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0¹ GOAL!! Uncertainty between DECORDOVA-REID and SERGIO allowed RODRIGO MUNIZ to volley the ball into the empty net. (1-0 Middlesbrough) 6¹ A accurate pass fell to KRAFTH and his right foot shot raced narrowly over. 14¹ McNAIR made space on the right and knocked the ball to BRAITHWAITE who rasped the ball over. 28¹ WILLIAN was put clear by WILSON and he nutmegged the 'keeper but drilled his shot wide. 29¹ CROOKS headed just wide. 35¹ A corner bobbled toward BRAITHWAITE who nodded the ball inches over. 38¹ GOAL!! A dubious penalty was awarded to Middlesbrough, after DIOP had fouled McNAIR which RODRIGO MUNIZ easily converted. (2-0 Middlesbrough) 39¹ The 'keeper saved a refined strike from FÜLLKRUG. 41¹ A poor shot from CROOKS trickled agonisingly wide. 1² BRAITHWAITE booted the ball wide from just inside the area. 13² NMECHA beat WILSON and whacked the ball to RODRIGO MUNIZ who hit his effort wide. 15² WILLIAN beat two Middlesbrough players and thundered an effort wide. 16² CROOKS hit a right foot shot just beyond the far post from twenty-five yards out. 24² FÜLLKRUG's header was well saved by the Middlesbrough 'keeper. 25² GOAL!! HOWSON hit a curling thirty yard shot past the stunned Fulham 'keeper. (3-0 Middlesbrough) 26² A mix up in the Middlesbrough defence enabled FÜLLKRUG to hammer an effort just wide. 28² A cross from BRAITHWAITE left RODRIGO MUNIZ in plenty of space but he fluffed his shot. 33² BRAITHWAITE knocked the ball to HOWSON who nodded it just wide. 38² NMECHA brought the ball past WILSON and rattled a tame shot into the crowd. 39² A good ball from MITROVIC on the left found VINICIUS who scuffed his shot wide. 41² A twenty-five yard shot from HOWSON caused the 'keeper little difficulty. 43² FRY shot over.

Middlesbrough   League position: 17 Home league form: XLWW Overall league form: XLLLWWLW Formation: 4-3-3

Line-ups Zack STEFFEN 7½ 1 7½ SERGIO Rico Emil KRAFTH 7½ 2 6½ Bobby DECORDOVA-REID Milos KERKEZ 6½ 3 6½ SAÚL Ñíguez Patrick McNAIR 7½ 4 6½ WILLIAN Borges(c) Maxime ESTÈVE 7  5 7  Issa DIOP Dael FRY 6½ 6 7  Shane DUFFY YUNUS Akgün 5½ 7 6½ Milot RASHICA (c)Martin BRAITHWAITE 7  8 6  Daniel JAMES (p)RODRIGO MUNIZ Carvalho 7  9 7  Niclas FÜLLKRUG(p) (f)Matt CROOKS 7  10 6  Harry WILSON(f) Lukas NMECHA 6½ 11 6½ Aleksandar MITROVIC Manager James LEA SILIKI    12    Kevin MBABU Daniel BACHMANN    13    Marcus BETTINELLI Dan BARLASER    14 6½ Carlos VINICIUS Isaiah JONES 7  15    Tom CAIRNEY Jonny HOWSON 8  16 6½ Fábio CARVALHO

Fulham   League position: 18 Away league form: LLXL Overall league form: LLLWLXLL Formation: 4-3-3

Statistics

Middlesbrough 3 Fulham 0 (Half-time: 2-0, Attendance: 24,923, Stadium: Riverside, Referee: Anthony Taylor 7½) Rodrigo Muniz 0¹, Rodrigo Muniz 38¹ (pen), Howson 25² Scorers Substitutions Sent off Bookings Corners Fouls Offsides Shots on Shots off Total shots Shots saved Possession   YunusóHowson 2², KerkezóJones 7² DiopóCarvalho 4², DuffyóVinicius 18²         0 2 3 11 4 2 4 2 17 7 21 9 1 2 57% 43% ¶ Man of the match: Jonny Howson ¶