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Commentary
LEES-MELOU's shot beat the 'keeper but rebounded off the Middlesbrough woodwork.
12¹A strike from NELSON held no problem for STEFFEN.
14¹A shot from NELSON was kicked off the line by KERKEZ.
16¹A fine dribble was ended by a good save by the oncoming 'keeper.
17¹GOAL!! With his back to goal YUNUS wrong-footed the defence and stroked the ball past the 'keeper. (1-0 Middlesbrough)
19¹RODRIGO MUNIZ made space on the right and knocked the ball to BRAITHWAITE who touched the ball wide.
23¹A free-kick from BRAITHWAITE went inches wide.
26¹LLORIS stopped a clever shot from BRAITHWAITE.
28¹The bemused STEFFEN was all agog as a backpass from YUNUS fell just wide.
31¹KERKEZ blasted a right foot shot wide from close range.
33¹LLORIS did well to hold onto a wicked strike from KRAFTH.
37¹GOAL!! 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)
41¹KERKEZ beat three Darlington players and slammed a golden opportunity wide.
44¹BRAITHWAITE kicked the ball wide of the goal from just inside the area.
A lovely cross from BALOTELLI was knocked goalbound by WELBECK only for STEFFEN to palm clear.
HACKNEY played the ball to RODRIGO MUNIZ who nodded it over.
10²A brilliant shot from GUILBERT was dealt with by a fine stop from the 'keeper.
19²A cross from YUNUS left NMECHA in lots of space but he rushed his shot.
22²KERKEZ was put clear by ESTÈVE and he turned the 'keeper but glanced his shot just beyond the near post.
27²RODRIGO MUNIZ beat WILLIAMS and whacked the ball to BRAITHWAITE who blasted his shot wide.
28²GOAL!! 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)
40²A header by BRAITHWAITE at the near post was comfortably collected by the Darlington 'keeper.
47²BRAITHWAITE fluffed an easy chance.

 
Middlesbrough
 
League position: 18
Home league form: LWLL
Overall league form: XLXWLLLW
Formation: 4-3-3
Line-ups
Zack STEFFEN1Hugo LLORIS(c)
Emil KRAFTH2Neco WILLIAMS
Milos KERKEZ3Yasser LAROUCI
Hayden HACKNEY4Pierre LEES-MELOU
Maxime ESTÈVE5FABINHO
Dael FRY6IGOR Julio
YUNUS Akgün7Frédéric GUILBERT
(c)Martin BRAITHWAITE8Reiss NELSON
(p)RODRIGO MUNIZ Carvalho9Mario BALOTELLI(p)
(f)Jonny HOWSON10Stevan JOVETIC(f)
Lukas NMECHA11Danny WELBECK
Manager
Isaiah JONES  12  Konstantinos MAVROPANOS
Daniel BACHMANN  13  Jon FLATT
James LEA SILIKI14  Rabbi MATONDO
Dan BARLASER  15  Salis ABDUL SAMED
Pharrell WILLIS16Eli KING
 
Darlington
 
League position: 13
Away league form: LLLL
Overall league form: WLLWLLLO
Formation: 4-3-3

Statistics
Middlesbrough 2 Darlington 1
(Half-time: 1-1, Attendance: 24,630, Stadium: Riverside, Referee: Martin Penicka 6)

Yunus 17¹, Rodrigo Muniz 28²
Scorers
Substitutions
Sent off
Bookings
Corners
Fouls
Offsides
Shots on
Shots off
Total shots
Shots saved
Possession
Nelson 37¹
KrafthóWillis 27², FryóLea Siliki 27²BalotellióKing 23²
  
  
14
45
41
66
101
167
45
60%40%
Man of the match: Pharrell Willis