| 0¹ | A useful ball from NELSON on the right found BALOTELLI who mishit his shot just beyond the near post. |
| 10¹ | A header by BALOTELLI at the far post was easily collected by the 'keeper. |
| 14¹ | FABINHO dribbled past NMECHA and poked a tame shot wide. |
| 16¹ | YUNUS headed just wide. |
| 26¹ | A twenty yard shot from BRAITHWAITE caused the Darlington 'keeper little difficulty. |
| 28¹ | A fine piece of skill was ended by a good save by the advancing 'keeper. |
| 39¹ | An outswinging corner was fired into the arms of the 'keeper by RODRIGO MUNIZ. |
| 44¹ | NELSON's shot was well held by the 'keeper. |
| 2² | RODRIGO MUNIZ pulled away from JOVETIC but nudged the ball into the arms of the Darlington 'keeper. |
| 3² | A deadly effort from BALOTELLI was stopped by the Middlesbrough 'keeper. |
| 7² | A cross from HOWSON left NMECHA in plenty of space but he rushed his shot. |
| 9² | GOAL!! Some steady work by NMECHA on the right, left YUNUS yards clear, and he dummied LLORIS and thundered the ball into the net. (1-0 Middlesbrough)| 10² | A tame shot from BALOTELLI bounced agonisingly wide. | | 10² | NELSON fired a deadly shot over the bar from close range. | | 14² | ABDUL SAMED was put clear by WILLIAMS and he nutmegged the Middlesbrough 'keeper but struck his shot over. | | 19² | WELBECK's shot beat the Middlesbrough 'keeper but rebounded off the Middlesbrough post. | | 19² | STEFFEN did well to hold onto a powerful shot from WELBECK. | | 21² | BALOTELLI rushed through the Middlesbrough defence but shot straight at the 'keeper. | | 25² | BRAITHWAITE beat NELSON and flicked the ball to KRAFTH who fired his shot wide. | | 30² | RODRIGO MUNIZ shot wide. | | 36² | A great effort from NMECHA scraped the outside of the righthand post. | | 37² | NMECHA beat two Darlington players and fired an effort just wide. | | 38² | KERKEZ hoofed the ball wide from the edge of the box. | | 46² | KRAFTH stroked an easy chance past the righthand post. | |