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0¹ SPORAR ran onto a great ball from MOWATT but dragged his shot wide. 0¹ SULEIMANOV beat ELNENY and blasted the ball to MOWATT who toe-poked his effort wide. 4¹ GOAL!! A long ball from MOWATT had the Plymouth Argyle defence back-pedalling and SPORAR made the most of the opportunity with a good goal. (1-0 Middlesbrough) 9¹ A tame strike from FRIEDL bounced agonisingly wide. 10¹ SANTAMARÍA made space on the right and pulled the ball to LANZINI who rasped the ball wide. 13¹ GOAL!! A short clearance fell to BOLA who sliced a shot goalward, luckily SOLOMON was on hand to crack the ball into the net. (2-0 Middlesbrough) 16¹ A mix up in the Plymouth Argyle defence enabled SPORAR to blast an effort just beyond the near post. 19¹ The bemused 'keeper was a mere bystander as a backpass from LANZINI fell just wide. 20¹ A accurate pass fell to MOWATT and his looping effort went narrowly wide. 23¹ A shot from SANTAMARÍA was smothered by LUMLEY. 26¹ MOWATT was put clear by AKPOM and he stepped inside the 'keeper but drilled his shot just beyond the near post. 31¹ TAVERNIER beat four Middlesbrough players and fired an effort over the bar. 36¹ TAVERNIER headed wide. 40¹ GOAL!! A great solo effort from BENTEKE who beat two defenders before rocketing the ball in off the post. (2-1 Middlesbrough) 8² A great effort from SOUMAORO scraped the top of the crossbar. 13² ZINGA saved a curling shot from SULEIMANOV. 13² GOAL!! A deep corner left the 'keeper struggling and AKPOM knocked the ball into the net. (3-1 Middlesbrough) 15² A penalty box meleé resulted in SULEIMANOV knocking the ball over. 24² SULEIMANOV knocked the ball to MOWATT who nodded it just wide. 31² SPORAR drove a left foot shot over the bar from long range. 32² BENTEKE rifled an easy chance past the lefthand post. 35² GOAL!! A nice run by ALMIRON on the right was capped by a great cross which AYOZE nodded in from inside the penalty box. (3-2 Middlesbrough) 36² A cross from SULEIMANOV left SPORAR in lots of space but he snapped at his shot. 39² AYOZE headed the ball wide from the edge of the box. 40² A free-kick from MOWATT floated wide.

Middlesbrough   League position: 22 Home league form: XLLL Overall league form: XLLWLWLX Formation: 4-3-3

Line-ups Joe LUMLEY 6  1 5½ Melvin ZINGA Yasser LAROUCI 6½ 2 6  James TAVERNIER(c) Marco FRIEDL 7  3 6  Adama SOUMAORO (c)Maximilian PHILIPP 7½ 4 6½ Mohamed ELNENY Dael FRY 6½ 5 6½ Diego LLORENTE Marc BOLA 7½ 6 6½ Mason HOLGATE Magomed-Shapi SULEIMANOV 7½ 7 6  Miguel ALMIRON Manor SOLOMON 7  8 7  Manuel LANZINI (p)Andraz SPORAR 6½ 9 7  Christian BENTEKE(p) (f)Alex MOWATT 6½ 10 7½ Baptiste SANTAMARÍA(f) Chuba AKPOM 6½ 11 7½ AYOZE Pérez Manager Matt CROOKS    12    Oladapo AFOLAYAN Benoît COSTIL    13    Daniel WASS Duncan WATMORE    14    Harry WILSON Jack COLBACK    15    ÓSCAR Rodríguez Samuel SILVERA    16    Ethan LAIRD

Plymouth Argyle   League position: 13 Away league form: XXLL Overall league form: WXLXXLWL Formation: 4-3-3

Statistics

Middlesbrough 3 Plymouth Argyle 2 (Half-time: 2-1, Attendance: 24,679, Stadium: Riverside, Referee: Chris Foy 5½) Sporar 4¹, Solomon 13¹, Akpom 13² Scorers Substitutions Sent off Bookings Corners Fouls Offsides Shots on Shots off Total shots Shots saved Possession Benteke 40¹, Ayoze 35²             3 2 8 17 9 4 4 3 12 6 16 9 1 1 47% 53% ¶ Man of the match: Maximilian Philipp ¶