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Commentary
The hapless Walsall 'keeper stared in disbelief as a backpass from CRISTANTE dropped just wide.
A lovely effort from HOFMANN scraped the upright.
UGARTE played the ball to NKETIAH who flicked it over.
13¹The 'keeper saved a refined strike from FORSBERG.
19¹FORSBERG was put clear by CRISTANTE and he turned GAZZANIGA but thrust his shot over the bar.
29¹The ref yellow cards PLÉA.
30¹A free-kick from McNEIL flew wide.
34¹McNEIL fluffed a simple chance.
36¹A accurate pass found PLÉA and his left foot shot raced narrowly wide.
43¹HOFMANN dummied TRAORÉ but flicked the ball into the arms of GAZZANIGA.
48¹A good ball from UGARTE on the right was collected by JOÃO MOUTINHO who sliced his shot just beyond the near post.
NKETIAH galloped through the Walsall defence but shot straight at the Walsall 'keeper.
A strike from JOÃO MOUTINHO held no problem for ADÁN.
The 'keeper saved a glorious shot from FORSBERG.
11²GOAL!! A poor shot from FORSBERG seemed to hold little difficulty for the 'keeper but the ball somehow squirmed over the line. (1-0 Walsall)
12²A lovely cross from McNEIL was placed goalbound by NKETIAH only for the 'keeper to claw away.
17²A shot from McNEIL was hoofed off the line by SYLLA.
20²A header by PLÉA at the near post was comfortably collected by GAZZANIGA.
22²The Walsall 'keeper dived to his right to stop a lovely drive from Middlesbrough's McNEIL.
24²HOFMANN beat UGARTE and whacked the ball to PAULINHO who hit his effort wide.
29²A delightful save prevented McNEIL from scoring a great goal.
29²A deadly effort from ADAMS was stopped by the Walsall 'keeper.
34²A shot from FORSBERG seemed a certain goal but the 'keeper managed to parry the ball clear.
41²A great strike from NKETIAH was dealt with by a good stop from ADÁN.

 
Middlesbrough
 
League position: 9
Home league form: LLWW
Overall league form: LLXLLWWW
Formation: 4-3-3
Line-ups
Paulo GAZZANIGA1Antonio ADÁN(c)
Festy EBOSELE2Takehiro TOMIYASU
EMERSON PALMIERI dos Santos3Luke CHAMBERS
Manuel UGARTE4Bryan CRISTANTE
TUTA5Chris SMALLING
Axel TUANZEBE6Loubadhe SYLLA
Bertrand TRAORÉ7Jonas HOFMANN
Dwight McNEIL8Emil FORSBERG
(p)Eddie NKETIAH9PAULINHO(p)
(c,f)JOÃO Filipe MOUTINHO10Pablo SARABIA(f)
Ché ADAMS11Alassane PLÉA
Manager
Adama TRAORÉ  12  RAFINHA
Marcus BETTINELLI  13  Remko PASVEER
Jonny HOWSON  14  GIOVANI Henrique
Marc BOLA  15  Perr SCHUURS
Orri ÓSKARSSON  16  JOSÉ Manuel FONTÁN
 
Walsall
 
League position: 8
Away league form: LWWO
Overall league form: LLWWWOLL
Formation: 4-3-3

Statistics
Middlesbrough 0 Walsall 1
(Half-time: 0-0, Attendance: 31,019, Stadium: Riverside, Referee: Darren Deadman 6)

 
Scorers
Substitutions
Sent off
Bookings
Corners
Fouls
Offsides
Shots on
Shots off
Total shots
Shots saved
Possession
Forsberg 11²
  
  
 Pléa 29¹
33
811
00
86
54
1310
84
48%52%
Man of the match: João Filipe Moutinho