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Commentary
The bemused Darlington 'keeper was a mere bystander as a backpass from FABINHO dropped just over.
GOAL!! A shot from WELBECK dribbled through a crowd of players and trickled past the unsighted STEFFEN. (1-0 Darlington)
LLORIS was able to palm clear a poor header from RODRIGO MUNIZ.
11¹BRAITHWAITE dribbled past GUILBERT and flicked a tame shot over.
14¹An inswinging corner was headed into the arms of LLORIS by BRAITHWAITE.
17¹A lovely effort from YUNUS scraped the outside of the post.
21¹A great save prevented BRAITHWAITE from scoring a great goal.
26¹JOVETIC's shot was well held by the 'keeper.
29¹The 'keeper dived to his right to block an accurate drive from Darlington's NELSON.
31¹GOAL!! A wonderful shot from WILLIAMS was pushed away by STEFFEN only as far as KALAJDZIC who hit the ball past the stranded STEFFEN. (2-0 Darlington)
37¹LAROUCI was put clear by KALAJDZIC and he nutmegged the Middlesbrough 'keeper but drilled his shot wide.
40¹WELBECK rattled a simple chance past the near post.
46¹Uncertainty in the Middlesbrough defence enabled KALAJDZIC to crack the ball over.
A cross from GUILBERT left NELSON in lots of space but he rushed his shot.
A free-kick from BRAITHWAITE flew wide.
11²A left foot effort from GUILBERT was tipped over by the 'keeper.
14²A header by WELBECK at the near post was comfortably collected by the Middlesbrough 'keeper.
16²KALAJDZIC stepped inside LEA SILIKI but knocked the ball into the arms of STEFFEN.
21²LEES-MELOU made space on the right and touched the ball to NELSON who touched the ball over.
22²KALAJDZIC floated the ball to LEES-MELOU who headed it over the bar.
30²A strike from LAROUCI held little difficulty for the Middlesbrough 'keeper.
30²LAROUCI shot over.
31²LAROUCI scuffed a simple chance.
34²A weak shot from WELBECK trickled agonisingly wide.
43²KALAJDZIC flicked a looping shot inches wide from long range.
45²GOAL!! A long range effort was deflected into the path of IGOR who placed the ball past the helpless 'keeper. (3-0 Darlington)

 
Middlesbrough
 
League position: 18
Home league form: LXWL
Overall league form: LLLLXWWL
Formation: 4-3-3
Line-ups
Zack STEFFEN1Hugo LLORIS(c)
Emil KRAFTH2Neco WILLIAMS
Patrick McNAIR3Yasser LAROUCI
Hayden HACKNEY4Pierre LEES-MELOU
Maxime ESTÈVE5FABINHO
James LEA SILIKI6Konstantinos MAVROPANOS
YUNUS Akgün7Frédéric GUILBERT
(c)Martin BRAITHWAITE8Reiss NELSON
(p)RODRIGO MUNIZ Carvalho9Sasa KALAJDZIC(p)
(f)Matt CROOKS10Stevan JOVETIC(f)
Matthew HOPPE11Danny WELBECK
Manager
Marcus FORSS  12  Federico MACHEDA
Daniel BACHMANN  13  Jon FLATT
Riley McGREE  14  Rabbi MATONDO
Jonny HOWSON  15IGOR Julio
Dan BARLASER  16  Salis ABDUL SAMED
 
Darlington
 
League position: 12
Away league form: LWLL
Overall league form: WLWWXLXL
Formation: 4-3-3

Statistics
Middlesbrough 0 Darlington 3
(Half-time: 0-2, Attendance: 23,062, Stadium: Riverside, Referee: Mike Reed 6)

 
Scorers
Substitutions
Sent off
Bookings
Corners
Fouls
Offsides
Shots on
Shots off
Total shots
Shots saved
Possession
Welbeck 9¹, Kalajdzic 31¹, Igor 45²
 WilliamsóIgor 24²
  
  
65
610
53
39
410
719
36
41%59%
Man of the match: Pierre Lees-Melou