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Commentary

2¹ MAVIDIDI's shot was well held by the 'keeper. 3¹ BACUNA beat COOK and placed the ball to EL SHAARAWY who fumbled his effort wide. 4¹ The Millwall 'keeper was able to block a weak shot from MAVIDIDI. 11¹ A shot from SANSONE was headed off the line by BIELIK. 12¹ MAVIDIDI's header was well saved by the Millwall 'keeper. 13¹ EL SHAARAWY stabbed a simple chance past the righthand post. 18¹ A great effort from IMMOBILE scraped the outside of the post. 18¹ IMMOBILE ran onto a wonderful ball from COOK but dragged his shot wide. 20¹ A accurate pass bobbled toward IMMOBILE and his right foot effort went narrowly over. 24¹ GOAL!! CANALES tried to play the ball out of the Millwall penalty area but was tackled by HOWSON who flicked the ball to IMMOBILE for a simple goal. (1-0 Middlesbrough) 29¹ The Millwall 'keeper was able to palm clear an amazing effort. 30¹ A free-kick from HOWSON went wide. 38¹ A penalty box scramble resulted in IMMOBILE knocking a low shot wide. 39¹ The hapless 'keeper stared in disbelief as a backpass from NORRINGTON-DAVIES fell just wide. 2² MAVIDIDI hoofed the ball wide of the goal from just outside the area. 6² IMMOBILE made space on the right and dragged the ball to MAVIDIDI who rasped the ball wide. 7² A strike from BÖÐVARSSON held no problem for the Middlesbrough 'keeper. 12² CROOKS floated the ball to MAVIDIDI who fired it wide. 18² IMMOBILE rushed through the Millwall defence but shot straight at MIGNOLET. 18² WATMORE was put clear by VAN DE VEN and he turned MIGNOLET but thrust his shot inches over. 19² VAN DE VEN scuffed a simple chance. 22² GOAL!! A great piece of skill from MAVIDIDI gave CROOKS space on the left and VAN DE VEN rattled in his pin-point pass. (2-0 Middlesbrough) 25² IMMOBILE's shot beat the 'keeper but rebounded off the Millwall upright. 42² IMMOBILE shot wide. 43² A tame strike from SAVILLE rolled agonisingly wide.

Middlesbrough   League position: 5 Home league form: WWWL Overall league form: LWWWWWLW Formation: 4-3-3

Line-ups Anthony LOPES 7½ 1 8  Simon MIGNOLET(c) Marc BOLA 6½ 2 6½ Mahlon ROMEO Mickey VAN DE VEN 7½ 3 6½ Rhys NORRINGTON-DAVIES Lewis COOK 6  4 6  Sergio CANALES Patrick McNAIR 7½ 5 6½ Shaun HUTCHINSON Dael FRY 7½ 6 5½ Krystian BIELIK Jonny HOWSON 7  7 6½ Juninho BACUNA Stephy MAVIDIDI 8½ 8 6  Stephan EL SHAARAWY (c,p)Ciro IMMOBILE 7½ 9 6½ Jón BÖÐVARSSON(p) (f)Matt CROOKS 7  10 5½ Fred ONYEDINMA(f) Nicola SANSONE 7½ 11 5½ Jamie PHILPOT Manager Hayden HACKNEY    12    Noah CHESMAIN Arijanet MURIC    13    Bartosz BIALKOWSKI Ryan GILES    14    Alfie PAVEY Duncan WATMORE 7  15    Aden FLINT George SAVILLE 8  16    Sid NELSON

Millwall   League position: 15 Away league form: WXLW Overall league form: OWXXLOLW Formation: 4-3-3

Statistics

Middlesbrough 2 Millwall 0 (Half-time: 1-0, Attendance: 35,072, Stadium: Riverside, Referee: Andy Penn 6) Immobile 24¹, van de Ven 22² Scorers Substitutions Sent off Bookings Corners Fouls Offsides Shots on Shots off Total shots Shots saved Possession   CookóSaville 0², HowsonóWatmore 4²           0 6 3 4 0 3 9 1 13 2 22 3 7 1 65% 35% ¶ Man of the match: Stephy Mavididi ¶