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Commentary
1¹HACKNEY stepped inside DENDONCKER but drove the ball into the arms of OLSEN.
4¹BUENDIA given a yellow card for a bad foul on KRAFTH.
5¹A delightful shot from YUNUS was dealt with by a useful block from the 'keeper.
6¹McGINN made space on the right and dragged the ball to MURILLO who rasped the ball over.
9¹A poor challenge gets STEFFEN a yellow card.
11¹DENDONCKER booted the ball wide of the goal from just inside the area.
13¹A right foot shot from ÁLEX MORENO was stopped by STEFFEN.
17¹GOAL!! As BUENDIA was attempting to hold back HACKNEY the ball fell to YUNUS who shot the ball into the net. (1-0 Middlesbrough)
22¹DENDONCKER receives a yellow card for a late tackle.
23¹GOAL!! Unlucky BUENDIA hit the crossbar before ALEIX rifled the ball into the net as McNAIR failed to clear. (1-1)
26¹GOAL!! A shot from MURILLO deflected off the head of McNAIR and bobbled past the helpless Middlesbrough 'keeper and into the net. (2-1 Aston Villa)
32¹ALEIX rattled an easy chance past the near post.
34¹NMECHA beat two Aston Villa players and fired a shot wide.
35¹A shot from NMECHA seemed a certain goal but OLSEN managed to palm the ball away.
4²A penalty box scramble resulted in BRAITHWAITE knocking a low shot wide.
14²GOAL!! An energetic WATKINS ran down the right wing and pulled the ball back for BAILEY to nudge home. (3-1 Aston Villa)
16²ALEIX ran onto a wonderful ball from BUENDIA but blasted his effort wide of the lefthand post.
17²The hapless Middlesbrough 'keeper was all agog as a backpass from KERKEZ fell just wide.
28²A cross from McGINN left WATKINS in lots of space but he snapped at his shot.
37²NMECHA beat ALEIX and drove the ball to RODRIGO MUNIZ who pulled his shot wide.
38²RODRIGO MUNIZ's shot beat the Aston Villa 'keeper but rebounded off the Aston Villa upright.
46²The ref yellow cards HARRISON for a clumsy challenge.

 
Middlesbrough
 
League position: 12
Home league form: XWLW
Overall league form: LXWWLWWL
Formation: 4-3-3
Line-ups
Zack STEFFEN5 16 Robin OLSEN
Emil KRAFTH6½28 Matty CASH
Milos KERKEZ6½37½ÁLEX MORENO
Hayden HACKNEY7 47½John McGINN(c)
Maxime ESTÈVE6½58 MURILLO Santiago
Patrick McNAIR6 67 Leander DENDONCKER
YUNUS Akgün7½77 Emiliano BUENDIA
Lukas NMECHA5½87½Leon BAILEY
(p)RODRIGO MUNIZ Carvalho6½97½Ollie WATKINS(p)
(c,f)Jonny HOWSON6 107½ALEIX García(f)
Martin BRAITHWAITE6 117 Jack HARRISON
Manager
Isaiah JONES  12  Ludwig AUGUSTINSSON
Liam ROBERTS  13  Modou CISSÉ
Dan BARLASER  14  Boubacar KAMARA
Matthew HOPPE  15  Carney CHUKWUEMEKA
Dael FRY  166 Cameron ARCHER
 
Aston Villa
 
League position: 20
Away league form: LLXL
Overall league form: LWLXWLLW
Formation: 4-3-3

Statistics
Middlesbrough 1 Aston Villa 3
(Half-time: 1-2, Attendance: 31,702, Stadium: Riverside, Referee: Keith Hill 5½)

Yunus 17¹
Scorers
Substitutions
Sent off
Bookings
Corners
Fouls
Offsides
Shots on
Shots off
Total shots
Shots saved
Possession
Aleix 23¹, McNair 26¹ (og), Bailey 14²
 DendonckeróArcher 10²
  
Steffen 9¹Buendia 4¹, Dendoncker 22¹, Harrison 46²
43
106
45
85
612
1417
72
43%57%
Man of the match: Matty Cash