITE who blasted his shot wide.
74GOAL!! A long ball from YUNUS had the Darlington defence back-pedalling and RODRIGO MUNIZ made the most of the opportunity with a lovely goal. (2-1 Middlesbrough)
86A header by BRAITHWAITE at the near post was comfortably collected by the Darlington 'keeper.
90+3BRAITHWAITE fluffed an easy chance.