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Match report
English Footie
Championship: Round 23 (setup 4, season 38)
Middlesbrough
v.
Southend United
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
5
Overall form:
Home form:
Zack STEFFEN717Brice SAMBA
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
9
Overall form:
Home form:
Emil KRAFTH826Milan VAN EWIJK
Milos KERKEZ83Ethan PINNOCK
Jonny HOWSON846Ryan LEONARD
Patrick McNAIR75Taylor HARWOOD-BELLIS
Isaiah JONES6Scott McKENNA
YUNUS Akgün76Muhamed BESIC
Lukas NMECHA887CARLES GIL de Pareja Vicent
RODRIGO MUNIZ Carvalho796Charlie KELMAN
James LEA SILIKI6107Josh GINNELLY
Marcus FORSS11Simon COX
Manager
Matthew HOPPE12Tom HOPPER
Daniel BACHMANN13Paulo Dino GAZZANIGA
Matt CROOKS14Stephen McLAUGHLIN
Dan BARLASER15Elvis BWOMONO
Daniel Sánchez AYALA16Michael KLASS

Middlesbrough 2 Southend United 1
(Half-time: 0-1, Attendance: 28,477, Stadium: Riverside, Referee: Graham LAWS 7½)
71 Howson, 76 NmechaScorers29 Carles Gil
Substitutions58 Ginnelly <=> Bwomono
Sendings off
55 Yunus, 60 McNairBookings
0Corners0
5Fouls5
1Offsides0
9Shots on5
12Shots off5
21Total shots10
4Shots saved4
63%Possession37%
Man of the match: Lukas NMECHA
4NMECHA nutmegged CARLES GIL but shot the ball into the arms of the 'keeper.
21HOWSON shot wide.
26Uncertainty in the Southend United defence enabled YUNUS to fire the ball over the bar.
29GOAL!! KRAFTH tried to play the ball out of the Middlesbrough penalty area but was tackled by BESIC who forced the ball to CARLES GIL for a simple goal. (1-0 Southend United)
35NMECHA ran onto a great ball from YUNUS but blasted his shot wide.
36A poor shot from KERKEZ trickled agonisingly wide.
41LEA SILIKI beat MCKENNA and drove the ball to RODRIGO MUNIZ who blasted his shot wide.
42A thirty yard shot from KELMAN caused the 'keeper no problem.
45+3A header from NMECHA was nodded off the line by VAN EWIJK.
45+4NMECHA dribbled away from MCKENNA and rifled a poor shot past the post.
 
49A strike from NMECHA held little difficulty for the Southend United 'keeper.
54The Southend United 'keeper blocked a clever strike from NMECHA.
55YUNUS cautioned for a clinical tackle on GINNELLY.
57The hapless Middlesbrough 'keeper was all agog as a backpass from MCNAIR fell just over.
60A high challenge gets MCNAIR a yellow card.
61The Middlesbrough 'keeper did well to hold onto a fierce shot from CARLES GIL.
70A cross from HOWSON left NMECHA in lots of space but he scuffed his shot.
71GOAL!! A glorious outswinging corner was forced in at the far post by HOWSON. (1-1)
76GOAL!! The creative JONES neatly flicked on a cross for NMECHA to hammer the ball in. (2-1 Middlesbrough)
77A penalty box scramble resulted in YUNUS knocking the ball over.
87A shot from LEONARD was smothered by the 'keeper.
90+1A fine run was ended by a good save by the advancing 'keeper.