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Commentary

0¹ A poor strike from MATETA bounced agonisingly wide. 1¹ RODRIGO MUNIZ dummied MARC CUCURELLA but fired the ball into the arms of the Crystal Palace 'keeper. 3¹ TIELEMANS placed a looping shot just beyond the far post from twenty yards out. 11¹ MATETA shot over. 14¹ GOAL!! A wonderful dummy from NWANERI allowed MATETA to lay a low ball off to GAKPO who glanced the ball into the net. (1-0 Crystal Palace) 18¹ RODRIGO MUNIZ beat two Crystal Palace players and drove a golden opportunity inches wide. 19¹ A delightful shot from MATETA was dealt with by a good stop from the Middlesbrough 'keeper. 23¹ The referee yellow cards BRAITHWAITE for dangerous play against GUEHI. 27¹ GOAL!! A tackle from McNAIR gave Crystal Palace a free-kick just outside the area which MATETA slammed past the 'keeper. (2-0 Crystal Palace) 29¹ MATHEUS CUNHA headed over the bar. 33¹ NMECHA worked the ball to HOWSON, KERKEZ gathered his pass and hoofed the ball within easy reach of FLEKKEN. 36¹ GOAL!! MATHEUS CUNHA made space for GUEHI who, after an interchange of passes just outside the area, rammed the ball past STEFFEN. (3-0 Crystal Palace) 4² GAKPO was put clear by WAN-BISSAKA and he raced past STEFFEN but thrust his shot just beyond the far post. 7² A penalty box scramble resulted in GAKPO knocking the ball over. 8² A corner was collected by GAKPO who forced the ball over the bar. 11² GAKPO brought the ball round ESTÈVE and poked a tame shot well wide. 12² TIELEMANS beat McNAIR and flicked the ball to MATETA who pulled his effort wide. 15² The motionless STEFFEN was a mere bystander as a backpass from KRAFTH fell just over. 20² STEFFEN managed to claw away a wicked shot. 26² MAINOO made space on the left and knocked the ball to WAN-BISSAKA who touched the ball over. 28² RODRIGO MUNIZ booted the ball wide of the goal from just outside the area. 29² GOAL!! An exceptional ball from NMECHA left HOWSON in the clear, he made the 'keeper commit himself before touching the ball to RODRIGO MUNIZ to score. (3-1 Crystal Palace)

Middlesbrough   League position: 12 Home league form: LXWL Overall league form: LLLXWWLW Formation: 4-3-3

Line-ups Zack STEFFEN 5½ 1 6  Mark FLEKKEN(c) Emil KRAFTH 7  2 8  Aaron WAN-BISSAKA Milos KERKEZ 7  3 7½ MARC CUCURELLA Saseta Hayden HACKNEY 7½ 4 8  Youri TIELEMANS Maxime ESTÈVE 6½ 5 7  Marc GUEHI Patrick McNAIR 5½ 6 7  PAU Francisco TORRES YUNUS Akgün 7  7 7  Ethan NWANERI Lukas NMECHA 5½ 8 7  Cody GAKPO (p)RODRIGO MUNIZ Carvalho 6  9 7  Jean-Philippe MATETA(p) (c,f)Jonny HOWSON 6½ 10 6½ Kobbie MAINOO(f) Martin BRAITHWAITE 6  11 6  MATHEUS CUNHA Manager Isaiah JONES    12    Cristian ROMERO Liam ROBERTS    13    Guglielmo VICARIO Dan BARLASER    14    Joachim ANDERSEN Matthew HOPPE    15    Ebere EZE Dael FRY    16    Felix NMECHA

Crystal Palace   League position: 5 Away league form: XLLL Overall league form: XWLWWLXL Formation: 4-3-3

Statistics

Middlesbrough 1 Crystal Palace 3 (Half-time: 0-3, Attendance: 30,206, Stadium: Riverside, Referee: Mark Clattenburg 6) Rodrigo Muniz 29² Scorers Substitutions Sent off Bookings Corners Fouls Offsides Shots on Shots off Total shots Shots saved Possession Gakpo 14¹, Mateta 27¹, Guehi 36¹         Braithwaite 23¹   3 3 12 7 0 1 4 6 5 12 9 18 3 3 37% 63% ¶ Man of the match: Aaron Wan-Bissaka ¶